OR – Top Shelf Stocking Stuffer Party

Top Shelf publisher Brett Warnock appears at Bridge City Comics on Friday, December 14, 2012 from 6:00 until 9:00 pm.

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Bridge City Comics is proud to announce our Top Shelf Stocking Stuffer Sale on Friday, December 14, 2012 from 6pm – 9pm! This event is free to the public. In attendance will be Top Shelf publisher and Portland local Brett Warnock! Water, soda, beer and music will be provided!

We’ll be offering dozens of different Top Shelf books and comics at incredibly low prices! We’ll have numerous offerings at $3, $5 and $10 and Brett Warnock will be there to make sure that you get the right books for you and your loved ones this holiday season!

TOP SHELF PRODUCTIONS publishes contemporary graphic novels and comics by artists of singular vision. Dedicated to championing veteran creators as well as finding and developing emerging talent, the Top Shelf library is anchored by such masters of the craft as Alan Moore (From Hell, with Eddie Campbell; Lost Girls, with Melinda Gebbie), Craig Thompson (Blankets), Andy Runton (Owly), Jeff Lemire (Essex County), Jeffrey Brown (Clumsy, Unlikely), Alex Robinson (Box Office Poison), James Kochalka (Superf*ckers, Johnny Boo), Matt Kindt (Super Spy), Nate Powell (Swallow Me Whole), Robert Venditti (The Surrogates, with Brett Weldele), Renée French (The Ticking), and many more.

Known for excellent production values, our handsomely crafted editions combine the best in reproduction techniques with a unique, inspired design sensibility. Never limiting ourselves in format or content, our catalogue includes all-ages material and cutting-edge erotica, genre fiction and autobiography, and all that exists in-between. The recipient of dozens of awards, we continue to bring superior stories and ideas to the ever-growing audience of the comics medium.

The Top Shelf brand stands as a hallmark of quality – a fine addition to any connoisseur’s library.

Bridge City Comics
3725 N Mississippi Ave, Portland, OR 97227

OR – The Secret Voice Signing

Aidan Koch, Zack Soto, and Ephameron appear at Floating World Comics on Thursday, December 6, 2012 from 6:00pm until 10:00pm.

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Floating World Comics
400 NW  Couch Street, Portland, OR 97209
(503) 241-0227

OR – Hellboy in Hell Signing

Mike Mignola signs at Things From Another World on Saturday, December 15, 2012 from 7:00 pm until 10:00 pm.

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Things From Another World cordially invites you to go to Hell. Meet Hellboy creator Mike Mignola at the Portland TFAW store December 15 from 7 to 10 p.m. for a Hellboy in Hell signing and gallery show celebrating Hellboy’s return to comics–and Mignola’s return to full interior art. The Eisner Award-winning artist and writer will also be displaying his original art in the store! This is an all-ages event; free food and beer (for those 21+) will be provided.

Mignola rocked comics fans worldwide when his signature character, Hellboy, died in the summer of 2011. However, death can’t keep the world’s greatest paranormal investigator down: Hellboy in Hell follows his adventures in the afterlife and reveals shocking secrets fans have been dying to know. This is the first time Mignola has drawn Hellboy’s ongoing story since Conqueror Worm in 2001!

Hellboy has been cast into Hell–why not join him? Follow his adventures in Hellboy in Hell and chat with the creator himself December 15 at the Portland TFAW. Copies of Dark Horse Comics’ Hellboy in Hell #1, as well as a large selection of Mignola’s comics and graphic novels, will be available for purchase.

Things From Another World
2916 NE Broadway,  Portland, OR 97232

OR – Black Beetle Signing

Francesco Francavilla appears at TFAW on Saturday, November 24, 2012 from 6:00pm until 9:00pm.

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TFAW is proud to announce yet another premier event this November: a signing with Eisner Award-winning artist Francesco Francavilla (Batman: The Black Mirror, Captain America & Bucky, Black Beetle) Saturday, November 24 from 6 to 9 p.m. at our Portland store! Take a break from family time Thanksgiving weekend and spend time with your comics family. Free food and beer (for those 21+) provided!

Francesco Francavilla, who won the 2012 Eisner Award for Best Cover Artist, is well known for his amazing retro pieces for Lone Ranger, Dark Shadows, Archie Meets Kiss, and Black Panther. He’s currently doing full interiors for Marvel’s Captain America and Black Widow, with writer Cullen Bunn. His creator-owned title, Black Beetle, is due out from Dark Horse Comics in 2012.

We’ll have a selection of Francavilla’s work available for sale, including the debut of Black Beetle in Dark Horse Presents, Batman: The Black Mirror, and more. Plus, make sure to take advantage of our epic Black Friday Sale, starting November 23, with fantastic discounts, $2 doorbusters, and more!

Things From Another World
2916 NE Broadway, Portland, OR 97232

OR – Hereville Signing

Barry Deutsch signs at Powell’s Books on Thursday, November 15th at 7:30PM.

Powell’s Books
3723 SE Hawthorne Blvd,  Portland, OR
(800) 878-7323

Stumptown Comics Fest Opens Exhibitor Registration for 2013; Bill Willingham Appearing as Special Guest

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Stumptown Comics Festival Announces Exhibitor Registration for 10th Annual Event

Portland, Oregon – October 30, 2012 – Registration for booth and table space for the 10th Annual Stumptown Comics Festival is now open to artists and publishers looking to exhibit at the creator-focused event running April 27-28, 2013 at the Oregon Convention Center.

As previously announced, Fables creator Bill Willingham will be a special guest of the festival. Also joining as guests are artist of War Is Boring and political cartoonist Matt Bors, Nobrow Press illustrator and Birchfield Close creator Jon McNaught, Boilerplate and Frank Reade creators Paul Guinan and Anina Bennett, Mara artist Ming Doyle, Wild Children writer Ales Kot, and many more creators to be revealed soon.

The 10th anniversary of the Stumptown Comics Festival marks a notable shift for the independent event with the selection of several new chairpersons to the organizing board, but continues to embrace the strong tradition of creator-focused programming that volunteers have cultivated over the last decade.

Stumptown Comics Festival will also begin the curated selection process soon and provide feedback to any creators who may want tips for how to be selected to exhibit in the limited space. Similarly, the yet-to-be-released convention floor will be laid-out in a more equitable fashion than standard conventions to be more accommodating to creators of all types.

Pricing for the 2013 Stumptown Comics Festival is as follows:
-$170 for an Artist’s Table
-$350 for an Exhibitor Booth ($60 option for addition table)

Additional Exhibitor Badges that allow entry to the convention hall before and after public hours are available for $30 (limit of 2), and Two Day Attendee Passes are available for $15 each.

To see the complete exhibitor form, please visit: http://www.stumptowncomics.com/registration_2013.php

More details about guests, awards, and special events will be release in the coming weeks in order for creators and publishers to better prepare for their 2013 exhibition plans.

About Stumptown Comics, Inc
Entering its tenth year as an organization, the annual Stumptown Comics Festival has been a staple of Portland, Oregon’s vibrant comics community that’s home to artist collective like Periscope Studios and Tranquility Base, along with publishers such as Dark Horse Comics, Top Shelf Productions, and Oni Press. Overseen by a board of professionals in the industry, Stumptown Comics, Inc. has progressed thanks to the valuable time of efforts of its volunteers.

OR – The Hypo Signing

Noah Van Sciver signs at Floating World Comics on  Tuesday, November 6, 2012 from 6:00pm until 8:00pm.

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The Hypo: The Melancholic Young Lincoln, a documentation of Abraham Lincoln’s crushing cloud of depression by Noah Van Sciver! Reading Noah’s sensitive look at Lincoln’s irrepressible ambition despite his troubled times is even better than one of those sun lamps. The debut graphic novel from Noah Van Sciver follows the twentysomething Abraham Lincoln as he loses everything, long before becoming our most beloved president. Lincoln is a rising Whig in the state’s legislature as he arrives in Springfield, IL to practice law. With all of his possessions under his arms in two saddlebags, he is quickly given a place to stay by a womanizing young bachelor who becomes his friend and close confidant. Lincoln builds a life and begins friendships with the town’s top lawyers and politicians. He attends elegant dances and meets an independent-minded young woman from a high-society Kentucky family, and after a brisk courtship, becomes engaged. But, as time passes and uncertainty creeps in, young Lincoln is forced to battle a dark cloud of depression brought on by a chain of defeats and failures culminating into a nervous breakdown that threatens his life and sanity. This cloud of dark depression Lincoln calls “The Hypo.”

Dense crosshatching and an attention to detail help bring together this completely original telling of a man driven by an irrepressible desire to pull himself up by his bootstraps, overcome all obstacles, and become the person he strives to be. All the while unknowingly laying the foundation of character he would use as one of America’s greatest presidents.

Noah Van Sciver was born in 1984 and raised in a large Mormon family in New Jersey. He first came to comic readers’ attention with his comic book series Blammo, which earned him an Ignatz nomination in 2010. He currently lives in Denver, CO with his cat Getrude among stacks of books.

Floating World Comics
400 NW Couch Street, Portland, OR 97209
(503) 241-0227

OR – Masks Signing

Writer Chris Roberson signs at Things From Another World on November 28, 2012 at 7:00 pm. 

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Classic pulp heroes collide at the Portland Things From Another World November 28 at 7:00 pm! Green Hornet, Kato, Zorro, The Spider, and The Shadow team up in Masks, a new ongoing series from Dynamite Entertainment, written by Chris Roberson (iZombie, Memorial), with fully painted interiors by Alex Ross (Marvels, Kingdom Come). Meet writer Chris Roberson and pick up your copy of our exclusive Heroic Cover Variant of Masks #1! Free food and beer (21+ with valid ID) provided.

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Things From Another World
2916 NE Broadway, Portland, OR 97232

OR – Not My Bag Signing

Sina Grace signs at Things From Another World on Wednesday, November 14, 2012 from 7:00 pm until 10:00 pm.

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Writer-artist Sina Grace has created beloved cult-hit comics Li’l Depressed Boy and Not My Bag for Image Comics and worked as editorial director for Robert Kirkman’s Skybound imprint–and he’s visiting Portland! Meet him November 14 at the Portland TFAW for a signing and gallery show from 7 to 10 p.m. Plus, Grace will offer his unique insight into the comics industry with a special Indy Comics Q & A at 7:30! Free food and beer (21+ with valid ID) provided.

Not My Bag is Grace’s semi-autobiographical tale of working in retail hell. A young artist takes a job at a department store in order to make ends meet, but little does he know that he may meet his end! In this gothic story for fans of Persepolis, Blankets, and The Devil Wears Prada, can the artist withstand competitive pressure, treachery, and high fashion while still keeping his soul?

Things From Another World
2916 NE Broadway, Portland, OR 97232

OR – The Understanding Monster Signing

Theo Ellsworth appears at Floating World Comics on Thursday, November 1, 2012 from 6:00 – 10:00 pm.

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Theo Ellsworth’s previous book from Secret Acres, Capacity, had the honor and distinction of making our year end bestseller’s list for the past 3 years in a row. We are proud to invite our hometown hero back to Portland to celebrate the release of his latest full color graphic novel, THE UNDERSTANDING MONSTER.

In Theo Ellsworth’s celebrated debut, Capacity, the author embarked on a hand drawn quest to gain complete access to his own subconscious without going insane. With the reader as his witness, the author successfully smuggled an imaginary version of his own brain into his subconscious. Such quests, it turns out, are not to be taken lightly. Four years later, the author’s brain is nowhere to be found. Inside of a house full of mutating rooms and growing toys, a multi-dimensional robot, a Werewolf Exorcist, a ghost dragon, a fly, a green cloud, and a recently reanimated mummy are attempting to rescue a complicated being named Izadore. He faces psychological terror, mind-bending confusion, and physical danger as he undergoes a dream logic medical treatment that pulls him back through time and memory. The Understanding Monster – Book One is an exquisitely rendered exploration into the inner workings of an imaginary world.

The Understanding Monster – Book One published by Secret Acres, will be in stores in October, 2012. His comics are available at finer comic shops and online through the Secret Acres Emporium at www.secretacres.com.

Bio information:

Theo Ellsworth is a self-taught artist and storyteller who grew up in the mountains of Montana. He developed his art while wandering the United States in a motor powered vehicle. He is uncommonly fond of clouds, monsters, trees, and impossible objects. He is prone to fits of whimsy, and his mind is filled with preposterous notions, yet he still manages to come across as semi-normal. He now lives with a witch doctor and a slightly evil cat, and spends as much time as possible making comics, art zines, and imaginary phenomenon. He also co-founded the Pony Club gallery. He has replaced his motor powered vehicle with a two-wheeled, human-powered contraption.

Floating World Comics
400 NW Couch Street, Portland, OR 97209
(503) 241-0227

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