First Union of Comic Book Workers comes from…. Oregon!
In January 2022, a historic first took place, when the workers of Image Comics voted 7-2 in favor of unionizing with the Communications Workers of America. Previously, Image Comics had…
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Orygone Series and the Oregon Ungreeting Cards
Back in the late 70s and early 80s, James Cloutier created a series of cartoon paperbacks that poked fun at Oregon. Starring a person called Hugh Wetshoe, four volumes were…
In-Between Days by Teva Harrison
Teva Harrison was born in Williams, Oregon. She lived in Toronto with her husband. Teva was diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer at the age of 37. In this brilliant and…
Rapid City, SD, censors and destroys graphic novel Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
While not directly related to Oregon cartooning, this disconcerting news could easily be about one of the many cartoons, comics and graphic novels from our state. As reported by Argus…
Free Comic Book Day Portland
Free Comic Book Day is the most wonderful time of the year for comic enthusiasts—it’s when publishers shell out special issues and deals on popular titles like Spider-Man, Doctor Who,…
OCI and the Oregon Cultural Heritage Commission (Archive)
Oregon film history contains figures of the hugest possible magnitude. Matt Groening, the creator of The Simpsons, and king of a jaw droppingly huge merchandising empire, came in January to…
Other Russias by Victoria Lomasko
The Guardian called Victoria Lomasko “the brutally funny artist no gallery in Russia will touch,” The New York Transatlantic described her like this: “Victoria Lomasko is a fixture at Moscow’s…
Accessible Comics Design Competition (2022)
While not exclusively related to Oregon, we share this Call for Proposals, hoping that many Oregon cartoonists will contribute to this project. Call for Proposals: Accessible Comics Design Competition! Following…
Public Zoom conversation with Damian Duffy and John Jennings’ Parable of the Sower (May 20, 2022)
Join Comics Studies and the Portland Center for the Humanities at PSU for a conversation with John Jennings and Damian Duffy, co-collaborators on the coffee table book Black Comix Returns…
(Virtual) Exhibit The Art of the News: Comics Journalism (2021/22)
The following post is taken directly from the website https://jsma.uoregon.edu/ComicsJournalism The show is still available as virtual exhibit. The Art of the News: Comics Journalism opens at the Jordan Schnitzer…