Call for Submissions: OCP 2025 Art Exhibit
The OCP is now accepting submissions for our 2025 Art Exhibition What is Oregon about Oregon Art? Submissions are due April 3, 2025. We are accepting submissions in the medium…
Oregon cartooning
Previously unpublished historic Oregon comics on the Zine Machine
The OCP is delighted to present previously unpublished historic comics on the Oregon Zine Machine. Thank you, Gary W. Barclay, for presenting us with those time capsules from the ’90s.
Special Event: Underground Press
In the 1970s, Portland writers, designers, and illustrators shaped the counterculture movement through their use of independent publishing. Scrappy newspapers such as the Portland Scribe were launched as a reaction…
OCP goes Insta
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New Book: Wildfire by Oregon Cartoonist Breena Bard
An inspiring and moving graphic novel, Wildfire follows climate change through the eyes of one middle-school girl, who’s eager to turn her anger into action. Julianna loved her life in…
Now in Paperback: Female Cartoonists in the United States Bad Girls and Invisible Women
This book by Hélène Tison provides an introduction to women cartoonists in the US, reading their work from a feminist, literary and stylistic perspective, which shines a light on their…
Announcing the 2023 Davenport International Cartoon Contest (and welcoming Gus Frederick to the OCP board)
We are excited to announce that Gus Frederick from Silverton has joined the board of the Oregon Cartoon Project. Gus is a native Oregonian, born in 1954, 100 years after…
The Oregon Zine Machine at the Mid Valley Comic Art Expo this weekend!
Are you heading to the MVCAE? So are we – find us in the Artist Alley Booth A8 on Sunday only. Stop by to make an eight-page zine and submit…
‘Pinocchio’ Oscar casts spotlight on Portland filmmaking, and stop-motion animation
Read an excerpt from an “Oregonian” article published on March 19, 2023: Last weekend, Guillermo del Toro, Mark Gustafson and their team won the Oscar for best animated feature. “Guillermo…
Documentary about the history of LGBTQ comics airs on PBS as controversy rages about books in schools
If you missed our OCP-sponsored screening of NO STRAIGHT LINES, cry no more. The film is coming to PBS as part of their Independent Lens series. Watch it on January…