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‘ClayDream’: A Lively Look at Stop-Motion Maestro Will Vinton for Vintage Toon Geeks

The following review by Peter Debruge of a documentary about Will Vinton (Laika Studios) appeared in Variety on August 4, 2022. We are reposting below. The Book of…

OCP Summer 2022: Comics in the Park with Sarah Mirk and Anis Mojgani (August 10)

OCP artist-in-residence Sarah Mirk and Oregon Poet Laureate Anis Mojgani along with 20+ people gathered on August 10th in Laurelhurst Park for the next event as part of…

Using Comics to teach

Suzanne Giacotto shows how reading and creating comics taps into how our brains learn more effectively. From Language Magazin, August 3, 2022. Over the past two centuries, as…

Indigenous Comics and Graphic Novels: An Annotated Database

The Indigenous Comics Annotated Bibliography open access resource at the journal Jeunesse has been updated to include recent & forthcoming comics by Indigenous comics creators. This is a living document…

Raw, Weirdo & Beyond: American Alternative Comics

An extensively illustrated catalog for an exhibition of alternative comics, featuring essays that offer interdisciplinary perspectives. This catalog accompanies an exhibition of alternative comics from the 1980s and 1990s…

Underground USA

UNDERGROUND USA was a one day public history/arts education event which focused on one chapter of Oregon print cartooning history. It took place on October 15, 2016 at…

Oregon Cartoon Institute “Historic Firsts”

The Oregon Cartoon Project (then operating as Oregon Cartoon Institute) is responsible for a few “Historic Firsts” in the history of Oregon cartooning and animation. First OHS exhibit…

John Reed’s Portland

Oregon Cartoon Institute created the original map in honor of Paramount Pictures’ decision to digitize/make accessible all “The Witnesses” interviews shot for REDS by Warren Beatty. Oregon Cartoon…

Survey Course Oregon Animation History

In May 2013, Anne Richardson taught a survey course entitled Oregon Animation History at the Hollywood Theatre. The Oregon Cartoon Project has archived the original syllabus for future…

Portland Pop in Three Centuries

Portland is a pop machine. The first American political cartoonist to achieve superstar status, Homer Davenport, made his professional debut in Portland. Mel Blanc, the most revered voice…