Oregon Artswatch: Portland: Comics City, U.S.A.
Oregon Artswatch just ran an excellent piece on this year’s Eisner Awards, the Oscars of the comics industry. Seven winners in 2022 are from Oregon. TJ Acena talked with five…
Marvel: Universe of Super Heroes at OMSI
This breathtaking exhibition celebrates Marvel’s 80-year history, from the iconic characters to the creators who’ve told the stories. Marvel: Universe of Super Heroes features hundreds of artifacts including original comic…
NPR’s Planet Money Buys a Super Hero
Click here to listen to the amazing podcast series on how Planet Money sets out to buy their own Marvel super hero, Micro Face. And here’s a tip: if you…
Conference: Better Living Through Comics (July 2023)
The 2023 Joint Conference of the International Graphic Novel & Comics and the International Bande Dessinée Society 3-7 July 2023Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge Do comics have a role…
New book: Messages from Ukraine
On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine that dominated headlines around the world. Millions of Ukrainians would flee the country, and a third of the population…
RIP, Dennis!
Dennis Nyback, co-founder of the Oregon Cartoon Institute (now Oregon Cartoon Project) died after a long battle with cancer on October 2, 2022. Dennis was known to many people as…
Kickstarter: Popeye Variations: Not Yer Pappy’s Comics – An’ Art Book News
Popeye the Sailor Man is pushing 100 these days, but he’s still scarfing down spinach and clobbering bullies as readily as he was back in 1929. To celebrate Popeye’s enduring…
Free talk on Zoom: Crossing Borders, Drawing Lives. Barbara Yelin’s Graphic Novels.
Lecture | December 2 | 12-1:30 p.m. | Zoom Speaker: Barbara Yelin, Graphic Novelist Moderator: Brett E. Sterling, Associate Professor of German in the Department of World Languages, Literatures and…
The Mud and the Mirth : Marine cartoonists in World War I
Visual arts constitute a significant portion of the Marines’ life, from training manuals to public appearances. Illustrations may inform, educate, or entertain the masses, be they civilians or military personnel.…
2022 Comics Studies Society Prize Winners
The Comics Studies Society recently announced recipients of their annual awards, celebrating work released in 2021. If you’d like to nominate your work or the work of a colleague for…