6th Annual Stumptown Comics Fest Art Show

By admin at 22 March, 2010, 6:14 pm

Portland Center for the Performing Arts, the Stumptown Comics Foundation, and Sequential Art Gallery are excited to present the 6th annual Stumptown Comics Fest Art Show, coinciding with Portland’s third annual Portland Comic Book Month. The exhibit this year showcases an unprecedented 40+ artists, ranging from local to international professionals and emerging talent, with 80 pieces of comic book and illustrated art.

Opening reception will be hosted at PCPA on First Thursday, April 1, from 6-9pm. Mayor Sam Adams will be in attendance to read the official proclamation of April as Portland’s Comic Book Month, and many of the participating artists will also be on hand throughout the evening. Catering and drinks for the event will be provided by PCPA’s ArtBar and MacTarnahan’s Brewing.

Free guided tours featuring the exhibit as well as other local galleries will be provided to attendees of the Stumptown Comics Fest (April 24-25; www.stumptowncomics.com). The Stumptown Comics Fest Art Show will be available for viewing throughout April and May in the Antoinette Hatfield Hall of the Portland Center for the Performing Arts at 1111 SW Broadway (10am-5pm, Monday-Saturday; www.pcpa.com).

Facebook users can find the event page here: 6th Annual Stumptown Comics Fest Art Show on Facebook. Please invite your friends!

Below is a list of artists whose work will be displayed as part of the show:

Alexis Fajardo, “Kid Beowulf” – presented by Bowler Hat Comics (www.bowlerhatcomics.com)
Anthony van Winkle, “Night Zero” (www.nightzero.com)
Aron Nels Steike, “Big Plans” & “Super Crazy Cat Dance” (www.aronnelssteinke.com)
Barry Deutsch, “Hereville” (www.amptoons.com)
Benja Barker, Founder – Alter Egos Society (www.alteregossociety.com)
Brian Cattapan, “ZEEK… the martian geek” & “Vampires Need Love, Too” (www.cattapancomics.com)
Catherine Peach, “Catgirls, Vol. 1 & 2″ (www.catherinepeach.com)
Chris Baldwin, “Bruno” & “Spacetrawler” (www.spacetrawler.com)
Chris Cilla, “Global Hobo” (ccillaswamp.blogspot.com)
Chris M. Butzer, “Gettysburg: The Graphic Novel” (www.cmbutzer.com)
C.L. Dahlstrom, “Captain Donovan on Danger Planet” (www.cldahlstrom.com)
Daniel DePaolo, “The Brass Knuckle Rituals” (www.neotrashcomix.com)
Derek Stubbs, “The Min” & “Mr. Popularity” (www.derekstubbs.com)
Dylan Meconis, “Bite Me!” & “Family Man”, (www.dylanmeconis.com)
Erika Moen, “DAR! A Super Girly Top Secret Comic Diary”, (www.erikamoen.com)
Farel Dalrymple, “pop gun war” & “Wrenchies”, (www.fareldalrymple.com)
Garret Izumi, “The Big Bang” (www.garretizumi.com)
Greg Bigoni, “Mudtown” (www.mudtowncomics.com)
Indigo Kelleigh, “Ellie Connelly” (www.lunarbistro.com)
James Michael Williams, “White Male Neurosis” (www.jamesmichaelwilliams.net)
Jonathon Dalton, “A Mad Tea Party” (www.jonathondalton.com)
Josiane Keller, “Usagi-chan: a feminist graphic novel”
Katy Ellis O’Brien, “Featherheart” & “Letters from Underwood” (www.trumpetflower.net)
Lukas Ketner, “Witch Doctor” (lukasketner.blogspot.com)
Marc Palm, “Lair of the Psychic Creature” (swellzombie.blogspot.com)
Maris Wicks, “Project Romantic” (dotsforeyes.blogspot.com)
Matt Metzler, “Copyjerk” & “Exit Only” (www.copyjerk.com)
Mike Lawrence, “Salamander King” (www.threeredheadstudios.com)
Monica Toth, “Helper Robots” (www.helper-robots.com)
Natalie Phillips (www.nataliebluephillips.com)
Neal Skorpen, “Island of Moths” (www.nealskorpen.com)
Oxleberry, “Oxleberry” (www.oxleberry.com)
Paul Guinan, “Boilerplate” (www.bigredhair.com)
Philip Barasch, “Hand Hewn” (www.dancingchapmanstudio.com)
Sarah Oleksyk, “Ivy” (www.saraholeksyk.com)
Shannon Wheeler, “TMCM” & “The New Yorker” (www.tmcm.com)
Skylar Amann, “Action Bookbinding” (www.skylaaramann.com)
Susan Tardif, “The Ravens’ Gambit” (www.susantardif.com)
Terrytoledo, “Sid Love” (www.terrytoledo.com)
Tom Lechner, “Tales of Inertia” (www.tomlechner.com)
Tom Neely, “I Will Destroy You!” (www.iwilldestroyyou.com)
Tony Morgan, “Chicken Leg Bone Boy” & “Throwing Bones” (www.gunbabygraphics.com)