NOVEMBER 17, 2011
Comics Underground #3 featured comics by kids, filthy web comics, a gorgeous/sad story involving a fox, and a saber-toothed vampire.
• Artist and writer Dylan Meconis presented her story Outfoxed.
• Artists and pals Ron Chan and Sean Kelley showed off their webcomic Roy’s Boys.
• Artist and writer Mike Russell did a bunch of great things, but brought the house down with some Sabertooth Vampire.
• Ryan Alexander-Tanner teaches kids how to make comics! He brought in some of his students’ best work to show off, including Jurassic Park vs. Star Wars vs. Indiana Jones vs. Captain Picard vs. Superman. Yes.
Want more details? As he did for the first Comics Underground, Christian Lipski wrote up the event for the Portland Examiner.
SEPTEMBER 22, 2011
Comics Underground #2 featured an homage to Joss Whedon, teen witchery, plenty of music, and a peek behind the scenes of an Eisner-winning story. We had fun.
• Writer Jamie S. Rich and artists Joëlle Jones and Nicolas Hitori De collaborate on the Oni Press-released mean-teen-witch comic Spellcheckers.
• Writer Kelly Sue DeConnick has worked on a number of Marvel Comics titles, including the well-received Osborn miniseries. She presented a comic from a recent anthology about New York venue CBGB, published by Boom! Studios.
• Artist Natalie Nourigat is a member of Periscope Studio and creator of Between Gears and Over the Surface. She read some original autobiographical comics.
• Greg Rucka has written Stumptown, Whiteout, Queen & Country, The Punisher, and much more. Rucka presented the script for his Eisner-winning story “Post Mortem.”
JUNE 23, 2011
The first Comics Underground took place at the Jack London on Thursday, June 23, 2011, and a goddamn delightful time was had by all, except maybe the organizers, who might’ve had a few panic attacks related to technical difficulties that are now all ironed out, promise. Guests included:
• Jeff Parker and Erika Moen (Bucko)
• Jim Hill (Dead Don’t Die)
• Lisa Rosalie Eisenberg (I Cut My Hair)
• Sarah Oleksyk (Ivy)
You can read the Portland Examiner‘s preview of that first event here.
