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Portland State University's Comics Studies program will be returning to Rose City Comic Con! Last year, PSU's Comic Studies program hosted two panels at Rose City Comic Con. We are excited to announce that the Comic Studies program will be returning to this year's RCCC with two more panels! • An Education in Comics will be held on Saturday, September 6th, from 12:15 - 1:00 p.m. in room E145-146. This roundtable will focus on comics in the university, featuring instructors from Portland State University, including Brian Michael Bendis, Jon Holt, Diana Schutz, David Walker, Douglas Wolk, and Susan Kirtley, as well as comics theorist Scott McCloud, who will examine the role comic art plays in the academy and discuss opportunities for students interested in studying the medium in colleges and universities. • A Comics Education: Studying Comics in College will be held on Sunday, September 7th, from 3:45 - 4:30 p.m. in room E145-146. This roundtable will showcase the perspectives of current and graduated students who study comics, offering time for them to share what they’ve learned by creating and studying comics as part of Portland State University’s Comics Studies Certificate program. For students, teachers, and fans, this can’t miss panel will showcase comics in action as tools for learning. RCCC is located at the Oregon Convention Center with the following hours: • Friday, September 5, 2025 - 1 PM to 8 PM (programming until 10:00 PM) • Saturday, September 6, 2025 - 10 AM to 7 PM (programming until 10:00 PM) • Sunday, September 7, 2025 - 10 AM to 5 PM The full programming schedule is available now on the Rose City Comic Con website and mobile app. The program features a ton of comics-related panels!
Portland State University's Comics Studies program will be returning to Rose City Comic Con!
Last year, PSU's Comic Studies program hosted two panels at Rose City Comic Con. We are excited to announce that the Comic Studies program will be returning to this year's RCCC with two more panels!
Dark Horse Comics Internships for Fall 2025 Applications due Friday, September 5, by 5 p.m.
Dark Horse Comics Internships for Fall 2025
Dark Horse offers unpaid editorial internships on a limited basis. Internships may be offered for spring, summer, fall, and winter terms and last approximately three months. One or two internships are offered per term.
Interested in being part of a panel at this year’s Rose City Comic Con? Apply for the Comics Studies’ student panel! The student panel will feature current Comics Studies students, to give them an opportunity to discuss what they have learned in the program.
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The creator of the Comics Studies program, Dr. Susan Kirtley, is the editor-in-chief for "Inks." Please take a look at the outstanding scholarship featured in "Inks"!
In honor of this recognition, "Inks" Issue 8.3, a special issue centered on Indigenous Comics guest edited by Katherine Kelp-Stebbins and Jeremy Carnes, will be open to everyone through June 6th.
You can check out Issue 8.3 at muse.jhu.edu/issue/53356.
"Inks: The Journal of the Comics Studies Society" was nominated for an Eisner Award for Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism!
Dark Horse Comics Internships Summer 2025 Applications due Friday June 6th by 5p.m. See caption for more details
Dark Horse offers unpaid editorial internships on a limited basis. Internships may be offered for spring, summer, fall, and winter terms and last approximately three months. One or two internships are offered per term.
. @dianaschutz.bsky.social and I hosted the American splendor screening at Portland State last night. now my algo is dropping gold. @comicspsu.bsky.social
Harvey Pekar interviews Emil Heifitz - Eddie Marshall Show - January 1989 youtu.be/Y4V9taxtRr4?... via @YouTube
Wow, yes!! And like you, I also want to meet ART! 😍
Wait wait wait! Is this an adaptation (expansion?) of the amazing Murderbot series written by the amazing Martha Wells? Count me in if so!
tomorrow! this absolutely free comics creation festival for anyone in the Pacific Northwest. I will also be hosting the American splendor screening with my hero @dianaschutz.bsky.social come hang out with me @kellysue.bsky.social @stevelieberart.bsky.social @davidwalker44.bsky.social and more…
Raffle prize: Complete set of "Sin City" books 1-7 with Sin City Dames print
Raffle prize: Complete set of "Blacksad" (five books)
Raffle prize: Signed Miles Morales script & a signed Miles Morales graphic novel by Brian Bendis
Raffle prize: "Usagi Yojimbo" Volumes 18, 19, 20.
You may start purchasing raffle tickets now! To purchase tickets, send the number of tickets you'd like to purchase with the corresponding amount of funds to our Venmo (ComicsPDX). To receive your physical ticket(s), show your ID in person at the festival in LH339.
May 17 - 18, the Comics Confluence Festival will be holding a raffle for several exciting prizes. Raffle tickets will cost $5 each with all proceeds going towards the Comics Studies program. See below for a glimpse at some of our prizes.
“Doing the Math” essay is live at Uncanny Mag. (Content Advisory: discussion of miscarriage.) www.uncannymagazine.com/article/doin...
Wow. As women, there's a lot we don't talk about. Thanks for talking about this, Kelly Sue.
May 17th (Day 1): 2 - 4 p.m. LH339: Student and graduate tabling 2 - 4 p.m. LH339: Portfolio reviews 2:30 - 3:30 p.m. LH331: Creating Comics Q&A with Kelly Sue DeConnick and Brian Bendis 3:45 - 4:45 p.m. LH331: Publishing and Marketing Comics with David Walker, Sean Edgar and Andréa Gilroy 5:00 - 7:30 p.m. LH115: "Hellboy" (2004) film screening with an introduction by Mike Richardson and a Q&A after the screening May 18th (Day 2): 2 - 4 p.m. LH339: Student and graduate tabling 2 - 4 p.m. LH339: Portfolio reviews 2:30 - 3:30 p.m. LH331: How to Make Comics with Words and Pictures with Steve Lieber 3:45 - 4:45 p.m. in LH331: Working with Your Editor with Shelly Bond, David Walker and Diana Schutz 5:00 - 7:30 p.m. LH115: "American Splendor" (2003) film screening with a Q&A after the screening
Announcing the full schedule for the Comics Confluence Festival! Doors open at 1 p.m. for both days.
Portfolio reviews will be happening during both days of the Comics Confluence Festival!
They will take place from 2 - 4 p.m. in LH339. Reviews will be done by Dark Horse editors Patrick Thorpe, Tara McCarron, Foster Kupbens as well as Shelly Bond.
Please bring your art portfolio.
Susan Kirtley (she/her) is a professor at Portland State University and the creator of the PSU Comics Studies program. She is the author of the Eisner-winning “Lynda Barry: Girlhood through the Looking Glass” (2013), and co-editor of “With Great Power Comes Great Pedagogy: Teaching, Learning, and Comics” (2020). Her book, “Typical Girls: The Rhetoric of Womanhood in Comic Strips” was the 2022 Charles Hatfield Prizewinner for the best book in Comics Studies. She is currently the Editor of “Inks: The Journal of the Comics Studies Society.”
Introducing the creator of the Comics Studies program - Susan Kirtley!
J.J. Vazquez is a professor at Portland State University. He's the associate director of the PSU Film and PSU Comics Studies programs, curating cool events for both departments. He is the Producer of "Dragon Ball Z: Light of Hope" (2018), "The Run" (2021), and "American Track League" (2024). He also co-writes and directs video commercials for Trackland Productions.
Introducing the associate director of the Comics Studies program - J.J. Vazquez!
Books with Pictures in Eugene is independent and locally operated by Andréa Gilroy, who earned her PhD in Comparative Literature from the University of Oregon (UO) in 2015. Her dissertation focused on comics history and the way comics represent identity. After graduation, she has worked as a comics educator teaching courses at UO (including acting as 2016-17 Interim Director of the UO Comics & Cartoon Studies Program) and PSU, serving on the board of ICAF, co-curating cool exhibits, and speaking at conferences and conventions. She also made Comics Crash Course. She is thrilled to build a space that uses the power of comics and the passion of fans to build community.
Comics Confluence Festival Panelist Announcement - Andréa Gilroy!
Andréa Gilroy will be joining David Walker and Sean Edgar for the Publishing & Marketing Comics panel from 3:45 - 4:45 p.m. on May 17.
Steve Lieber's comics have been published by DC, Marvel, Dark Horse, Image, and many other publishers, but he's best known for his Eisner-award winning work on "Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen" and "Whiteout." His most recent books are "Backflash" at Dark Horse Comics, and "Metamorpho" at DC.
Comics Confluence Festival Panelist Announcement - Steve Lieber!
Steve Lieber will be hosting the How to Make Comics with Words and Pictures panel from 2:30 - 3:30 p.m. on May 18.
Shelly Bond is an Award-winning Comic Book Editor with over thirty years of red ink on her hands. She’s worked with industry luminaries including Grant Morrison, and for publishers including DC Comics/Vertigo and Image among others. Bond is writer/creator of “Filth & Grammar: The Comic Book Editor’s (Secret) Handbook” and editor of “Bitter Root.”
Comics Confluence Festival Panelist Announcement - Shelly Bond!
Shelly Bond will part of the Working With Your Editor panel from 3:45 - 4:45 p.m. on May 18.
Diana Schutz is an award-winning comic editor who edited some of Will Eisner’s work while at Dark Horse Comics. She has also edited iconic series such as “Sin City,” “Usagi Yojimbo,” and “American Splendor.” Schutz was the first woman to be inducted into the Canadian Comic Book Creator Hall of Fame and was inducted into the Will Eisner Hall of Fame in 2023.
Comics Confluence Festival Panelist Announcement - Diana Schutz!
Diana Schutz will be joining Shelly Bond for the Working with Your Editor panel from 3:45 - 4:45 p.m. on May 18.
Sean Edgar is the marketing director and an editor at creator-owned publisher DSTLRY. He’s formerly worked for publishers including First Second, Image Comics, The Atlantic, Z2, and Paste Magazine. He’s also the author of "Art of Over the Garden Wall" and a former animal trainer at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium.
Comics Confluence Festival Panelist Announcement - Sean Edgar!
Sean Edgar will be joining David Walker for the Publishing & Marketing Comics panel from 3:45 - 4:45 p.m. on May 17.
Film screenings: End each day with an exclusive film screening adapted from a comic. Starts at 5:00 p.m.
Don't miss your chance to connect with fellow comic enthusiasts, learn from industry experts, and celebrate everything comics!
Learn more at our website: pdxcomicsconfluence.com
Daily workshops and panels: Each day features an interactive workshop and panel discussion led by comic industry professionals, including Kelly Sue DeConnick, Brian Bendis, David Walker, Diana Schutz, and more. Start time at 2:30 p.m. & 3:45 p.m.
Want to know more about the Comics Confluence Festival? Check out our website!
pdxcomicsconfluence.com
Kelly Sue Deconnick is a comic, stage, and TV writer. She is well-known in the mainstream market as the reinventor of Captain Marvel and for reimagining Wonder Woman’s origin in “Wonder Woman Historia” (Eisner Award winner). DeConnick is also known in the independent scene with her comics “Bitch Planet” and “Pretty Deadly” (both Eisner-nominated).
Comics Confluence Festival Panelist Announcement - Kelly Sue DeConnick!
Kelly Sue DeConnick will be hosting a Q&A on creating comics from 2:30 - 3:30 p.m. on May 17.