Portlanders cleaned up at the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards this past weekend, including the top honor for a comic book retailer. We talk with owner Katie Pryde.
For nearly a year, a sizable group of Pacific Northwest comics world professionals have been working towards a significant goal. They want to create a Northwest Museum of Cartoon Arts (NWMOCA) and place it in Portland's downtown. "Portland is the epicenter of the artistic comic community in the United States," Mike Rosen, NWMOCA's Board Chair told the Mercury. "We have an embarrassment of riches in terms of collectors, comic book shops, artists, writers, and three.
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