NWMOCA’s
Upcoming and Past Events
NWMOCA PRESENTS:
Ryan alexander-tanner
Sunday, 2.15
1-3 pm
@ NWMOCA
322 NW 8TH AVE, PDXRYAN ALEXANDER-TANNER will look back at his career working as a cartoonist and illustrator working with a variety of clients, including the New York Times, the Nib, University’s Teacher’s College Press, Buzzfeed, UC San Diego, Talking Points Memo, the Washington Post, Intel, Planned Parenthood, the Portland Mercury, the Willamette Week, Dave’s Killer Bread and many more.
Ryan makes comics and illustrations by hand with pencil, ink, and paper. His work includes Muhammad Ali: The Greatest Comics Biography of All Time and co-authoring an adaptation of Bill Ayers’ book To Teach: The Journey, In Comics.
NWMOCA PRESENTS:
michael allred
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mark russell
Saturday, 2.14
1-3 pm
@ NWMOCA
322 NW 8TH AVE, PDXFall in love with Michael Allred and Mark Russell this Valentine’s Day!
The creators of SUPERMAN: SPACE AGE and BATMAN: DARK AGE will talk about their work, take questions, and sign books!
MICHAEL ALLRED is the legendary creator behind Madman, the Atomics, Red Rocket 7, X-Statix, and iZombie among dozens of others. He’s the founder of the publishing company AAA Pop. He’s won the Inkpot, Eisner, AML awards, and even an MTV award.MARK RUSSELL is the Ringo, Eisner, and GLAAD award-winning writer of The Flintsones, Exit Stage Left: the Snagglepuss Chronicles, Not All Robots, and Traveling to Mars. He is also the cartoonist behind Bunkbed Mishaps.
NWMOCA PRESENTS:
NO Straight Lines
@ PAM CUT
Tomorrow Theater
Saturday, 2.7
4 pm
@ PAM CUT TOMORROW THEATER
3530 SE Division St, Portland, OR 97202THE EXPERIENCE
Celebrate five decades of groundbreaking art and storytelling with Portland legend Rupert Kinnard! In conjunction with his inclusion in the Northwest Museum of Cartoon Arts inaugural exhibit, we’re thrilled to present a screening of No Straight Lines: The Rise of Queer Comics.
This illuminating documentary traces the history of queer comics and the artists who reshaped representation on the page. Following the screening, Kinnard, creator of the first Black, queer superhero, will be onstage for an audience Q&A moderated by NWMOCA Board Chair Mike Rosen.
Rupert Kinnard will sign books after the Q&A.
Rupert Kinnard
Rupert Kinnard is an award-winning African American, gay, paraplegic artist, activist and is the creator of the political comic strip Cathartic Comics and the book B.B. and the Diva: A Collection of Cathartic Comics featuring The Brown Bomber and Diva Touché Flambé was published in 1992 by Alyson Publications. His recent book, Ooops…I Just Catharted! Fifty Years of Cathartic Comics was published by Stacked Deck Press in 2025.
NWMOCA PRESENTS:
Brian michael bendis
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taki soma
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michael avon oeming
Saturday, 1.31
1-3 pm
@ NWMOCA
322 NW 8TH AVE, PDXThe creators behind the UNITED STATES OF MURDER, INC., POWERS, TAKIO and so, many, many more will talk about their work, take your questions, and sign books!
BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS is the multi-award-winning writer of POWERS, ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN, DAREDEVIL, MASTERPIECE, PEARL, and many, many, many other books. He is the co-creator of two of Marvel’s most successful characters over the past 20 years, Jessica Jones and Miles Morales.TAKI SOMA is a Hugo Award-nominated cartoonist and writer. Her work includes ALIENATED, SINERGY, GALAXY MADNESS, THE UNITED STATES OF MURDER, INC., BITCH PLANET, and the autobiographical comic SLEEPING WHILE STANDING among many more.
MICHAEL AVON OEMING is the multi-award-winning cartoonist and writer whose work can be seen in dozens of titles across the past three decades, including HAMMER OF THE GODS, BLUE BOOK, THOR, THE MICE TEMPLAR, and (of course) POWERS, THE UNITED STATES OF MURDER, INC., and TAKIO.
NWMOCA PRESENTS:
GIGANTIC
COMIC SWAP@ GIGANTIC BREWING
Saturday, 1.24
12-6 pm
@ GIGANTIC BREWING
5224 SE 26TH AVEFREE admission—donations encouraged!
Attendees must be 21 and over.NWMOCA presents: our second comics swap event hosted by Gigantic Brewing! This is a fundraiser for NWMOCA and features:
- Over 10 vendors!
- Appearances by local creators!
- Award winning writer Mark Russell
- Todd Blackwood
- Jerrry James
- A chance to explore great comics at unbeatable prices!
- Gigantic Brewing’s impressive array of beer!
Whether you’re a longtime collector or just getting into comics, this is a great opportunity to connect with Portland’s vibrant comics community and support NWMOCA!
ERIC POWELL
@ NWMOCA
Screenshot Saturday, 1.24
1-3 pm
@ NWMOCA
322 NW 8th Ave., Portland, ORYou’re invited for a presentation, Q & A, and signing to celebrate over 25 years of THE GOON with its creator, Eric Powell!
ERIC POWELL is the International Horror Guild, Ringo, National Cartoonist Society, and multi-Eisner Award-winning cartoonist and founder of the publishing imprint Albatross Funnybooks. He’s most well known for his original creation, THE GOON, the all-ages series CHIMICHANGA and PUG DAVIS, has also dabbled in work for DC, Marvel, and Dark Horse, and the non-fiction story DID YOU HEAR WHAT GEIN DONE?
lark pien
@ NWMOCA
Screenshot Sunday 1.18
1-3 pm
@ NWMOCA
322 NW 8th Ave., Portland, ORJoin us for a presentation, Q & A, and signing with cartoonist, zinester, and Harvey Award-winning colorist Lark Pien!
Lark Pien began making comics in the late 90’s, most of which are short fiction stories featured in anthologies, children’s magazines, and limited run publications. These she made primarily with traditional media.
Her colorist work is digital and includes:
- American Born Chinese, Boxers & Saints, and Dragon Hoops for Gene Luen Yang
- Stargazing for Jen Wang
- The Sunny Series and Turtle in Paradise for Jennifer Holm
- Dream On, and Diana Princess of the Amazon for Shannon Hale Invisible for Christina Diaz Gonzales
- The Beyond for Jason Shiga
Lark’s art installations and comics have been featured at the San Jose Museum of Art, NYMoCA, the Portland Chinatown Museum, San Francisco Cartoon Art Museum and the Secession Gallery.
Her children’s books Long Tail Kitty (blue apple books) and Mr. Elephanter (candlewick) are adaptations from her handmade mini-comics.Lark’s non-fiction Immortal Chicken journals can be found on her patreon page, and updates for soft body workshops and internal art studies are posted on her Instagram @larkpien.
kelly sue deconnick
@ NWMOCA
Screenshot Saturday, 1.17
1-3 pm
@ NWMOCA
322 NW 8th Ave., Portland, ORKELLY SUE DECONNICK is an Alfie, Eisner and British Fantasy Award winner, won the Bronze Medal for International Manga from Japan, and received Hugo and Oregon Book Award nominations. Ms. DeConnick is a screenwriter, an essayist and a playwright, but considers herself first and foremost a comic book writer and collaborator.
She’s best known for reinventing Carol Danvers as “Captain Marvel” at Marvel and for the standard-setting WONDER WOMAN HISTORIA: THE AMAZONS at DC, though her NY Times best-selling comics BITCH PLANET and PRETTY DEADLY.
In 2015, Ms. DeConnick founded the #VisibleWomen Project, whose mission is to help women and other marginalized genders find paid work in comics and its related industries. The project continues to this day and in partnership with Dani Hedlund of Brink Literacy.
Matt FRACTION
& STEVE LIEBER@ NWMOCA
Sunday, 1.11
1-3 pm
@ NWMOCA
322 NW 8th Ave., Portland, ORMEET THE MEN WHO KILLED JIMMY OLSEN!
MATT FRACTION & STEVE LIEBER
CREATORS OF THE MULTI-EISNER AWARD-WINNING
Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen1-3 PM • SUN, 1.11 • 322 NW 8TH AVE
Learn all about how Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen was made! Ask Matt and Steve questions, like:
Has Matt Fraction been replaced by Evil Matt Fraction?
Does Steve Lieber have an army of monkeys drawing for him?MATT FRACTION is the acclaimed writer of Hawkeye, Sex Criminals, Casanova, Uncanny X-Men, Immortal Iron Fist, Fantastic Four, ODY-C, Batman, Thor, Invicible Iron Man, and more!!!
STEVE LIEBER is the five-star artist of books like One-Star Squadron, Whiteout and its Eisner Award-winning sequel Whiteout: Melt, The Fix, The Superior Foes of Spider-Man, and Underground. Steve is also a founding member of Helioscope, the country’s largest comics arts studio.
Cartoonists For Palestine
with Shay Mirk @ NWMOCA
Saturday, 1.10
1-3 pm
@ NWMOCA
322 NW 8th Ave., Portland, ORJoin us for a talk with SHAY MIRK about their new publishing and education venture, Crucial Comix, and their first published book, CARTOONISTS FOR PALESTINE.
CARTOONISTS FOR PALESTINE is an incredible collection of work from over 50 artists from around the globe responding to the war in Gaza and the humanitarian crisis across Palestine.
You can see a selection of pieces from the book on display at NWMOCA’s inaugural exhibit.
Jonathan Case @ NWMOCA
Saturday, 1.3
1-3 pm
@ NWMOCA
322 NW 8th Ave., Portland, ORWe’re so excited to have Eisner Award-winning creator Jonathan Case come by to talk about his work, sign books, and talk with YOU! Jonathan is a writer and artist who’s worked on OVER THE GARDEN WALL and BATMAN ‘66 as well as his own creations, THE NEW DEAL and his latest: LITTLE MONARCHS.
Jonathan has also taught reading, writing, and drawing comics classes for NWMOCA. If you have questions about making comics, this is the perfect opportunity to ask them!
Rupert Kinnard @ NWMOCA
Saturday, 12.27
1-3 pm
NWMOCA
322 NW 8th Ave., Portland, ORRupert Kinnard is the trailblazing creator of the Brown Bomber, the first black, gay superhero to find wide distribution. He also created Cathartic Comics, first published in Just Out magazine, which he co-founded. He’s won multiple awards for his work and is featured in the documentary No Straight Lines: the Rise of Queer Comics and in the “Heroes of the Pacific Northwest” section of NWMOCA’s inaugural exhibit.
Star Wars Holiday Special Screening!
Saturday, December 13th
7pm-9pm
@ Gigantic Brewery
5224 SE 26th Ave., PDXJoin us at the Gigantic Brewery in SE Portland for a screening of the Star Wars Holiday Special! There will be a costume contest and a raffle for out-of-this-world prizes! This is a ticketed event and 21 and over.
Kacy McKinney
Book Launch + Reading
Thursday, December 4th
6-8 pm
@ NWMOCAJoin us on Thursday, 12.4 from 6-8 PM for this FREE event! We’re welcoming Kacy McKinney to celebrate the launch of MOURNING ATTIRE, a book of comics poetry about love and loss.
Kacy McKinney is a self-taught visual artist and scholar/educator based in Portland, Oregon. She holds a Ph.D. in human geography from the University of Washington. She works in comics, drawing, illustration, and textile and garment design. After 15 years teaching in higher education, she recently launched Bushtit and is focused on work as an independent scholar/artist.
She is the creator of CHANGING THE NARRATIVE: STORIES OF STUDENT HOMELESSNESS AND HOUSING INSTABILITY (2022) and the follow up project EPILOGUE (2024). She edited and designed the comic book UPROOTED: VOICES OF STUDENT HOMELESSNESS (2024). Kacy is now working with artist Daren Todd and Street Roots on a project about street newspaper vendors. These community-based collaborative research projects use comics to build empathy to change how we talk, teach, and think about homelessness and poverty.
She is currently Artist-Scholar in Residence at the Homelessness Research and Action Collaborative at Portland State University. She has served on the Board of Directors of the Independent Publishing Resource Center and Sisters of the Road.
6-8pm
Rose City Comicon
September 5th – 7th, 2025
Oregon Convention CenterCome see our Panel, “Generative A.I. vs. The World of Comics! With, Mark Russell, Brian Michael Bendis, Michael Avon Oeming, and Dr. Kate Kelp-Stebbins
Gigantic Comics Swap
Saturday, June 14th
12 to 6 pmLost & Found @ Movie Madness
November 16 2024
Kumoricon
November 8th – 10th 2024
Rose City Comicon
September 6th – 9th 2024
Wasabicon
July 27th – 28th 2024
Free Comic Book Day!
NWMOCA tables at Cosmic Monkey Comics, Excalibur Comics, I Like Comics, and Rose City Comics
May 4th 2024
Hellboy 20th Anniversary
NWMOCA Presents: Hellboy 20th Anniversary screening.
The Hollywood Theater
April 28th 2024
Comics Trivia Night
Gigantic Brewing and NWMOCA Present: Comics Trivia Night at Gigantic Brewing Southeast
April 14th 2024
6:00pm-8:00pm
Frankenstein Comics Swap
The Lloyd Center
March 16th 2024
Anthology Release Party
NWMOCA presents: Reading, Writing, and Drawing Comics Anthology release party.
Rose City Comics
January 20th 2024
Rose City Comic Con
September 22nd – 24th 2023
Why Comics?
NWMOCA Presents: Why Comics? with Mark Russell.
Wacom Experience Center, PDX
September 14th 2023
Reading, Writing, and Drawing Comics
NWMOCA Presents: Reading, Writing, and Drawing Comics, a free comics class for 9-12 year olds.
Wacom Experience Center, PDX
August 24th to 28th 2023
Pizza Party
NWMOCA Presents: Pizza Party Fundraiser!
Scottie’s Pizza
May 7th 2023
Kumoricon
November 11th – 13th 2022
Literary Arts Bookfest
November 5th 2022
Rose City Comic Con
September 9th – 11th 2022