Comments on: April is Comics Month in Portland http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/04/08/april-is-comics-month-in-portland/ The News Blog of Comics Culture Fri, 04 Jul 2008 20:40:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Unpopular http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/04/08/april-is-comics-month-in-portland/#comment-1237376 Thu, 10 Apr 2008 09:15:35 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/04/08/april-is-comics-month-in-portland/#comment-1237376 The Portland library has one of the best libraries I've ever seen, especially in the realm of graphic novels. The two branches I visit often have weak selections, but there's no point in having every copy of every graphic novel at every location. The stock is spread out. Use the online catalog, and you'll see there's a whole lot more out there. I've probably read over 200 graphic novels/collections since I've been here, and I have another 50 or so on my list. The Portland library has one of the best libraries I’ve ever seen, especially in the realm of graphic novels. The two branches I visit often have weak selections, but there’s no point in having every copy of every graphic novel at every location. The stock is spread out. Use the online catalog, and you’ll see there’s a whole lot more out there. I’ve probably read over 200 graphic novels/collections since I’ve been here, and I have another 50 or so on my list.

]]> by: Andy Mangels http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/04/08/april-is-comics-month-in-portland/#comment-1225826 Wed, 09 Apr 2008 06:10:50 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/04/08/april-is-comics-month-in-portland/#comment-1225826 > Just a reminder that Wonder Woman Day II last year , which raised $27,000 for women and children's shelters, was ALSO recognized as "Wonder Woman Day" by the Mayor of Portland (thus opening the door for this new Stumptown honor). But it seems that comic book events that raise awareness and HUGE amounts of money for battered women and kids just don't demand the kind of PR that this is getting... >

Just a reminder that Wonder Woman Day II last year , which raised $27,000 for women and children’s shelters, was ALSO recognized as “Wonder Woman Day” by the Mayor of Portland (thus opening the door for this new Stumptown honor).

But it seems that comic book events that raise awareness and HUGE amounts of money for battered women and kids just don’t demand the kind of PR that this is getting…

]]> by: Toby http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/04/08/april-is-comics-month-in-portland/#comment-1222135 Tue, 08 Apr 2008 23:33:51 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/04/08/april-is-comics-month-in-portland/#comment-1222135 After all this hubbub, it's funny how the graphic novel section is so weak in the Portland libraries. As with most libraries, the graphic novel sections in the various pdx libraries are all haphazardly put together, all tucked away in dark corners or crammed into one bookshelf, all disorganized. The graphic novel sections in libraries always look like afterthoughts, and pdx is no exception. For a town that has a month devoted to comics, you'd think they'd treat their comics sections with a bit more respect. After all this hubbub, it’s funny how the graphic novel section is so weak in the Portland libraries. As with most libraries, the graphic novel sections in the various pdx libraries are all haphazardly put together, all tucked away in dark corners or crammed into one bookshelf, all disorganized. The graphic novel sections in libraries always look like afterthoughts, and pdx is no exception. For a town that has a month devoted to comics, you’d think they’d treat their comics sections with a bit more respect.

]]> by: Leland Purvis http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/04/08/april-is-comics-month-in-portland/#comment-1214129 Tue, 08 Apr 2008 15:39:46 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/04/08/april-is-comics-month-in-portland/#comment-1214129 The ratio of comics people per square mile in PDX is so high it won't be long before they're on the city council and the school boards. It's pretty sweet. I can see moving back there before too many years go by.... The ratio of comics people per square mile in PDX is so high it won’t be long before they’re on the city council and the school boards. It’s pretty sweet. I can see moving back there before too many years go by….

]]> by: Torsten Adair http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/04/08/april-is-comics-month-in-portland/#comment-1210161 Tue, 08 Apr 2008 13:40:50 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/04/08/april-is-comics-month-in-portland/#comment-1210161 And it's only April... And there hasn't been a big comicbook movie yet, like there was Sin City or 300. What next? Tom Batiuk getting a mention from the Pulitzer Board? Book publishers copying the Direct Market business plan? This ain't the Golden Age, this is a freakin' RENAISSANCE! The Plague is over, exciting discoveries from the Orient influence Western Culture, and new ideas threaten the hierarchies of old. The future's shining bright, and I'm gonna go get sunburnt! And it’s only April… And there hasn’t been a big comicbook movie yet, like there was Sin City or 300. What next? Tom Batiuk getting a mention from the Pulitzer Board? Book publishers copying the Direct Market business plan?

This ain’t the Golden Age, this is a freakin’ RENAISSANCE! The Plague is over, exciting discoveries from the Orient influence Western Culture, and new ideas threaten the hierarchies of old.

The future’s shining bright, and I’m gonna go get sunburnt!

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