Portland Indie Con

Given the ongoing pandemic, this year’s Portland Indie Con has been delayed and will resume in June 2022 at the earliest. We considered a virtual event but have opted to simply postpone the convention another year in hopes of returning to a wholly in-person format.

In the interim, we hope our sponsors, fans and supportive creators alike stay safe and healthy. We encourage you to visit your local comic shop and look forward to seeing you next year.

SPONSORS

Floating World Comics

MEET THE 2019 INDIE CON

Creators

Portland Indie Con’s first official Guest of Honor is Farel Dalrymple, an Eisner-nominated comics creator and Xeric Grant recipient. His list of accomplishments also includes a gold medal from The Society of Illustrators for Pop Gun War. Farel will not only be exhibiting at the show, but will also be an integral part of our programming, participating in a unique creator-to-creator interview with fan favorite writer-artist Craig Thompson. Con-exclusive merch featuring Farel’s art will also be available at the show. Farel is the creator of the comic series Proxima Centauri (Image comics 2018), It Will All Hurt (Image comics 2018), Pop Gun War: Chain Letter (2017 Image comics) and Pop Gun War: Gift (2016 Image comics, 2001 Dark Horse), The Wrenchies (First Second Books 2014), and Delusional (Adhouse, 2013). Farel was a co-founder and contributor to the comic anthology, Meathaus, and the artist on Palefire (Secret Acres, 2015) written by Mk Reed, Prophet (Image comics 2012) by Brandon Graham, Omega the Unknown (Marvel Comics 2010) by Jonathan Lethem, Jenny Finn (Dark Horse 2018) by Troy Nixey and Mike Mignola, Caper (DC Comics 2003) by Judd Winick, and various other short stories and collaborative projects. fareldalrymple.com

Craig Thompson is a graphic novelist best known for Good-bye, Chunky Rice (1999), Blankets (2003), Carnet de Voyage (2004), Habibi (2011), and Space Dumplins (2015). Thompson has received four Harvey Awards, three Eisner Awards, and two Ignatz Awards. In 2007, his cover design for the Menomena album Friend and Foe received a Grammy nomination for Best Recording Package. Craig will debut the first installment of his 12-issue serial, Ginseng Roots, at the show.
www.dootdootgarden.com

Steve Lieber’s comics and illustrations have been published by DC, Marvel, Dark Horse, Image Comics, Dupuis, Scholastic, Penguin, and many others, on properties like Batman, Superman, Hellboy, Star Trek, and Road to Perdition. He’s best known for his work on Superior Foes of Spider-man at Marvel and Whiteout at Oni Press. He’s currently drawing The Fix at Image Comics. His various projects have received nine Eisner Award nominations, and he won the Eisner for Best Limited Series for Whiteout volume 2: Melt. Whiteout was made into a feature film at Warner Bros. starring Kate Beckinsale.
stevelieber.com

Matthew Nielsen, known online as ‘Nuclear Jackal’ (due to the abundance of other Matthew Nielsens out there) is a writer/illustrator specializing in comics and landscapes. A graduate of the Hereford College of Arts BA (Hons) Illustration course and a strong supporter of self-education, his latest comics work is a collaboration with writer/filmmaker David W. Edwards, Animalia Paradoxa. An exclusive con-only edition of this Nightscape-related comic will be available at PIC. Originally born in Wales to a Danish father and a Canadian mother, Matthew currently resides in Canada.
nuclearjackal.com

Leila del Duca draws Sleepless, Shutter and writes Afar for Image Comics. In 2015 she was nominated for the Russ Manning Promising Newcomer award for her work on Shutter. She has also worked on The Wicked + the Divine, Scarlet Witch, and American Vampire. Her interests other than comics include cooking, sewing, reading, binging TV, and drinking coffee or sazeracs while staring off into space.
helioscopepdx.com/leila-del-duca/

Joseph Keatinge is the writer of Image, Skybound, Marvel and DC Comics titles including Flavor, Stellar, Ringside, Glory, Marvel Knights: Hulk and Adventures of Superman as well as the Executive Editor of Eisner & Harvey award-winning Image Comics anthology, Popgun, and Courtney Taylor-Taylor’s One Model Nation.
joekeatinge.com

Sloane Leong is a self-taught cartoonist, artist, and writer. Her work focuses on exploring silenced narratives from her own communities with an aim to cultivate a kinder, more understanding future and to connect personally with individuals through storytelling. She has been drawing comics since she was 16 years-old and has done work for companies like Image Comics, Top Cow, Cartoon Network, DC, Dark Horse, Boom!, Namco and BuzzFeed. Her current projects: A Map to the Sun (First Second, 2019) and Prism Stalker (Image Comics, 2018).
sloanesloane.com

Ron Randall is the creator and writer/artist of the scif-fi comic series Trekker, featuring action hero Mercy St. Clair. The latest book, Trekker: Chapeltown, from Scufprint Press, was funded through a wildly successful Kickstarter campaign this spring. More volumes are on the way. Meanwhile, Ron has also spent over thirty years creating comics for DC, Marvel, Dark Horse and many others on titles as varied as Supergirl, Star Wars, Venom, Predator and Justice League.
ronrandall.com

Renee Nault is the artist of The Handmaid’s Tale graphic novel, and the author and artist of Witchling. She is known for her vivid and dreamlike illustrations in watercolor and ink. Her work has appeared in books, magazines and advertising worldwide. She currently lives in Victoria, BC.
www.reneenault.com

Cathy Camper is the author of Bugs Before Time, Ten Ways to Hear Snow (2020) and the Lowriders in Space series. She also writes zines, including Sugar Needle, and is a founding member of the Portland Women of Color zine collective. An Arab American and a graduate of VONA/Voices writing, Cathy works as a librarian in Portland, Oregon, where she does outreach to schools and kids grades K-12. cathycamper.com
Warren Montgomery has been providing comic book lettering and/or coloring for many publishers since 1988. They include: London Night Studios, Boneyard Press, Boom! Studios, Lion Forge, Albatross Funnybooks and more. And has been self-publishing his own line of heroes since 2012. Native Chicagoan, he currently lives in Portland, Oregon.
www.wlcomics.com

Yuki Saeki is a traditionally-trained comic artist and illustrator born in Japan and raised in Taiwan. Her most recent work includes Golgotha (Image/Top Cow) and Game Space (Phoenix Dreams). She’s also enjoyed working in a variety of industries, such as technology for the web, mobile apps, virtual words, and costume design for film. She’s currently based in Salem, Oregon.
yukisaeki.com

Alejandra Gutiérrez was born in 1994 in Cartagena, Colombia. She now lives in Portland, Oregon with a man who buys her limes. She draws herself a lot and pretends to be a Valley girl. She recently drew one of the main stories in Twisted Romance from Image Comics and contributed to The Comics Journal’s “A Cartoonist’s Diary” feature.
@hellewoods

Conor Stechschulte was raised in rural Pennsylvania and began self-publishing comics while attending the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore. His debut graphic novel, The Amateurs was published by Fantagraphics in 2014 and translated into Italian by Edizioni 001 in 2017. He is currently serializing Generous Bosom with Breakdown Press in London. He lives in Chicago where he teaches courses in comics and self-publishing at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago
conorstechschulte.com

Jonathan Case began his cartooning career with two acclaimed graphic novels: Dear Creature and Green River Killer (for which he won an Eisner Award). His other comics work includes The Creep, Batman ’66, The New Deal (nominated for the Harvey, Reuben and Oregon Book Awards), Superman: American Alien, Over the Garden Wall: Distillatoria and the upcoming Little Monarchs. He lives in Portland, Oregon with his wife and two daughters.
jonathancase.net

Colleen Coover is an Eisner Award-winning comic book artist based in Portland, Oregon. Her comics include the adult title Small Favors and the all-ages Banana Sunday. She has been published by Dark Horse, Top Shelf, Marvel, and many others. She works with her husband, writer Paul Tobin, on the Eisner-winning series Bandette.
www.colleencoover.net

Leia Weathington is a writer and artist living in Portland, Oregon. She writes comics and cooks dinner in a little treehouse where she lives with her husband. She’s best known for The Legend of Bold Riley, a sword-and-sorcery epic published by Northwest Press, which specializes in LGBTQ-themed comic books and graphic novels.
northwestpress.com/author-book/leia-weathington/

Dustin Weaver is an artist and writer who’s worked for Marvel, IDW, and Dark Horse on books like Avengers, X-Men, S.H.I.E.L.D, Infinity Gauntlet, Edge of Spider-Verse, Star Wars and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Bebop & Rocksteady. He currently works on Paklis, his creator owned series published through Image Comics.
dustinweaver.blogspot.com/

Little Corvus, a.k.a. Sar DuVall, is a Seattle based, queer nonbinary latinx comic artist and illustrator with a BFA in Cartooning from the School of Visual Arts (2015). They have illustrated work in Star Wars: Women of the Galaxy for Chronicle Books (2018), Rolled & Told and Puerto Rico Strong for Lion Forge (2018) and more. They were nominated for an Eisner Award in 2017 for their work on the webtoon Deja Brew for Stela (2016), and published their first full-length graphic novel, The Bridge, with Peter Tomasi for Abrams in 2018. Their work has been featured in comics anthologies such as Elements: Fire for Beyond Press (2017), FTL Y’All for Iron Circus (2018) and Group Chat for POME Press (2018). They love positive, diverse stories and the color pink.
littlecorvusart.com

Going on 13 years of podcasting, hosts Aaron Duran, Denise Espinoza, and Kaebel Hashitani serve up a weekly blend of pop culture conversation and the impact upon the culture. Unafraid to tackle social issues, Geek in the City Radio interjects important community commentary while maintaining a lighthearted geeky atmosphere.
geekinthecity.com
Daria Tessler was born in Finland and grew up in LA, majoring in mathematics and printmaking at UC Santa Cruz. She now lives in Portland, where she is an artist, working primarily in screen printing as well as watercolor and gouache to create unexpected images. Her comics include The Cult of the Ibis, Accursed and Music of Changes. Animalsleepstories is the collection of silkscreened art, illustrations, books and comics made by Daria Tessler, an artist based in Portland, Oregon. Daria works in several mediums, including screen printing, watercolor and gouache, pen and ink, graphite and animation. www.animalsleepstories.com

Corey Lewis “Reyyy” is a writer, illustrator and designer. You can find his work in original graphic novels like Sharknife, Sun Bakery, Layered Jacket and Seedless. His newest works include Dead Naked and Freeze, a fantastical breakdancing comic.
reyyy.com

Kory was born in the Ozarks three days before Halloween, which explains a lot. She now lives in Portland, Oregon, drawing extinct animals, cryptids, and mythical creatures while yelling dinosaur facts into the void. Kory is the creator of the award-winning Skin Deep, a long-running webcomic about mythical creatures living hidden from humanity and just published her fourth book, Skin Deep: Illumination.
www.skindeepcomic.com

Erin Nations is the writer and illustrator of the comic book series Gumballs (DINKY Award winner and Ignatz Award nominated) published by Top Shelf Productions. His work has appeared in Original Plumbing magazine, Vision Quest, Full Bleed and the We’re Still Here anthology. He lives in Portland, Oregon.
www.erinnations.com

Zack Soto lives in Portland, Oregon with his wife Krista and their son Caspian. He’s the publisher of Study Group Comic Books, co-editor of Study Group Magazine, co-host of the Process Party Podcast, and creator of The Secret Voice and Power Button comics.
studygroupcomics.com/zacksoto

Tait Howard is a comic creator and illustrator from the Pacific Northwest. His work has appeared in the pages of Invader Zim and Rick and Morty from Oni Press, as well as Adventure Time and Steven Universe from Boom! Studios. He also paints and creates his own independent comics in his spare time, and is currently working on two all-ages graphic novels for First Second & Oni Press. comicbooktakeover.tumblr.com

Josh Simmons burst onto the comics scene with his solo anthology series Happy in 2001. Since then, he’s put out a number of brutal, deeply unsettling, and often hilarious horror comics, including House (2007), The Furry Trap (2012), Black River (2015), Jessica Farm Volumes 1-2 (2016) and Flayed Corpse (2018). His stories have also appeared in the acclaimed comics anthologies Kramers Ergot and Mome. 2019 will see the release of the mini-series All Time Comics: Zerosis Deathscape in collaboration with Josh Bayer, Trevor Von Eeden and many more. He was born in Connecticut in 1977 and currently lives in Portland, OR.
joshuahallsimmons.blogspot.com

Joamette Gil is a (gender) queer Afro-Cuban cartoonist, letterer and comics editor. She’s also the one-man operation known as Power & Magic Press, publisher of such titles as Heartwood: Non-binary Tales of Sylvan Fantasy and the award-winning Power & Magic: The Queer Witch Comics Anthology.
powerandmagicpress.com

Paul Guinan is a multimedia artist who’s done stints as a TV show host, storyboard artist and production designer. His first job in comics was as a production artist with Chicago-based First Comics. While there, he co-created Cargonauts, a forerunner of Firefly. Paul later co-created and illustrated the time travel series Chronos, from DC Comics. He’s a founding member of Helioscope Studio, the largest collective of comics creators in North America. His current project is an historical comic book series titled Aztec Empire, about the Aztecs’ defeat by Spanish invaders.

Anina Bennett is a writer and editor, also started out at First Comics, managing titles such as Nexus and GrimJack. She then moved to Portland, Oregon to edit for Dark Horse Comics. Her work also took her to Denmark, where she edited stories for popular European Disney comics. Anina has served on the boards of several nonprofits and helped found Friends of Lulu, a 1990s organization dedicated to encouraging female comic book readers and creators. She’s written five graphic novels and two illustrated histories, and is working on her first prose novel.

Anina and Paul also teach comic book workshops for students of all ages; give educational talks; and appear at conventions, conferences, festivals, and other events around the country. The duo was honored with Inkpot Awards in 2011 at Comic-Con International and has been featured in many galleries and museums. Most recently, their work was selected for inclusion in the Oregon Historical Society’s 2016-2017 exhibit “Comic City, USA.”
www.bigredhair.com

Leslie Hung is a comic artist and illustrator from California. She is the co-creator of Snotgirl (Image Comics) alongside Bryan Lee O’Malley. Her work often deals with questions about identity, sexuality, and complex relationships.
imagecomics.com/creators/leslie-hung

Sandra Lanz is a Cuban artist working in video games and comics. She produced The World Next Door, which had its recent release on the Nintendo Switch. She is the author of House Girls and has worked on comics such as Betty and Veronica, Star Trek and Prophet. Find her on twitter @sandilanz to learn more about the handful of indie projects she’s working on now.
www.sandralanz.com

David F. Walker is an award-winning comic book writer, author, filmmaker, journalist, and educator. His work in comic books includes Shaft (Dynamite Entertainment), winner of the 2015 Glyph Award for Story of the Year, Luke Cage, Occupy Avengers, Power Man and Iron Fist, Nighthawk, Fury, Secret Wars: Battleworld (Marvel Comics), Cyborg (DC Comics), The Army of Dr. Moreau, Tarzan on the Planet of the Apes (Dark Horse/Boom), and Number 13 (Dark Horse Comics). In 2015, he wrote the novel Shaft’s Revenge, the first new novel starring private detective John Shaft in nearly 40 years. He’s also the creator of the critically-acclaimed YA series The Adventures of Darius Logan.

David recently founded Solid Comix, a small publishing company established for limited series and original graphic novels. The first project from this Portland-based company will be One Fall, a five-issue mini-series co-created by David and artist Brett Weldele (with some help and input from writer Ted Pirro). The mini-series will make its debut in spring 2019.
davidfwalker.com

Anna Vo is a radical educator, artist, curator, musician and comedian. Anarchist and festival organizer. They make dark, abstract comics. @anoutrecordings

Shannon Wheeler is the versatile indie comic creator of Too Much Coffee Man. His comics have appeared in newspapers, magazines, comic books, including The New Yorker, Mad Magazine and The Onion newspaper.
www.shannonleowheeler.com

Experimental illustrator Jenna Trost is a creator of zines and art books. Her work tends to the natural, fantastical and fun. She was accepted into the NY Society of Illustrators Annual for sculpture a few years back and, more recently, her paintings have been making their way into published comics. She is generally working on two to three projects at any given time and will gladly overshare regarding said projects…and most other things.

Grim Wilkins has been creating fun, adventure-filled comics for years. You can find Grim’s work in his mostly silent, creator-owned book Mirenda as well as in the pages of Prophet: Earth War and the tabletop RPG Quest. On a nice day he can be found down by the lake looking at birds.
grimwilkins.tumblr.com

A socially conscious podcast about comics and movies that attempts to explore all facets of geek culture using humor and friendship! www.supergeekyplaydate.com

Additional Creators/Exhibitors

David Accampo
Matt Blairstone
Seamus Burke
Veronica Casson
Persephone Chia
Bill Coulombe
Evan Dahm
Alex Delaney
Nate Derr
Sarah Barrie Fenton
Floating World Comics
Peter Glanting
Miles Greb
Gene Guilmette
Nicole Gustafsson
Becky Hawkins
Gustave Heully
Shane Hosea
Aaron Humphries
Imperiad Entertainment
CJ Joughlin
Robin Kaplan
Jack Kent
Kalen Knowles
Kore 6 Media
Kerstin LaCross
Colin Lawler
Mike Lawrence
Emily Lewis
Garrett Ley
Rodney Lockett
Mildred Louis
Jason Martin
Jason McNamara
Nucleus Gallery
Arthur O’Reilly
Shawn Pacheco
Tyler Parker
Jason Pittman
Popsicle Propaganda
Reid Psaltis
Daniel Ramirez
Violet Reed
Chad Rice
Andrea Rosales
Naomi Rubin
Erika Schnatz
Matt Schumacher
Matthew Seely
Jesse Simpson
Ethan Slayton
Ren Stein
Aaron Stewart
Tugboat Books
Uncivilized Books
Lincoln Weaver
Scott Weldon
Brooke “Brimsly” Wians
Justin Zimmerman

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Sponsors/Exhibitors

Floating World Comics

Floating World Comics

Floating World Comics (FWC) is proud to sponsor and exhibit at PIC. This independent comic book shop is for readers, artists and book lovers of all ages. FWC’s founder, Jason Leivian, will be offering a great selection of small press, self-published, underground and international comics, including breakout titles from his in-house press like Charles Forsman’s Slasher and Josh Bayer’s All Time Comics.

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Programming

Programming will take place in three rooms located in the business center of the DoubleTree across the central drive from the exhibit hall. Please note that due to the limited capacity of each room, we can’t guarantee admission to every event.

All rooms will be wheelchair accessible and one nearby restroom will be designated as a non-gender facility.

Saturday

JUNE 29, 2019

SPOTLIGHT INTERVIEWS: SATURDAY

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Leila del Duca + Leia Weathington + Renee Nault
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Steve Lieber + Ron Randall + Dustin Weaver
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Sloane Leong + Leslie Hung
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Zack Soto + Josh Simmons + Shannon Wheeler
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Jason Levian (Floating World Press) + Greg Means (Tugboat Press) + Emma Ruddock (Uncivilized Books) + David F. Walker (Solid Comix)

6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Farel Dalrymple + Craig Thompson

WORKSHOPS: SATURDAY

12:00 - 1:30 PM

Jason McNamara on scripting

2:00 - 3:30 PM
Leila del Duca on character design
4:00 - 5:30 PM
Ron Randall on storytelling
6:00 - 7:30 PM
Little Corvus on illustration

GAMING: SATURDAY

Organized and run by Will Carson of Attention Span Games, this room will feature a wide variety of game demos from indie/small press developers, along with an on-site ‘game library’ so you can relax with your favorite board game or try something entirely new.

Sunday

JUNE 30, 2019

SPOTLIGHT INTERVIEWS: SUNDAY

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Little Corvus + Daria Tessler

1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Jonathan Case + Yuki Saeki + Conor Stechschulte
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Cathy Camper + Joamette Gil + Sandra Lanz
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Anina Bennett + Paul Guinan + Colleen Coover + Paul Tobin

WORKSHOPS: SUNDAY

11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Jarod Roberts on life drawing for comic books
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Sloane Leong on coloring
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Renee Nault on adaptations
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Conor Stechschulte on risograph comics

PODCASTING

The crews from two local popular podcasts, Geek in the City and Super Geeky Playdate, will be on hand to meet their fans, conduct interviews and broadcast from the show.

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Single-day tickets: $7
Weekend pass tickets: $10
Children under 5 will be admitted free of charge.

Limited on premise parking will cost $5 per day. The DoubleTree by Hilton is one block from a TriMet MAX light rail stop (NE 11th Avenue station) and two blocks from the Lloyd Center Shopping Mall, which offers free parking.
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Merchandise

Two con-exclusive t-shirts will be available at the show–and only at the show. One features art by guest of honor, Farel Dalrymple and the other by up-and-coming artist, Matthew Nielsen. Quantities are extremely limited so buy early to guarantee your size and choice of design.
t-shirt design by Farel Dalrymple
t-shirt by Matthew Nielsen

JUST A FEW WORDS

Policies

General Policies

  • You must wear your badge around your neck at all times while at PIC.
  • PIC staff and security have the right to ask you to leave the convention without refunding the cost of your badge if behave in an inappropriate fashion.
  • While we don’t want anyone to lose anything, PIC is not responsible for lost, stolen, or damaged property or for injuries sustained during the course of the con.
  • Please do not abuse the convention facilities. This includes putting signs on walls, littering, and smoking in non-designated smoking areas, among other things.
  • Special events and guests are subject to change or cancellation without notice–sometimes last-minute. We will notify you of any changes via the PIC website and our social media channels.
  • All badge sales are final. No refunds or exchanges will be given.

Harassment Policy

We expect Portland Indie Con to be a safe environment for attendees of any race/ethnicity, creed, religious or political persuasion, or gender/sexual identity. We won’t tolerate harassment in any form. This includes, but is not limited to: physical assault, verbal harassment, sexual harassment, stalking, unwanted physical contact, unwanted advances, or inappropriate photography.

Harassment is defined by the victim. If it is determined–either by observation or by complaint–that an individual or group has harassed another attendee, any or all of the following things may occur. That individual or group may be:

  • Warned to cease and desist;
  • Asked to leave the convention; or
  • Banned from the convention in whole or in part.

For your own safety, if you feel you’ve been subject to harassment, please report your problems to us before anyone else. If you can’t find a staff, crew, or volunteer member to assist you, please go to the registration booth near the entrance to the exhibition floor.

Venue

Doubletree by Hilton
1000 NE Multnomah Street
Portland, Oregon

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