Next Thursday, TischPDX and OJMCHE will be hosting an evening event with graphic novel writer and artist Julian Voloj! "Hyphen: Jewish Stories In Our Own Words" is a graphic novel anthology exploring and celebrating the vastness and beauty of the Jewish experience.

PDX folks, I'll be giving a free talk about how to make a graphic novel! I'll also be sharing some info about CCS and their workshops, certificate and MFA programs. Free and open to the public! (Please note masks are required at the IPRC). Hope to see you there!

Cartoon Studies@cartoonstudies.bsky.social · 5d ago

Join us in Portland, OR, at IRPC this November! www.cartoonstudies.org/join-us-for-...

The Portland Zine Symposium is this weekend! The event is fully free to enter and will be held October 17th and 18th and will be located at Smith Memorial Student Union, 1825 SW Broadway, Portland, OR 97201 in the Ballroom. Please wear a mask when you attend! #zines #comics #psu

Leading up to the release of her new book, Women in Comics, Comics Studies’ own Susan Kirtley has been doing interviews on the book! She and her co-author Nhora Lucía Serrano have taken a deep dive on the role of women in comics world wide! Check out the interviews when you can!

The Portland Zine Symposium is quickly approaching, and they still need volunteers! PZS has been hosting a yearly free conference and zine social exploring and celebrating the wonderful world of independent publishing and DIY culture right here in Portland, Oregon since 2001.

Portland State University's Comics Studies Program will be returning to Rose City Comic Con later this week!! We have two panels this coming Saturday and you don't want to miss either of them! #rccc #rosecitycomiccon #comics

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.

Portland State University's Comics Studies program will be returning to Rose City Comic Con! We are excited to announce that the Comic Studies program will be returning to this year with two more panels!

Every comic book fan has to start somewhere! Thursday, Douglas Wolk joined Katie Pryde from Books with Pictures at SDCC to answer the question every fan asked themselves, "Where do I even start?" Check out comicsbeat for recommendations, where to find new comics, and more!

Dark Horse Comics Internships for Summer 2026 Applications due Friday, June 5, by 5 p.m. 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.

Comics Confluence Festival Panelist Announcement - David F. Walker! David Walker will be part of the Breaking into Comics: Pathways to Success panel from 2:10pm to 3:30pm Saturday, May 16th!

Comics Confluence Festival Panelist Announcement - Brian Bendis! Brian Bendis will be interviewing Mike Richardson at 5:30pm to 7:00pm on May 16th!

Hey everyone! We're currently looking for more volunteers for this year's Comics Confluence Festival! If you're a student or alum interested in lending us a hand, shoot us an email at comics@pdx.edu by May 6th!!

This coming May, we and the PSU Film Studies program will be hosting a free, family-friendly festival to celebrate the program, our students, and our amazing local creators here in Portland! For more information, visit pdxcomicsconfluence.com

Interested in tabling at our Comics Confluence Festival this May? We're open for students and alumni of the Comics Studies program and there's no boothing fee! Be sure to shoot us an email if you're interested! Applications close March 31st!

For students and alumni who would like to get their work out there, we are currently taking applications for tabling the Comics Confluence Festival until March 31st!

Mark your calendars for May 16th, because you wont want to miss this! We'll have local comic creators teaching classes, hosting panels, and answering your most pressing questions about what goes into making comics!

Tomorrow! We from the Comics Studies program are looking forward to celebrating Eisner Week with an event hosted by our very own Brian Michael Bendis and David F. Walker, in conversation with Dan Mazur and Stephen Weiner! The event is free to join and will be held over zoom. See you there!

Save the date! This upcoming Eisner Week, there will virtual event over Zoom hosted to celebrate the life and work of Will Eisner with creators Dan Mazur and Stephen Weiner! Join us alongside instructors/creators Brian Michael Bendis and David Walker, we'll see you there!

Correction: The Dark Horse internship is for the Winter 2026 term!

PSU Comics Studies@comicspsu.bsky.social · last yr.

Applications due Friday, December 19th by 5p.m. 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.

WEBTOON is hosting another free and virtual webcomics industry event this Friday, and we wanted to make sure an invite reached you! You are invited to attend the 2025 CANVAS Creator Summit!

Applications due Friday, December 19th by 5p.m. 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.

Applications are due tomorrow by 5 p.m!

PSU Comics Studies@comicspsu.bsky.social · last yr.

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.

Only three more days until our A Comics Education: Studying Comics in College panel at Rose City Comic Con! To celebrate, we are highlighting students who will be speaking on the panel. Swipe through to learn a little about them, then come to the panel this Sunday to hear their discussion!

Only three more days until our An Education in Comics panel at Rose City Comic Con! This week, we are highlighting a couple of the instructors who will be speaking on the panel. See below to learn a little about them, then come to the panel this Saturday to hear their discussion!

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 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.

"Inks: The Journal of the Comics Studies Society" was nominated for an Eisner Award for Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism!

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.