Portland!
BREAKING NEWS: I felt like a jerk, so I took down the letter from my grandmother and put up a 1,000-word essay of my own instead. I highly suggest you all check it the fuck out.
ONWARD:
No offense, Portland. I know how sensitive you are. No seriously, Portland is the Comics Mecca of the U.S. It’s also where my friend Becca lives. And where Matt Groening was born and raised. Thus, though I have never been there, I’m a fan. Here are all the Portland-based cartoonists I could think of in under a minute:
Matt Bernier
Vera Brosgol
David Chelsea
Camille Martine-Cobra
Colleen Coover
Meredith Gran
Derek Kirk Kim
Jenn Manley Lee
Dylan Meconis
Erika Moen
Bill Mudron
Sarah Oleksyk
Jesse Reklaw
Joe Sacco
Craig Thompson
And here are a few Portland-based institutions and festivals as well:
Dark Horse
Laika
Microcosm Publishing
Oni Press
Periscope Studios
Stumptown
Somebody should compose a similar list for Western Mass.
October 16th, 2009 at 1:47 pm
Minneapolis will soon bury your precious Portland! We are the home to the International Cartoonist Conspiracy! We are the home of FallCon, and also, the beloved Charles (Sparky) Schulz, God rest his soul!
October 16th, 2009 at 3:21 pm
hey. it IS a good place to pursue women and feelings.
huh. this feels profoundly accurate.
it kind of describes a lot.
come to my house.
October 17th, 2009 at 12:04 pm
When I move to Portland I’m leaving you in Albuquerque.
October 22nd, 2009 at 7:50 pm
Hey Athena -
Seems like Chuck Palahniuk missed an opportunity for another interesting chapter in his “Fugitives and Refugees”…
October 23rd, 2009 at 2:11 pm
Jon: I require little convincing; my heart belongs to Minnesota!
Becca: I am gonna come to your house. I expect to be granted an abundance of women and feelings as soon as I get there.
Dylan: Albuquerque could be okay.
Dad: I haven’t read that yet. But I believe it’s on our bookshelf, so…winter break?