Portland Zine Symposium 2012
Stumptown Underground will be tabling at the 12th Annual Portland Zine Symposium this weekend. This 2-day conference and “zine social” will take place at the Refuge, 116 SE Yamhill St. The hours are 10am-6pm on Saturday Aug 11 and 10am-5pm on Sunday Aug 12. We hope to see you there!
And after the symposium on Saturday, why not check out this amazing event benefiting the festival? It’s packed with local celebrities, including venerable Stumptown Underground contributor Everett Patterson. Taking place at 7:30pm at Backspace, 115 NW 5th.
Issue #24: Pets
Issue #24
Theme: PETS
Deadline: SEPTEMBER 23
It will be raining cats and dogs (and hamsters, goldfish, alligators, chinchillas…) in our next issue: it’s all about our furry (scaly, feathery) friends. No lolcats, please.
See our Submission Guidelines for criteria.
Send your submissions to:
stumptownunderground@gmail.com
Events Issue Previews: Amy Souza anthologies art Brad Britton comics events Everett Patterson illustrations independent publishing Isaac Newton Katy Ellis O'Brien Lillie Craw mouse release parties sceince fiction science writing zines
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Science: Fact and Fiction – Issue Preview!
As the Editors/Organizers finish putting together our latest issue for our release party this Saturday, we wanted to offer everyone a special preview of what’s in this latest issue, centralized around the themes of science and science fiction!
“Science: Fact and Fiction” Issue Preview
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Our amazing cover,
artwork and design by Everett Patterson!
“Space Commander Mouse!” by Brad Britton
For Ms. Butler by Tonya L. Jones
“The First Time…” by Kane Lynch
The Transit of Venus by Sang Park
“Songs of Dead Sea Cows” by Lillie Craw
Voyager by Leda Zawacki
Laser Cannon D by Pegacron
“It’s Magic” by Jon Hallman and Katy Ellis O’Brien
This All I Know by Amy Souza
As you look these few contributions over, you can really tell that this issue really spans the spectrum of science fact and science fiction… And this is only a preview! You can get the whole issue at our release party tomorrow at Floating World Comics.
Events: Amy Souza anthologies art Asher Craw comics events Everett Patterson Floating World Hazel Newlevant James Michael Williams Leda Zawacki Lisa Marshall parties Portland readings Suzzette Smith Tom Eichacker writing zines
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Double Release Party – Science: Fact and Fiction and Hazel Newlevant @ Floating World
SU ZINE RELEASE PARTY
Science: Fact and Fiction
Where: Floating World Comics
What: ”Science: Fact and Fiction” and “Ci Vediamo” Release Party
Featuring: Readings, Beverages, Socializing, and a “Mad Scientist” Costume Contest
Who: Stumptown Underground
When: 6pm-8pm on Saturday, Jul
We are having a release party for our “Science: Fact and Fiction” anthology, centralized around the themes of science and science fiction, this July 28th and Floating World Comics. The release party is free, all ages, and you’ll be able to meet and greet with the issue’s contributors and purchase copies of “Science: Fact and Fiction” for just $5 and before all your friends!
In addition to being able to pick up the lastest issue, you can meet-and-greet with many of the contributors and other wonderful cretive people. We will have some experimental beverages from the mixologists of Stumptown Underground, both alcoholic and non, for you to enjoy. If you are feeling experimental yourself, show up in your best “Mad Scientist” costume to compete in the party’s “Mad Scientist” costume contest! We’ll have a vote and the top 3 costumes will receive a free copy of the new issue.
Several of the contributors will be reading from their included work in this issue during the party. “Science: Fact and Fiction” is the twenty second zine anthology from Stumptown Underground. In these issue, you’ll find comics, writing, and illustrations from the likes of Everett Patterson, Amy Souza, Tom Eichacker, Lisa Marshall, James Michael Williams, Lillie Craw, Rachel Dominguez-Benner, Suzette Smith, Asher Craw, Leda Zawacki, and many other talented folks.
This is also in conjunction with the release of Hazel Newlevant’s Xeric award winning mini-comic, Ci Vediamo. “Ci Vediamo” is an Italian goodbye. Literally, it means “We’ll see each other.” Ci Vediamo the mini-comic is a wordless story of love, loss and moving on. The comic uses overlapping vellum pages to tell the story.
Hazel Newlevant is a Portland-raised cartoonist attending SVA. She is a frequent contributor to Stumptown Underground, and has self-published comics like Curio, Chili Dog Dad, and the faux-children’s book People of Coloring Book. Check out her work at http://newlevant.com/
Here’s the Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/164106793723933/
We will be getting an online preview up soon, so stay tuned!
Issue #23: Travel
Issue #23
Theme: TRAVEL
Deadline: JULY 23
The travelogue is a time-honored art that can take many forms. Share your wandering ways in the next issue of Stumptown Underground – it’s all about travel!
See our Submission Guidelines for criteria.
Send your submissions to:
stumptownunderground@gmail.com
Submission Calls: art comics open call sci-f- science science fiction submissions calls writing zines
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Issue #22: Science and Sci-Fi
Issue #22 – JUNE 2012
Theme: SCIENCE and SCI-FI
Deadline: MAY 23
Can you imgagine a world where andriods are running for president? Or have you been dying to illustrate a comic explaining exactly how a rainbow is made?
Science and art are two great tastes that taste great together! Send us you science or science fiction contributions and be in the next issue of Stumptown Underground…
See our Submissions Guidelines for criteria.
Send your submissions to:
stumptownunderground@gmail.com
Memory Issue, Goodbye IPRC, and PIZZA!
Issue #21: Revised theme & deadline extension!
Issue #21 – December 2011
Theme: MEMORY & THE PAST
Deadline: FEBRUARY 23
In light of the low number of submissions on the subject of memory, we’ve decided to make our next zine a “dual-themed” issue! This means a new submissions call for work related to memory, the past, or both. We’re excited about the creative possibilities of this combination, and we plan to explore duality more in future themes. Issue #21 is now scheduled for publication in March.
As always, see our Submission Guidelines for criteria.
And send your submissions to: stumptownunderground@gmail.com
Conventions Events Submission Calls: Alex Wrekk art comics conventions events festivals illustrations independent media milkyboots outreach Portland Seattle Seattle Center Short Run Short Run Small Press Fest small press Sparkplug Stumptown Underground submissions calss The Vera Project Virginia Paine writing zines
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Short Run Small Press Fest Recap!
We tabled at the first-ever Short Run Small Press Fest in Seattle this past weekend! The Short Run Small Press Fest reminded us a lot of the Portland Zine Symposium in feel, ethics and organization.
Short Run was held at The Vera Project, an all ages, non profit, music and art venue in Seattle Center. We want to give a big thank you to all the organizers who worked hard to keep tabling costs low and admission to the event free, key ingredients to any independently minded festival (as a PZS organizer, Blue can attest to this)!
I (Blue) drove up to Seattle with Emily and Virginia Paine of Sparkplug and tabled for Stumptown Underground, sharing a table with Alex Wrekk.
We met so many people, got a lot of Stumptown Underground zines and information passed out, and had a lot of fun. There were many people checking out Short Run that hadn’t even heard of zines, so it was great to be reaching out to so many new people about independent media. When I talked to organizer Kelly Froh at the end of the day, she said that their count for attendance was 820!
Thank you so much, Short Run! We will want to go again next year, so keep up the good work.
Issue #21: Memory
Issue #21 – December 2011
Theme: MEMORY
Deadline: NOVEMBER 23
Memory is the seed for many stories, but this month we’re looking for stories about memory: recalling, forgetting, nostalgia, amnesia, deja vu – all are welcome!
See our Submissions Guidelines for criteria.
Send your submissions to:
stumptownunderground@gmail.com
