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Before The Rain release party with Anne Pomel, November 8th at Floating World Comics

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French artist Anne Pomel decided it was time to live somewhere else. A friend of hers invited her to Portland, not thinking she would really make the move. She didn’t know anything about Portland. She heard it had a good music scene. She didn’t even know about the rain.

Before The Rain is about her first few weeks living in a new city, getting lost in places that are so familiar now. Anne’s beautiful artwork brings the city to life, through the eyes of a curious and spontaneous spirit.

Anne studied fashion design at Studio Berçat in Paris and has a degree in Graphic Design. Before The Rain is her first book.

WHO: Anne Pomel
WHAT: Before The Rain release party and signing
WHEN: Wednesday Nov. 8, 6-8pm
WHERE: Floating World Comics, 400 NW Couch St.

Published by Floating World Comics
Risograph printed at Unwork Inc. in Portland, OR
Edition of 200

The Willows Release Party and Art Exhibit with Nathan Carson & Sam Ford

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Before Stephen King, H.P. Lovecraft was the 20th century’s master of the macabre. But Poe and Dunsany did not alone begat Lovecraft. In fact, the opinionated New England gentleman is on record stating that his favorite short story was none other than Algernon Blackwood’s “The Willows.” Blackwood was a prolific English ghost story writer and a grandfather of today’s Weird Fiction scene; “The Willows” is remembered as one of his greatest contributions to dark, atmospheric literature.

This immortal novella of extra-dimensional weirdness on the Danube comes to vivid life in graphic comic form thanks to the incredibly detailed black-and-white linework of talented newcomer, Sam Ford. Writer Nathan Carson’s thoughtful retelling reverently preserves the plot while breathing character-driven depth into this all-time classic. Two adventurous women, one British, one Swedish, encounter strange horrors in the Hungarian wilderness of 1907. What they discover on that crumbling sandbar makes them question their sanity, fear for their lives, and revel in otherworldly strangeness. Readers familiar with the story will delight in seeing it depicted in such painstaking, quality illustrations. And those for whom it is new will want to leave a light on for many nights after.

Floating World’s “The Willows” is coming this November. Join the creators on November 2nd for a book release party and exhibit of original artwork from the book.

WHO: Nathan Carson & Sam Ford
WHAT: The Willows #1 release party and art exhibit
WHEN: Thursday, Nov. 2, 7-9pm
WHERE: Floating World Comics
400 NW Couch St, Portland, OR 97209

Tongues Book Release and Art Show with Anders Nilsen September 7

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Award-winning comics artist Anders Nilsen will officially unveil his new book Tongues at Floating World Comics in Portland on September 7th.

Original artwork from the book will be on display in conjuction with Portland’s First Thursdays Art Walk, and Nilsen will give a short talk about the book and the process of putting it together.

Set in Modern Central Asia Tongues follows the intertwined stories of an imprisoned god, an East African orphan on an errand of murder and a young American man with a teddy bear, lost on the tattered fringes of the human world. It is a story of adventure and revenge and a meditation on human nature in this fraught present moment.

The full-color, large-format Tongues is Nilsen’s most ambitious work to date and marks a return to something a bit closer to the more traditional comics form he last explored in his multiple award winning Big Questions (Drawn and Quarterly, 2011). The artist is serializing the book in large-format, full-color comics to be self-published and distributed in conjunction with No Miracles Press over the next few years until the story is complete.

WHO: Anders Nilsen
WHAT: Tongues book release and art show
WHEN: Thursday, Sept. 7, 6-9pm
WHERE: Floating World Comics, 400 NW Couch St.

My Pretty Vampire Release Party and Signing with Katie Skelly August 24th

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Clover is a Bardot-esque blonde who dreams of the (now dead) girl she once was before becoming a fanged bloodsucker.

She is being kept prisoner by her brother, Marcel, who fears Clover will be hunted by the outside world. Clover’s curiosity, however, will not be suppressed: impetuous, sensual, strong-willed, and fearless, she plans her escape. Katie Skelly will be in store signing copies!

Katie Skelly is a cartoonist who lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. Her previous comics include Nurse Nurse and Operation Margarine. My Pretty Vampire is a sexy, sophisticated horror romp that heralds author Katie Skelly as a powerful voice in comics.

Floating World Comics will host a book release party and signing with the author, on August 24th from 6 to 8 pm.

WHO: Katie Skelly
WHAT: My Pretty Vampire: Release party and signing
WHEN: August 24th, 6-8pm
WHERE: Floating World Comics, 400 NW Couch St. Portland, OR 97209

Dustin Weaver’s Paklis Gets a Release Party May 31

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Image Comics introduces Paklis—a new anthology series from writer/artist Dustin Weaver—where the characters in three mind-bending stories find themselves faced with dark, existential questions that will haunt readers.

In “MUSHROOM BODIES,” Greg struggles with knowing what’s real and fears becoming complacent in a world of human insects. In the first installment of “SAGITTARIUS A*,” war hero Linus Rad is on a mission to the center of the galaxy to learn the dark secrets of his dead father’s scientific experiments. In the first chapter of “AMNIA CYCLE,” Tara, a young Jet-Wing pilot, goes AWOL in the war against the Nuriel in order to help Amnia, a mysterious alien with no memory of where she came from and a desperate need to stop a terrible disaster! When Amnia disappears, it sends Tara on an adventure into the Shadow Zone.

Step into the unknown. Journey into the shadows. There you’ll find Paklis.

WHO: Dustin Weaver
WHAT: PAKLIS #1 release party and signing
WHEN: Wednesday May 31, 5-7pm
WHERE: Floating World Comics, 400 NW Couch St Portland, OR 97209

In-Between Days Release Party with Teva Harrison, May 24

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Teva Harrison was diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer at the age of 37. In the brilliant and inspiring graphic memoir In-Between Days, she documents through comic illustration and short personal essays what it means to live with the disease.

She confronts with heartbreaking honesty the crises of identity that cancer brings: a lifelong vegetarian, Teva agrees to use experimental drugs that have been tested on animals. She struggles to reconcile her long-term goals with an uncertain future, balancing the innate sadness of cancer with everyday acts of hope and wonder. She also examines those quiet moments of helplessness and loving with her husband, her family, and her friends, while they all adjust to the new normal.

Ultimately, In-Between Days is redemptive and uplifting, reminding each one of us of how beautiful life is, and what a gift.

WHO: Teva Harrison
WHAT: In-Between Days book signing and presentation
WHEN: Wednesday May 24, 6-8pm
WHERE: Floating World Comics, 400 NW Couch St.

Graphic Policy’s Top Comic Picks this Week!

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Wednesdays are new comic book day! Each week hundreds of comics are released, and that can be pretty daunting to go over and choose what to buy. That’s where we come in!

We’re bringing back something we haven’t done for a while, what the team thinks. Our contributors are choosing up to five books each week and why they’re choosing the books.

Find out what folks think below, and what comics you should be looking out for this Wednesday.

Paul

Top Pick: X-Men Gold #3 (Marvel) – This title has been everything I was hoping for and it’s only 3 issues in. I love the line up, love that they’re out being heroes again and they’re out to show that ‘mutant’ isn’t a bad word. Very excited to see this rematch with the Brotherhood and hoping Magma hasn’t switched sides for good.

Jean Grey #1 (Marvel) – I love seeing Jean and the other time displaced X-Men now working with Magneto over in X-Men Blue and I’m more then a little curious to see how a title with only Jean will play out. Of course it’s going to be Phoenix centric, we all knew that. I just hope they explore this Jean Grey a little more deeply and forge something new with her, and not just an eventual host to the Phoenix for things to play out like they have so many times before.

Secret Empire #1 (Marvel) – This is just getting started and I can’t wait for someone to knock Steve Rogers down a peg or two. I have mixed feelings about this event; I absolutely hate what Marvel as let happen to the character and all the back peddling to try and re-imagine Hydra into something we all know it isn’t. But, I am looking forward to seeing how the rest of the heroes are going to band together to knock Hydra flat on its ass. Just hoping this doesn’t fall into the ‘ho hum’ category most of Marvel’s recent events have stumbled into.

 

Alex

Top Pick: Batman And Bill (Hulu) – While you’d usually expect to find a (Valiant) comic in this spot, this week one of the very few things I’m genuinely excited for is the Hulu exclusive documentary about Bill Finger. If you’re a Batman fan and you don’t know who Bill finger is, and what Bob Kane did to him, then be prepared for an emotional story that should make you angry. I’ve been waiting for this for months… May 6th can’t get here fast enough.

 

Joe

Top Pick: FCBD Comics – FREE COMIC BOOK DAY COMICS!!!!! What’s not to love about free comics? Remember to go to your local comic book store and get yours!

Batman #22 (DC Comics) – What an ending of The Flash and Batman #21. Especially who Bruce sees at the end. Right in the feels. I am liking The Button so far and want more!

Superman #22 (DC Comics) – One of my favorite books every time it comes out. The Superman Reborn arc looks to be wild, and this along with Action Comics is even better.

Catalyst Prime Noble #1 (Lion Forge) – A new universe with a diverse cast of heroes and creators. I’ve been hyped for this for awhile!

Secret Empire #1 (Marvel) – Maybe I am a sucker, but I am still excited for this event. I want to see where the heck they go with this crazy story. Please don’t be another CWII.

 

Shay

Top Pick: Jean Grey #1 (Marvel) – I read this one before I consigned it and I like it. It has a male writer but, it isn’t utter crap. It’s well written , plausible , fresh & on point.

Top Pick: Harley Quinn #19 (DC Comics) – The “Deadly Sin” arc is ending and Harley’s about to remind these fools why she’s not the woman to mess with! I’ve got popcorn and, I’m ready !

Hawkeye #6 (Marvel) – This arc keeps turning it up to 11 and I’m all the way here for female mentorship, strength and badassery!

 

Brett

Top Pick: Slasher #1 (Alternative Comics/Floating World Comics) – Charles Forsman’s new series about a woman discovering her sexuality and penchant for blood.

Abirato #1 (Lion Forge) – Rebels taking on corporate powers that control a city and vaccine that allows a lifespan of hundreds of years? Sign me up.

Catalyst Prime Noble #1 (Lion Forge) – A whole new world that’s really thought and featuring diverse characters, diverse voices writing them, and diverse individuals on art. In other words, it’s already ahead of so many others.

Eternal Empire #1 (Image Comics) – Sarah Vaughn and Jonathan Luna team up again, this time for a fantasy series. If you missed their Alex + Ada, you missed out on an amazing series and this one I expect to be just as good.

Youngblood #1 (Image Comics) – I’m looking forward to this, I’ll admit it. I’m fully expecting turn my brain off fun or the reading experience of slowing down to look at a car wreck. Either way….

A 5 page Preview of Charles Forsman’s New Psychosexual Thriller Slasher

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Meet Christina, a data-entry specialist in her early twenties. Seemingly timid and plain to her coworkers she harbors dangerous urges. A lion of sexual violence bubbles just below the surface. The only soul she shares these feelings with is a terminal boy named Joshua in a wheelchair that lives several states away. They strike up a love through the internet but have to keep it hidden from Joshua’s strict and over-attentive mother. Will these two broken people get the freedom to love each other or will Christina’s monster escape its cage and scratch that violent itch that taunts her?

A psychosexual thriller in the tradition of the films of Brian de Palma and David Cronenberg. This 5 issue series by Charles Forsman and published by Floating World Comics will leave you breathless and heartbroken.

Slasher #1 is available to order in this month’s Diamond Previews catalog – FEB171109

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Wuvable Oaf Blood & Metal Art Exhibit and Release Party this Thursday

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Still the same wuvable Bay Area bear searching for love in the big city, Blood & Metal collects a number of Oaf short stories focusing on his involvement in the local metal and wrestling scenes. Luce celebrates his love of all things wrestling/metal/queercore with his love for his cast of characters to create an immersive environment recalling Scott Pilgrim, Love and Rockets, and Archie. Also featuring tales of Oaf ’s formative childhood years, and much more!

WHO: Ed Luce
WHAT: Wuvable Oaf Blood & Metal art exhibit and release party
WHEN: Thursday, Jan. 5, 6-9pm
WHERE: Floating World Comics, 400 NW Couch St.

Ed Luce will be atht event for an art exhibit and book signing to celebrate the release of this new volume. Guests will also receive a free Goteblüd enamel pin with the purchase of a book!

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Review: Sun Bakery #1

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Sun Bakery #1You can call me biased, cause I’ve been reading Corey Lewis’ stuff for a few years now and absolutely love it. So of course I follow him on social media so that I can see his works in progress, these glimpses of what he’s working on means knowing about Sun Bakery for a few months and being even more excited to find a copy in the advance reviews available for Graphic Policy! Like I’m not sure I can even pretend to be unbiased here, so I just want to make sure you start reading the Reyyyyy’s comix any chance you get! Seriously, he’s got a G.I. Joe book coming out, and one thing Corey draws better than anyone else around, is ninja stuff, Snake Eyes looks killer. No seriously, go look…. Lolzzz. That’s a grape dude with a sword, for reals here’s Snake Eyes oh what? That’s like post-apocalyptic Snake Eyes? Well, guess what, maybe it is I dunno! This isn’t a G.I. Joe Review, this is all about Sun Bakery fools! It’s 52 pages of three different stories, Dream Skills, Arem and Bat Rider. Previews World calls it a one-man Shonen Jump. But that don’t do it justice, as I will explain!!!

But if you’re like me, well, probably you’re not and maybe you’ll hate me for this, but I have never made it through an entire issue of Shonen Jump! I can’t do it! Sorry Shonen Jump fans, I love Dragon Ball and love Naruto even though I can’t follow it. Death Note has gotta be one of the best manga and anime ever to come out of such an off the wall concept. Still, have you noticed how freakin big Shonen Jump issues are? Each issue is like nine hundred pages of manga, all in grey scale, that’s like fifty pages from twenty different stories every month! I just can’t do it, I sold all my old paper issues cause every time I saw them I felt guilty. Never fear here tho, this is just right and it offers some nice relaxed colors on some of the stories. Don’t get me wrong, I love black and white art, love grey scale, love manga, just, well, I like colors too, and Corey has got a fine eye for color.

Sun Bakery 1That, that’s from Corey’s twitter feed, and look I forgot that there’s also the Seedless comic, that grape dude I tricked you with earlier, there’s like a few pages of that too, see, I’m basically just trying to get you to follow Corey wherever he is on this internetz, go read his books, make you comic shop order them or go to his site reyyy.com he’s got a Patreon thing too, so you can grab stuff that’s unseen or maybe nekkid stuff if you want. Listen, just go get this stuff. Cause it’s filled with ninjas, crazy hi-tech sword, sweet looking anime styled babes & dudes, robots, Metroid inspired comix (yeah, Arem starterd as metroid fan-art and then turned into this sorta modern day social media commentary exploration comic, I wanna see what happens) and grape dudes. Oh, also, Sharknife, lots more better people than me could tell you to read Sharknife, like Warren Ellis or you could see that I wrote my first gushing review on Amazon years ago too, (not an affiliate link, like I’m not trying to run you down for cash here) I’m just happy to see dude keep leveling up! Here, this is more stuff from his twitter feed! GET THIS!

Sun Bakery 2Graphic Policy was provided with a free preview copy of Sun Bakery #1 this is added in just for ethics in comics journalism sake yo!

Story: Corey Lewis Art: Corey Lewis Alternate Cover: Paul Pope & Jim Mahfood

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