Hey people who can get to the Northwest, this weekend is the Stumptown Comics Fest! Tomorrow and Sunday at the Lloyd Center Doubletree Hotel in Portland, Oregon from 10am to 6pm; $6 each day.

I will be cruising the floor incognito. Spot and identify me and you’ll get a no-prize. I might sometimes sit for a moment at the PERISCOPE studio table, though I bet most often that seat will be filled by special table guest Matt Maxwell, who has fresh copies of his western horror gn STRANGEWAYS with him.

Saturday night there’s a show party at COSMIC MONKEY COMICS, and at 9:00 I’ll be hosting the Comics Art Battle. If you like to imagine me with some semblance of dignity, do not attend this event.

SUNDAY: 12pm-12:45pm Steve Lieber moderator: Spotlight on Periscope Studio
Canned Description: You can’t read American comics without coming across one of Periscope Studio’s 21 members. Crammed into a downtown Portland office suite, these artists and writers avoid killing each other for long enough to produce everything from best-sellers with Hollywood movie deals (White-Out, Steve Lieber) to popular super-hero titles (X-Men: First Class, Jeff Parker) to independent web and minicomics. Join Special Guest Steve Lieber and his studio-mates to find out who leaves their dishes in the sink (Randall), how not to break into the industry, and why comics might or might not be the weirdest career on earth.

Other big-time guests:
Brian Michael Bendis
Robyn Chapman
Derek Kirk Kim
Alec Longstreth
Nicholas Gurewitch
Lark Pien
Dave Roman
Jason Shiga
Raina Telgemeier
Gene Yang
Craig Thompson
Mike Richardson

…and many more! Hop a train, jack a ride, and come to Portland this weekend!