Credit: Sloane Leong’s Prism Stalker

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Sloane Leong’s Prism Stalker

After the absorption of the Stumptown Comics Fest into the larger Rose City Comic Con in 2013, and the fizzling out of the small press comics show Linework after 2016, Portland’s comics scene found itself curiously lacking a mid-sized comics fest.

“We identified a hole,” says Portland Indie Con founder David W. Edwards. “Given the amount of self-published and small-press artists that live here, we thought there ought to be a show dedicated solely to the art and craft of comics.”

Suzette Smith is the arts & culture editor of the Portland Mercury. Go ahead and tell her about all your food, art, and culture gripes: suzette@portlandmercury.com. Follow her on Twitter, Bluesky,...