March 1st Thursday at Floating World welcomes back Sean Christensen, founder of the Awesome But True Electric Institute, an art collective that includes artists from Portland and a growing global network of artists from all over the world. For this group show he is joined by two longtime friends and art collaborators, Catherine Peach and Stefan Saito.

For the show “Repeat After Me”, the three friends produced an original series of works that flows like an illustrated game of telephone. One artist starts with an image of any kind, and then they pass it on to the next artist who interprets it with their own personal style and attention to detail. Then the 3rd artist just gets to see the 2nd illustration so their final drawing could be totally different than the original. The artists themselves are keeping the finished illustrations secret until the night of the show so even they don’t know what the results will be. See each artist’s interpretation of themes like space station inspectors, international bicycle races, ‘Weekend At Bernies’ themed dance parties, made up gods, and other electric awesomeness.

(poster by Stefan Saito, Sean Christensen, and Catherine Peach)

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This February First Thursday meet Seattle’s finest cartoonists associated with “Friends of the Nib”, a weekly cartoonist’s salon founded by Jim Woodring (Jim, Frank) and Bob Rini. Formed over a year ago, “Friends of the Nib” meet each Wednesday at Café Racer, near Woodring’s Ravenna home. “I wanted to create an informal meeting place for young artists to draw comics and network,” he explains. “I’ve only recently met most of the artists, and many of them aren’t professional cartoonists. Anyone can participate.” Many successful cartoonists regularly attend to mentor aspiring artists.

Portland art lovers are invited to view their latest show here at Floating World Comics. Cartoonists are also encouraged to bring their pads and pens for any impromptu drawing sessions that may take place!

WHEN: Thursday, Feb. 7th, 6-10PM

(poster by Scott Faulkner and David Lasky) (more…)

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SPACENITE was a great success here at the store. The art opening on December 6th brought over 300-400 people to see over 130 prints of ROM Spaceknight, illustrated by over 100 artists across the world.

The show was a tribute to comic creator Bill Mantlo, who wrote every issue of ROM, as well just about every other Marvel title in the 80’s. This show was organized as a fundraiser for Mantlo, who was injured in a hit and run accident 15 years ago. Severe brain injuries left him without motor functions, and he will live the rest of his life in a brain damage institute. This show was organized with the blessing of Bill’s brother and caregiver, Mike Mantlo.

We sold over $600 worth of posters that evening, but the turnout for the silent auction did not meet our expectations. With the blessing of everyone who bid that evening, we decided to extend the auction online until the end of the month.

This gives an opportunity to all the ROM fans elsewhere to get a chance to own an original illustration of their favorite character. And best of all, all the proceeds go towards Bill Mantlo’s medical care.

The following original pieces are all available on ebay until the auctions end Friday, Dec. 28th. Click on the artist’s name to link to their corresponding auction where you can place your bid. The auctions end on Friday in the order that they are listed below:

GUY DAVIS (11×17, illustration board) (more…)

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