Stumptown Comics Fest 2009

Stumptown Comics Fest 2009

Stumptown Comics Fest 2009 takes place April 18 & 19 at Lloyd Center Doubletree hotel in Portland, OR. Here’s this year’s schedule and list of exhibitors.

The Stumptown Comics Fest was started almost on a whim in 2004 by a small group of Portland-area cartoonists lamenting the lack of local convention-style outlets. While there were certainly other comic book shows in town, there weren’t any that gave much attention to the artists themselves. The dream was to design a festival with the creators as its focus, rather than dealers and work-for-hire publishers.

Scott Beale
Scott Beale

Scott Beale founded Laughing Squid in 1995 in San Francisco and is currently based in New York City. When not running the blog, Scott can be found posting on Bluesky and sharing photos on Instagram.