April 1st Thursday – Rick Remender, Kieron Dwyer, and more!

Rick Remender and Kieron Dwyer have been making the world safe for independent & non-superhero comics ever since the early 90’s with underground hits like ‘Black Heart Billy’ and ‘LCD’ (although they’ve also done their part in making superhero comics that don’t suck).

Since then Rick has illustrated Bruce Campbell’s ‘THE MAN WITH THE SCREAMING BRAIN’ and Brian Posehn’s ‘THE LAST CHRISTMAS’. Rick has also illustrated album covers for NOFX, Pitch Black, NUFAN, and Lagwagon. In 2000, Kieron was sued by Starbucks for designing a parody of their logo – ‘CONSUMER WHORE’.


“EFF OFF”

Both artists will be at FLOATING WORLD on Thursday, April 5th from 6-10pm, saying hello to fans and displaying a ton of original artwook and books. I have Joseph Cross to thank for putting me in contact with these awesome dudes. I must also thank him for designing incredibly gorgeous new logos, posters, mascots, and images for the store. These prints and other merchandise (bags, t-shirts) will make their debut at this First Thursday show.

Also joining them is emerging artist, Brian Churilla. After seeing Brian’s ‘ENGINEER’ pitch and the stuff he had in the works for Dark Horse, I knew these guys had to meet. Hopefully, we’ll see some more collaborations between all of these folks in the near future. Portlanders will also recognize his illustrations in the pages of the Portland Mercury.

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Rick Remender – writer of Image & Dark Horse comics: Fear Agent, Strange Girl, Sea of Red, The End League, XXXombies
Kieron Dwyer – creator/artist: LCD, Night Mary, Last of the Independents, Marvel, DC, IDW, etc…
Joseph Cross – illustrator, designed latest logo and mascot for the shop
Brian Churilla – writer/artist who illustrates for Portland Mercury and is working on comics for Dark Horse

In addition to displaying original art and comics by all 4 artists, I’ll be proudly displaying new prints, t-shirts, and other merchandise based on Joseph Cross’ new designs for the store! Here’s a preview:

Best,
Jason
Floating World Comics
20 NW 5th Ave #101
Portland, OR 97209
(503)241-0227