Comic Book City, Portland, Oregon USA

Invitiation to participate in web survey

If you are an active member of Portland, Oregon's comics community, as a writer, artist, publisher, librarian, store owner, critic, event organizer, or however you see your participation, take a few moments to complete the following survey, which asks questions related to your perception of Portland. The information gathered through the survey will help to shape the production of the documentary.

Go to survey. UPDATE: the survey has been closed. Thanks to all who participated.

If you have questions, comments or concerns, contact me via e-mail or at 503.838.8296.

Stumptown shoot

Continuing with our accelerated production schedule, Anne-Marie, newly added production intern Alex Kunkle, and I spent the better part of Saturday recording footage of the Stumptown Comics Fest. We focused on the exhibition hall, but also shot segments of one of the festival's many panel presentations (the one we were at focused on the business of comics for independent creators, publishers, and store owners). I was also able to introduce myself to a number of people who I hope will participate in the film. More than anything, I'd like to think that we were able to capture the energy of the event, and will be able to represent the variety of exhibitors and attendees.

From here, I should be able to return to pre-production research, and am particularly looking forward to getting the survey circulated.

I want to thank the Stumptown organizers and volunteers, and especially Kip Manley, for working with us and giving us access to the fest.

Call for participation

As part of the pre-production for the documentary, I will be distributing a survey regarding perceptions of Portland. There is a web-version of the survey and an electronic/hard copy version. If you are a comics writer, artist, publisher, critic, historian, shop owner/worker, librarian, or would consider yourself an active participant in Portland's comics culture or "scene," and would like more information or are interested in participating in the survey, please contact me: Shaun Huston, hustons@wou.edu.