Books with Pictures

06/05/2026

Dawn breaks on a new day, Friday Zine and Indie Pub Spotlight day, that is!

🔮⛰️ The New Age Volume 1 by local cartoonist Morgan Hickman is the first installment of a sweeping fantasy series about a world without magic and the dread-filled dreams of a peculiar girl. The world of Goa awaits. Come on by the store and join the adventure!

🐸⚔️ Here’s a sample (no spoilers, I promise): Several generations ago humans lost the gift of magic. Now, the world is afflicted by war, famine, and the domination of a powerful empire. As hope in a better world wanes, a girl with uncanny abilities is born to a remote tribe. Nala, along with her protector Lyoto, sets off into this new world to discover if she’s the only one, and to make sure her powers don’t fall into the wrong hands.

💚 Hickman’s cartooning style makes incredible use of dynamic body language. There’s so much movement across the page! Plus, the world map is rad!

See you geeks next week! -Cicely

06/02/2026

Oooh you wanna come see all of our vendors so bad oohh

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Join us on Saturday, June 13th from 11am to 7pm at BwPCon! A completely free street fair / mini convention event. 💚

Stay tuned to see more of our amazing vendors, guests, and all of the fun activities we've got in store this year. And tell your friends!

05/30/2026

05/30/2026

It's time for our last big guest announcement! Are you ready? Drummroll please... 🥁

Last but not least, it's the amazing Kelly Sue DeConnick and Matt Fraction!

Kelly Sue is the sotre's long time friend and we are so excited to welcome her back for our big day. You'll know her work from classics like Bitch Planet and Pretty Deadly, Eisner winning Wonder Women: Historia, current Portland based series FML, and of course her work on Captain Marvel. 🤩

Matt Fraction is another Portland local whose name you're probably well familiar with by now! From his renowned run on Hawkeye to the soon-to-be-a-show series S*x Criminals, Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen to freakin' BATMAN! Which, as a matter-of-fact, has it's vol 1 release this week. You know, just in time to pick it up and get it signed by him maybe. 👀

So join us Saturday, June 13th from 11am - 7pm for BwPCon! A one day, free-to-attend, all ages street market and mini convention. There's so much to be excited for!

05/29/2026

Remember to take your weekly prescription of comics on Friday Zine and Indie Pub Spotlight day!

🏩🧬 Shrimp Soup by local cartoonist Devin Vincent is an ongoing fiction series about a medical research business and the guinea pig "volunteers" under its care. Want to read some healthcare horror? Stop by the shop and get your copy today!

💵💊 Here’s a sample (no spoilers, I promise): The PARVA facilities’ motto is “making a difference, together”. But at whose expense? The new director senses something ominous lurking beneath the surface of the medical research compound.

Vincent’s foreboding atmospheric storytelling gives me goosebumps. The textured linework and varied shading is just gorgeous!

See you geeks next week! -Cicely

05/29/2026

We have so many vendors and they are all so amazing let's give it up for...

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Join us on Saturday, June 13th from 11am to 7pm at BwPCon! A completely free street fair / mini convention event. 💚

Stay tuned to see more of our amazing vendors, guests, and all of the fun activities we've got in store this year. And tell your friends!

05/26/2026

Wondering where last weeks New Comic Book Day stream was? We moved it to Youtube!

Check the link in our bio to find our channel and turn on notifications so you can join us as we chat about this weeks new releases. Or if you miss us live, you can still watch the whole video, with a proper scroll bar and timestamps and things. So that's nice.

We'll be live every Tuesday around 6ish to talk about the newest comics, from Marvel and DC, to indie standouts, Manga, Kids Comics, and more! Support a local Portland comic shop and come hang out with us.

05/25/2026

*Fixed a mistake in a graphic! you're not seeing double! 😅

Sorry for that short delay on this next round, there's been SO many things to do to get ready for our event. But now it's time to introduce more vendors!

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Join us on Saturday, June 13th from 11am to 7pm at BwPCon! A completely free street fair / mini convention event. 💚

Stay tuned to see more of our amazing vendors, guests, and all of the fun activities we've got in store this year. And tell your friends!
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05/25/2026

Sorry for that short delay on this next round, there's been SO many things to do to get ready for our event. But now it's time to introduce more vendors!

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Join us on Saturday, June 13th from 11am to 7pm at BwPCon! A completely free street fair / mini convention event. 💚

Stay tuned to see more of our amazing vendors, guests, and all of the fun activities we've got in store this year. And tell your friends!

05/23/2026

Are you guys ready for more guest announcements? I am!

We're so happy to be joined by Leah Williams and Rowan Kingsbury for BwPCon! 2026.

Leah Williams is best known for her work on DC's Power Girl series, as well as Gotham City Sirens, Marvel's X-terminators, and the currently releasing Vo**ur from Ignition Press! And so many more!

Rowan Kingsbury is a BwPCon! regular who we're very excited to be celebrating the release of their second book with! Avery and the Squirrel Delivery releases 6/02 and it's the adorable second book in the Avery series about a girl who discovers the tiny fairies in her new backyard.

From cute little fairies to kickass women, we've got it all this year! So join us Saturday, June 13th from 11am - 7pm for BwPCon! A one day, free-to-attend, all ages street market and mini convention. We'll see you there!