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Floating World Comics @floatingworld.bsky.social · 2d

Break you into pieces in a world of pain, is such a good line. Followed by, a demon with no feelings don’t deserve to live.

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Floating World Comics @floatingworld.bsky.social · 3d

Those holographic stickers that came off in a sticky checker pattern? CDs in the car are the best

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Floating World Comics @floatingworld.bsky.social · 3d

Or if you cracked the tray trying to get it out

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Floating World Comics @floatingworld.bsky.social · 3d

CDs were cool because you could pry the tray out of the jewel case and sometimes there would be art or something hidden under there.

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Robert Beatty @edsunspot.bsky.social · 4d

New Mexico book haul. So much wild stuff out there, always a surprise. These are from Xochi’s in T or C, COAS in Las Cruces, Brodsky’s in Taos, and Books of Interest in Santa Fe.

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Erika Rier @erikarier.bsky.social · 7d

So excited to be vending at another round of GAMJAM hosted at the Lloyd Center Mall in Portland, OR this Saturday, October 4 th just a few doors down from @floatingworld.bsky.social I’ll have loads of my handmade comics, new ceramics, and CALENDARS!!!!!

Little flyer featuring 3 mugs with hand lettering around them which reads:
Come see me at
Gamjam
Lloyd Center mall
Saturday October 4th
11am-6pm

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Floating World Comics @floatingworld.bsky.social · 8d

Gamjam 4, aka the Grass Hut Art Market, is back for a one-day festival celebrating the beautiful and the bizarre this Saturday
Oct. 4 at Lloyd Center Mall!

Over 40 local artists and vendors, alongside amazing, eye-melting pieces from 40+ artists around the globe, including special guest Draculazer!

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Chris Cajero Cilla @cccilla.bsky.social · 9d

Portland! Saturday I’ll be at Lloyd Center Mall for GAM JAM, the Grass Hut Art Market, selling the full array of my Sardine Can Press books, shirts, zines, original art, etc. Photo from last month’s COMIX THING, I’ll have all that stuff, and maybe more!?! See you there!

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🕷️Gory Thing🕷️ @korybing.bsky.social · 9d

This Saturday is GAMJAM 4! A cool one-day indie art fair at the Lloyd Center Mall on October 4th! Come see 50+ vendors from all over and hang out at the MALL.

Poster for GAMJAM 4 on October 4th at the Lloyd Center Mall! Starting at 11am!

Another poster for GAMJAM 4 at the Lloyd Center Mall at 11am-6pm!

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Floating World Comics @floatingworld.bsky.social · 11d

"MALL TOWN is an independently produced documentary film about Lloyd Center, a beloved mid-century mall in Portland, Oregon. On the verge of closing, the mostly empty mall finds temporary new life as an "indie arts district". Can capitalism and community co-exist?"

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vubw...

MALL TOWN, the story of Lloyd Center mall

YouTube video by Portland Crafted Shorts

www.youtube.com

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Floating World Comics @floatingworld.bsky.social · 11d

"As most Portlanders know by now, there’s a lot going on at Lloyd Center—just not necessarily what you’d expect."

www.wweek.com/movies/2025/...

New Documentary Looks at Lloyd Center Past and Present

“Mall Town” filmmaker Paula Bernstein covers the shopping center’s new DIY spirit.

www.wweek.com

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🕷️Gory Thing🕷️ @korybing.bsky.social · 12d

Pro Portland tip: go to the Lloyd Center and sell zines at @floatingworld.bsky.social so you can buy Carmel corn at Joe Browns to fuel the making of more comics, it’s truly a perfect circle.

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Julia Gfrörer @thorazos.bsky.social · 14d

Elijah was one of our best, with a wry, unflinching vision and one of the deftest hands there ever was. Goodbye, my friend.

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Floating World Comics @floatingworld.bsky.social · 14d

Fresh off their Santos Sisters Eisner Award victory this summer, American Nature editor Denis C. Theriault, will be at Floating World Comics today from 5-7pm to celebrate the release of American Nature Presents #3!

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Brian Nicholson @briannicholson.bsky.social · 14d

News of it never circulated here, but @elijahbrubaker.bsky.social died a few weeks back. I have a few words in this piece for the Comics Journal, reflecting on his work and mourning his loss.

Elijah Brubaker, 1975-2025 - The Comics Journal

Austin English collects remembrances from the friends and colleagues of the Reich and Story of Jezebel author, who died on Aug. 28 at the age of 50.

www.tcj.com

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Floating World Comics @floatingworld.bsky.social · 21d

Super excited to table at @cartooncrossroads.bsky.social for the first time this weekend! Looking forward to all the programming and sharing our new books at table 5.

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Floating World Comics @floatingworld.bsky.social · 22d

‘They ate voraciously as Neal, sandwich in hand, stood bowed and jumping before the big phonograph listening to a wild bop record I just bought called “The Hunt,” with Dexter Gordon and Wardell Gray blowing their tops before a screaming audience that gave the record a fantastic frenzied volume.’

The Hunt (Rocks 'N' Shoals) [Live] by Dexter Gordon on Apple Music

Song · 2004 · Duration 18:08

music.apple.com

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caroline cash @cashbrowns.bsky.social · 23d

So Happy to Announce I Have A Job

Comicsbeat @comicsbeat.bsky.social · 23d

Award winning cartoonists Caroline Cash (Pee Pee Poo Poo) will take over the Nancy comics strip in 2026, as Olivia Jaimes leaves

Caroline Cash to take over the Nancy comic strip from Olivia Jaimes

Award winning cartoonists Caroline Cash (Pee Pee Poo Poo) will take over the Nancy comics strip in 2026

www.comicsbeat.com

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Deb Aoki @debaoki.bsky.social · Sep 8

Shocked and saddened to hear that Matt Haasch, founder of indie manga publishing company @starfruitbooks.bsky.social has passed away. His gofundme campaign for his medical and other expenses is still up - contribute if you can. www.gofundme.com/f/donate-to-...

Donate to Matt's Journey: Healing and Comics, organized by Matthew Haasch

With your support, I can focus on healing from lymphoma while continu… Matthew Haasch needs your support for Donate to Matt's Journey: Healing and Comics

www.gofundme.com

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Catsuka @catsuka.bsky.social · 25d

Now available online in english: Naoki Urasawa interviewing Katsuhiro Otomo about his work and his manga "Domu" during one hour.
"Manben" is such a great TV program.
>> www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/...

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Chris Cajero Cilla @cccilla.bsky.social · 26d

My newest comix zine LOCKED GROOVE is now available at @floatingworld.bsky.social in Portland!
They also have much of my catalog on the shelves at the moment, a good time to head to the Lloyd Center mall and stock up on fine comic art!

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Floating World Comics @floatingworld.bsky.social · 26d

Alienation: Final Cut Special Edition set - limited to just 100 copies!

Includes: Signed and Numbered Process Zine + Stickers + Postcard

floatingworldcomics.com/shop/comic-b...

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Floating World Comics @floatingworld.bsky.social · 26d

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Sean Howe @seanhowe.bsky.social · 29d

I'm sure I don't know anyone who'd be into this.

Pop Culture & Theology (& Religion, too) @popandtheology.bsky.social · 29d

For Comics Studies friend and colleagues, I could really use some essays on specific runs, issues, and characters.

Call for Papers: Religion in Jack Kirby’s Fourth World and Beyond

Religion in Jack Kirby’s Fourth World and Beyond Editor: Matthew Brake Jack Kirby needs no introduction. He was one of the most prolific and creative figures in the history of modern mainstream sup…

popularcultureandtheology.com

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BigNoseGirl @oliviacruz.net · Sep 7

I’m a small press now, I guess. Everyone should read Spay #1 by @winguro.bsky.social if you love underground comics.
You can get a copy at Floating World Comics! ( @floatingworld.bsky.social )

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