For your next dissection of my parents’ record collection, may we please have hot takes on the Smothers Brothers?

The teens continue to create the best social media content. (Not sure why the Lesbian of Truth is sorry? Pick up The Summer Hikaru Died and experience the delicious suffering for yourself!) #blmanga #localcomicshop

Letting the teens run the socials again. What could go wrong?

Do YOU have questions for the lesbian of truth?

The teens? Gen Z. The meme? Gen Alpha. The bookseller/mom, a bemused elder millennial. The giggles? Eternal.

Come to Books with Pictures in Portland OR for initial D and all your manga needs!

We do not have to live like this.

Also, this vintage piece of yours fell off my wall this week! The print is only minorly scuffed, but he’s gonna need a new frame.

Hello David! Until we create a more sophisticated logistical machine, this has to be US only.

Star Trek celebrations 2026 one-shot from IDW cover A, showcasing many of the LGBTQIA+ characters in Star Trek

oh! guess what!?

@susanlbridges.bsky.social and i were delighted to be asked to contribute an essay to this year’s Star Trek Celebrations Pride month special from @idwpublishing.com!

it’s about the history of LGBTQIA+ folks in Trek!

the book’s full of lovely Trek Pride stories, FOC April 20!

Where can you sign up? Head to graphicnovellibrary.org

The Graphic Novel Library is live! This curated subscription service brings the joy of discovery and connection of community right to your door every month. Subscribe now to our kids’ or adults’ box, get your first shipment in June!

an image of a hand holding up the graphic novel How to Survive the End of the World by Katy Doughty

Hey @ryannorth.ca have you read this yet? Because you should read this.

Love, the Books with Pictures PDX Crew

Yayoi Kusama, "Self-Obliteration," 1968

Celebrate Portland’s Comic Book Scene YouTube video by Oregon

Nicely done @brianmbendis.bsky.social ! Great to see @bkswpicspdx.bsky.social and @powells.bsky.social highlighted too! youtu.be/e89MlMZEENI?...

I signed copies of PREDATOR: BLOODSHED, YOUTH GROUP and a bunch of other recent comics at the fantastic @bkswpicspdx.bsky.social in Portland! I’ll be at @bwp-eug.bsky.social tomorrow (2/28) noon - 3pm!

Perks of a five hour layover in Portland: you manage to get a picture with the great @omgkatiep.bsky.social from @bkswpicspdx.bsky.social after somehow not getting one during ComicsPRO (and run into the awesome Aub Driver but I don’t have photographic evidence of that).

Gonna continue this train and talk about another black creator that means a lot to me.

Dwayne McDuffie.

One of the founders of Milestone comics which was the first comic book universe that featured black and POC characters and of course Static Shock.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwayne_...

High angle looking down at Steve and 11 other artists seated at a couple of picnic tables outside of Books With Pictures. The table is piled with pages and possibilities.

I had forgotten to post about the February session for First Friday Office Hours at @bkswpicspdx.bsky.social here in Portland, so I was really worried that no one would show up! But guess what

BWPcon BwPCon! 2026 is Coming! About BwPCon! BwPCon! is a FREE one day event featuring a wide range of local artists all gathered to show your their stuff! The event is heavily inspired by the Artist Alle…

(Oh! I realize that in pasting over the Insta post, the link is missing. Social media is hard. Find full info and application link here: bookswithpictures.com/bwpcon)

We look forward to seeing everyone's work and are so excited to get things going!

#bwpcon #bwpcon2026 #bwpcon26 #pdxevents #artistalleyapps #lcs #localcomicshop

If you have any questions or problems with the application, please let us know, either here, through eventeny, or with a message at bwpcon@bookswithpictures.com.

We are using Eventeny this year for the first time instead of our usual google forms. Because of this there may be some changes to the application layout. Eventeny will ask for payment information, but rest assured we have it set up so no one will be charged unexpectedly.

It's time! Applications are open now, and will stay open until March 13th. 🎉

Please check out the link in our bio for BwPCon! information and scroll down to the vendors section for the link to the application. It will also be posted to our stories directly.

First comic reading I ever did at @bkswpicspdx.bsky.social in August 2022 vs. my reading at BwP for my debut graphic memoir on Saturday 🥲

We will have ART SUPPLIES freely available for making protest art and signs. Join us in promoting resistance, no purchase necessary.

Books with Pictures stands with our community in opposition to ICE and Trump Regime.

We believe in the power of books and bookstores and will be OPEN REGULAR HOURS on Friday 1/30.

We will be CASH ONLY all day. No money to credit card processors, no money to banks.

I love it! Maybe around the trade release in June?

Cooklin & Erika.

The cover of the book.

Big standing room only crowd at Books With Pictures for @cooklincomics.bsky.social in conversation with @erikamoen.bsky.social, talking about Cooklin’s debut graphic novel ACE OF HEARTS.
@bkswpicspdx.bsky.social @streetnoisebooks.bsky.social.

Comics retailing legend Greg Ketter standing up to ICE in Minneapolis. Yes, that's tear gas. He's 70 years old.

Jeremy it is so gross and so sexy and I can’t wait for the next episode!

Love this video of our beloved shop from @portlandmercury.com!!