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Today’s Featured Book Event:
Der Struwwelpeter Book Release Party (Container Corps, @6:00pm): Container Corps is proud to announce the release of a new edition of Der Struwwelpeter, illustrated by Alisha Wessler. Der Struwwelpeter is a gothic book of children’s morality verses written by eccentric German psychiatrist Heinrich Hoffman in 1845. The book is notable for the brutality that is inflicted on those children who misbehave. Artist Alisha Wessler reinterpreted the stories with a series of new drawings. To celebrate this publication, please join us for a release party at Container Corps headquarters, featuring an exhibition of some of the original pieces featured in the book and beverages provided by Ninkasi Brewing.
Other Book Events Today:
Richard Starkings & Moritat Signing (Cosmic Monkey Comics, @11:00am): Richard Starkings, creator and writer of the Image comic Elephantmen will be signing along with artist Moritat. Free copies of the comics will also be available.
Fancy Nancy Party (A Children’s Place Bookstore, @2:00pm): ACP’s very own Val is thrilled to announce our annual Fancy Nancy Party! Dress in your fanciest, and be prepared for royal treatment!
Over It: Artist Reception (Littman Gallery, @5:00pm): What happens when you try to unite a group of 18 creatives behind one “singular idea?” Attendee’s will find out at the opening of “Over It.” Check out the Studio Jelly blog for the back story.
Casanova #1 Book Release and Signing w/ Matt Fraction (Floating World Comics, @5:00pm): Before making a name for himself with Marvel Comics’ Invincible Iron Man and Uncanny X-Men, Matt Fraction was blowing readers minds with his creator owned series, Casanova. The series centers upon renowned thief Casanova Quinn, who gets “blackmailed into being a pawn and double agent in a global game of super-espionage”. It will appeal to fans of Michael Moorcock’s Jerry Cornelius stories with a cascade of alternate universes and polymorphic sexuality. Fans will have a chance to meet the Eisner Award winning Fraction and pick up a copy of the newly remastered version of Casanova #1.
Opening Reception: Monsters of Web Comics 2.0 (PNCA-Feldman Gallery, @6:00pm): Curator Andrew Farago explores the digital revolution in the exhibition Monsters of Webcomics 2.0. This showcase of some of the best and boldest work published on the World Wide Web runs the gamut from four-panel comic strips to full-length graphic novels and includes comedy, autobiography, drama, history, science fiction and sociopolitical commentary. Including work by Kate Beaton, Phil and Kaja Foglio, Dorothy Gambrell, Shaenon K. Garrity, Jenn Manley Lee, Dylan Meconis, Erika Moen, Chris Onstad, Spike aka Charlene Trotman and Dirk Tiede, the exhibition represents just a small fraction of the comics available online today.
Book Club (Wilsonville Public Library, @6:00pm): The only one of Kipling’s novels to be cast in an American setting, Captains Courageous endures as one of literature’s most cherished and memorable sea adventures. Harvey Cheyne, spoiled millionaire’s son, tumbles overboard from a luxury liner–only to be rescued by the crew of a Gloucester schooner. Thus begins the boy’s second voyage into the rugged rites and ways of sailors. Come share your thoughts about this book and bring suggestions of your favorite authors and titles for future meetings.
Graphic Novel Reading Club (Bridge City Comics, @7:00pm): Join us on the second Thursday of every month for Portland’s first Graphic Novel Reading Club! Bring a chair and something to drink, if you’d like! July’s selection is Transmetropolitan Vol. 1, the acclaimed Vertigo series from writer Warren Ellis (Planetary and The Authority) and artist Darick Robertson, Transmetropolitan combines black humor, life-threatening situations, and moral ambiguity to look into the gonzo mind of an outlaw journalist and the world he seeks to destroy.
Barb and J. C. Hendee & Louise Marley (Powells Books at Cedar Hills Crossing, @7:00pm): In Through Stone and Sea (Roc), the latest volume of Barb and J. C. Hendee’s Noble Dead series, Wynn journeys to the mountain stronghold of the dwarves in search of the Stonewalkers, an unknown sect supposedly in possession of important ancient texts. In Mozart’s Blood (Kensington), Louise Marley weaves a lush historical novel with an unforgettable heroine — a beautiful vampire virtuoso who shares an everlasting bond with the world’s most notorious musical genius.
Deadly Diversions Mystery Book Group (Powells Books at Cedar Hills Crossing, @7:00pm): This month we meet to discuss Trigger City by Sean Chercover. Join us!
Carolyn Parkhurst (Powells City of Books, @7:30pm): From Carolyn Parkhurst, the bestselling author of The Dogs of Babel, comes The Nobodies Album (Doubleday), an emotionally gripping and resonant mystery about a mother and her son, and about the possibility that one can never truly know another person.
Understanding the Crash (Powells Books on Hawthorne, @7:30pm): Understanding the Crash (Soft Skull Press) starts with a simple question that still haunts us all: What has happened to the world economy? With the kind of striking precision that only graphic nonfiction can provide, Seth Tobocman and Eric Laursen explain just how we got into this mess — and how we can get out of it.
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You can find other events on your community Libraries schedule using these links: Washington County, Multnomah County, Clackamas County, and the rest of this weeks Portland book events here.
Image credit Container Corps.
