Soft Skills Comics

A five-person comics collective in Portland, OR

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What are we working on next, you ask?  We have A LOT in store for 2019.  Stay tuned for a special website announcement, more show updates, more local events we are either attending or organizing, and shrinky dinks, lots and lots of shrinky dinks. 

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We ended the year on an incredibly high note - we pulled off our second annual Holiday Spectacular of Artists on Parade.  We had over 20 local comic artists read their good, good stories and we raised over $800 for local non-profits KBOO and the Portland Zine Symposium.  Extra thanks to the Clinton Street Theater for putting up with us and our friends for two years in a row!  

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Another M A J O R highlight of 2018 was getting into SPX!  We could not contain ourselves when we found out.  When we were tiny comics angels studying together at the Independent Publishing Resource Center, our educators all brought up SPX as the goal for many professionals.  And dang it, y’all, we got in last year!  We went to the prom, we watched the Ignatz, we did fancy face masks in the hotel, and then we slept for three days straight when we got home.  Truly a treasure.  

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It looks like we’ve been asleep at the wheel around these ol’ dusty Tumblr corners, but we promise we haven’t!  2018 was a wild ride, here’s a quick recap of some of our favorite things!  First and foremost, we birthed a monstrosity into the world - our collab-o-zine What Does Ed Hardy Even Look Like?!  An experiment where we asked our friends and family to write poetry, illustrate, and story tell about the fabled living legend, the only prerequisite was you could not actually know what the man himself looked like.  It was a blast to create, and somehow people pay us money for copies of this.  What a world.  

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Say hi to @michaelsabine and @blueredandgray at the Soft Skills table at @vancouvercomics this weekend! Table I-7 in the gym!! We’ve got brand new Soft Skills party packs (6 mini comics! party favors!) and our community collabo-zine: What does Ed Hardy Even Look Like?? Plus the Unpopular Opinions anthology and work from all six Soft Skills contributors. #vancaf #vancaf2018 #comic #zine #indiecomics #illustration #comicscollective #softskills #roadtrip #babes

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Soft Skills buttons ready for @shortrunseattle and #Canzine #shortrunseattle (at Independent Publishing Resource Center)

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Starting tomorrow we’re onto our third theme, “Scary Gourds” chosen by @funwithjohnjames #inktoberprompts #inktobertheme #inktober2017 #pumpkincarving #gourds #decorativegourdseason

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We have one more day of “magic spells” and then Soft Skills will be moving on to our next theme: “Nice Fall Things” courtesy of @rockdolltissa Attn. to those who have been drawing spells with us up to now, no pressure but feel free to stick with us! @amanda_blix @q_comix @quinntillate #inktober2017 #inktoberprompts #autumn🍁

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We've each chosen an inktober theme to spend a few days on. First up is "magic spells"!

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Soft Skills Comics will be hosting and participating in Nice To Be Nice: a Comics Reading! 6pm at Ristretto Roasters Coffee (555 NE Couch St) here in Portland. 

Readings from: Quinn Amacher John James Carissa Jean Seza Pingo M. Sabine Rear Spencer Scudder Liz Yerby

Come join us and have a lovely time!

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"They Live Among Among Us" page 1, a short cartoon meditation on Cats. By Seza Pingo.

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Repost from @gold_and_noise - soft skills drawing afternoon! (at Locale)

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Unpopular Opinions collabo-cover.