The first was "Black History and Contemporary Comics: Exploring the Harlem Renaissance." From left to right, this is:
- Professor Ben Saunders, Head of Comics Studies at the University of Oregon (moderator)
- David F. Walker, writer and co-creator of Bitter Root (Image Comics)
- Mat Johnson, writer and co-creator of Inconegro: Renaissance (Dark Horse)
Next, we attended "Stranger Comics / HBO Asunda Series Panel," with "Stranger Comics CEO Sebastian A. Jones, creator of Niobe and The Untamed, and the Executive Producer and writer of HBO's new World of Asunda series":
At the end of the day, we saw the pilot episode of Stumptown, mentioned in our Friday post. Three screens of it played in the main ballroom:
The opening shot is Portland's famous sign, aka the White Stag sign:
After the pilot aired, some of the producers and cast came on stage to talk about the show and answer questions. Notice the interpreter in the lower left of the screen:
The star of the show, Cobie Smulders, wasn't able to be in Portland for this event, but Michael Ealy and Camryn Manheim were here:
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