Floating World Comics Explained

Floating World Comics
Hq Location:Lloyd Center
Location City:Portland, Oregon
Location Country:United States
Locations:1
Industry:Retail, Publishing
Products:Comic books, graphic novels
Owner:Jason Leivian
Divisions:Gravy Toys

Floating World Comics is a comic book retailer and publisher located in Portland, Oregon. Owned by Jason Leivian, the company specializes in alternative and independent comics, "showcasing auteur creators and the artists pushing the boundaries of 2-D sequential works."[1]

History

Floating World Comics opened in November 2006,[2] located in a "modest ActivSpace... under the I-405 freeway."[3] It soon moved to the corner of NW 4th and Couch in the Portland neighborhood of Old Town Chinatown.[4]

The company expanded into publishing in 2011. In 2013, Floating World took over as publisher of Arthur magazine, helping to relaunch the publication. (Arthur folded again the following year.)[5]

In February 2015, Floating World Comics became part of a distribution cooperative — managed by Alternative Comics — along with the small publishers Hic and Hoc Publications, Revival House Press, Study Group Comics, Hang Dai Editions, and Steve Lafler/Manx Media. Dubbed the Alternative Comics Publishing Co-Op, the publishers agreed to have their titles listed in distribution catalogs under the Alternative Comics banner, thus giving the publishers access to distribution from Diamond Comic Distributors and Consortium Book Sales and Distribution.[6]

In 2022, Floating World Comics moved locations to the Lloyd Center shopping mall.

As of 2024, the company's titles "are distributed to the direct market through Diamond Comic Distributors and to the trade market through Consortium Book Sales."

Exhibitions

Over the years, Floating World Comics held experimental animation nights, art festivals, and exhibitions of cartoonists' work, including Al Columbia (2007),[7] "Spacenight: A Tribute to Bill Mantlo" (2007),[8] new comics from Croatia and Serbia (2008),[9] [10] "Spacenight2: A Tribute to Bill Mantlo" (2010),[11] [12] and eBoy (2013).

Publications (selected)

Ongoing and limited series

Graphic novels and one-shots

Anthologies

Free Comic Book Day mini-comic anthologies

Notes and References

  1. News: Floating World Comics Is Moving Out of Old Town... to the Mall . Suzette . Smith . Portland Mercury. July 29, 2022.
  2. News: Comics Shop Confidential: The Scoop on Four Stores. Oct 10, 2008. Steve. Duin. The Oregonian.
  3. News: Portland's Floating World Comics Is Celebrating its 10th Anniversary. Nathan . Carson. Willamette Week. August 17, 2016.
  4. Web site: About. FloatingWorldComics.com. Sep 4, 2024.
  5. Web site: May We Meet Again . Jay . Babcock . Arthur Magazine . March 3, 2014 . May 6, 2015.
  6. Floating World joins Alternative Comics distribution co-op. Cupertino, California. Floating World Comics. Feb 18, 2015.
  7. Web site: 'The Land of Broken Hearts' – A Rare Exhibition of Artwork by Al Columbia. Floating World Comics. https://web.archive.org/web/20210514200448/https://floatingworldcomics.com/archives/60. 2021-05-14. live. 2021-10-14.
  8. Web site: Spacenight: A Tribute to Bill Mantlo . November 13, 2007 . Floating World Comics . https://web.archive.org/web/20101122005710/http://www.floatingworldcomics.com/main/2007/11/13/spacenight-a-tribute-to-bill-mantlo-dec-6th/ . November 22, 2010 . live. mdy-all.
  9. Book: Sekulić, Aleksandra. Nevidljivi strip. Narodna biblioteka Srbije. 2011. 978-86-7035-231-5.
  10. Web site: Oct. 2nd – ON THE MARGINS: NEW COMIX FROM CROATIA AND SERBIA Floating World Comics. floatingworldcomics.com. 2016-07-28. Sep 2008.
  11. Web site: Spacenite2: A Tribute to Bill Mantlo. November 16, 2010. Floating World Comics. https://web.archive.org/web/20130507041220/http://www.floatingworldcomics.com/main/2010/11/16/dec-2-spacenite-2-a-tribute-to-bill-mantlo/. May 7, 2013. live. mdy-all.
  12. Web site: Spacenite 2 – Fundraiser Auctions for Bill Mantlo. December 22, 2010. Floating World Comics. https://web.archive.org/web/20130502235331/http://www.floatingworldcomics.com/main/2010/12/22/spacenite-2-fundraiser-auctions-for-bill-mantlo/. May 2, 2013. live. mdy-all.
  13. Web site: Amnesia: The Lost Films of Francis D. Longfellow. Matt. Seneca. The Comics Journal. Oct 31, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20210515173714/http://www.tcj.com/reviews/amnesia-the-lost-films-of-francis-d-longfellow-1/. 2021-05-15.
  14. Book: Landry, Tyler . The Coward's Hole . Study Group . 2016 . 9781681480060 . en.
  15. Book: Quievreux, Leo . Vigneault . François . The Immersion Program . Floating World Comics . 2019 . 978-1-942801-89-4 . 17 June 2022 .
  16. Web site: July 19, 2013. Floating World Comics Unpacks Forthcoming 2013 Publishing Season: Eng, Bak, Gfrörer And Alden. Comics Reporter. Tom. Spurgeon. Tom Spurgeon.
  17. Book: Landy, Tyler . Lonesome . Study Group.

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