Sequential Art Gallery + Studio

May 1, 2013
by Kaebel JK Hashitani
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“Natalie Nourigat Presents” — current works by Natalie Nourigat

Sequential Art Gallery presents “Natalie Nourigat Presents”, a behind-the-scenes look at several projects by local artist and comics creator, Natalie “Tally” Nourigat. The exhibit opens this Thursday, May 2nd, with the artist’s reception from 6pm to 10pm.

Nourigat’s exhibition will focus on her process, including sketches, notes, and finished product. “Natalie Nourigat Presents” features artwork from several of Nourigat’s different projects: her diary comic series “Between Gears”; Image Comics’ “It Girl”, written by Jamie S. Rich; Jane Espenson’s “Husbands” from Dark Horse Comics; the comic adaptation of “The Thrilling Adventure Hour” series by Ben Acker and Ben Blacker; and “Meet Your Mind”, written by Jim Ottaviani, from To The Best Of Our Knowledge Presents. Nourigat also includes art not associated with an official project, but rather showcases her own interests as a fan of the comics medium.

Natalie “Tally” Nourigat is a member of Periscope Studio, the Northwest’s largest collective of comic book professionals. She has worked with many high-profile companies including Dark Horse Comics, Image Comics, Lerner Publishing Group, Oni Press, BOOM! Studios, and Archaia Entertainment. She illustrated “My Boyfriend is a Monster: Wrapped Up in You”, which made Kirkus’s Best Teen Books of 2012 list. Nourigat is the creator of the self-published “Over the Surface”, and “Between Gears: Vol. 1″ published by Image Comics in 2012.

“Natalie Nourigat Presents” will be on display throughout the month of May, with gallery hours on Thursdays from 3pm-7pm, Saturdays from 11am-5pm, and by appointment. The exhibition will close at the end of business on Saturday, June 1st.

March 28, 2013
by Kaebel JK Hashitani
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The Art of “HELHEIM” by Joëlle Jones

Sequential Art Gallery proudly presents the Art of “HELHEIM”, by Joëlle Jones. Sponsored in part by publisher Oni Press, and comic book retailer Bridge City Comics, Jones will be displaying original pages and variant cover art from her new series “Helheim”, written by Cullen Bunn. The exhibit opens this Thursday, April 4th, with the artist’s reception from 6pm to 10pm. Copies of “Helheim” #1 will be available for purchase.

Set in the late 6th Century, “Helheim” blends vikings, witchcraft, and undead monsters into a deliciously violent and horrifying mystery. Following her work on DC/Vertigo’s “Madame Xanadu” and Dark Horse’s “House of Night”, Jones is no stranger to the fantasy genre. With “Helheim”, Jones is producing the finest work of her career. In the recently released first issue, Jones expertly depicts the cold northern lands of the vikings, as well as the gore and mayhem of fierce battle, all with her recognizable-yet-clearly-evolving drawing style.

Additionally, the Art of “HELHEIM” exhibit will be part of the Stumptown Comics Fest’s Art Gallery Tours on Saturday, April 27th & Sunday, April 28th. The Fest offers limited-seating guided tours of several Portland galleries, all featuring exhibits by illustrators and comic book artists. The tours are free to Fest attendees. (www.stumptowncomics.com)

Since her debut in “12 Reasons Why I Love Her” with collaborator Jamie S. Rich, Jones has assembled an impressive body of work (“You Have Killed Me”, “Popgun”, “Fables”, “Ultimate Spider-Man”), with several major publishers (Oni Press, DC/Vertigo, Marvel, and Dark Horse), and worked with other acclaimed creators (Matt Wagner, Brian Michael Bendis, Janet Evanovich). In 2010, she co-created “Spell Checkers” with Rich and Nicolas Hitori de. You can learn more about Jones at her website, www.joellejones.com, and follow her on Twitter, @Joelle_Jones.

The Art of “HELHEIM” will be on display throughout the month of April, with gallery hours on Thursdays from 3pm-7pm, Saturdays from 11am-5pm, and by appointment. The exhibit will close at the end of the tours on Sunday, April 28th.

March 20, 2013
by Kaebel JK Hashitani
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“Shades of Black” by Kevin Stephenson

Sequential Art Gallery presents “Shades of Black”, a collection of both new and old work by multifaceted artist, Kevin Stephenson. The exhibit opens this Thursday, March 7th, with the artist’s reception from 6pm to 10pm.

With “Shades of Black”, Stephenson combines two collections that focus heavily on the art of storytelling. The first is “Counting Corvids”, an illustrated interpretation of the old world practice of divination by counting crows or ravens.

The second collection is “The Derelict and The Wanted Men”, Stephenson’s take on the poem-turned-song “The Derelict”, more commonly known as “Fifteen Men on a Dead Man’s Chest” from Robert Louis Stevenson’s “Treasure Island”. Stephenson treats “The Derelict” as “pirate CSI”, adding a series of pirate wanted posters, fleshing out the tale.

Stephenson is an accomplished illustrator, painter, and printmaker. He utilizes his expertise in woodworking, leathercraft, and metalcraft for Forge & Thistle, a small business that Stephenson co-owns, which specializes in quality hand-made products.

Stephenson is also a proud and esteemed member of PDX Yar!, Portland’s premier pirate-themed performance group. As part of the First Thursday reception, his fellow privateers from PDX Yar! will be on deck, singing, carousing, and general merry-making. (www.pdxyar.org)

“Shades of Black” will be on display throughout the month of March, with gallery hours on Thursdays from 3pm-7pm, Saturdays from 11am-5pm, and by appointment.”Shades of Black” will close at the end of business on Saturday, March 30th.