Secret Room Press

Arrivals and Departures — October 2025 - The Comics Journal Why can't you be more like RJ Casey? You'll never make assistant to the head curator of The Met if you don't continually challenge your prejudices! You may as well just lie down, you're dead to me!

I got my first critical write up in @comicsjournal.bsky.social and hey man I’m just happy to be here

www.tcj.com/arrivals-and...

NEW COMIC ALERT

www.stephenpellnat.com/mach-the-hed...
Get your paws on my very first riso book, printed by the amazing buds over at @risographstudio.bsky.social ! It’s really good! Brand New IP! Go get it!

A photo of artist Emeric L. Kennard shows them crouched behind a sidewalk sign of Secret Room's mascot, a black figure with a pointy wide brim hat, big white eyes, white gloves, and high heeled shoes. The sign reads, "come in + check out SECRET ROOM! Art prints! Comix + zines! Greeting cards! Creative tools! VHS + cassettes!" Emeric is holding a finger up to their lips in a hushing motion.

I have a secret to share with you... if you go visit my friends at Secret Room Press @risographstudio.bsky.social , and you are lucky and vigilant, you can find several of my comics, zines, and risograph prints hidden throughout the store! 3225 SE Division St, Portland. Follow this thread for hints!

WOW

BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador.

Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.

Caroline Cash to take over the Nancy comic strip from Olivia Jaimes Award winning cartoonists Caroline Cash (Pee Pee Poo Poo) will take over the Nancy comics strip in 2026

Award winning cartoonists Caroline Cash (Pee Pee Poo Poo) will take over the Nancy comics strip in 2026, as Olivia Jaimes leaves

So Happy to Announce I Have A Job

If anybody needs it but I don’t remember where I took this picture

Manben is one of the best thing any aspiring artist/cartoonist can spend time with. I would go NUTS for a high quality release.

Ahh! We’re gonna be out of town but hopefully this will be up at least til mid October?

I’m quoted in today’s issue of Forbes.

'Trans people being generous with their voices and stories is the reason that I'm here today': Sam Szabo's path to enlightenment - The Comics Journal The etnlightened Sam Szabo talks to Tate McFadden about Valerie Solanas, Lynda Barry, and the literal spiral to get out of not knowing what to write.

For my newest article for @comicsjournal.bsky.social , I interviewed Sam Szabo, author of Enlightened Transsexual Comix among other things! We talk Valerie Solanas, undergrounds, Lynda Barry and much much more!
www.tcj.com/trans-people...

Tonite at 4pm! Comix Thing presents an Early Evening of Underground Animation featuring:

Dre Gordon
BB Andersson
E. Haidle
Mannie Murphy
Jesse McManus
& Tom Lechner

Poster by E. Haidle

lenny is sat with homer at moe's with some pokemon cards scattered across the bar. Lenny: hey whatcha got there homer? Homer: oh i don't know... it's some crap the boy is into these days Barney: hey! moe! this one looks like you! Moe then snatches the card. Moe: what? gimme that! i oughta sue the hell outta- Moe then contrmplates the Magmar card, and finds recognition within it.

flaming moe's

Even if ya win ya lose! lol

A lot of amazing books nominated this year!

When we don’t get an ignatz nom for a book we publish, the artist gets to throw a brick at our heads
That’s the Secret Room Press guarantee!

Pals seen hanging out at Secret Room!

@capegloam.bsky.social @risographstudio.bsky.social

tomorrow at noon we will be there and so will the new issue of ROBOT TOD.

Oh hellll yeah

Honored to be on da cool guy loop in great company

So psyched for this, absolutely loved Boat Life! Gonna reread this asap, can’t wait for Volume 2!

Blind Alley is BACK over on the patreon!

www.patreon.com/kumerish

Getting very excited for Comix Thing coming back to Portland in August, a great comics show and this one is gonna be nuts. Portland needs an annual comics-specific event, we’ve got so many artists here!

It’s truly mind-boggling to think about, especially at a time when so many of the books I’m blown away by or obsessed with are in editions of 5,000 and far less.

Stunning cartooning, as always!

Very thoughtful and generous review of Wilder from Ryan Carey!