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Alter Egos Society - [official website]

The Alter Egos Society is comprised of a collection of artists, writers, and other superhero enthusiasts who have lent their time and efforts to working on costume-related projects in the Portland, Oregon area. Founded in 2007 by Benja Barker, the AES has produced a series of video shorts (all distributed online), started two annual costumed events (“Power Struggle” in the Spring and “Ceasefire” in the fall), and released an amateur short film (“ARCHIVES OF THE FANTASTIC: The 9th Cosmic Convergence”). Profits raised from DVD sales and event tickets are donated to p:ear, a local non-profit that mentors homeless youth. The Society’s events are regularly supported by many local comic shops and companies, with Spring event assistance provided by Drunken Rampage Events. Part of the mission of the Alter Egos Society is to explore the various mythos of superhero genres through costume making, role playing, filmmaking and other forms of storytelling.

Atomic Arts - [official website]

Atomic Arts are the creators of the Portland Summer theatre event, "Trek in the Park"- a live, stage adaptation of Star Trek: The Original Series, performed free to the public in an outdoor setting. Since 2009, audiences of all ages have witnessed the adventures of Kirk, Spock and the rest of the crew in the Final Frontier while relaxing in one of Portland's beautiful public parks! This Summer, Atomic Arts moves to their new location, Cathedral Park, under the picturesque St. Johns Bridge, and will adapt the thrilling Enterprise murder mystery, "Journey to Babel". This August, gather your away team, pack a picnic, and BOLDLY GO!

Bigfoot - [official website]
Bigfoot is a California Bay Area based nature loving artist, and has been a major influence in the skateboard industry for more than a decade. Originally from New Jersey, young Bigfoot fled to California to be closer to big trees. Disassociated from art school and human society, in 1994 he started writing "Bigfoot" in the streets of San Francisco with relentless fury. Working often with house paint and wooden panels, his work depicts the conflict between the respect for nature held by the artist's cast of Bigfoot characters and the destructive agenda of mankind. Despite his reclusive nature, Bigfoot has managed to stay active in society, designing skateboard graphics and footwear,showing in galleries in America and Japan,the release of his vinyl figure with Strangeco in 2004,and more recently his collaborations with The North Face, Hurley, and Burton snowboards. His eponymous character and his love of Rock & Roll heavy metal and especially the masked rock group KISS,play a major role in his studio work as well as his highly recognized street art.

PDX Yar - [official website]

PDXYAR can trace it’s origins to a group of stout souls engaging in “naval combat” through the use of the miniature constructable sailing vessels of the WizKids “Pirates” strategy game. As their gaming group grew, so did their interest in the history and legend of the pirates, privateers and Golden Age of Piracy. This knowledge developed a practical side as period costumes were developed and the group began making appearances at gaming shops and the Portland Pirate Festival to demonstrate the game.

From these humble beginnings, PDXYAR has grown and evolved until in 2010 they assumed the mantle of “The Swashbucklers of Stumptown.” While pirate gaming remains an intrinsic element of the group, they have also become historical fictioneers. Providing services such as pirate appearances, staged combat, fire dancing, living history instruction and many others, they are performers who are dedicated to both educating and entertaining audiences throughout the Pacific Northwest and beyond.
Photo by Jailbreak Photography

The Doubleclicks - [official website]

The Doubleclicks are a nerd/folk band based in Portland, Oregon. The members are sisters Angela and Aubrey Webber. When they aren’t playing Dungeons and Dragons, they write songs and play them on cello and ukulele.

Robot Uprise - [official website]

A hybrid of science fiction and music, Robot Uprise brings to life the dark-dance music from the comic book "Cognition: The Robot Uprise". Robot voices, powerful synths, and real lasers make Robot Uprise a geek wet dream.

The Icarus Kid - [official website]

Dan Crowdus is the mastermind behind The Icarus Kid, the futuristic, live electronic music project that brings the classic sounds of the Nintendo Entertainment System to the dancefloor.

After studying both music and computer science at the University of Kentucky, Dan abandoned lifelong aspirations of becoming a video game developer to fully focus on his greater passion: music performance. Following a move to Seattle, he began playing with bands and DJing house music at nightclubs, which provided a solid foundation to blend these worlds together into a live show that twists and warps familiar themes into entirely new soundscapes. An endless obsession with software and technology has given birth to a deviously programmed live setup, including full keyboards and a synchronized LED lightshow that responds to live events.

The Slants - [official website]

The Slants is a group comprised of Asian Americans who all grew up in different parts of the country: Aron Moxley (vocals), a Vietnamese refugee who grew up in Astoria, Oregon; Simon Young (bass), Chinese-Taiwanese from San Diego, CA; Johnny Fontanilla (guitar), Filipino-Mexican also from San Diego, CA; Tyler Chen (drums), Chinese-German, who lived throughout the Northwest; and Thai Dao (guitar/keyboards), Vietnamese born in Japan and raised in San Diego, CA.

Asteroid M - [official website]

Asteroid M is our name and we a are fun loving band from Portland, Oregon. A little about ourselves: we enjoy candle lit dinners, long walks on the beach and rocking out on stage, as hard as we can, in front of as many people as possible! We got started playing house shows in our basement and moved up to opening for bigger touring bands such as The Ataris and fellow stage destroyers Foxy Shazam. Our sound is like Fugazi, that is, if Fugazi tried to write pop songs; sort of like indie rock with a little more balls, or hardcore with a little less. Songs in our repertoire range from dancey punk, to sludgy groove.