Author Talk – Mike Richardson (Dark Horse Comics)

If Portland is Comic City, USA, then Dark Horse Comics founder Mike Richardson is its mayor. Born of a maxed-out credit card and a passion for creator rights, Dark Horse Comics of Milwaukie, Oregon, has transformed the creative landscape in the Pacific Northwest, turning the Portland area into the country’s largest community of cartoonists and graphic artists outside of New York.

Mike Richardson is a publisher, writer, and producer. In 1986, he founded Dark Horse Comics. Through Dark Horse Entertainment he has produced such films as The Mask, Timecop, and Hellboy. Richardson has also written numerous graphic novels and comics series, as well as Comics Between the Panels and Blast Off, two critically acclaimed books about pop culture.

This event is co-sponsored by the Downtown Alliance of Milwaukie.