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Illustrator Draw-off!
General Admission Pass required for entry
Join us for the first annual Portland Book Festival Illustrator Draw-off! Picture book and middle grade illustrators face off in a live drawing competition. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry with laughter, you’ll cheer as Vanessa Brantley-Newton (Mary Had a Little Plan), Ben Clanton (Tater Tales), Jonathan Hill (Tales of Seventh-grade Lizard Boy), Eunice Moyle (The Cosmic Adventures of Astrid & Stella) and Tracy Subisak (Amah Faraway) face off at the drawing easel. Host and emcee Breena Bard (Trespassers, winner of the 2022 Oregon Book Award).
MASKS ARE REQUIRED AT THIS EVENT.
Portland Book Festival General Admission Passes are required for entry into all events. Passes are $15 in advance and $25 day of Festival. Youth 17 & under, or with a valid high school ID get in FREE. All full-priced General Admission Passes include a $5 book fair voucher and entry into Portland Art Museum. Passes admit attendees to the Festival; individual events are first-come, first-served. More info here.
Vanessa Brantley-Newton
Ben Clanton
Jonathan Hill
Secretary, Literary arts board of directors
Cartoonist & IllustratorJonathan Hill is an award-winning cartoonist, illustrator, and educator. His work has appeared in The Believer Magazine, Fantagraphics, Powell’s City of Books, and the Society of Illustrators. His graphic novel, Odessa, was a finalist for the 2021 PNBA Book Awards and won the 2021 Believer Book Award for Graphic Literature. His latest book, Tales of a Seventh Grade Lizard Boy, was included on the ALA's Best Graphic Novels for Children Reading List for 2022 and has been named an Oregon Spirit Award Honor Book. Jonathan also serves on the board of directors for Literary Arts.