Dueling artists: The Oregonian covers the Comic Art Battle at Portland's Reading Frenzy, during which writers and artists faced off in a series of timed challenges:

"Mostly, they battled one-on-one. Occasionally there were tag-team face-offs, where artists worked in pairs to produce a six-panel comic in less than 10 minutes. As the evening progressed, the air grew thick with the scent of spent markers, and maybe it was a break with reality brought on by huffing pen fumes, or maybe it was the fact that Daniels and his three friends had decided to wear colorful and flamboyant costumes as they battled (Longstreth in screaming green cords, Renier in motorcycle helmet and vinyl black and red jacket that looked as if it had been rescued from Michael Jackson's 'Thriller'-era wardrobe), but soon the proceedings began to feel a bit like a comic book come to life."