Mike Richardson Opens Comic Museum Beneath Dark Horse Comics Building After Departure
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Rich Johnston
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Mike Richardson, founder of Dark Horse Comics, has opened a museum underneath the publisher's building in Milwaukie, Oregon. Despite being fired from the company he founded 40 years ago, Richardson still owns the building and has created a space showcasing his personal collection of comic book memorabilia, art, and artifacts. The museum highlights Richardson's significant role in building Portland's comic book publishing scene, which now hosts one of the strongest concentrations of comic and graphic novel publishers in the US.
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Bleeding CoolMike Richardson Opens Comic Museum Beneath Dark Horse Comics Building After Departurebleedingcool.comKey quotes
· 2 pulledOregon, particularly the Portland metro area, including Milwaukie, has one of the strongest concentrations of comic book and graphic novel publishers in the United States.
And that's because Mike Richardson lived there, studied art at Portland State University, founded Pegasus Fantasy Books, later renamed Things From Another World, and set up Dark Horse Comics
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