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# Northwest Museum of Cartoon Arts ribbon cutting
- URL: https://www.matthewbogart.net/2025/11/07/northwest-museum-of-cartoon-arts-ribbon-cutting/
- Published: 2025-11-07T21:26:35.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-07T21:31:18.000Z
- Description: I visited Portland’s new Northwest Museum of Cartoon Arts, a beautiful space celebrating local cartoonists. A good destination for comics fans.
- Author: Matthew Bogart
- Tags: #post-card-rose, #NWMOCA, Helioscope Studio

A few days ago I got to attend the ribbon-cutting for the [Northwest Museum of Cartoon Arts](https://nwmoca.org/?ref=matthewbogart.net) (NWMOCA) at 322 NW 8th Ave in Portland. It was great. Back in the early 2000s my friends and I actually ran a small gallery in downtown Portland, so I have some small idea how hard it is to pull off something like this. The folks behind this new museum have created a massive, beautiful space with help from a really dedicated team.

One part of the opening exhibit focused on Helioscope Studio, which was so neat to see. At the ceremony they mentioned Portland might have the highest per-capita number of cartoonists in the world. 

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/9c/0c/9c0c3ed1-6073-42fe-82e4-7701884d4597/content/images/2025/11/IMG_5894.jpeg)

They showed beautiful work by so many talented people, and I was honored to have some of mine included. There was even a giant print of the Jimmy Olsen cover Steve Lieber drew, and all of us who appeared in the crowd on that cover got a photo in front of it.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/9c/0c/9c0c3ed1-6073-42fe-82e4-7701884d4597/content/images/2025/11/CleanShot-2025-11-03-at-15.02.03@2x-1.png)

If you’re in Portland anytime soon and love comics, go check it out. It’s absolutely worth the visit.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/9c/0c/9c0c3ed1-6073-42fe-82e4-7701884d4597/content/images/2025/11/IMG_5893.jpeg)