<div dir="ltr"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="font-size:13px;font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;border-collapse:collapse;border:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);max-width:600px;width:600px"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" id="gmail-yiv6079272490gmail-m_-5446662835091885528gmail-templatePreheader" style="word-break:normal;background-image:none;background-size:cover;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;padding-top:9px;padding-bottom:9px;background-position:50% 50%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse;min-width:100%"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="word-break:normal;padding:9px"><table align="left" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:collapse;min-width:100%"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="word-break:normal;padding:0px 9px;text-align:center"><img align="center" alt="" src="https://ecp.yusercontent.com/mail?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmcusercontent.com%2Fd4de3ee157b55aa0015a7d6d0%2Fimages%2Fba2e979e-bbea-d1dc-a98b-c02c588af0b7.png&t=1645566737&ymreqid=5043e1c4-8957-a04f-1ce6-a301bf01cf00&sig=WspjLROqW2iF.ohLJPlDuw--~D" width="135.35999999999999" class="gmail-yiv6079272490gmail-CToWUd" style="border: 0px; height: auto; outline: none; vertical-align: bottom; max-width: 1019px; padding-bottom: 0px; display: inline;"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td valign="top" id="gmail-yiv6079272490gmail-m_-5446662835091885528gmail-templateHeader" style="word-break:normal;background-image:none;background-size:cover;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;padding-top:9px;padding-bottom:0px;background-position:50% 50%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse;min-width:100%"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="word-break:normal;padding:9px"><table align="left" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:collapse;min-width:100%"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="word-break:normal;padding:0px 9px;text-align:center"><img align="center" alt="" src="https://ecp.yusercontent.com/mail?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmcusercontent.com%2Fd4de3ee157b55aa0015a7d6d0%2Fimages%2F76a53820-0f44-db54-8d40-daa97225618c.png&t=1645566737&ymreqid=5043e1c4-8957-a04f-1ce6-a301bf01cf00&sig=3m41AMdlW9Rr_4jaWJT0QQ--~D" width="564" class="gmail-yiv6079272490gmail-CToWUd gmail-yiv6079272490gmail-a6T" style="cursor: pointer; outline: none; border: 0px; height: auto; vertical-align: bottom; max-width: 1200px; padding-bottom: 0px; display: inline;"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td valign="top" id="gmail-yiv6079272490gmail-m_-5446662835091885528gmail-templateBody" style="word-break:normal;background-image:none;background-size:cover;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:0px;background-position:50% 50%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse;min-width:100%"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="word-break:normal;padding-top:9px"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse;max-width:100%;min-width:100%"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="font-family:Helvetica;word-break:normal;color:rgb(32,32,32);font-size:16px;line-height:24px;padding:0px 18px 9px"><div style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:"sans tahoma",sans-serif">Please join us for Portland State University's annual Will Eisner Day event, a panel discussion on "Unionization in the Comics," co-sponsored by PSU's Comics Studies and Publishing programs. Moderated by Susan Kirtley, we'll be having a lively discussion with industry professionals Stephen Bissette, Melissa Gifford, and Erika Schnatz about the history of labor relations in comics, culminating in the unionization at Image Comics. Stephen Bissette is a comics creator, illustrator, and author/co-writer who was one of the original signers of a "Bill of Rights for Comics Creators." Melissa Gifford is a Content Manager and Erika Schnatz is a Senior Production Artist at Image Comics, the first unionized publisher in the US, and both were leading figures in recent efforts to unionize comics professionals.</span></span><br><br><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:"sans tahoma",sans-serif">Please join us on <strong>March 4th, 2022 at 4pm.</strong><br><br> Register <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScGta3c9etj-lW8k8vl1rGLfuhEoo8Lfh061YJyf2Dgf0_6NQ/viewform?usp=sf_link__;!!KGKeukY!mf7KlcOtjAO0Gr00XK1P8dKVjqTqRxswDaDgwP5yxN8nkwGl1f8JLCrWw3Sm7GrbMD6yiX6h2FGW$" style="color:rgb(0,124,137)">here</a> for the Zoom link.</span></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td valign="top" id="gmail-yiv6079272490gmail-m_-544666283509188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