There is now just over two days before the Ceasefire… oof! You’ve dropped off your cape at the dry cleaner’s for pressing, yes? And your mask is at the tailor’s to have the elastic refitted? You gotta look your best for the costume contest, after all, and nothing will vex your arch nemesis more than a well-tailored supersuit!

We wanted to take this opportunity to make sure you have all the last minute details you’ll need to have a fun evening. Here we go!

Our Venue: Ella St. Social Club

First off, it’s important to note that Ella St. is a CASH ONLY venue! They do have an ATM right next to the bar in case you run out of paper funds. Ella St.’s full bar and tasty menu aren’t the only ways to spend your cash… our performers The Doubleclicks and Robot Uprise will both have CDs for purchase, and the AES will have our awesome array of swag as well. And don’t forget to tip the bartender!

Ella St. Social Club is located at 714 SW 20th Place, right next to Jeld-Wen Field (what used to be PGE Park). The bar doesn’t really have any signs up, which lends quite well to its rather “villainous lair” ambiance (hopefully there will be some righteous heroes in attendance to balance out the evil vibe!). We’ll try to have the front marked as a superpower-friendly establishment so that you know you’re at the right place. Also, it looks like this at night:

See where it says "Lounge"? That's Ella St. Social Club!

Look, here’s a useful map! Click the “View Larger Map” link below to open Google Maps in a new tab/window.

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Parking in the area is your usual downtown streetside affair, and the Red and Blue MAX lines let out just a couple blocks away if you’d rather park-and-ride (Please drive responsibly!!)

Tickets: Presale and Night Of

If you have not yet purchased your ticket, don’t fret! We should have enough available at the door for everyone to get in and party for a good cause. But! You won’t get free raffle tickets, or discounts on AES things like tshirts, DVDs, and patches, if you buy your ticket at the door… those goodies are only for pre-purchased tickets! And you really, really want those raffle tickets: these are just some of the prizes you’ll have a chance to win!

If you have already purchased your ticket: YOU ARE AWESOME! Thank you! All online ticket buyers will be on our door list, and you can pick up your raffle tickets on your way into the event.

We will be checking IDs of all superheroes and supervillains in attendance and confirming that you are registered as 21 Earth years or older, so make sure to have yours in an easy-to-access pouch on your utility belt!

Okay guys and gals, that seems to be it! We’ll be posting another prize-roundup tomorrow, and are finalizing details with Ground Kontrol regarding the video game consoles we’ll have on loan for the evening. If you have any questions about the event, you can email info@alteregossociety.com, or ask us via Facebook or Twitter. We’ll see you on Saturday!

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In the weeks since we originally posted info about our upcoming Hero/Villain Ceasefire, we’ve sold a few tickets, gotten a few new sponsors, and confirmed one or two new wonderful (surprise!) guests. Things are looking good for our 5th annual Ceasefire!

Speaking of sponsors: we have prizes! Oh, the prizes we have! Check out the picture below… a neon sign, all sorts of games, drinking vessels, graphic novels, and gift certificates galore! Our sponsors continue to amaze us; thank you so much to the businesses who have lent our event their support.

These are some seriously awesome prizes!

You can find a full list of sponsors and links to their websites on the Hero/Villain Ceasefire 2011 page.

Prizes will be given out to costume contest winners and through raffle drawings. Remember: you can buy your event ticket online to get free raffle tickets! They’ll also be available for purchase at the Ceasefire for $1/ticket or $5/6 tickets. All proceeds from door and raffle ticket sales will be going to p:ear.

It’s not too late to buy tickets; we’ll be selling them online until the day before the event, and limited quantities will be available at the door. Ella St. Social Club is a smaller venue than we’ve partied at before, so buying your ticket now ensures you’ll get to rub elbows with Portland’s superhero (and villain) elite!

And, egads, the Ceasefire is nigh! November 12 is just barely over a week away. The intrepid heroes and villains among you were surely prepared before Halloween, but if not hopefully the festively costumed holiday got you thinking about your super gear and persona… We don’t require anything terribly elaborate, just as long as the character is of your own design. It’s all about having fun and exploring hero and villain archetypes, whether that means you’ve been busily stitching spandex or you plan on just tying a towel around your neck. Mutants, aliens, biomechanically-enhanced humans; the Alter Egos Society accepts all super types!

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If you’ve been watching our Twitter and Facebook, you’ve probably heard the news: this year’s Hero/Villain Ceasefire is happening November 12 at Ella St. Social Club. Today we’ve got even more exciting news for you… This year we’re doing online ticket sales to our annual fundraiser for p:ear, and ticket sales are LIVE!

The team at AES Headquarters is really looking forward to this year’s event, and we’ve been working hard on planning a great evening for you. We’ll have live music performed by The Doubleclicks and Robot Uprise (that means dancing!), contests for best costumes and super powers, raffle prizes, even video games! For all the information about this year’s Ceasefire fundraising event, and a full list of our awesome sponsors, check out the main event page: Alter Egos Society’s 5th Annual Hero/Villain Ceasefire 2011.

One of the coolest things about our fundraiser this year is that we’ve created tiered event packages to help raise even more money for p:ear’s youth mentorship program. Tickets start at $10 and go on to include Alter Egos Society swag, prize bags from our sponsors, even a professional photoshoot of your super persona! We thought this would be a fun way to encourage attendees to give more while still getting something fun in the deal. And it’s the perfect opportunity to pick up some of our awesome swag if you haven’t already!

If you’ve never attended an Hero/Villain Ceasefire, here’s the low-down: Our annual fall event is half party, half charity fundraiser for our favorite non-profit group, p:ear. We ask that you attend costumed as a superhero or super villain (or sidekick, minion, ambivalent mastermind, etc.)of your own creation; it’s okay if you don’t have a solid origin story or your mask is a little loose. We won’t judge! Just come out, have fun, and help us raise money for a great cause.

We’ll see you there!

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Portland’s own Mayor Sam Adams will be attending the Stumptown Comics Fest this year in the guise of original superhero “SamDroid”! He will be at the Alter Egos Society booth (#206) from 3-4pm on Saturday, April 16 to pose for pictures with fest attendees and sign original art prints.

Posters of SamDroid as drawn by cartoonist Les McClaine (The Tick: New Series) will be available at the booth for $5; photos are free with a suggested donation and will be posted online. All proceeds will go to benefit local organization p:ear, who mentors at-risk and homeless youth.

The SamDroid costume is the result of a design competition held by the Alter Egos Society, and was designed by Portlander Manny McIvor, who also won a cash prize from Things From Another World as well as free admittance to all Stumptown Comics Fest events this year. McIvor’s winning design has been custom-fabricated for the Mayor by the dedicated costumers of the Alter Egos Society.

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For those of you without GPS-enabled capes or masks, perhaps it’s a good idea to have our schedule for today’s event posted online. In case you get lost, or are running late, or kidnapped. You know, like what happens at these things.

For the latest news and updates on today’s heroics and villainy, make sure you’re following us on Twitter @alteregospdx, and use #2011powerstruggle if you post about the event!

4:00-5:30pm: Heroes at Berbati’s (231 SW Ankeny St); Villains at Kelly’s Olympian (426 SW Washington St)

5:45-6:30pm: Heroes & Villains meet up in O’Bryant Square (SW Washington & 9th) for Hero/Villain Olympics: body twister, 5-legged race, rubber band fight

6:45-8:00pm: Heroes & Villains at Blitz Bar (110 NW 10th Ave at Couch)

8:00-8:30pm: Heroes & Villains at Park Blocks (Park Blocks between Burnside & Couch) for world domination volleyball

8:30pm: Heroes & Villains at Dirty (35 NW 3rd Ave) for costume contests and prizes

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The Alter Egos Society’s 4th annual Hero/Villain Ceasefire Party is upon us! On Saturday, October 9th, heroes and villains alike will descend upon Paradise Dance Studio (at 826 SE Belmont) between the hours of 8pm and 1am for live music, contests, and games that test whether bitter enemies can become super friends. Tickets will be $7 for costumed attendees and $10 for the those not in costume. This is a once-a-year chance for super villains and superheroes to casually socialize outside of epic battle and talk to each other about their exploits!

Prizes—sponsored by Things From Another World, Excalibur Books and Comics, Floating World Comics, Guardian Games, and more—will be awarded for best costumes and powers. Headlining band for the evening will be Myrrh Larsen, with performances by The Very Foundation and DJ Tibin. There will be food, beer and liquor on hand for replenishing your energy levels after heated battles. We ask that attendees dress as an original character and not someone from comics or movies; the costume can be as simple or as elaborate as you want. All profits from the sale of tickets, drinks, DVD sales and t-shirts will be donated to p:ear.

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Power Struggle party photo by Talena Shields

Greetings Heroes and Villains of fair Portlandia!

On behalf of the Alter Egos Society, Drunken Rampage Events, and all of the event organizers, I extend our thanks to all who attended for making this year’s Power Struggle the best yet!

We are gathering photos from the event on Flickr in the group pool The Alter Egos: Power Struggle! 2010. We welcome anyone with photographic evidence of this epic Power Struggle to submit their pictures!

After all was said and done, the Heroes won the day; first triumphing over the Villains in the Super Olympics, and then in the Dueling Duets. Well done, Heroes of Portland, and better luck next time, Villains.

Congratulations to our contest winners:
* The Buzz – The WTF? Award
* SuperGrrrl – Team Spirit Award
* The Porntastic Four – Best Group Award
* Robosquid – Best Functionality Award
* Dark Nova – Best Villain
* Safety Chicken – Best Hero
* BRIDEZILLA! – Best Alter Ego

We’d also like to extend our gratitude to Things From Another World for sponsoring our Grand Prizes (Best Villain, Hero & Alter Ego), and to all our other prize sponsors–all of them local businesses supporting local causes:
* Bridge City Comics
* Cosmic Monkey Comics
* Dark Horse Comics
* Floating World Comics
* Guardian Games
* Stumptown Comics Foundation

And we’d like to give special thanks to Cort & Fatboy, Geek in the City, and Atomic Arts for additional promotion of the event.

Again, the Alter Egos Society thanks you for your interest and participation. We hope to see you at events in the future!

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ATTENTION VILLAINS and HEROES! Tensions between superheroes and supervillains has been running high lately. Saturday, April 10th the conflict erupts!
Come in your unique costume (not as a character from comics or movies) and face down the other side.
GAMES! SHENANIGANS! PRIZES!

HEROES
start @ SILVER DOLLAR PIZZA II (225 SW Broadway)

VILLAINS
start @ SHANGHAI TUNNEL (211 Southwest Ankeny St).

THEN we will come together to duke it out over a few drinks!
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BRING YOUR ID!
BRING $5 BILLS (it make everything run smoother)

Grand Prizes for Best Hero(ine), Best Villain(ness) & Best Costume Overall provided by THINGS FROM ANOTHER WORLD (TFAW.com) — A Proud Sponsor of the Alter Egos Society.

Additional prizes sponsored by:
BRIDGE CITY COMICS
COSMIC MONKEY COMICS
DARK HORSE COMICS
FLOATING WORLD COMICS
GUARDIAN GAMES
& THE STUMPTOWN COMICS FOUNDATION

This event put on by The Alter Egos Society & Drunken Rampage Events.

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The heroes and villains of our fair Portlandia have once more agreed to set aside their petty differences for a single night… and gather together for the betterment of their community!

The Alter Egos Society is excited to announce our 3rd Annual Hero/Villain Ceasefire, a fundraising event on Saturday, October 10, 2009, from 7 p.m. to midnight. The evening, co-hosted by The Society’s most heroic Mister Marvelous and the rather sinister Purr-tender, will be held for the second year at the p:ear Gallery, located at 338 NW 6th Avenue in Portland. All attendees–be they hero, villain, or chaotic neutral–are asked to pay a cover of $5, with proceeds from the evening’s door, games, and merchandising benefiting p:ear.

Highlights for the event include:
• a screening of “ARCHIVES OF THE FANTASTIC: The Ninth Cosmic Convergence”, The Society’s original short film (approximately 45 minutes)
• music by DJ Ghostdad and a surprise live band
• vending of food and drink
• a Phone-Booth-To-The-Future, letting costumed adventurers record a video message to send to the future (and maybe the Internet)
• school carnival-themed game booths and costume contest, with PRIZES!

Exciting! We’ll see you all there!

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ARCHIVES OF THE FANTASTIC: The Ninth Cosmic Convergence is altogether different from the big-budget superhero movies we’ve already seen. A tongue-in-cheek labor of love by local artists to bring colorful characters to the screen, ARCHIVES OF THE FANTASTIC was created by the costume events group The Alter Egos Society as an all-volunteer Portland original. Billed as an amateur short film of epic proportions, the movie does more than satisfy our inner nerdiness; On Saturday, July 25, at 2 pm, ARCHIVES OF THE FANTASTIC will premiere at the Bagdad Theater as part of the Alter Egos Society’s mission to celebrate superheroes and to raise money for p:ear.

Directed by Benja Barker and Daniel Miller of Southeast Portland, ARCHIVES OF THE FANTASTIC was filmed over the past year in Portland with an all volunteer cast and crew. The film is a DIY effort that includes some professional elements such as miniature models and a score by local composer Paul Evans (From One Rose: The Story of the Rose Festival).

In ARCHIVES OF THE FANTASTIC, three heroes track their respective enemies as those enemies try to thwart the heroes and control the world. Above the earth an alien archivist narrates the tale as the conflict threatens the fate of the world.

After the movie, a representative from p:ear will talk about their mission and the work they do. p:ear is known for building positive relationships with homeless and transitional youth, ages 15 to 24, through education, art and recreation that affirms personal worth, creating more meaningful and healthier lives. Each year their programs serve more than 350 homeless and transitional young people in Portland.

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