The Alter Egos Society

BREAKING NEWS: AES Membership Now Available At Sequential Art Gallery

2010-07-17T19:05:59Z

Attention costumed villains or heroes! You already like to dress in tights and wander around in public in the persona you created for yourself. You love to attend superhero (or villain) events. The next “logical” step is to slap down $25 for a year long membership to The Alter Egos Society!

We had a soft membership launch during April’s Stumptown Comics Festival, but now sign-up is regularly available for Portlanders at Sequential Art Gallery + Studio,  328 NW Broadway #113, open every Saturday from 11am to 5pm. What are the benefits of membership, you ask? Exclusive thingies! BEHOLD:

Certificate of Membership (signed in invisible ink to protect your identity).
Looks great hanging next the picture of you shaking the President’s hand!

An Alter Egos Society t-shirt!
Adds +10 to your sexy.

An exclusive MEMBERS ONLY Alter Egos Society patch!
It doesn’t explicitly say you’re better than other people, it just strongly implies it.

An AES ID card for your super identity!
Tired of going through security at the airport? Just flash this baby. (Who knows, right?)

A Secret Decoder card!
So you can write and receive coded messages from other members of the Society!

Your super identity listed on the Alter Egos Society website, with a photo and your origin story!
How did you acquire that fantastic haircut?

Exclusive invites to quarterly costumed outings with other members!
Go bowling with the mightiest beings on Earth!

Aiding the Alter Egos Society’s annual events.
That’s right, the money from your membership goes to putting on some of the most spectacular and colorful parties in town!

The Alter Egos Society is fortunate to work with Sequential Art Gallery to bring official AES membership to the super citizens of Portland. Soon we’ll be offering online signup, for those of you unable to travel to the gallery (what, no super flight?)! You’ll start seeing new member profiles posted on this site in the coming days; we’re so excited to see the ranks of superheroes and supervillains grow!

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BREAKING NEWS: Local Amateur Short Film of Epic Proportions Gets Rerelease, Retail Distribution

BREAKING NEWS: Local Amateur Short Film of Epic Proportions Gets Rerelease, Retail Distribution

2010-06-23T22:22:55Z

In celebration of the one-year anniversary of ARCHIVES OF THE FANTASTIC: The Ninth Cosmic Convergence, the film has been recut for a new DVD edition that will be released in partnership with local comic book shops, starting June 30. Produced by costumed events group The Alter Egos Society, this 45 minute tongue-in-cheek labor of love brought colorful superheroes and villains to the screen. Retail sales from the partnering comic book shops will go to p:ear, a local organization known for building positive relationships with homeless and transitional youth through education, art and recreation.

Directed by artists Benja Barker and Daniel Miller, ARCHIVES OF THE FANTASTIC was made over the course of a year and a half in Portland with the enthusiasm of an all-volunteer cast and crew. The production received nothing but positive press after premiering in July 2009 at the Bagdad Theater. The film is a DIY effort that includes professional elements such as sci-fi props, miniature models and an original score by local composer Paul Evans (From One Rose: The Story of the Rose Festival). This new release includes a refined edit of the film and new DVD extras. ARCHIVES OF THE FANTASTIC: The Ninth Cosmic Convergence will be available for $10 at Things From Another World, Bridge City Comics, Cosmic Monkey Comics, Excalibur Books & Comics, and Floating World Comics, as well as online at the Alter Egos Society website.

Click here to learn more about the production and where you can purchase the DVD.

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AES at the Stumptown Comics Fest 2010

2010-06-23T22:29:29Z

Alloy and Shadsbat looking good while wandering the exhibition hall! Photo by Joshin Yamada.

Well well well, now THAT was quite an event! The Alter Egos Society had a blast at the 7th annual Stumptown Comics Fest this past weekend. When we found out that we’d be sharing a table with our friends Atomic Arts (producers of “Trek In The Park”),we knew it would be a good time.

During the Fest, we had a few different AES volunteers staffing the booth and—whether hero or villain—being friendly with people who stopped by. In addition to the previously mentioned Membership Signup, we were also selling DVDs of ARCHIVES OF THE FANTASTIC, tshirts, and patches, all things which we hope to have for sale on the website soon!

Dr. Megahertz is looking happy about that error screen! He would, too. Photo by Merrick Monroe.

We also had a screen set up for people to view the newest AES promotional video and the remixed ARCHIVES trailer (and headphones so they could listen without annoying our neighboring booths), which seemed to draw a lot of people in. Children especially seemed interested in the whole masks-and-capes thing, many of them being familiar with the likes of Batman and Superman (as well they should be!). Our representatives did a great job interacting with children both big and small, and getting the super word out.

Dr. Megahertz looking nefarious again, which is how we like it. Photo by Ed Peterson.

Manticore's helmet next to new AES patches. Photo by Glenn Peters.

For more pictures from the Stumptown Comics Fest 2010, check out our AES-centric AES at Stumptown Comics Fest 2010 Flickr gallery, or the Stumptown Comics Fest 2010 Flickr group pool for photos that may or may not feature awesome superheroes or supervillains. And hopefully we’ll see you again next year, Stumptown comics fans!

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The AES Wants YOU (to come to Stumptown Comics Fest)

The AES Wants YOU (to come to Stumptown Comics Fest)

2010-06-24T03:17:40Z

The AES will be at Table 17a at the 7th Annual Stumptown Comics Fest, happening April 24 and 25, 10am-6pm. And we’ve got something very special for those attending the Fest… The Alter Egos Society is rolling out our OFFICIAL membership kit!

So come to the Stumptown Comics Fest, meet the artists, writers, and publishers of many of your favorite indie comics, and check out The Alter Egos Society at Table 17A. It’ll be a good time, we promise! And if you can’t make it out, don’t worry; we’ll continue to offer membership packages via the website after all the excitement of the Fest has calmed down. So keep your eyes on this site for more info!

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ROSTER: Alloy, superhero

2010-06-24T03:20:02Z

Alex Roberts was a talented mechanic who had found the perfect match in a marriage to the inventor Jane Roberts. The pinnacle of their achievement together was the creation of a powerful suit of armor created for a mysterious client. But when Jane discovered their client was a crime boss she was silenced. Witness to the tragedy, the horror of that day lead to the creation of a new hero. Grim and relentless, yet moving beyond vengeance, Alex made the transformation into Alloy, the defender of the defenseless.

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ROSTER: Dr. Megahertz, supervillain

2010-06-24T03:20:48Z

Professor Heinrich Megahertz was a brilliant scientist but often ridiculed for his strange ideas and extreme behavior. He finally snapped when a student of his introductory calculus class openly questioned the usefulness of math and science in general. Professor Megahertz responded with a device that downloaded the curriculum directly into the students minds, leaving them hollow, math reciting drones. Relieved of his teaching duties Dr. Megahertz was free to pursue his unique vision of a scientific future.

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ROSTER: Sky Ray, superhero

2010-06-24T03:22:41Z

In the 31st century, Sky Ray Lor-An Ku-Nal was a top student at the Academy of Superhero Arts and Sciences. But she longed for the kind and daring spirit of the great heroes of centuries bygone. A temporal vortex transported her to our present day, where she must now make her way amongst the legendary heroes. And thus began the legend of Sky Ray, faster than a ray of light, torn from the world she knew, dedicated to a life of adventure as a protector of the helpless.

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ROSTER: Pandora, supervillain

2010-06-24T03:26:06Z

Everyone’s mind is a box that holds private thoughts, dark secrets that should not see the light of day. One girl, born to a broken family, grew up to discover that she had the strange and terrible power to open those boxes and play with what was inside. Her amusement wrecks lives and destroys fortunes, letting loose on an unsuspecting world the appetites of a troubled child that would have been better kept locked away.

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ROSTER: Yorick the Magnificent, supervillain

ROSTER: The Sorcerer, superhero

2010-06-24T03:24:58Z

Edward Walters was an historian of ancient texts. Reading an occult scroll, he unknowingly swore an oath of servitude to the mysterious and powerful, Guardian of the Gates. Spirited away from the dusty life he had known, he was trained to mastery in the mystic arts. But he learned his mentor meant to use him as a sacrifice to allow a demon horde access to this realm. Edward swore to defend the Earth, and defeated the treacherous Guardian, becoming the Gatekeeper of this plane of existence, the master of all magics, the Sorcerer.

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ROSTER: Yorick the Magnificent, supervillain

ROSTER: Yorick the Magnificent, supervillain

2010-06-24T03:25:36Z

Yorick the Magnificent was just an ordinary circus performer, until the day his circus refused to pay protection money to the mob. Yorick awoke in a barrel in a toxic waste dump, the sole survivor of the circus. His old life gone, he turned his new powers to the pursuit of fame at all costs, pitting himself against the forces of law and order, relishing even his own infamy so that the world would know the name of Yorick the Magnificent.

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