Lucy & Spark Meet Portlandia!

COMIC BOOK

MEETS PORTLANDIA CHARACTERS BY EDWARD JUAN. COMIC BY CAROLYN MAIN. PHOTOS BY AARON WALKER.

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You’re it!

It’s y. ! !

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Um, We’re being watched.

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I’m this Lucy, an is Sp d ark.

We’re Portland explorers!

Like Lewis & Clark!

But, We’ve never seen you before.

Lucy is a squirrel and Spark is a pigeon. They live in Portland, Oregon, where they love to explore! Like any bird and squirrel, they get excited about shiny objects, tall trees, and anything they can climb on. Don’t you?

How did you get to the top of this building? I climbed!

I flew!

Not YOU! I’m asking HER, the bronze lady with the pitchfork.

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Were you flown here by a flock of prehistoric pterodactyls?

Do you know the word "pterodactyl"? It means a sort of dinosaur-bird, and it sounds like TERRible, ROad, DAd, Cat, unTIL. the Loch Ness Monster is a dinosaur that people say they've seen swimming in a lake called Loch Ness in Scotland. Is it real?

Who knows? We do know that there's no such monster swimming in Portland's river, the Willamette.

Did you ride down the river on the back of the Loch Ness Monster?

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Miss, can you please tell us how you got here?

Look! Lucy and Spark found a plaque at Portlandia, the statue!

You’ll often see these beside sculptures.

This one has a poem.

She’s a statue!

Portlandia!

Isn’t that a show?

I was here long before any TV show.

Portlandia is HUGE!!

If standing, Portlandia would be about 50 feet tall.

She was placed on her perch on October 6, 1985, which makes her a Libra!

WHOA, SHE TALKs!

Are you as old as dinosaurs?

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That’s so old!

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I pit like ch yo fo ur rk !

Who else has a trident?

Neptune, the famous Roman god of the sea!

But, you are not in the water?

Fun! Let’s explore it.

The Portland Building is downtown on 5th and Jefferson. It was built in 1980, and its architecture style, called “postmodern,” is very creative. In fact, the building’s architect Michael Graves won a contest to get his design built. You can ride TriMet there.

Look for green tile, coralcolored stripes, and Portlandia, of course!

Geez. The window is heavy.

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Cool pictures!

WOW!That’s as much as an elephant!

Portlandia was built in sections near Washington, D.C., and sent in parts to Portland by ship. She was put back together like a jigsaw puzzle when she arrived in her new home.

Like a penny!

You look kinda shiny!

Guess who else is made of copper? The Statue of Liberty in New York City is the only copper statue bigger than Portlandia in the United States.

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You’ve been here ever since?

and every night.

We will!

For more adventures with Lucy & Spark visit artslandiakids.com!

C We’veome on! statue got more s to s ee!

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