Kate Beaton, the writer and illustrator of one of the best webcomics of all time, Hark! A Vagrant, recently released in five parts a long form comic about her time spent working on the oil sands of Alberta. These vignettes tell about tragedies, loss, daily interactions and the lasting effect that working there had on her. If you’re unfamiliar with the Athabasca Oil Sands, they’re the largest known deposit of bitumen in the world, in the form of semi-solid crude bitumen, sand, clay and water. Beaton worked there for a while to pay off her college debt. These comics deal with Beaton’s memories of her time there and how she’s still trying to work out her feelings about it.
I haven’t read these but I’m absolutely dying to. Some are already out. Some are coming out. All look both amazing and also amazingly relevant to your interests.
In honor of Bra Week, Drawn to Comics is focusing onBusty Girl Comics by Paige “Rampaige” Halsey Warren. These usually one to four panel comics tell quick, often single moment, stories about the struggles that come from being a busty girl (or sometimes “busty person”). For those of you who consider yourselves to be in this particular demographic, or those of you who know someone who does, you probably already know that a lot of those problems arise from most bras not being built to suit your needs and stores deciding to not carry the few bras that actually do.
Erika Greco is a Seattle based designer who works for Penny Arcade, one of the internet’s most popular webcomic companies. She recently published her own short online comic, Mixtape, which uses the format of an Ani DiFrancomixtape to tell her own personal story of how she figured out her own identity and eventually came out as queer. This comic takes us all the way from her…
The comics of Sara Goetter first caught my eye when her most recent short-story comic appeared on my tumblr dashboard last week. I’m always a sucker for stories about princesses and brave and heroicwomen warriors, especially if there’s a queer twist. And this comic gave me everything I want and more. When I decided to check out some of her other works, I was even more delighted…
Whenever I’ve watched Adventure Time I’ve wished that the show featured more of my three favorite characters: Marceline the vampire, Princess Bubblegum and Lumpy Space Princess. Thankfully, two of those wishes were granted when I read the trade paperback of Adventure Time Presents Marceline and the Scream Queens. Marceline and The Scream Queens was a mini-series put out by Boom!…
Leia Weathington is the writer of the comic series The Legend of Bold Riley, and the stories that she has written are simply put, full of might and magic. It tells the story of the princess of a fictional kingdom who becomes restless and yearns so strongly for excitement beyond the borders of her home that, with her father’s blessing, she goes off seeking adventure.…
Kate Leth is well known for her comics on Tumblr as well as her work with Adventure Time, Locke andKey and plenty more. She combines a sharp, but often approachable wit with a vast knowledge and love of the comic industry and all things nerdy. Her comics can be seen at her website Kate or Die!. A few months ago, comic website Comics Alliance brought her on to make exclusive Kate…
Welcome to Saturday Morning Cartoons, a segment where four artists take turns delighting you with their whimsy, facts and punchlines on Saturday mornings! Our four esteemed cartoon critters are Cameron Glavin, Anna Bongiovanni, Megan Prazenica and Sarah Rosenblatt. Today’s cartoon is by Anna!
