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Graylight

The field of comics, also sometimes known as graphic novels, is dominated by male creators and readers. However, there’s been increasing push in the last few decades by women to enter the field and make their mark. Though comics drawn by women are gaining popularity, most are classified as “indie,” distributed by small publishers that may not be able to advertise or place volumes in prominent bookstores. Naomi Nowak’s most recent graphic novel, Graylight, is designated indie, though it deserves to be appreciated by a wider audience.

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d e a d . w i n t e r

Zombie apocalypse. The scenario has been reworked again and again, and has become pretty predictable. Something spreads through the population, turning almost everyone into shambling, undead creatures in search of braaaaains. A ragtag group of unlikely companions hole up together to beat back the hoard. The odds are stacked heavily against them.

Luckily, S. Dave Shabet has put a new spin on the old story. He’s got one hell of a framing device.

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Least I Could Do

By Ryan Sohmer & Lar deSouza Read: March 2010 Rating: W00T!! http://leasticoulddo.com/ Absolutely love this one. A webcomic that revolves around a …

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AutoPager for Firefox

Every so often, a piece of software is created that genuinely makes the lives of its users easier. It ain’t for nothing …

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The Phoenix Requiem

By Sarah Ellerton Read: 2009 Rating: Lovely http://requiem.seraph-inn.com/ Considering the OMGHUGE plot turn that happened this October, I figured I should get …

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The Photographer

By Emmanuel Guibert, Didier Lefèvre, Frédéric Lemercier Read: October 2009 Rating: Wow There’s no other word for it than, “Wow.” Every few …

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The Blue Lotus

By Hergé Read: September 2009 Rating: This was the very first Tintin book I ever got my hands on. So there’s nostalgic …

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The Cigars of the Pharoah

By Hergé Read: September 2009 Rating: Transitional One can definitely feel the transitional quality of this volume. It FEELS like a Tintin …

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Tintin in America

By Hergé Read: September 2009 Rating: Trippy I now know why this volume confused the hell out of me as a kid. …

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Girls With Slingshots

By Danielle Corsetto Read: July 2009 Rating: Squee! http://www.girlswithslingshots.com GWS is one of those comics that’s been around for years and often …

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YU+ME: dream

By Megan Rose Gedris (art and words) Read: July 2009 Rating: Coolness I wound up at YU+ME after Megan’s brilliant guest comic …

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Thorn

  Dad, Edie, Mom, Rosie, and Mollificent By Amy Mebberson Status: On Hiatus, Storylines Complete http://www.mimisgrotto.com/thorn It took a little while for …

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Dreamless

By Sarah Ellerton (art) and Bobby Crosby (writing) Read: May 2009, ongoing Rating: Wow Read it at:  http://dreamless.keenspot.com/ Ordinarily I wouldn’t bother …

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Megatokyo

by Fred Gallagher Read: Continuously, reread May 2009 Rating: Brills Get sucked in: http://www.megatokyo.com/ If you’ve been reading webcomics for any period …

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Red String

By Gina Biggs Read: Continuously, reread April ’09 Rating: Squee Read at http://redstring.strawberrycomics.com/ I’ve been reading Red String for quite a while. …

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The War at Ellsmere

By Faith Erin Hicks Read: April 2009 Rating: Squee Not as good as Demonology 101, but by no means awful. It’s very rare …

As If!

By Amy Mebberson Download it at http://www.mimisgrotto.com/asif/index.html Read: June 2008 Rating: Like, totally. I got to this one in a sort of …

Angel Moxie

By Dan Hess Books at Lulu.com WWW: http://www.venisproductions.com/angelmoxie/ Read: February 2007 Rating: Qute Genre: Magical Girl, Parody, Humor Format: Four panels Style: …

Demonology 101

By Faith Erin Hicks URL: http://faith.rydia.net Read: December ’06-January ’07 Rating: Spellbinding. Genre: Supernatural, Supreme Good vs. Supreme Evil. Format: Full page. …

Count Your Sheep

Something occured to me a few weeks ago. I read an unholy amount of webcomics these days (I think I’m following over …

V For Vendetta

By Alan Moore and David Lloyd Read: April 2006 Rating: Headspinner And you though 1984 was tough. V For Vendetta takes Orwell …

Princess Tutu

By Ikuko Itoh Rating: Meh Read: March/April 2006 Maybe it’s just meant for younger kids, but I found it boring and predictable. …