Jen Lee

Yearender: Looking Ahead To Comics Coming In 2017
Yearender: Looking Ahead To Comics Coming In 2017
Yearender: Looking Ahead To Comics Coming In 2017
It’s the end of the year! We’ve made it through 2016, a year of departures, returns, arrivals, civil wars, and young animals. Valiant was building up Faith, Top Shelf completed its March, and Mike Mignola wrapped up Hellboy’s grand journey. Mildred Louis sent the Agents of the Realm off on further adventures, Wonder Woman celebrated her 75th anniversary, and Bleach reached its final chapter. It’s been another staggering year for comics everywhere. So where does that leave us for 2017? As we hit the end of the year, so we reach the ComicsAlliance Yearender once more. Read on; there are so, so many great comics waiting for us all next year!
Adorable, Sad Animals: Jen Lee's 'Vacancy' and 'Thunderpaw'
Adorable, Sad Animals: Jen Lee's 'Vacancy' and 'Thunderpaw'
Adorable, Sad Animals: Jen Lee's 'Vacancy' and 'Thunderpaw'
Nobrow has released cartoonist Jen Lee's comic Vacancy, and like her currently-running animated webcomic Thunderpaw: In The Ashes of Fire Mountain, it's about animals left behind. Also like Thunderpaw, Vacancy is adorable but sad, with masterful and compelling storytelling, although it lacks some of the surreal and truly impressive moments of the former. Both are worth a read, although for different reasons.
Meet Jake Lawrence's 'Teen Dog', The Latest From BOOM! Box
Meet Jake Lawrence's 'Teen Dog', The Latest From BOOM! Box
Meet Jake Lawrence's 'Teen Dog', The Latest From BOOM! Box
I recently became acquainted with the excellent webcomics of Jake Lawrence, an Australian cartoonist whose Timecowboy blog showcases his talents for creative character design, pixel art and of course good old fashioned cartooning. His work ranges from funny autobio to fantasy-fused action adventure. And then there's Teen Dog.
'Wolfen Jump' Hits Indiegogo For Limited Print Edition
'Wolfen Jump' Hits Indiegogo For Limited Print Edition
'Wolfen Jump' Hits Indiegogo For Limited Print Edition
What if Shonen Jump starred wolves instead of humans? And what if the manga serial were made principally by a group younger, imaginative and wildly expressive cartoonists from all over the place doing personal rather than more commercial stories? The answer to that question can already be seen at the Wolfen Jump online anthology, but provided helmer Rory Morris can raise the group's goal of $8,000