Summary
Dicebox, by American cartoonist Jenn Manley Lee, is a science fiction webcomic which has been hosted at the subscription-based comics anthology site Girlamatic.[3] The comic, planned for four books totalling 36 chapters, is set in the space-travelling future and is primarily the story of one year in the lives of two women factory workers, Griffen Medea Stoyka and Molly Robbins.
| Dicebox | |
|---|---|
| Author(s) | Jenn Manley Lee |
| Website | http://www.dicebox.net/ |
| Current status/schedule | Irregular, biweekly,[1] planned weekly[2] |
| Genre(s) | Science fiction |
Manley Lee's work on Dicebox made her a finalist for the Friends of Lulu's Kimberly Yale Award for Best New Talent for 2003. The Oregonian calls Dicebox the "gravitational center" of Oregon's "vibrant Web-comic scene".[4] Dicebox is also on comic scholar Scott McCloud's top 20 webcomics list,[5] and was used along with Penny Arcade, Fetus-X and Questionable Content as an example of comics using the web to create "an explosion of diverse genres and styles" in McCloud's 2006 book Making Comics.[6]
The title dicebox is a reference to the peorth rune, which in divination systems may represent 'dice cup' or 'womb', symbolizing "something revealed that had been hidden, though it can also stand for a gamepiece or a pawn".[7]
References edit
- ^ "dicebox - Table of Contents". Archived from the original on 2014-09-20. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
- ^ "Frequently Asked Questions about Dicebox". Archived from the original on 2014-09-19. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
- ^ Slayter, Mary Ellen (December 12, 2004). "A Shrinking Drawing Board for Cartoonists". The Washington Post, Pg. K01
- ^ Baker, Jeff, Leslie Cole, et al. (October 2, 2005). "WORLD-CLASS OREGON". The Sunday Oregonian, Pg. O11
- ^ McCloud, Scott (July 2004). A Personal Top Twenty (WebArchive), Retrieved on 2009-04-14
- ^ McCloud, Scott (2006). Making Comics, New York: Harper Collins Publishers. ISBN 0-06-078094-0. Pg. 227
- ^ "F.A.Q. – Dicebox".
External links edit
- Dicebox