Author Sean Kleefeld

One of the oft-touted benefits of webcomics is that it can give voices to those who might otherwise not have the opportunity to work in more traditional print comics. There's been an ongoing cry for more...

Back in the 1960s, Jack Kirby was pretty synonymous with Marvel Comics. He created much of what became the foundation of the Marvel Universe: the Fantastic Four, the Avengers, the X-Men... And that's after he...

Given that fan fiction goes back centuries (Virgil's The Aeneid circa 25 BC is basically just Iliad fan fiction) it stands to reason that the notion of 'shipping goes back pretty far as well. After all, if...

I first got online a little over a quarter century ago. Which I point out to say that 1) I've been watching this whole webcomics scene play out since Day One, and 2) I'm just really frickin' old. Back then, we...

Once a comic is printed, the published version becomes static and can no longer be altered. If it's re-printed later, adjustments can be made and there's a long history of changes being made between different...

One of my personal hobbies is running. Not just a little running to keep some weight off, but I'll normally put in around 25 miles every week when I'm not training for a marathon. And I've been doing a full...

People have long used comics to educate and inform readers. Will Eisner famously brought comics to the military in showing soldiers how to clean their rifles properly, or change the tire on a Jeep, or any...

You're no doubt aware that a lot of people make all sorts of New Year's resolutions in December to begin acting on in January. Some people try to lose weight, or stop smoking, or learn a new language, or......

One of the webcomics I read regularly is Gillian Renk's Aether: Earth and Sun. She describes it on her site thus: "Ineffective mage Seynir and her friend Jethenis are given a task that leads them on a journey...

When comics, as we conventionally think of them, first debuted in newspapers, they were designed as a way to sell more papers. You could read about the news of the day, catch up on the local gossip, and...