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MySpace Dark Horse Presents Finds New Talent at Stumptown Comics Fest
Dark Horse editor Scott Allie reviewed tons of portfolios at the Fifth Annual Stumptown Comics Fest in Portland, OR the weekend of April 26 and 27. He was on a mission to fill the "newbie" slot for the next two months in Myspace Dark Horse Presents.
After a plethora of amazing art pages and mini comics, the decision was made. Dark Horse is proud to announce that Sarah Oleksyk from Porltand, OR and Liz Greenfield from Manchester UK were discovered. Sarah and Liz will now start on their stories for MDHP with Dark Horse editors Scott Allie and Sierra Hahn guiding them through the process.
Sarah Oleksyk has been making an impact on the comics scene in both her hometown of Portland, Maine and her resident town of Portland, Oregon for years. Her hand-silkscreened prints have appeared in galleries and art shows around Portland, OR and her self-published comics Roadside and OK/Not OK have earned her a dedicated following of fans. Currently she is working on her next graphic novel, Ivy, which is in its third issue. Dark Horse is happy to have her as part of the family. You can visit her Myspace page here.
Dark Horse also welcomes Holland born Liz Greenfield. Liz currently resides in Manchester UK. As a child she often accompanied her musician parents on tour, and taught herself to read using comic books after emphatically rejecting the idea of elementary school. Her first self-published comic Stuff Sucks launched in December 2004 and is in its second issue. Her fossilized skills include playing the violin, ballet dancing, and at one point, singing vocals in a punk band. Fortunately the desire to make comics has outlived both the mohawk, but not the tutus. Her Myspace can be found here.
MySpace Dark Horse Presents takes its cues from the original Dark Horse Presents, a hard copy comic book published from 1986 to 2000, where high celebrated comics including Frank Miller’s Sin City and Paul Chadwick’s Concrete, made their mark in issues of the anthology and were later spun off into their own standalone comic franchises. Since the launch its in July of 2007, MDHP has featured renowned artists such as Joss Whedon, Steve Niles, Mike Mignola, Tony Millionaire, and Stan Sakai along with “newbies” including Ezra Claytan Daniels, Brian Churilla, Katie Cook, Matt Brenier, Rebecca Sugar, Ilias Kyriazis, Jeff Wamester, and Jason Graham.
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