Things in Wednesday Webcomics get a tad more peculiar in week five of our ongoing talent showcase, with the addition of Sarah Horrocks and ‘Luluki‘, the shamanic veterinarian, to our family of creators! Pedro Hernandez’s ‘Company Man’ faces his first test in imprisonment, in the first part of a new chapter of the exciting ongoing super-mystery series, while Aris Iliopoulos delves deeper into the origins of the ‘Pilgrim Blade’!
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About Luluki:
What do you get when you combine the horrifying sublimity of early Buñuel with cutting edge haute fashion mashups? You get Luluki.
Journey into the strange and silent world of Luluki each week to follow the misadventures of a shamanic veterinarian and her friend the demented rabbit as they journey from place to place healing animals and humans alike, in ways each more surreal and macabre than the last.
Luluki is an eleven-part weekly webcomic strip by writer/artist Sarah Horrocks. Copyright 2009 Sarah Horrocks
About Sarah Horrocks:
Hailing from the Midwest to be general, Springfield, Missouri to be specific—Sarah Horrocks has always been compelled to write. From writing noir inspired short stories as a child to her work in creative writing workshops at her alma mater Tulane University, storytelling has always been a part of her life. Even though she credits Bill Watterson’s Calvin and Hobbes as a primary force in her early intellectual growth as a writer, it wasn’t until she read Alan Moore’s The Watchmen in High School that she saw the potential that the comic medium had for writers. She decided then that she wanted to write comics.
Unfortunately, it’s one thing to write comics, and it is another to actually make them. And after spending many years writing scripts in the vein hope that she would magically connect with the right artist and finally get up and running as a comic book creator, Sarah decided she needed to figure out a way to do it herself. Using a meticulous and some might say deranged style of collage art, she was able to do just that with her first comic project called Ophelia, which debuted on the web in the summer of 2008. This experimental work, deeply enmeshed in the Thoth tarot deck, was the springboard by which she launched herself into 2009.
Sarah balances her comic book work(both writing and artwork) against a full-time job as a hotel night auditor. But, she says, the DIY nature of her work makes the crazy hours worth it.
For more info on her past works, present web activities, and upcoming comic projects go to sarahhorrocks.wordpress.com. Sarah can also be found on Facebook and Twitter(@mercurialblonde).
About Company Man
A mysterious corporation subjects minority children to an experimental serum disguised as a common Flu inoculation, granting them superhuman abilities after a ten year gestation period.
Meet Nicholas Reyes, the latest unwilling “participant” and follow him as he discovers his new found abilities and who he is as a person while being forced into dangerous situations around the world.
The corporation has a plan, but are they trying to save the world or control it?
And what is Nicholas’ role in their grand scheme?
Company Man is an on-going weekly web series from writer / illustrator Pete Hernandez. Copyright 2009 Pedro Hernandez
About Pilgrim Blade
In some other time and place Pilgrim Blade is on the run. His father was the protector of the realms famed for wielding Herosong against the Troll and Ogres of Oereth’s Dark Regions. Now with the fabled sword in hand Pilgrim is struggling with what to do with it. On the run and hunted by friend and foe alike.
With the shadow of his dead father Blade Maximus weighing on him will Pilgrim stop running long enough to take his father’s place or will the powerful weapon be taken from him to be used by others to defend the 5 Kingdoms? Or will he be seduced by other forces to upset the balance power between the divine Lord of Light and dark?
Pilgrim Blade is an on-going weekly web series from writer / illustrator Aristides Iliopoulos. Copyright 2009 Aristides Iliopoulos
