Comic Books Interviews. Comic Books Reviews. Comic Books News. Comic Books Reviews X-Men. My home state of Wyoming is a hard place to be into something β into music, into comics, into art. A comic book store is a very rare sight.
They flourish briefly when some young, industrious hopeful sets their mind to it. A magazine-sized publication, printed lovingly in black and white and color, Strange on the Range presents an opportunity for all comics creatives, no matter where in the Cowboy State they reside. I spoke with Ella to learn more about the inspiration behind the project and its origins, as well as what to expect in the future.
AIPT: Give me a short bio about yourself, particularly how and why you were drawn to comics. Ella Bishop-Heil : Hi! Comics have been attached to my identity since I was a little girl. Some of my earliest memories are sitting around the family TV watching Batman , Superman , and Ghibli films in awe. As a teen, I picked up Watchmen, and it was all over from there.
Akhmetova, Larissa. Strange on the Range seeks to establish that place for comics; what drove you to create that space and how did you go about it? Ella Bishop-Heil : Physical and creative isolation is real in Wyoming, and it can be exhausting.
Strange on the Range: Zine is curated to showcase comic makers in the state, but also presents a living, breathing community and network. Strange addresses an absence of space and resources for comic art in Wyoming, and displays a truly vibrant world of comics we have here to enjoy.
