The Fox Sister (webcomic)
| The Fox Sister | |
|---|---|
| Author(s) | Christina Strain |
| Illustrator(s) | Jayd Aït-Kaci |
| Website | http://www.thefoxsister.com/ |
The Fox Sister is an ongoing webcomic written by Christina Strain and drawn by Jayd Aït-Kaci. The webcomic began to be published online in October 2011, normally updating once a week,[1] and is currently on indefinite hiatus. Its first chapter was self-published by the creators in the form a hardcover graphic novel.[2]
Content
Set in Seoul in 1968, the comic is inspired by the Korean folk tale The Fox Sister, which involves a nine-tailed fox demon (kumiho) killing people and eating their livers in order to become human. The story follows Cho Yun-Hee, a priestess (mudang) of Korean shamanism, whose family was killed years ago by a kumiho, trying to find the killer – now wearing Yun-Hee's dead sister's body – with the aid of Alex, an American military veteran and Christian missionary.[3]
Reception
Aït-Kaci and Strain won a Joe Shuster Award in the "Webcomic Creator" category in 2014 for their work on The Fox Sister.[4] Lauren Davis of io9 described The Fox Sister as the most "beautifully colored comic [she's] ever seen" and praised the deeper themes in its story.[3] Janelle Asselin, writing for Comics Alliance, similarly described the webcomic as beautiful, noting that the visual aesthetics hold up well in print.[2]
References
- ↑ Arrant, Chris (2011-07-13). "Comics colorist Christina Strain writes The Fox Sister with artist Jayd Aït-Kaci". Comic Book Resources.
- 1 2 Asselin, Janelle (2014-01-16). "Best Sequential Art Ever (This Week): Jayd Aït-Kaci, Chris Samnee, Sean Ford". Comics Alliance.
- 1 2 Davis, Lauren (2011-11-26). "In The Fox Sister, a Korean priestess hunts down the fox demon who stole her sister’s body". io9.
- ↑ johnston, Rich (2014-09-23). "The Joe Shuster Awards 2014 – Full Audio". Bleeding Cool.