After reviewing a slew of portfolios, and thumbing through countless stapled comics and zines at this past weekend’s Stumptown Comics Festival, MySpace Dark Horse Presents is proud to announce the discovery of comic creators Sarah Oleksyk and Liz Greenfield.Dark Horse managing editor Scott Allie spent the weekend on the hunt for new talent to fill the “newbie” slot in two upcoming issues of the online anthology comic book series, MySpaceDark Horse Presents (www.myspace.com/darkhorsepresents). Sarah and Liz will now start on their stories for MDHPunder the guidance of both Allie, and assistant editor Sierra Hahn.
Sarah Oleksyk has been making waves in the comics scene in both her native Portland, ME, and her new home in Portland, OR. Her hand-screened 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. Currently she is working on her next graphic novel, Ivy.
Dark Horse also welcomes Holland born Liz Greenfield who 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.
MySpace Dark Horse Presents:
A monthly comic book anthology, MySpace Dark Horse Presents is a partnership between Dark Horse Comics and MySpace Comic books. MDHP takes its cues from the original Dark Horse Presents, a comics anthology published from 1986 to 2000, where highly celebrated comics. including Frank Miller’sSin City and Paul Chadwick’s Concrete, made their debut. Since the launch in July of 2007, MDHP has featured renowned comics creators 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. New issues of MDHP appear the first Wednesday of every month exclusively at www.myspace.com/darkhorsepresents.
About MySpace.com
MySpace, a unit of Fox Interactive Media Inc., is the premier lifestyle portal for connecting with friends, discovering popular culture, and making a positive impact on the world. By integrating web profiles, blogs, instant messaging, e-mail, music streaming, music videos, photo galleries, classified listings, events, groups, college communities, and member forums, MySpace has created a connected community. As the first ranked web domain in terms of page views*, MySpace is the most widely-used and highly regarded site of its kind and is committed to providing the highest quality member experience. MySpace will continue to innovate with new features that allow its members to express their creativity and share their lives, both online and off. MySpace’s international network includes localized community sites in the United States, the United Kingdom, Japan, France, Germany, Australia, Ireland, Spain, Italy, Mexico, Canada, Netherlands, New Zealand, Sweden, Austria, and Latin America.
MySpace Comic Books (www.myspace.com/comicbooks) is a community dedicated to the best in comics, manga, and graphic novels. Launched in March 2007, MySpace Comic Books provides the online community with the latest comic book news and interviews and spotlights the most exciting projects, creators and events in the industry. With more than 210,000 friends, and growing, MySpace continues to see significant interest from its members in the comic book arena.
*Among the top 2000 domains comScore Media Metrix, June 2007. For more information on comScore Networks, please go to http://www.comscore.com.
About Dark Horse Comics:
Since 1986, Dark Horse Comics has proven to be a solid example of how integrity and innovation can help broaden a unique storytelling medium and establish a small, homegrown company as an industry giant. In addition to publishing comics from top talent like Frank Miller, Mike Mignola, Neil Gaiman, and comics legend Will Eisner, their highly successful line of comics and products based on popular properties includes Star Wars, Aliens, Conan, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Emily the Strange, Tim Burton, Trigun, and Hellsing. Today Dark Horse Comics is the third largest comic-book publisher in the U.S. and is recognized as the world's leading publisher of licensed comics material.