Comics Time: The Woman in the Woods and Other North American Stories

We love us our DC comics and Marvel comics, but we are also suckers for indie comic creators. No doubt, they need their share of exposure and they can be just as great. Maybe better. Today, we share with you “The Woman in the Woods and Other North American Stories”.

This book is an anthology of comics inspired by North American folktales.

Did someone say folktales?

Yup. If you like a good story and wondrously drawn illustrations, then “The Woman in the Woods and Other North American Stories” is for you.

Even better, the stories are told by indigenous creators.

Here’s a peek of what you can expect from the 100+ pages of the anthology:

• “As It Was Told to Me”, a creation tale that shows that the world needs good and bad to exist, which is written and illustrated by Elijah Forbes, a transgender Odawa illustrator who has facilitated the creation of illustration projects such as the 2020 “Trans Awareness Week.”
• “Chokfi,” the story of the trickster rabbit, who is jealous of Otter’s fur coat and tries to steal it, by writer Jordaan Arledge, a trans Chickasaw comic writer and the founder of Arledge Comics, and  artist Mekala Nava.
• “White Horse Plains”, a cautionary tale about greed that comes from the Métis settlement St. Francois Xavier, as told by Rhael McGregor, a Non-Binary/Two-Spirit Métis comic artist and animator from Winnipeg, Manitoba.
• “Rougarou” by Mystery Solving Lesbians writer Maija Ambrose Plamondon and Métis-based artist Milo Applejohn, about a werewolf-like creature that haunts the Métis communities.
• “Agonjin In the Water” by the non-binary Ojibawe artist Alice RL, about a girl whose tribe is suffering from a drought and finds a Mishipeshu while searching for water.
• “Woman in the Woods” by the Cuban Taíno artist and storyteller Mercedes Acosta about a curious girl who sees a mysterious figure in the woods at night.
• “Into Darkness” by Izzy Roberts, a Michigan-based illustrator and a member of the Navajo Nation and Kinyaa’áanii clan, about a creature so dangerous and scary that no one dares utter its name.

“The Woman in the Woods and Other North American Stories” is part of the Cautionary Fables and Fairytales series, which has been telling folktales from all over the world for decades now.

It’s got seven days to go on Kickstarter, is already funded (more than a hundred times over the goal), and is waiting for you!