What is Weird Fishes >
Dee sees giant talking ducks, and The Bunny Boy’s worn the same Halloween costume for years. But when the kids stop playing together and turn into teenagers, the ducks become monsters and the bunnysuits become mod suits, and just as things start to settle, the world changes forever.
About >
Weird Fishes hit the webcomics community in 2008, written and drawn by Jamaica Dyer. The story unfolded one page a week, each one painted in watercolor and mixed media. In 2009 Weird Fishes was picked up by SLG and got printed as a graphic novel that you can pick up on Amazon or request in most good, indie comic stores.
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Some Press on Weird Fishes>
Comic Book Resources Interview
The strip… was fantastic and strange and beautiful. She attracted raves from other cartoonists and comic book notables, such as Warren Ellis who said “The only explanation for Jamaica Dyer is that she was built by aliens and dropped here to show us all how crap we are compared to her.”
Electric Playground Video Interview
SF Public Press (video interview during Cartoon Art Museum Small Press Spotlight)
Portland Mercury News (Jamie S Rich recommends WF to Morrissey)
SF Weekly – Gallery Press Release at Mission Comics
The point is, Dyer’s innovative watercolor Web-comic, Weird Fishes, has the ability to pull readers, as though with a rope, into the world of teen instability and pit-deep passions.
