Material
softcover
Size
17 pgs.
7 1/2 x 11 in.
About the book
Comic book created by Steph Doby and edited by Nick Jackson, Issue #1, May 2024, developed by Project Onward.
About the artist
Stephon Doby (b.1989) makes comics, drawings and paintings inspired by high school memories, teen dramas, anime, sports, and romance. His work strives to be inclusive across the categories of gender, sexuality, ethnicity and disability status. Doby was born and raised on the west side of Chicago, until the blizzard of 2014, when he moved to Lincoln Park. Doby is currently hard at work expanding the “Dobyverse,” which includes the stories of Alter Gender, Mermaidopolis, Special Girls, and Team Spirit. He’s been an artist at Project Onward since 2010.
About the organization
Project Onward is a studio and gallery dedicated to the creative growth of adult artists whose lives are impacted by mental illness and developmental disabilities. Their non-profit studio is inclusive and embraces artists with a wide range of life experiences. Some are self-taught artists who have Autism, while some are formally-trained artists who have bipolar disorder. There are other artists with challenges that are equally complex. However, all of them willingly explore the innermost recesses of their minds to create powerful works of art.
