Monday, June 1, 2009

MILLENNIA WAR, A CHICAGOIAN COMIC BOOK.



Im usually not in to comic books or Anime, but this was case is Different. A African American Female Comic book creator from Chicago. I read the issues and I like it, opened my mind.

Born and raised in Chicago, Ashley A. Woods' desire to create began when she was small. Over the years, she crafted her own unique style to fit her personality. Creator of the action-fantasy comic series, "Millennia War", Ashley has gained a fan base and has been interviewed in the independent magazine, "UVC" (Urban Voices in Comics). She has also sold her comics at many conventions and has appeared as a guest artist at ECBACC (East Coast Black Age of Comics Convention) May 2008, "Out of Sequence: Underrepresented Voices in American Comics" at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign and in Kyoto, Japan November 2008 where her work was featured along with other artists, and "Beyond the Frame: African American Comic Book Artists" from January – April 2009 at the Flint Institute of Arts. Besides comic-related art, Ashley has also worked as a concept and storyboard artist.

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