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My name is Lief Bennett, and I am the artist, writer, and webmaster behind House of Lief. I created this project in 2021 shortly after changing my name to Lief as a way to unify all my various creative endeavors under a single online identity. I chose the name House of Lief because I strive to create a welcoming environment of healing, growth, and rest through my art and in all parts of my life. Welcome to my house! Warm yourself at my hearth and enjoy some stories and art.
Right now my main project under House of Lief is my comic diary, a mostly auto-biographical monthly comic strip. My other ongoing projects include The Orange Peel, a quarterly zine where I write about comics, as well as a handful of 12-24 page one-shot comics. Sign up for updates to learn more about my ongoing projects and get notified about new releases.
I am a trans man living in Columbus, OH, staunchly refusing to move despite the state legislators doing their level best to scare me off, because at the end of the day I am still a white man and I worked hard for that audacity. When I’m not working on House of Lief, I can be found riding my bike, watching 12 episode animes, and complaining about my arch nemesis John Kaschic, who among his many other inadequacies as a politician, refused to accept grant money for an Amtrak line in Columbus in 2013. I also manage the websites for the Queer Zest Zine Fest and Comix Accountability Club.
This website is hosted on Neocities. I used this layout builder when designing the main layout, and the Rarebit webcomic template for my comics pages. The fonts used on the site are Highway Gothic and Courier Prime.
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If you like social media, you can find me on Tumblr, Bluesky and Instagram as @houseoflief, but the best place to get updates about me and my work is to subscribe to my email newsletter. If you like my work and you'd like to own it, you can buy comics, prints and stickers on my Ko-Fi shop. For commission work or other questions, complete out the contact form below.