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Online Comics Community

Posted on Jul 04, 2026
Want to meet other cartoonists and get involved, but your local scene doesn't have what you're looking for? Get involved in the online comics community today!

Comic Resources

Posted on Jul 02, 2026
Making comics can be hard, but you don't have to do it alone! Check out these resources for making and sharing comics.

Annual Comic Challenges

Posted on Jul 02, 2026
There's no better way to get involved in the community and kickstart your creativity than by participating in a comic challenge. Learn more about popular challenges and how to get involved.

Get Involved: Comics Community in Columbus, OH

Posted on May 19, 2026
Learn about comics clubs and events in Columbus, Ohio

Looking Forward

Posted on Jan 29, 2026
Planning for the future when the future is uncertain.

How the Island was Formed

Posted on Aug 11, 2024
How the Island was Formed is a speculative prehistoric myth written by Lief Bennett, exploring the question of what early generations of humans might have rationalized evidence of megafauna after the end of the ice age.

God of The Quiet Places

Posted on Jun 04, 2022
God of the Quiet Places by Lief Bennett is a short story about meeting God in the wilderness, originally printed in the Penmarks Literary Journal in 2022.

Midnight Rendezvous

Posted on May 06, 2022
Midnight Rendezvous is a short story about a young princess and her guard meeting in the night.

Whispering Pines Part 3

Posted on Jan 03, 2022
Whispering Pines Part 3 returns to the perspective of Basil, the summer camp's cook. He is confronted by Jasper, another staff member, about the mysterious phenomena the campers have been reporting.

Whispering Pines Part 2

Posted on Jan 02, 2022
Whispering Pines Part 2 follows the perspective of Sage, one of the campers at Whispering Pines, as she returns to the forest.

Whispering Pines Part 1

Posted on Jan 01, 2022
Whispering Pines Part 1 is the first part in an incomplete low fantasy series. It was originally planned to be a monster of the week series, written from the perspective of an approximately neutral observer.

Plan of Attack

Posted on Jan 01, 2022
Plan of Attack is supposedly an experiment in short science fiction, but in practice is rather thin on science.

An incomplete catalog of detritus in a rotting tree

Posted on Jan 01, 2022
An incomplete catalog... is a short list poem written in the woods behind Mount Vernon Nazarene University in 2022 by Lief Bennett.

Haunted Grove

Posted on Jan 01, 2022
Haunted Grove is a mostly true story by Lief Bennett about having a panic attack in the woods behind your dorm at 19.

House of Lief: I am not the god that brought you out of Egypt

Posted on Jan 01, 2022
I am not the god that brought you out of Egypt is a poem written about finding oneself in a relationship with someone who seems to need you more than you want them to.

Meditation on Genesis 32

Posted on Jan 01, 2022
House of Lief: Meditation on Genesis 32. A poem about names and desire.