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158:. She had scripted a few comics before starting on her webcomic with Jayd Aït-Kaci, and she had picked up some knowledge regarding story structure and pacing by reading other people's scripts during her career, but she did not have much experience writing herself. Initially, Strain intended to stick to art and do something with 187:
was originally updated once a week and was expected to run for four issues, each being 36 pages long. As of November 2017, the comic was on hiatus; the most recently published page is Chapter 4, Page 17.
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as a webcomic, while releasing it later as a 9x12 inch hardcover comic book. She described webcomics as "the easiest way to publish and ... the best way to advertise the book."
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was the one Aït-Kaci liked the most, and Strain went on to tailor the idea to further fit Aït-Kaci's style and taste. Strain had planned from the start to release
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and drawn by Jayd Aït-Kaci. The webcomic began in October 2011, updating once a week, before going on indefinite hiatus. Set in 1968
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as the most "beautifully colored comic ever seen" and praised the deeper themes in its story. Janelle Asselin, writing for
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Set in Seoul in 1968, the comic is inspired by the Korean folk tale
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in the "Webcomic Creator" category in 2014 for their work on
88: 244:"Wide World of Webcomics: Christina Strain's THE FOX SISTER" 388: 329: 206: 154:, Christina Strain had eight years of experience as a 397: 237: 235: 233: 360:"The Joe Shuster Awards 2014 – Full Audio" 265:"Comics colorist Christina Strain writes 138:, whose family was killed years ago by a 357: 230: 290: 286: 284: 398: 262: 322: 318: 316: 241: 281: 13: 313: 14: 437: 380: 291:Asselin, Janelle (2014-01-16). 351: 337: 256: 145: 1: 358:Johnston, Rich (2014-09-23). 223: 323:Davis, Lauren (2011-11-26). 263:Arrant, Chris (2011-07-13). 191: 51:http://www.thefoxsister.com/ 7: 10: 442: 269:with artist Jayd Aït-Kaci" 242:Smith, Zack (2012-05-12). 196:Aït-Kaci and Strain won a 107: 79:is a supernatural horror 64: 56: 46: 36: 26: 21: 169:In an interview with 421:2011 webcomic debuts 274:Comic Book Resources 118:, which involves a 95:is inspired by the 68:Supernatural horror 406:American webcomics 204:. Lauren Davis of 198:Joe Shuster Award 72: 71: 433: 426:Horror webcomics 392: 391: 389:Official website 374: 373: 355: 349: 348: 341: 335: 334: 320: 311: 310: 305:. Archived from 303:Townsquare Media 288: 279: 278: 260: 254: 253: 239: 150:Before starting 136:Korean shamanism 97:Korean folk tale 85:Christina Strain 31:Christina Strain 19: 18: 441: 440: 436: 435: 434: 432: 431: 430: 416:Drama webcomics 411:2010s webcomics 396: 395: 387: 386: 383: 378: 377: 356: 352: 345:"Author's note" 343: 342: 338: 321: 314: 289: 282: 261: 257: 240: 231: 226: 194: 148: 120:nine-tailed fox 110: 17: 12: 11: 5: 439: 429: 428: 423: 418: 413: 408: 394: 393: 382: 381:External links 379: 376: 375: 350: 336: 312: 309:on 2015-09-12. 298:ComicsAlliance 280: 267:The Fox Sister 255: 228: 227: 225: 222: 217:ComicsAlliance 212:The Fox Sister 202:The Fox Sister 193: 190: 185:The Fox Sister 181:The Fox Sister 177:The Fox Sister 164:The Fox Sister 152:The Fox Sister 147: 144: 115:The Fox Sister 109: 106: 101:The Fox Sister 93:The Fox Sister 76:The Fox Sister 70: 69: 66: 62: 61: 58: 54: 53: 48: 44: 43: 38: 37:Illustrator(s) 34: 33: 28: 24: 23: 22:The Fox Sister 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 438: 427: 424: 422: 419: 417: 414: 412: 409: 407: 404: 403: 401: 390: 385: 384: 371: 367: 366: 365:Bleeding Cool 361: 354: 347:. 2017-11-07. 346: 340: 332: 331: 326: 319: 317: 308: 304: 300: 299: 294: 287: 285: 276: 275: 270: 268: 259: 251: 250: 245: 238: 236: 234: 229: 221: 219: 218: 213: 209: 208: 203: 199: 189: 186: 182: 178: 174: 173: 167: 165: 161: 157: 153: 143: 141: 137: 133: 132: 127: 126: 121: 117: 116: 105: 103: 102: 98: 94: 90: 86: 82: 78: 77: 67: 63: 59: 55: 52: 49: 45: 42: 41:Jayd Aït-Kaci 39: 35: 32: 29: 25: 20: 370:Avatar Press 363: 353: 339: 328: 307:the original 296: 272: 266: 258: 247: 215: 211: 205: 201: 195: 184: 180: 176: 170: 168: 163: 151: 149: 139: 129: 123: 113: 111: 99: 92: 75: 74: 73: 60:October 2011 160:3D graphics 146:Development 83:written by 57:Launch date 400:Categories 224:References 210:described 249:Newsarama 192:Reception 172:Newsarama 27:Author(s) 156:colorist 81:webcomic 65:Genre(s) 16:Webcomic 122:demon ( 108:Content 47:Website 140:kumiho 131:mudang 125:kumiho 134:) of 89:Seoul 330:io9 207:io9 402:: 368:. 362:. 327:. 315:^ 301:. 295:. 283:^ 271:. 246:. 232:^ 91:, 372:. 333:. 277:. 252:.

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Christina Strain
Jayd Aït-Kaci
http://www.thefoxsister.com/
webcomic
Christina Strain
Seoul
Korean folk tale
The Fox Sister
The Fox Sister
nine-tailed fox
kumiho
mudang
Korean shamanism
colorist
3D graphics
Newsarama
Joe Shuster Award
io9
ComicsAlliance



"Wide World of Webcomics: Christina Strain's THE FOX SISTER"
Newsarama
"Comics colorist Christina Strain writes The Fox Sister with artist Jayd Aït-Kaci"
Comic Book Resources


"Best Sequential Art Ever (This Week): Jayd Aït-Kaci, Chris Samnee, Sean Ford"
ComicsAlliance

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