Sunday, December 15, 2024

Tia Roxae Storyteller Spotlight

 

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COMICS BLOGGER #6 conducted by Thomas Campbell

tcj.com conducted by Katie Skelly

Sewer Mutant gives some history on the origins of Reptile House


Tia Roxae (Roe-Shay) is a Philadelphia cartoonist who has created some of the most delicately beautiful horror art I've ever seen. I was an instant fan when I first came across their work on  the Domino website, and instantly disappointed their solo book THE GLASS CHAMBER was sold out. Eventually, I found a copy on the Reptile House site and backed VISCERE #1 where Katie Skelly reprinted in large size, "Face Fatigue". My favorite Roxae story is from THE GLASS CHAMBER, actually. "Change in the House of Lizards" with it's bright colors and highly innovative layouts that amplify the extreme tension and dread that builds throughout the narrative.



2024: MAGICAL GIRL TRANSFORMATION 2025 CALENDAR. (Reptile House) Tia Roxae's most recent art I could find was this page from the new Reptile House calendar.



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2024: Roxae did the poster for the 2024 Philly Comics Expo in a different (yet no less disturbing) style. Incredible image. instagram

Did you get your commemorative tote bag with Roxae's design?



Reptile House

2024: CYANIDE SWAMP #2. (Reptile House) Edited by Nick Bunch.



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2024: EX. MAG VOLUME 5: BLOODSUCKER. (Peow2) Edited by Patrick Crotty and Wren McDonald. 



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2024: THE INFERNALS #4. (Image Comics) Cover B Variant.



Reptile House

 
2023: CYANIDE SWAMP #1. (Reptile House). Edited by Nick Bunch.. "The Town Beyond Sundown"




2023: VISCERE #1. (Strega Sporca) Edited by Katie Skelly. "Face Fatigue" represented.
Review: Tegan O'Neil (TCJ)



Front cover

 
Untitled First Story

 "Change in the House of Lizards"

2022: THE GLASS CHAMBER #0. (Self-published) Front Cover; "Untitled First Story" 3 pages; "You've Been Chosen" 4 pages; "Change in the House of Lizards" 6 pages (color version of story from REPTILE HOUSE #7); Three one-page illustrations; back cover.
Review: Ryan Carey (that's my comment at the end when I ordered this comic from Reptile House!)


Reptile House


2022: REPTILE HOUSE #10. (Reptile House) Edited by Nick Bunch. "Eyes Where They Don't Belong"


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Partners and Son

2021: REPTILE HOUSE #8. (Reptile House) Edited by Nick Bunch. Calendar insert only contribution.


 
See THE GLASS CHAMBER #0 for color version


color print of above page
2021: REPTILE HOUSE #7. (Reptile House) Edited by Nick Bunch. "Change in the House of Lizards" six page story (cover is first page in color) reprinted in THE GLASS CHAMBER #0. Also color back cover that ties into the story.



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2020: RAZORBLADES #2. (Tiny Onion) Edited by James Tynion IV and Steve Foxe. "Sanctuary" 1 page illustration.

Reprinted in this behemoth from Image Comics in 2022:
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The following issues all are listed as having Tia Roxae contributions (unfortunately all are long out-of-print):
2020: REPTILE HOUSE #5. (Reptile House).

2020: REPTILE HOUSE #4. (Reptile House).

2020: REPTILE HOUSE #3. (Reptile House).
2020: REPTILE HOUSE #1. (Reptile House) Dated March 2020 the beginnings of Covid lockdowns.
2019: REPTILE HOUSE. (Reptile House). 1-5 Edited by Nick Bunch.




2018: FACE FATIGUE. (Self-published) Perhaps Tia Roxae's most well-known story. This is the original comic that was reprinted in a larger size in VISCERE #1.
Review: Rob Clough



2017: CAT GIRL FRIEND #1. (Self-published) Possibly Tia Roxae's first published comic.




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