Jane's World

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Jane's World is a comic strip by cartoonist Paige Braddock, which first debuted on 25 March 1998. It stars Jane Wyatt, a young lesbian woman living in an apartment with her roommate, Ethan. Jane has worked at a variety of low- to middle-end jobs. The strip features an ensemble cast of Jane's friends, many of whom are also lesbian or bisexual.

1 The comic strip
2 Dorothy
3 Ethan
4 Chelle
5 Talia
6 Dorrie
7 Jane
8 Rusty
9 External links

[edit] The comic strip

Paige Braddock created Jane's World so that women, particularly lesbians, would have a comic strip character that they could relate to. However the comic book is meant to be accessible to a wide audience. Braddock devised Jane in 1991 but never actually got her onto paper until 1998 and put it on the Internet in late March. In late 2001, Jane's World was printed as a new comic strip and on 27 April 2005, Jane went from a computer-strip to comic book format. Usually a different artist would illustrate the cover of each issue.

The strip is currently drawn by Braddock and printed in comic-book format by Girl Twirl Publishers. Major characters include:

[edit] Dorothy

Dorothy is Jane's best friend, and occasional crush. Dorothy is bisexual, but she usually doesn't admit it.

[edit] Ethan

Unlike many of the characters in the strip, Ethan isn't gay. He is straight, and he is Jane's roommate. Jane complains that she doesn't like "chest hair before coffee", meaning that she is grossed out when Ethen is shirtless before she drinks her morning coffee and cereal.

[edit] Chelle

Chelle Archer (pronounced shell) is a dark character with a background in special ops. She used to be Jane's girlfriend, but they broke up when Jane believed a rumor that the explanation of Chelle's "darkness" was because she was a vampire. In 2003, Chelle blew her secret cover at the local newspaper and had to leave town.

[edit] Talia

Talia used to be Jane's girlfriend, and she usually comes in and out of the comic strip. She is described as a "geek" when Jane knew each other.

[edit] Dorrie

Don't confuse her name with Dorothy. Dorrie, the African-American character in the strip, is one of Jane's friends that lives out of town.

[edit] Jane

Jane Wyatt was driving on a road in central Oklahoma in 2001 (although Paige Braddock says it was 1991) when she discovered aliens on the road. She went home to find out her roommate had moved all her things to the garage. In 2003, Jane had a life tutor hired by Dorothy.