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''Fetus-X'' is a controversial weekly romantic horror comic written and drawn by Eric Millikin, award-winning American cartoonist and former human anatomy lab embalmer and dissectionist.〔Zabel, Joe (June 14, 2004). "(Cutting Up The Dead: An interview with Eric Millikin )". ''The Webcomics Examiner''〕 ''Fetus-X'' has been published in newspapers, books, and as a webcomic since late 1999.〔Bennet, Brandon (August 1, 2002). "(Guest appearance helps ‘Fetus-X’ move forward )". ''The State News''〕 The first ''Fetus-X'' comics were drawn by artist Casey Sorrow, who later left to create the comic ''Feral Calf''. The storylines of ''Fetus-X'' generally revolve around Millikin's use of the occult in both romantic relationships and battles with various ghosts, demons, aliens, and monsters. The artwork is mixed media, combining expressionist paintings with found objects. The text is often written in free verse. ==History== Millikin began drawing horror comics by age one-and-a-half, when he made crayon drawings of ghosts terrorizing him during toilet-training. By second grade, he was making teachers' birthday cards showing his school burning down captioned "Fuck you." 〔Breithaupt, Christy (July 26, 2006). "(Dark visions: MSU grad's 'Fetus-X' comic earns national recognition )". ''Lansing State Journal''〕 The first ''Fetus-X'' newspaper strips were published in spring 2000 in Michigan State University's ''The State News''. Immediately there were problems with censorship, Catholic League protests, and threatened cancellation. After six months, ''The State News'' cancelled the comic strip despite support from some readers.〔 It continues to be published on the web and in many college newspapers and in alternative newspapers such as Detroit's ''Metro Times''.〔Millikin, Eric (April 13, 2005). "(Holy Shit, the Pope is Dead )". ''Metro Times''〕 In the fall of 2002, ''Fetus-X'' became part of the subscription-based online alternative comics anthology Serializer, a spin-off of the successful webcomics site Modern Tales. Other comics on Serializer included ''Achewood Sunday Edition'', ''The Magic Whistle'', ''Pup'' and ''Little Laurie Sprinkles''.〔Hart, Tom and Joey Manley (Oct. 21, 2002). "(Modern Tales And Tom Hart Launch Serializer.Net Today )".〕 In the fall of 2005 ''Fetus-X'' became a free comic on Webcomics Nation. In June 2006, Millikin was interviewed in the book ''Attitude 3: The New Subversive Online Cartoonists,'' edited by award-winning syndicated editorial cartoonist Ted Rall. ''Attitude 3'' also includes other webcomics such as ''Cat and Girl'', ''Dinosaur Comics'', ''Diesel Sweeties'', and ''The Perry Bible Fellowship''.〔Rall, Ted (2006). ''Attitude 3: The New Subversive Online Cartoonists'', New York: Nantier, Beall, Minoustchine. ISBN 1-56163-465-4.〕 After being offline due to a server crash, Serializer relaunched in October, 2006 under the editorship of Eric Millikin.〔Xerexes, Xaviar (Dec. 2006). "(The Comixpedia End of 2006 Roundtable )".〕〔MacDonald, Heidi (Oct. 12, 2006). "(Serializer.net returns )".〕 ''Fetus-X'' was among the comics on the relaunched serializer, along with ''A Softer World'', ''Idiot Box'', and ''Templar, Arizona''.〔Bors, Matt (Oct. 24, 2006). "(Serializer.net )".〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fetus-X」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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