
Indy Week
Indy Week, formerly known as the Independent Weekly and originally the North Carolina Independent, is a tabloid-format alternative weekly newspaper published in Durham, North Carolina, United States, and distributed throughout the Research Triangle area (Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill, and Cary) and counties (Wake County, Durham County, Orange County, and Chatham County). Its first issue was published in April 1983. Indy Week is a member of the Association of Alternative Newsmedia and has a progressive, liberal political perspective. The Columbia Journalism Review has cited the newspaper for its "spine of steel."[citation needed] The print edition is published on Wednesdays.
Patrick Holt is a lifelong lover of comics. In 2011, Holt started a job as a library assistant at the Durham County Library, where he reconnected with his passion for the medium through a colleague, Amy Godfrey. Together, the pair established the Durham Comics Fest, an annual celebration of comics, graphic novels, and the community of comics readers and creators behind them. After 11 years at the library, Holt now works as a freelance illustrator and graphic designer. He created Triangular Comics & Zines, an online comics store, earlier this...