Christopher Baldwin (born February 25, 1973) is an American illustrator and author of several

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s, the most significant being ''

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'', a look at the life of an introspective young woman set in the real world. Other works include shorter webcomic series, some being intentionally designed to attract

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; these tend to be lighter in tone than ''Bruno'', and include ''Shepard and May'' (published for 5 weeks in 2000), ''Kim in Love'' (published from October 1, 2001 until October 22, 2001), and ''Madge's Diary'' (published from November 5, 2001 until January 18, 2002). ''

Little Dee ''Little Dee'' is a webcomic by Christopher Baldwin about a little girl lost in the woods who is befriended by three animals. The animals talk; Dee doesn't. Publication history Begun on June 7, 2004, ''Little Dee'' is the last of several strips ...

'', about a young girl adopted by a bear, was released on June 7, 2004 for syndication and completed in April 2010. Baldwin later published the science fiction webcomics ''Spacetrawler'' and ''One Way''. Aside from comics, Baldwin also wrote the 2003 novel ''Loved into Submission: a Dark Existential Farce''.

Biography

Christopher was born in

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and spent his childhood in

Greenfield, Massachusetts Greenfield is a city in and the county seat of Franklin County, Massachusetts, United States. Greenfield was first settled in 1686. The population was 17,768 at the 2020 census. Greenfield is home to Greenfield Community College, the Pioneer Val ...

. By his own account he had drawn over 30 comic books by 1991. After leaving college early in 1994, he took on various freelance jobs, and traveled to Europe where he took source pictures to incorporate in the ''Bruno'' comic. He similarly traveled across America, taking source photographs, settling in

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, then residing in

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Webcomics

''Bruno''

''Bruno'' is a

that was written and drawn by Baldwin from January 1, 1996 to February 14, 2007. Its story lines revolve around the life of an introspective young woman, set in the real world. Her unusual name comes from the Italian philosopher

Giordano Bruno Giordano Bruno (; ; la, Iordanus Brunus Nolanus; born Filippo Bruno, January or February 1548 – 17 February 1600) was an Italian philosopher, mathematician, poet, cosmological theorist, and Hermetic occultist. He is known for his cosmologic ...

''Little Dee''

''Little Dee'' is a

by Baldwin that began on June 7, 2004, that ''

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'' termed "charming", and others called "genuinely innocent and funny", "never unpleasant", and "age appropriate". The webcomic is about a little girl (Dee) who becomes lost in the woods. She is befriended by three animals: a bear, a vulture and a dog. The animals talk; Dee doesn't.

''Spacetrawler''

''Spacetrawler'' is a space opera webcomic that originally ran from January 1, 2010 to December 25, 2013. The plot involves a group of men and women from Earth who have been kidnapped and pressed into service by an alien as part of a plan to end the enslavement of another alien species. The comic began updating again with a new story in 2016.

''One Way''

''One Way'', a science-fiction webcomic started after the conclusion of Spacetrawler, follows a crew of astronauts sent by humanity to make contact with an alien race.

''Glens Falls''

''Glens Falls'' is a graphic novel describing the city of

Glens Falls, New York Glens Falls is a city in Warren County, New York, United States and is the central city of the Glens Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 14,700 at the 2010 census. The name was given by Colonel Johannes Glen, the falls refe ...