Teri Sue Wood, also known as Teresa Susan Challender (born April 21, 1965),
is an
American comic artist best known for her 1993 to 1997
independent-comics series ''Wandering Star'', which ran for 21 issues, and first found success with the comic strip ''The Cartoonist'', which ran in
Fantagraphics' ''
Amazing Heroes
''Amazing Heroes'' was a magazine about the comic book medium published by American company Fantagraphics Books from 1981 to 1992. Unlike its companion title, ''The Comics Journal'', ''Amazing Heroes'' was a hobbyist magazine rather than an anal ...
'' magazine. In 2008, she changed her birth name of Wood to Challender after discovering that her
legal father was not her biological father. Wood had a troubled relationship with her family, and took her new name from an uncle who took her in. She still goes by "Teri Sue Wood" in her professional work.
Wood's other work include webcomics, the
furry comic ''Rhudiprrt: The Prince of Fur'', published by
MU Press, and ''Darklight'', published by
Sirius Entertainment
Sirius Entertainment was an American comic book company which operated from 1994 to 2007. Sirius Entertainment was founded by Robb Horan, Joseph Michael Linsner, and Larry Salamone, Fassbender, Tom. "A Sirius Interview: With Two Sirius Guys," ...
. Her webcomic "Yet Untitled" is a light-hearted take on
Forks, Washington
Forks, also previously known as the unincorporated town of Quillayute, is a city in southwest Clallam County, Washington, United States. The population was 3,335 at the 2020 census. It is named after the forks in the nearby Quillayute, Bogach ...
, the setting of the
Twilight
Twilight is light produced by sunlight scattering in the upper atmosphere, when the Sun is below the horizon, which illuminates the lower atmosphere and the Earth's surface. The word twilight can also refer to the periods of time when this i ...
series and also popular in
Bigfoot mythology. In 2016, Dover Publications republished ''Wandering Star'' in an omnibus edition.
References
External links
Resa Fantasy Arts official siteTeresa Challender's (Teri Sue Wood's) LivejournalLife in Forks blog
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American comics writers
Science fiction fans
American female comics artists
Living people
1965 births
American webcomic creators
People from Clallam County, Washington
Female comics writers