Who we are

Sheep Cult Comics was born from a need. Sheep Cult Comics aims to sell print works by outsiders and for outsiders. We want to create a space for people to learn and discover, shelves to get lost in and a space to read books that change your heart, something you can’t do in between the cold pixels of Amazon.com. Sheep Cult Comics will be the next era in retail comics and books.

Emma Akins

Emma Kathryn Akins was born and raised in the rolling hills of the midwest, in Dubuque, Iowa. She graduated from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago with a Bachelors of Fine Arts degree in Comic Arts.She has started her own career as a comics artist, selling work at Chicago Comics and getting published by Crucial Comics. She has worked for over 8 years in multiple comic book stores throughout the greater Chicago area, including Graham Crackers Comics, Chicago Comics, and G Mart Comics. She has worked at the register, in inventory, in sales, at conventions, in shipping, and in fulfillment. She knows comics and more importantly she knows Chicago comics.

Trevor Hormel

Trevor Miller Hormel was born and raised on the sunny coast of California, in Santa Cruz. He graduated from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago with a bachelors of Fine Arts degree in Sculpture and Technology Arts. He has started a career as a writer, publishing multiple poems and stories with MiniMag and Broken Antler Magazine. He has worked for 7 years as a Marketing and Creative Director with clients such as McDonald’s, Modelo, Corona, and Krispy Kreme. He has managed marketing campaigns, designed merchandise, directed catalog photoshoots, designed showrooms and displays, and created websites. He knows how to sell things and how to make things.

Shopping experience

  • A store unlike any other, the Sheep Cult Comics storefront itself is designed to capture the ethereal journey through the deepest pages of any book and bring it into the physical. Sheep Cult Comics will be less of a store, and more of a space safe to explore.

Online Shopping

  • Our online store also offers a top quality shopping experience, where products can be sorted by title, author, or even publisher. Users can read up on releases on our blog, including reviews of books. Users can also sort by genre, an option not found on many e-commerce platforms. The functioning (as yet, empty of product) Sheep Cult Comics website can be found by clicking any of the links above.

WHAT WE SELL

  • INDIE COMICS

    Called ‘Independent Comics’ to distinguish them from mass published super-hero novelties, they take the storytelling success of main-stream comics and bring it to the next level with real art, and real stories.

  • ZINES

    Zines, short for magazine, are small booklets made for cheap and distributed to audiences quickly. They take all the power of communication found in newspapers, magazines, and journals, and add the unstoppable force of a do-it-yourself attitude.

  • BOOKS AND EVERYTHING ELSE

    Books, Chapbooks, Magazines, Newspapers, Pamphlets, Journals, Artist’s Books, Postcards, Guides, Posters, Booklets, Digital Media, Collectibles...

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Everything else we do

It took us years to earn the wisdom and knowledge we needed to live our best lives, and a lot of that was achieved through reading. That took us longer then it should have. When we get down to it, we want to add to people’s lives what our own lives were missing when we grew up, and much of that doesn’t exist as a business. Our store will sell books and do so well, but on top of that we will also:

  • Comic Making Classes
  • Artist Talks
  • Small Artist Business Classes
  • Support Group Meetings
  • Makers Markets
  • Local Library Classes
  • Penitentiary Workshops
  • Local Artist Representation at Conventions
  • Digital Comic Sale Meetups
  • Free Zine Making Kits
  • Book Drives and Donations
  • Local Artist Collaborations and Support
  • Community Event Patronage

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