{"id":680,"date":"2014-04-22T17:58:09","date_gmt":"2014-04-22T21:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wealdcomics.com\/?page_id=680"},"modified":"2020-01-02T21:34:44","modified_gmt":"2020-01-03T02:34:44","slug":"rachel-kahn","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wealdcomics.com\/?page_id=680","title":{"rendered":"Shel Kahn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-682 size-medium\" style=\"float: right; padding: 20px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wealdcomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Author-Portrait-227x300.jpg\" alt=\"Portrait of the Artist as a Young Warrior\" width=\"227\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wealdcomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Author-Portrait-227x300.jpg 227w, https:\/\/www.wealdcomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Author-Portrait.jpg 606w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 227px) 100vw, 227px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Shel Kahn is an illustrator-cartoonist with a love of heavy metal, megafauna, and mighty-thewed barbarians.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kahn is best known for <\/span><b>By Crom!<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, an autobiographical single panel comic featuring life advice from Conan the Barbarian. Their serial story <\/span><b>Wolf Neighbours <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">started out\u00a0in <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldswithoutmaster.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Worlds Without Master<\/a><\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and their sword and sorcery comic <\/span><b>Orin and the Dead Man\u2019s Sword<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, set in the same world, is being self-published in single issues, and both do indeed include megafauna. The last piece of the puzzle, their heavy metal webcomic <\/span><b>Resonant Realms<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is now running on Weald Comics. You can also see their work in <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/onethousandandoneknights.tumblr.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1001 Knights<\/a><\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/featurecreature.tumblr.com\/post\/128780954819\/hey-guys-so-i-helped-put-together-a-spooky-art\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">You Approach A Dark Manor<\/a><\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/fightzine.tumblr.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fight!<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/fightzine.tumblr.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> vol 1<\/a>, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sailormoonartzine.tumblr.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Moon Power<\/a><\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lovecraftzine.tumblr.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Puffed Shoggoths<\/a><\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Kahn lives and works in Toronto, Canada, where they earned their BFA at York University, and has strong feelings about local flora, fauna and archaeological records.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">When not in the studio, Kahn can be found continuing their studies in drawing, painting and prehistoric natural sciences at the local museums, teaching kids, teens and adults about art, comics, games and more, or playing any number of roleplaying games with friends.<\/p>\n<p>You can reach them by email at <a href=\"mailto:shel@portablecity.net\">shel@portablecity.net<\/a>. Their professional portfolio is at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.portablecity.net\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">portablecity.net<\/a>, and they are also on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/portablecity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/portablecity.tumblr.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tumblr<\/a>. You can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/portablecity?ty=h\">support their comics on Patreon<\/a>. <a href=\"http:\/\/eepurl.com\/bPUABT\">If you&#8217;d like to sign up for their mailing list, you can right here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Shel sells their <a href=\"http:\/\/portablecity.bigcartel.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">print books, posters, postcards, original comics and zines and more out of their BigCartel store<\/a>, and their <a href=\"https:\/\/gumroad.com\/portablecity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pdfs on Gumroad<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 95%; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wealdcomics.com\/?chapters=orin-and-the-dead-mans-sword\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-637\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wealdcomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/OrinCover-228x300.jpg\" alt=\"Orin and the Dead Man's Sword\" width=\"228\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wealdcomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/OrinCover-228x300.jpg 228w, https:\/\/www.wealdcomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/OrinCover-780x1024.jpg 780w, https:\/\/www.wealdcomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/OrinCover.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 228px) 100vw, 228px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wealdcomics.com\/?chapters=by-crom-the-zine\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-127 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wealdcomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Cover-194x300.jpg\" alt=\"By Crom Zine Cover\" width=\"194\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wealdcomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Cover-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/www.wealdcomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Cover-662x1024.jpg 662w, https:\/\/www.wealdcomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Cover-768x1188.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wealdcomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Cover.jpg 776w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 194px) 100vw, 194px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wealdcomics.com\/?chapters=by-crom-the-collected-by-crom\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-169 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wealdcomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Official-Cover-front-227x300.jpg\" alt=\"The Collected By Crom! Cover\" width=\"227\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wealdcomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Official-Cover-front-227x300.jpg 227w, https:\/\/www.wealdcomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Official-Cover-front-777x1024.jpg 777w, https:\/\/www.wealdcomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Official-Cover-front-768x1011.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wealdcomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Official-Cover-front.jpg 972w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 227px) 100vw, 227px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wealdcomics.com\/?chapters=full-colour-cromulence\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-598 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wealdcomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Web_Cover-300x187.jpg\" alt=\"Full Colour Cromulence\" width=\"300\" height=\"187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wealdcomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Web_Cover-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wealdcomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Web_Cover-1024x640.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.wealdcomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Web_Cover-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wealdcomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Web_Cover.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wealdcomics.com\/?page_id=1698\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1699\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wealdcomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/RKahn-ResonantRealms-Cover-b-300x219.jpg\" alt=\"Resonant Realms Cover\" width=\"300\" height=\"219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wealdcomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/RKahn-ResonantRealms-Cover-b-300x219.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wealdcomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/RKahn-ResonantRealms-Cover-b-1024x746.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.wealdcomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/RKahn-ResonantRealms-Cover-b.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shel Kahn is an illustrator-cartoonist with a love of heavy metal, megafauna, and mighty-thewed barbarians. Kahn is best known for By Crom!, an autobiographical single panel comic featuring life advice from Conan the Barbarian. Their serial story Wolf Neighbours started [&hellip;] <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wealdcomics.com\/?page_id=680\">&darr; Read the rest of this entry&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-680","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","uentry","postonpage-1","odd","post-author-rkahn"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P3V0MX-aY","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wealdcomics.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/680","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wealdcomics.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wealdcomics.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wealdcomics.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wealdcomics.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=680"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.wealdcomics.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/680\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3002,"href":"https:\/\/www.wealdcomics.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/680\/revisions\/3002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wealdcomics.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}