In 1999, at the hands of a 6 year old, a “dilliverse” was born.
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Dill is a ten year old with existential issues and a lemon stand.
He is the main character of It’s Hard Being Dill, Brave New Dill, The Daily Dill and other adventures. He was the first “dill” in the dilliverse.
Meet Dill!
Get to know Dill, what he looked like in the beginning and how these comics were born.
Meet Clyde
Clyde Rich (also known as Calyn Pickens Rich) is the creator and ‘mad doctor’ behind Dill Comics, a comic about a kid with existential issues and a lemon stand, as well as Dining with Dana, “fat bat, sweet chef, rabid reader”, and Pwatt Institute, which chronicles life in art school.
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Convention Appearances
Clyde has tabled at the Schomburg Black Comic Book Festival, BAM’s Black Comic Expo, MOCCA festival, Comic Arts Brooklyn, ECBCC (East Coast Black Age of Comics), Wincon (Women in Comics) and New Jersey Culture Con. See where else they have been.
Photography Bill Farrington, Schomburg Center, New York 2020