''Dicebox'', by American cartoonist Jenn Manley Lee, is a

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which has been hosted at the subscription-based comics anthology site Girlamatic.Slayter, Mary Ellen (December 12, 2004). "A Shrinking Drawing Board for Cartoonists". ''The Washington Post'', Pg. K01 The comic, planned for four books totalling 36 chapters, is set in the space-travelling future and is primarily the story of one year in the lives of two women factory workers, Griffen Medea Stoyka and Molly Robbins. Manley Lee's work on ''Dicebox'' made her a finalist for the Friends of Lulu's Kimberly Yale Award for Best New Talent for 2003. ''

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'' calls ''Dicebox'' the "gravitational center" of Oregon's "vibrant Web-comic scene".Baker, Jeff, Leslie Cole, et al. (October 2, 2005). "WORLD-CLASS OREGON". ''The Sunday Oregonian'', Pg. O11 ''Dicebox'' is also on comic scholar Scott McCloud's top 20 webcomics list,McCloud, Scott (July 2004).
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'' as an example of comics using the web to create "an explosion of diverse genres and styles" in McCloud's 2006 book '' Making Comics''.McCloud, Scott (2006). '' Making Comics'', New York: Harper Collins Publishers. . Pg. 227 The title ''dicebox'' is a reference to the peorth rune, which in divination systems may represent 'dice cup' or 'womb', symbolizing "something revealed that had been hidden, though it can also stand for a gamepiece or a pawn".

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