Renee Stanford

Renee Stanford made her entrance in the mid-1980s Copper Age through AC Comics' The Vic Bridges Fazers Sketchbook and Fact File — one of those wonderfully idiosyncratic publications that gave indie comics their distinct flavor in 1986. A rare figure with only a handful of catalogued appearances spread across Venture and that debut sketchbook, she's the kind of character who rewards the dedicated digger, sharing pages with the likes of John Blade, Halftron, and Photon in AC's offbeat corner of the comics universe. Small in footprint but rooted in a genuinely creative moment for independent publishing, Renee Stanford is a collector's curio worth tracking down.