Shelley Hine

Shelley Hine stepped onto the page in 1987, born from the creative partnership of Kate Worley and Reed Waller in the pages of Omaha the Cat Dancer #6 — one of the Copper Age's most daring and celebrated independent titles from Fantagraphics. A supporting presence in both Omaha the Cat Dancer and Critters, Shelley keeps company with a memorable cast that includes Omaha herself, Chuck Katt, and Kurt Huddle, inhabiting the richly textured adult world those series were known for. With only a handful of catalogued appearances, Shelley is the kind of character who rewards the dedicated reader — a small but genuine piece of an era when alternative comics were pushing boundaries and telling stories unlike anything the mainstream dared to attempt.