Publication History
A short introductory story in Comico's Primer, and two issues, Guns of Mars (loosely based on the spaghetti western film genre) and Hate Boat, were published by Comico Comics in 1984. An ownership dispute in 1985 led to Evangeline leaving Comico, resulting in a 1986 special from Lodestone Comics, and then a 12-issue run from 1987 to 1989 published by First Comics. Hunt co-wrote and illustrated only the first few issues of the First Comics series, leaving to pursue her design and illustration licensing work for HA! Henson Associates and MacMillan Publishing on Raggedy Ann and Andy. In an interview with the Comics Buyer's Guide, Judith Hunt said that (after she left), "The comic lost its original complexity and feminist standpoint and became just another excuse for depictions of gratuitous sex and violence."
The first three issues have been made available at EvangelineTheComic.com, with announced-but-delayed plans to continue with new material which would continue on after issue #3, not following the continuity of the later First Comics issues. The announced writer for the new material is Ben Dixon, Chuck Dixon & Hunt's son, with announced art by Hunt for one story. However, no new material has been added to the website since January 2009, and the "News" section has not been updated since July 2009.
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