Most of us are fa­mil­iar with the time­less com­ic char­ac­ters the likes of Archie and the wily Calvin and Hobbes and Den­nis the Men­ace. But when it comes to those that rep­re­sent our cul­ture, how much do we know about them? The or­gan­is­ers of Comicfest, T&T's on­ly com­ic-book ex­po­si­tion, want to know. Be­gin­ning to­mor­row, lo­cal com­ic-book cre­ators-Chris Ri­ley, Shaun Ri­az Mo­hammed and Rang­ie Per­sad-will be dis­play­ing their work at Comicfest at Trinci­ty Mall. Comicfest said in a re­lease that Ri­ley and his broth­er, Wen­dell, have bro­ken new ground by launch­ing a com­ic-book Web site ded­i­cat­ed en­tire­ly to comics cre­at­ed by lo­cals. The Web site, www.three­quater­comics.com, is the on­ly site with ac­cess to free lo­cal comics.

The Ri­leys have al­so cre­at­ed a new ti­tle that is very un­like their pre­vi­ous works,The Mid­night Rob­ber and Mon­ster City. Their newest ti­tle-Man­go Chil'ren-fo­cus­es on the good old days of grow­ing up in the coun­try, with some moral val­ues thrown in for good mea­sure. Mo­hammed and Per­sad's newest re­lease-City un­der the Sky-is a dark jour­ney in­to the weird and su­per­nat­ur­al. The trio will be joined by Ter­ry Suresh Mooti­lal on May 5 for a sec­ond ex­hi­bi­tion at The Bet­ter Val­ue Plaza, Gulf View in La Ro­maine. Mooti­lal is a long­time com­ic cre­ator, writ­ing and draw­ing the com­ic Wolf­scream. The ex­hi­bi­tions are free to the pub­lic.