The Daria Comic books
The Daria Franchise
Animation
Comic/Graphic Novel/Sequential Art
Note: Timelines are real world release dates. 'Present' is October 2010, the series so marked are continuing.
Daria (1997 - 2002 [including Is it College Yet?])
The show as seen in OTL. It is identical.
Daria (1999 - Present)
After the airing of the episode Depth Takes a Holiday vocal fans began to write in to MTV petitioning for a comic book version of Daria that crazier storylines could go into rather than on the show.
MTV decides that it is a good idea and the first edition, A Lawndale Halloween, comes out in October. The comic is released on a monthly schedule.
Writing: identical to the animated series, with the occasional 'crazier' storyline. A Lawndale Halloween is an example of such.
Art: The same as the animated series.
Timeline:
October 1999: First Issue; A Lawndale Halloween
November 2000: First issue set in Daria's Senior Year. A date with Tom at Chez Pierre is the focus of the story.
May 2002: First issue with 2 stories per issue, and the last with a storyline akin to that of Depth Takes a Holiday, or A Lawndale Halloween that is not clearly a dream or story. Beginning of Daria's last summer prior to College.
October 2002: Daria begins at Raft.
March 2003: Jane starts at BFAC.
March 2004: Daria's second year at Raft begins. She finds that Stacy Rowe has started there as a freshman.
September 2005: Daria's third year at Raft begins.
June 2007: Daria's fourth year at Raft begins
November 2008: Daria graduates from Raft. Jane Graduates from BFAC.
March 2009: Daria begins Graduate School at the small university that Amy teaches at. (Although the aunt doesn't teach her favourite neice.)
Holiday Island (2000 - 2003)
As the result of the large number of sales for the Daria comic book, MTV decides to release another comic book based on Daria. This is based on the adventures of the anthropromorphic personifcations of Holidays on Holiday Island. The setting does not include Holiday Island alone, but also Lawndale and other locations reached via the Good Time Chinese portal. The first edition, a retelling of Depth Takes a Holiday, is released in September. Initally released on a montly schedule.
Writing: Drama with Greek Mythological influences.
Art: Slightly stylized
Amy (2000 - Present)
Begun the same time as Holiday Island, this series focuses on Amy Barksdale in her job as a History Professor at a small university in a midwestern state (which state is not revealed until well into the 2000s). Released on a monthly scedule.
Writing: identical to the animated series. Focus varies from Amy to her students...
Art: Similar to the animated series.
Timeline:
September 2000: First edition released.
March 2009: Daria starts making regular appearances. (She had appeared in this comic before though.)
Quinn (2002 - Present)
Spun off the the Daria comic when Daria begins at Raft. This begins with Quinn's senior year at Lawndale High and focuses on her personal growth, and that of her friends in the former Fashion Club. Helen and Jake also show up in the Senior Year arc. Quinn's senior year also brings about dramatic changes at Lawndale High... Begins with monthly editions with 2 stories per issue. Begins late in the year.
Writing: identical to the animated series, at first, then becomes more comedic when Quinn goes to Pepperhill.
Art: Slightly more realistic than the animated series.
Timeline:
October 2002: First Issue Senior Year released.
November 2003: Quinn and her class graduate from Lawndale High.
March 2004: Quinn and Tiffany start at Pepperhill.
October 2005: Quinn and Tiffany start their second year at Pepperhill
August 2007: Quinn and Tiffany start their third year at Pepperhill
June 2009: Quinn and Tiffany start their fourth year at Pepperhill
The Weird Adventures of Daria Morgendorffer (2002 - Present)
The storylines akin to Depth Takes a Holiday, A Lawndale Halloween, etc find a home in this periodical. The first issue is released at the same time as the first issue of Quinn. It is released bimonthly. This details Daria's encounters with supernatural happenings at Raft.
Writing: Varies, according to the story.
Art: Again, varies according to the story.
Timeline:
October 2002: First Issue: Raft Legends released.
April 2003: First appearance of Jane Lane.
April 2004: First appearance of Stacy Rowe.
February 2009: Series shifts to Lawndale after Daria's Graduation from Raft.
August 2009: Series shifts to the midwestern university depicted in Amy and Daria.
Mystic Spiral (2003 - Present)
The adventures of Mystic Spiral as they start touring beyond Lawndale (although they keep returning. Trent feels he has an obligation to look after Casa Lane (the Lane house) after Jane leaves for BFAC). Released trimonthly.
Writing: Canon style in Lawndale stories, more surreal elsewhere.
Art: Varies according to story. Similar to the animated series in Lawndale.
Timeline
March 2003: First issue released.
November 2008: Jane returns to Lawndale after graduating from BFAC.
Helen and Jake: Empty Nest (2004 - Present)
Set after Quinn leaves for College. Follows Jake and Helen attempting to have a peaceful homelife, Helen's cases and Jake's business. Also follows much of what happens in Lawndale's business world. Helen frequently locks horns with Linda Griffin...
Writing: Slightly more serious than the animated series.
Art: Similar to the animated series.
Sandi (2004 - Present)
Follows Sandi Griffin to Lawndale State University, and gives a different view of Lawndale than Mystic Spiral and Jake and Helen: Empty Nest. Follows Sandi as she matures and attempts to redeem herself from her High School reputation. She does not always succeed. Released monthly with 2 stories in every issue.
Writing: Similar to the animated series, with more angst.
Art: Similar to that in Kim Possible.
Lawndale High (2004 - 2007)
Lawndale High after Quinn's year has graduated. Follows the Faculty members and the students, most of whom were introduced in Quinn. Even more changes occur. Ms Li is arrested and Mr DeMartino becomes Principal in the third issue. Released monthly.
Writing: identical to the animated series
Art: identical to the animated series.
Amy's '60's Adventures (2006 - Present)
A Prequal to Amy and Daria. Amy Barksdale in High School.
Writing: identical to the animated series
Art: Similar to the animated series.
Stacy (2008 - Present)
Stacy Rowe at Raft after Daria graduates. She continues the growth that she had shown in Quinn and Daria. Her amateur racing career is also fleshed out.
Writing: Similar to the animated series, but more light-hearted, as would be suitable for Stacy.
Art: Slightly more detailed than the animated series.
Currently:
The Senior Year arcs in Quinn, Sandi and Stacy are coming to a close, the writers are preparing for the next stage in their lives. Rumours are flying about Tiffany, Pepperhill and Raft lines. Petitions for a Jane series are also being posted to MTV...
The Daria Franchise
Animation
Comic/Graphic Novel/Sequential Art
Note: Timelines are real world release dates. 'Present' is October 2010, the series so marked are continuing.
Daria (1997 - 2002 [including Is it College Yet?])
The show as seen in OTL. It is identical.
Daria (1999 - Present)
After the airing of the episode Depth Takes a Holiday vocal fans began to write in to MTV petitioning for a comic book version of Daria that crazier storylines could go into rather than on the show.
MTV decides that it is a good idea and the first edition, A Lawndale Halloween, comes out in October. The comic is released on a monthly schedule.
Writing: identical to the animated series, with the occasional 'crazier' storyline. A Lawndale Halloween is an example of such.
Art: The same as the animated series.
Timeline:
October 1999: First Issue; A Lawndale Halloween
November 2000: First issue set in Daria's Senior Year. A date with Tom at Chez Pierre is the focus of the story.
May 2002: First issue with 2 stories per issue, and the last with a storyline akin to that of Depth Takes a Holiday, or A Lawndale Halloween that is not clearly a dream or story. Beginning of Daria's last summer prior to College.
October 2002: Daria begins at Raft.
March 2003: Jane starts at BFAC.
March 2004: Daria's second year at Raft begins. She finds that Stacy Rowe has started there as a freshman.
September 2005: Daria's third year at Raft begins.
June 2007: Daria's fourth year at Raft begins
November 2008: Daria graduates from Raft. Jane Graduates from BFAC.
March 2009: Daria begins Graduate School at the small university that Amy teaches at. (Although the aunt doesn't teach her favourite neice.)
Holiday Island (2000 - 2003)
As the result of the large number of sales for the Daria comic book, MTV decides to release another comic book based on Daria. This is based on the adventures of the anthropromorphic personifcations of Holidays on Holiday Island. The setting does not include Holiday Island alone, but also Lawndale and other locations reached via the Good Time Chinese portal. The first edition, a retelling of Depth Takes a Holiday, is released in September. Initally released on a montly schedule.
Writing: Drama with Greek Mythological influences.
Art: Slightly stylized
Amy (2000 - Present)
Begun the same time as Holiday Island, this series focuses on Amy Barksdale in her job as a History Professor at a small university in a midwestern state (which state is not revealed until well into the 2000s). Released on a monthly scedule.
Writing: identical to the animated series. Focus varies from Amy to her students...
Art: Similar to the animated series.
Timeline:
September 2000: First edition released.
March 2009: Daria starts making regular appearances. (She had appeared in this comic before though.)
Quinn (2002 - Present)
Spun off the the Daria comic when Daria begins at Raft. This begins with Quinn's senior year at Lawndale High and focuses on her personal growth, and that of her friends in the former Fashion Club. Helen and Jake also show up in the Senior Year arc. Quinn's senior year also brings about dramatic changes at Lawndale High... Begins with monthly editions with 2 stories per issue. Begins late in the year.
Writing: identical to the animated series, at first, then becomes more comedic when Quinn goes to Pepperhill.
Art: Slightly more realistic than the animated series.
Timeline:
October 2002: First Issue Senior Year released.
November 2003: Quinn and her class graduate from Lawndale High.
March 2004: Quinn and Tiffany start at Pepperhill.
October 2005: Quinn and Tiffany start their second year at Pepperhill
August 2007: Quinn and Tiffany start their third year at Pepperhill
June 2009: Quinn and Tiffany start their fourth year at Pepperhill
The Weird Adventures of Daria Morgendorffer (2002 - Present)
The storylines akin to Depth Takes a Holiday, A Lawndale Halloween, etc find a home in this periodical. The first issue is released at the same time as the first issue of Quinn. It is released bimonthly. This details Daria's encounters with supernatural happenings at Raft.
Writing: Varies, according to the story.
Art: Again, varies according to the story.
Timeline:
October 2002: First Issue: Raft Legends released.
April 2003: First appearance of Jane Lane.
April 2004: First appearance of Stacy Rowe.
February 2009: Series shifts to Lawndale after Daria's Graduation from Raft.
August 2009: Series shifts to the midwestern university depicted in Amy and Daria.
Mystic Spiral (2003 - Present)
The adventures of Mystic Spiral as they start touring beyond Lawndale (although they keep returning. Trent feels he has an obligation to look after Casa Lane (the Lane house) after Jane leaves for BFAC). Released trimonthly.
Writing: Canon style in Lawndale stories, more surreal elsewhere.
Art: Varies according to story. Similar to the animated series in Lawndale.
Timeline
March 2003: First issue released.
November 2008: Jane returns to Lawndale after graduating from BFAC.
Helen and Jake: Empty Nest (2004 - Present)
Set after Quinn leaves for College. Follows Jake and Helen attempting to have a peaceful homelife, Helen's cases and Jake's business. Also follows much of what happens in Lawndale's business world. Helen frequently locks horns with Linda Griffin...
Writing: Slightly more serious than the animated series.
Art: Similar to the animated series.
Sandi (2004 - Present)
Follows Sandi Griffin to Lawndale State University, and gives a different view of Lawndale than Mystic Spiral and Jake and Helen: Empty Nest. Follows Sandi as she matures and attempts to redeem herself from her High School reputation. She does not always succeed. Released monthly with 2 stories in every issue.
Writing: Similar to the animated series, with more angst.
Art: Similar to that in Kim Possible.
Lawndale High (2004 - 2007)
Lawndale High after Quinn's year has graduated. Follows the Faculty members and the students, most of whom were introduced in Quinn. Even more changes occur. Ms Li is arrested and Mr DeMartino becomes Principal in the third issue. Released monthly.
Writing: identical to the animated series
Art: identical to the animated series.
Amy's '60's Adventures (2006 - Present)
A Prequal to Amy and Daria. Amy Barksdale in High School.
Writing: identical to the animated series
Art: Similar to the animated series.
Stacy (2008 - Present)
Stacy Rowe at Raft after Daria graduates. She continues the growth that she had shown in Quinn and Daria. Her amateur racing career is also fleshed out.
Writing: Similar to the animated series, but more light-hearted, as would be suitable for Stacy.
Art: Slightly more detailed than the animated series.
Currently:
The Senior Year arcs in Quinn, Sandi and Stacy are coming to a close, the writers are preparing for the next stage in their lives. Rumours are flying about Tiffany, Pepperhill and Raft lines. Petitions for a Jane series are also being posted to MTV...
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