Comic Foundry launches online magazine

Our friends over at the Comic Foundry have launched a new online magazine, the first issue of which includes interviews with Tony Harris, Tom Feister and JD Mettler; James Jean and Dr. Steven Henry, plastic surgeon:

I gave Dr. Steven Henry, plastic surgeon at the University of Missouri Hospital in Columbia, an assortment of comics from the past five years – crime, superhero, even a couple “bad-girl” comics from the 1990s. Dr. Cari Worley, a family physician and specialist in obstetrics, joined us to provide her take on the internal workings of these pen-and-ink femmes. Dr. Henry dissected each frame with a surgeon’s eye, on the lookout for conspicuous folds, rolls and flabs. Oh, and rectus abdominis: That’s just a fancy name for abs.

It took little persuasion to get Dr. Henry to jump into the stack of comics on the table. On top was "X-Men Unlimited" #1 (Marvel Comics) with a stunning Pat Lee cover showing White Queen cavorting beside Cyclops. Dr. Henry was drawn immediately to Lee’s portrayal of White Queen, pointing out that her hips and breasts are proportioned correctly; overall, he said, she’s “surprisingly attainable for a woman that has that biological disposition.”

They've also launched a blog. If future "issues" of their magazine are like the first one, they'll be worth checking out every month.