# Dicebox

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***Dicebox***, by American cartoonist Jenn Manley Lee, is a [science fiction](/source/Science_fiction) [webcomic](/source/Webcomic) which has been hosted at the subscription-based comics anthology site [Girlamatic](/source/Girlamatic).[3] The comic, planned for four books totalling 36 chapters, is set in the space-travelling future and is primarily the story of one year in the lives of two women factory workers, Griffen Medea Stoyka and Molly Robbins.

Manley Lee's work on *Dicebox* made her a finalist for the [Friends of Lulu](/source/Friends_of_Lulu)'s Kimberly Yale Award for Best New Talent for 2003. *[The Oregonian](/source/The_Oregonian)* calls *Dicebox* the "gravitational center" of Oregon's "vibrant Web-comic scene".[4] *Dicebox* is also on comic scholar [Scott McCloud's](/source/Scott_McCloud) top 20 webcomics list,[5] and was used along with *[Penny Arcade](/source/Penny_Arcade_(webcomic))*, *[Fetus-X](/source/Fetus-X)* and *[Questionable Content](/source/Questionable_Content)* as an example of comics using the web to create "an explosion of diverse genres and styles" in McCloud's 2006 book *[Making Comics](/source/Making_Comics)*.[6]

The title *dicebox* is a reference to the [peorth rune](/source/Peorth_rune), which in [divination systems](/source/Runic_divination) may represent 'dice cup' or 'womb', symbolizing "something revealed that had been hidden, though it can also stand for a gamepiece or a pawn".[7]

## References

1. ["dicebox - Table of Contents"](http://www.comic.dicebox.net/table-of-contents/). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20140920153446/http://www.comic.dicebox.net/table-of-contents/) 2014-09-20 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 23 September 2014.

1. ["Frequently Asked Questions about Dicebox"](http://www.comic.dicebox.net/faq/). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20140919044453/http://www.comic.dicebox.net/faq/) 2014-09-19 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 23 September 2014.

1. Slayter, Mary Ellen (December 12, 2004). "A Shrinking Drawing Board for Cartoonists". *The Washington Post*, Pg. K01

1. Baker, Jeff, Leslie Cole, et al. (October 2, 2005). "WORLD-CLASS OREGON". *The Sunday Oregonian*, Pg. O11

1. McCloud, Scott (July 2004). *[A Personal Top Twenty (WebArchive)](https://web.archive.org/web/20080203124433/http://www.scottmccloud.com/links/twenty/20.html)*, Retrieved on 2009-04-14

1. McCloud, Scott (2006). *[Making Comics](/source/Making_Comics)*, New York: Harper Collins Publishers. ISBN 0-06-078094-0. Pg. 227

1. ["F.A.Q. – Dicebox"](https://www.dicebox.net/f-a-q/)

## External links

- [Dicebox](http://www.dicebox.net)

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