The Fantasy Book Club is a story about embracing every part of yourself, accepting love even when you think you don’t deserve it… and how it all comes back to one thing: the power of belief. With over 100 episodes available to read for free, a modern supernatural setting, and a cast of complex characters driving the story… you’re sure to find something to love with The Fantasy Book Club.
About the Author
The Evil Nae, also known as Renae Alexandra Bishop, has a passing interest in world domination but is primarily a comic artist, graphic designer, and illustrator. Nae received their degree in Computer Graphics and Interactive Media from the University of Dubuque in 2012. Since then they have worked as a freelance and full-time designer in fields such as t-shirt design and promotional materials, website design, and served as the creative director for events and projects. They’ve also dipped their toes in children’s book illustration and video editing.
Currently, Nae’s main project is the independent webcomic series “The Fantasy Book Club” but also has a line of apparel and merch inspired by TTRPGs and queer culture. Freelance and commission availability is limited but possible, please visit theevilnae.com for more details.
History
The Fantasy Book Club is a story that has been waiting to be brought to life for literal decades. It started as a novel being written by a small town 16 year old, Nae, and has gone through many iterations over their lifetime. There is a short draw my life comic about how this came to be over in Bonus Content but it wasn’t until spring of 2020 that The Fantasy Book Club took it’s first steps to becoming what it is today. Spurred on by world events and a desperate desire to stop waiting, Nae launched their comic on Webtoon Canvas in October of that year.
TFBC updated weekly from 2020 to 2023 when Nae switched to a twice a month schedule with longer episodes and a couple months of hiatus between each comic issue. In that time Tapas, NamiComi, and Global Comix were added as mirror sites.
In 2025, Nae made the leap to being a fulltime artist (you can read a bonus comic about that too). Since then they launched a Kickstarter to redraw and print issue 1 which was a resounding success and made the change to self hosting their webcomic. With their first year doing this full time only half way over, there is still much to come!
Credits & Special Thanks
Eric Murphy
My friend, roommate, sounding board, and occasional editor. Thank you for believing in me.
You can find his blog where he writes really compelling reviews at fanboyrealness.blogspot.com
My Patreon Minions
You all show up for me in such a huge way every month, not only monetarily but with your encouragement, joy, and kindness. Thank you for being my Minions.