Alexandra "Lexxy" Douglass

For Immediate Release 4-25-13 Alexandra "Lexxy" Douglass, IU grad and Collins alum, is a contestant on an internet reality show to select the best promising webcomic strip artist, Strip Search. The show airs on youtube and PATV Tuesdays and Fridays. Strip Search is produced by Penny Arcade, one of the world’s most popular and longest running webcomics. The winner of the show will receive a cash prize, free office space at Penny Arcade HQ in Seattle, business services, and other benefits for one year to boost their webcomic careers. Watch the show at http://www.penny-arcade.com/strip-search. Lexxy graduated from Center Grove High School in Greenwood and attended Indiana University, Bloomington, earning degrees in Studio Art and Japanese. She lives in Carmel, Indiana, and is a full-time freelance fantasy and science fiction illustrator as well as art blogger. Win or loose, she plans to launch an online graphic novel, The Cloud Factory, in July of this year. View her portfolio at http://www.alexandra-douglass.com and her comic plans at http://cloudfactorycomics.com. She is also in the middle of a successful Kickstarter campaign to help fund the creation of her graphic novel at http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/lexxercise/life-beyond-the-clouds-kickstarting-the-cloud-fact. Penny Arcade is a webcomic focused on video games and gaming culture and is one of the longest running gaming webcomics currently online with 3.5 million readers, (according to Wikipedia). They also run Penny Arcade Expo, a network of three international gaming conventions, and Child's Play, a charity that supplies hospitals with toys and games for sick children. Parental Advisory: The Penny Arcade comic and the Strip Search show contain occasional strong language and mature jokes. #### Contact Matthew Douglass at mattdougl@gmail.com or 317-439-2267 for more information.