Q. What is “Theri There”?
A. “Theri There” is an online comic by, for, and about therianthropes and otherkin, and other such people whose identities are defined in non-physical ways. This isn't a science fiction tale about people who transform into werewolves and fight mad scientists. Instead, these are the true stories of real live modern-day people and their spiritualities. Here's the title explained in a comic.

I started the comic in September 2005, updated weekly on Mondays, although the pace slowed down until present 2007. It is currently on hiatus.

Thanks to Kevin Pease (author of online comic Absurd Notions) for vectorizing and partially redesigning the logo that I designed for Theri There.

Q. What are therianthropes and otherkin?
A. That's a question larger than the scope of this FAQ, but I'll give you a start. Therianthropes, otherkin, draconic people, and so on are people who identify with being something other than human, often in spirit. (The names are different because some like-minded communities developed separately. They're not quite synonymous with one another, but close enough.) For example, a certain person who believes that he had a past life as a wolf, or another person who feels that she is elven in spirit. The earliest documented use of the word "otherkin" was in 1996. However, the idea was around long before it was named, judging by the people who identified with it before they knew that anyone else did so-- myself included. To read more of what others have said on this subject, refer to the links page.

Q. Who makes this comic?
A. One person, going by the name of Orion Sandstorrm. I'm an artist, writer, and dragon. It figures that I'd put those traits together and make a comic about therianthropy. As an artist telling about what I observe, I'm like a reporter, not a leader. There are no leaders in the otherkin and therianthrope communities, because each person must find their own path, which may be wildly different from that of anybody else. You have to figure out your own identity, and nobody else can do that for you.

Q. Will there be guest comics on “Theri There?” I'd like to see many points of view on the subject.
A. Yes, that would be wonderful and highly appropriate and helpful and exactly what I always wanted! However, they still would be guests in my comic, so I'd be picky about what I allow to appear on there. Heck, I'm maddeningly picky about which of my own comic ideas are allowed to air. Guest comics would have to follow the same rules as I do when I'm writing Theri There. If you're interested in making a guest comic, read more here.

Q. I'm looking for a specific past comic. I remember what was in it, but not when it was. How do I find it?
A. Well, you could browse through the entire archives by date, looking for it, but that would be tedious. There's a better alternative. Every week's comic of “Theri There” is mirrored in our Livejournal community. Each entry has tags indicating what has appeared in that comic. If you're looking for a comic that you knew had a wolf in it, refer to the full list of all tags used, find that there's a tag for wolves, and browse through all the entries with that tag.