Ariel (The Little Mermaid) released a four-issue "The Little Mermaid Limited Series" comic book series. In 1994 Marvel Comics released its own title, "Disney's The Little Mermaid", which ran for twelve issues. All these comics are prequels to the film, and feature Ariel a mermaid living under the sea having adventures with Flounder and Sebastian, and thwarting villains that wish to take over or destroy Atlantica. In 2000, Ariel became an official member of the newly launched Disney Princess line, an umbrella franchise that includes various Disney princesses under its banner. Ariel is one of the original 8 characters that were included at the
Sebastian (2017 film) entertainer Katya Zamolodchikova, as Xenia. Writing for "Toronto Film Scene" magazine, William Brownridge described the film as a relatively typical and predictable romantic drama, but praised the film for depicting well-rounded gay characters: "you may know where Sebastian is headed, but that doesn’t take away from the touching journey to get you there." Sebastian (2017 film) Sebastian is a Canadian romantic drama film, which premiered at the Inside Out Film and Video Festival in May 2017. The feature directorial debut of James Fanizza, the film is an expansion of the 2014 short film of the same name, which was written