i make comics / represented by Paloma Hernando / patreon.com/otava / he pronouns
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i'm otava, i make queer comics for adult audiences about whatever sordid thing is occupying my heart at the moment
WEBSITE: otavaheikkila.net/ - links to full catalogue & contact info
ITCH STORE: claystorks.itch.io/ - pay-what-you-want comic releases
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dusting off this account to say the second chapter of "Time Will Devour His Children" is out, check it out if queer fantasy is your thing: claystorks.itch.io/time-will…
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21 Jan 2025
find me over here if you're looking for me
7 Nov 2024
also over at claystorks.bsky.social
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25 Nov 2024
(loads up a post with a link in it and shoots it into the void) posted two new gouache paintings on the wip tier of my patreon, sweet: patreon.com/c/otava
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31 Oct 2024
SBCF is over, thanks so much to everybody who got my comic and left me such thoughtful & kind messages! Now it's time for a little rest, and then on to next comic adventures... 🧙♂️⛓️
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The final hour! 🌾🔥
31 Oct 2024
Five hours left to get my comic, Home by the Rotting Sea, through the Shortbox Comics Fair! Thanks so much!
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And the interview I did for Coop Journal - I enjoyed doing this one, the questions were so well chosen & interesting!
15 Oct 2024
I talked about Home by the Rotting Sea, my process & creating in general for the lovely Coop Journal - be sure to check out the other interviews also, they've been a delight!
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my SBCF comics recommendations list - this is still missing some that I did read but haven't had time to add, and some that I want to read but haven't had time to yet - this year's comics crop has been of incredible quality:
24 Oct 2024
In honor of the final week, here's my Shortbox Comics Fair 2024 recommendations thread, updated daily or until my executive function runs out:
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Final rt of the preview also - Shortbox Comics Fair is on for a few more hours, during which you can get this comic, - thank you very much to everybody who has so far!
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31 Oct 2024
Five hours left to get my comic, Home by the Rotting Sea, through the Shortbox Comics Fair! Thanks so much!
shortboxcomicsfair.com/shop-…
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last 24-ish hours to get "Dr. Limos Plays God" my 160 page comic about the messiest guy ever that learns nothing
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30 Oct 2024
It's the final 24 hours to get comics from the Shortbox Comics Fair, including my comic, Home by the Rotting Sea: shortboxcomicsfair.com/shop-…
For the last daily showcase, here's the final color palette test I made before starting the comic. :] It feels pretty nostalgic now!
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25 Oct 2024
Those Who Leave by cowlick @cowlickmeadow
This personal contemplation on Chinese death rituals is one of those comics that manages to mend and hurt your heart in perfectly bittersweet proportions, a beautiful and detailed account in just 23 pages:
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30 Oct 2024
SACRED BODIES by VER @verface
A negotiation between a newly wedded couple that takes an angle not usually explored in a dynamic like this, but where it fits like a glove. And, you know, it looks THIS stunning:
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BALLAD FOR BLACK CASSANDRA by Olivia Stephens @OliveOilCorp
Kinetic, live-wire storytelling. Olivia's markmaking is so unique & effective here, the story flows with horrible & well-realized resolve to its conclusion, - an aching, beautiful read:
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29 Oct 2024
Two days left of the Shortbox Comics Fair - you can read the preview of my comic below, and buy it here until Oct 31st: shortboxcomicsfair.com/shop-…
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Home by the Rotting Sea, my 98-page comic about the Human King's two former playthings learning to live among the people known to them as giants, is available until Oct 31st through Shortbox Comics Fair: shortboxcomicsfair.com/shop-…
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