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Anthology #12: Destinations – Call for Submissions

DESTINATIONS It’s been a long journey, full of hardships and joys, grueling work and quiet moments. Now, you’ve finally arrived. Show us how you got there, why you embarked on the quest, who you were with, and where your target lies. Show us your DESTINATION.  Deadlines We need submissions by April 13, 2022.If we accept your submission, your finished work will be due to us by mid-May,…

Pink Pitcher on Wilderness, Textile Arts, and “Summit”

Pink Pitcher (she/her) is an artist, author, seamstress, druid, and textile and domestic historian (among other titles). Her short comic, “Summit,” will appear in the DESTINATIONS Anthology. Pink is currently publishing her first comic—Root & Branch—as an ongoing story in both print and web. She enjoys costuming and cosplay in a variety of genres, and would love to draw your RPG character. Click…

LK Ingino on Gallows Humor, “Never Say Boo,” and Creating All the Things

LK Ingino is a speculative fiction and comic writer, poet (Leanne Kathleen Ingino), and singer. She loves fairytales, myths, dark tales, the strange and bizarre, dark humor, and puns so bad they’re good. In addition to her short comic, “Never Say Boo,” coming in the DESTINATIONS Anthology, she’s had short comics published in multiple anthologies including Cthulhu is Hard to Spell 2, Tales from…

Kaytee Brown on Arthurian Legend, Getting Slapped by Inspiration, and “Nimue”

Kaytee Brown (she/her) is a Seattle-based artist, colorist, and writer. She is the creator of “Nimue,” a short comic set in an alternative Arthurian legend, where Excalibur’s fate is changed…by a sandwich. It will appear in the Destinations Anthology. Click here to support “Nimue” on Kickstarter! In addition to the Destinations Anthology, she has pieces appearing in the anthology Sharp Wit and…

Andrii Ostapenko on War, Travel, Magic, and “Shortcut”

Andrii Ostapenko (he/him) is the writer of “Shortcut“, a short comic exploring the responsibility in magic. It appears in the Destinations Anthology with art by Kamilla Sims. Click here to learn more on Kickstarter! Andrii is a traveler and aspiring writer from Ukraine, dealing with war and whatnot for the moment. Usually when no war is happening, he seeks stories outside and on paper, trying…

Kamilla Sims on Travel, Magic, and “Shortcut”

Kamilla Sims created beautiful art for “Shortcut,” a cautionary tale about the misuse of magic written by Andrii Ostapenko. It’s coming soon in the Destinatons Anthology—click here to follow now on Kickstarter! Kamilla Sims is a comic artist and illustrator who specializes in colorful and expressive work. In the rare moments, she’s not drawing she can before reading or chilling out and enjoying…

Chris Lackie on “The Bottom,” Horror Writing, and Canadian Baking

Chris Lackie’s short comic, “The Bottom” is a terrifying tale about a destination traveler whose goals have turned him into the very thing he hunts—a monster! With art by Sean Bova, “The Bottom” will appear in the forthcoming Destinations Anthology. Click here to follow the anthology now on Kickstarter! Chris Lackie has written comics published by Red Stylo Media, Oneshi Press, and Arledge…

Erin Ptah on “The Traveler,” Inspiration, and Keeping Going

Erin Ptah is a humanist cartoonist who likes magic, time travel, and making her characters suffer. She lives in a swing state with a storage room full of sketchbooks and a very needy cat. She is the creator of the long-running webcomics And Shine Heaven Now, But I’m A Cat Person, and Leif & Thorn. Her short comic, “The Traveler” is set in the world of Leif & Thorn. It will appear in the upcoming…