The Crystal Key
While exploring her uncle’s house, Sera Paisley stumbles upon a tree growing in an upstairs bedroom. In that tree is a door. A door to another world! Now stranded there, Sera makes a deal with Raven, a famous thief, to find a way to find the magical Crystal Key and save her captured uncle.
This is a comic about your first crush - and how everything else in the world doesn’t matter when you have a crush. It’s also about learning to love yourself. And maybe even trying to forgive your mother, maybe.
What We Gained
in the Fire
Death to the Wizard-King!
Traveling knight Gwyndolyne Oaks is recruited by a town suffering from the neighboring Wizard-King, who is draining their lake to make artificial golems. Along with Rue, one of the villagers, Gwynne embarks on an adventure to defeat the Wizard and his golems and bring peace to the land.
This is a magical fantasy adventure tale and at the same time a completely human-made story of the dangers of AI and importance of community.
From Abra to Zubat
Neurodivergence explained through Pokemon
The world of Pokemon is full of diverse creatures. Some of these Pokemon can be seen as neurodivergent. This book describes these Pokemon to introduce different types of neurodivergences to help demystify them.
Transitions:
Queer Horror Comics
Transitions is a collection of 9 mostly silent, melancholic horror comics, all thematically focused through a queer lens.
Kyrie Rivers
the series
Kyrie Rivers is a Bodhisattva: one who forsakes death to help others reach their next life. In these vignettes, she tries to find her own path through the struggle that is living.
J Caden (they/them) is an illustrator, comic book artist, podcaster, dungeon master, and musician, among other things. J currently has 4 graphic novels and a few children’s books that they have written and illustrated. They also compose atmospheric music for podcasts.
The themes behind J's work focus on fun, in-depth fantasy worlds, true-to-life characters, and the enjoyment of creating, through a variety of media.
You can help support their work by following then on social media, buying shirts and prints from their stores, commissioning them, and supporting them on Patreon.
J lives in Atlanta with their wife, son, and a few cats and spends their days teaching.