I don’t know Tumblr’s fate in the future. I’m still going to be active here, but for those who’re leaving and want to follow my art elsewhere:
Twitter: @reimenayee
Instagram: @reimenayee
Deviantart: reimena
Webcomic: alcottgrimsley.com
Basically just search my name! I’ll most likely pop up. I’m most active on Twitter.
I think what’d I miss most if the exodus is real bad is the academic and visual resources here. There’s no other place on the internet that provides things like historical costuming, fun-facts and inspiration (from the macabre to the whimsical) ALL in one place, free and so accessible too. I can’t think where else I would learn about Catholic bejewelled catacomb skeletons if not on Tumblr.
No updates for awhile cause Patrik and I have guests! Currently hosting @reimenaashelyee , author of the Eisner nominated comic The Carpet Merchant of Konstantiniyya, during her stay in California. You can catch us a Friday and Sunday walking around at SDCC and next weekend at my booth at MidsummerScream in Long Beach, CA
If you haven’t read it and want something vampiric to read until the next Patrik page, definitely check out The Carpet Merchant and consider preordering the Volume I on Unbound :)
Read my webcomic THE CARPET MERCHANT OF KONSTANTINIYYA
Completed and free to read? ✅ A refreshing take on Gothic fictions set in 17th century Ottoman Istanbul? ✅ POC vampire in non-Western setting? ✅ Positive representation of Islam, featuring not just one but TWO Muslim protagonists (in a healthy relationship)?
✅ Gentle, kind, hopeful story that will have you emotionally wrecked?
✅ Pretty, detailed art and interesting comics layouts?
✅ Eisner-nominated and written/drawn by a Southeast Asian woman?
✅
Summary: A historical romance set in 17th century Istanbul and 18th century England, about a Turkish carpet merchant husband and wife, Zeynel and Ayse, and how their deep love for each other pulls them through the tragedy of Zeynel’s death and return as a vampire.
Summary:
Charlie & Clow is a paranormal action fantasy comic about Charlie, a college student, and Clow, a gothic guardian angel, and the supernatural creatures they fight to protect their city.
Summary: A medic and his team encounter a lone scavenger foraging in the ruins. After an attack on the mission party, the pair find themselves alone and drawn to each other, despite the masks they each wear…
Summary: Sleepy town best friends Jerry and Tammy have gathered the police to help them hunt down a terrible swamp monster. Or at least that is what they have made everyone believe that this chase is about.
Summary: Hana was never fond of Aiden, even before she learnt he might the reason why the world is going to end. As the three children search for the truth behind Aiden’s connection to the end of the world, all the sorrow, paranoia, anger and frustration that has been bubbling up in Hana comes to a boiling point.
Host (Tapas) (Warning: Body Horror and Blood/Gore)
Summary: Kala Sharma has recently been suffering from some strange symptoms. She seeks help from a mysterious person named Lex Lehmann who claims she has a life threatening parasite. He’s willing to remove the parasite but at a high price.
Summary: In a world full of superheroes, Alice has felt ‘invisible’ since she was a teenager, and not in a fun way. Resigning herself to a life of quiet loneliness, she dedicates herself to her studies and wins a scholarship to a university focused on training people to enter the industries surrounding and supporting heroes. Once there, however, she begins to discover that maybe she’s not quite as invisible as she assumed…
Summary: Living Space is a 130-page comic about a space museum janitor named Norma Abernathy. She lives a relatively solitary life in Seattle, content to be a loner. Her life comes to an abrupt halt when she learns that her mother has passed away. Determined to find closure, Norma leaves on a road trip with two complete strangers, Shaula Wasem and Phoebe Gita. On Norma’s journey, we see the struggles of trying to exist in a space outside our homemade habitat.
Our Story Begins With… (Tapas) (Warning: Homophobia)
Summary: All the stories have their beginning in an apparently trivial word, in a daily object, or in a forgettable accident. All are made of small moments that accumulate in boxes, gathering dust. All the stories deserve to be told, but now it’s time to tell the story of them, and of all the small objects that have built - and destroyed - their relationship.
Summary: Questables is a comedic fantasy webcomic following a dwarven monk, Robin, as she embarks on her first big quest! As she travels she meets plenty of folks on the road, and soon enough her one-woman mission turns into a tight knit family adventure. Questables is filled with good vibes and domestic moments, and pays homage to many classic tabletop RPG elements.
Summary: Haven’t you ever felt lonely? When you live in the middle of nowhere, away from your friends, wouldn’t you want something to change? “Wish upon a star and maybe something will.”
Supernormal Step (Hiveworks) (Warning: Blood/Gore, Death, and Violence)
Summary: The story of a girl named Fiona who is trapped in a world full of superheroes, magic, monsters, and robots, and she’s just trying to punch her way out.
Summary: Tinder is an LGBTQ+ comic about a witch who falls for another witch in her program. There’s a catch though, our main character finds that she’s having trouble not exposing her crush because every time she sees her crush, her hair sets on fire and it only seems to be getting worse. What will she do?
If you enjoy any of these webcomics I encourage you to reblog this post or reblog their works. Most if not all of the comics mentioned rely on word of mouth to grow their audiences. All of these wonderful creators deserve to have their stories seen and heard and you can help by spreading the word!
Summary: A historical romance set in 17th century Istanbul and 18th century England, about a Turkish carpet merchant husband and wife, Zeynel and Ayse, and how their deep love for each other pulls them through the tragedy of Zeynel’s death and return as a vampire.
Summary:
Charlie & Clow is a paranormal action fantasy comic about Charlie, a college student, and Clow, a gothic guardian angel, and the supernatural creatures they fight to protect their city.
Summary: A medic and his team encounter a lone scavenger foraging in the ruins. After an attack on the mission party, the pair find themselves alone and drawn to each other, despite the masks they each wear…
Summary: Sleepy town best friends Jerry and Tammy have gathered the police to help them hunt down a terrible swamp monster. Or at least that is what they have made everyone believe that this chase is about.
Summary: Hana was never fond of Aiden, even before she learnt he might the reason why the world is going to end. As the three children search for the truth behind Aiden’s connection to the end of the world, all the sorrow, paranoia, anger and frustration that has been bubbling up in Hana comes to a boiling point.
Host (Tapas) (Warning: Body Horror and Blood/Gore)
Summary: Kala Sharma has recently been suffering from some strange symptoms. She seeks help from a mysterious person named Lex Lehmann who claims she has a life threatening parasite. He’s willing to remove the parasite but at a high price.
Summary: In a world full of superheroes, Alice has felt ‘invisible’ since she was a teenager, and not in a fun way. Resigning herself to a life of quiet loneliness, she dedicates herself to her studies and wins a scholarship to a university focused on training people to enter the industries surrounding and supporting heroes. Once there, however, she begins to discover that maybe she’s not quite as invisible as she assumed…
Summary: Living Space is a 130-page comic about a space museum janitor named Norma Abernathy. She lives a relatively solitary life in Seattle, content to be a loner. Her life comes to an abrupt halt when she learns that her mother has passed away. Determined to find closure, Norma leaves on a road trip with two complete strangers, Shaula Wasem and Phoebe Gita. On Norma’s journey, we see the struggles of trying to exist in a space outside our homemade habitat.
Our Story Begins With… (Tapas) (Warning: Homophobia)
Summary: All the stories have their beginning in an apparently trivial word, in a daily object, or in a forgettable accident. All are made of small moments that accumulate in boxes, gathering dust. All the stories deserve to be told, but now it’s time to tell the story of them, and of all the small objects that have built - and destroyed - their relationship.
Summary: Questables is a comedic fantasy webcomic following a dwarven monk, Robin, as she embarks on her first big quest! As she travels she meets plenty of folks on the road, and soon enough her one-woman mission turns into a tight knit family adventure. Questables is filled with good vibes and domestic moments, and pays homage to many classic tabletop RPG elements.
Summary: Haven’t you ever felt lonely? When you live in the middle of nowhere, away from your friends, wouldn’t you want something to change? “Wish upon a star and maybe something will.”
Supernormal Step (Hiveworks) (Warning: Blood/Gore, Death, and Violence)
Summary: The story of a girl named Fiona who is trapped in a world full of superheroes, magic, monsters, and robots, and she’s just trying to punch her way out.
Summary: Tinder is an LGBTQ+ comic about a witch who falls for another witch in her program. There’s a catch though, our main character finds that she’s having trouble not exposing her crush because every time she sees her crush, her hair sets on fire and it only seems to be getting worse. What will she do?
If you enjoy any of these webcomics I encourage you to reblog this post or reblog their works. Most if not all of the comics mentioned rely on word of mouth to grow their audiences. All of these wonderful creators deserve to have their stories seen and heard and you can help by spreading the word!
THE CARPET MERCHANT OF KONSTANTINIYYA VOL II IS NOW CROWDFUNDING!! (link)
In the second and final installment of
the Eisner-nominated online graphic novel, we follow Zeynel, a carpet
merchant turned vampire, as he travels across the West in search of
home, after the passing of his wife, Ayse. Through a young English
friend, Alfred Grimsley, Zeynel moves to a quiet town in Southeast
England. There he finds himself at the centre of a fad for all things
Turkish, grappling with the meaning of home as it is distorted by the
lens of Orientalism.
Three years later, he is surprised
when he finds the vampire responsible for his death — Mora Strigoi — at
his door begging for forgiveness. While Zeynel and Mora struggle to make
sense of each other’s differences, Alfred Grimsley uncovers a trail of
blood made by a mysterious serial killer, and makes the terrifying
discovery that it ends at the doorstep of his closest friend, Zeynel.
HEY GANG!! We’re gonna do it like we did for Volume One and crowdfund another big, chonky graphic novel. This time, in blue!
The aesthetic will be the same as the last book – hardcover with gold foil with interiors inspired by English Rococo and Ottoman Turkish art. There are three new exclusive rewards for this volume: a bat x tulip gold enamel pin, a re-release of the nightingale x rose pin, and a specially woven carpet bookmark. Standard rewards include the transcript, the supplementary guide, signed bookplates and your name as a patron at the back of the book.
If you love graphic novels about POC vampires with gorgeous production values, a deliciously heartbreaking story, and a lot of salt against Orientalism written by a POC author, this is the book for you. Become a supporter now.
☆ Castoff is a fantasy-adventure comic about magic kids with glowing eyes on the run from their problems (and the fantasy cops). Contents include magic boys, badass ladies, fight scenes and found family. New pages every Monday and Friday! ☆
