The Chimera Comics Collective is an organization of webcomic creators working across a monstrosity of different genres, styles and influences. Our aim is to lift the titles we catalog, provide a supportive community, and share resources among members to maximize everyone's chances to succeed. Much like a chimera, we embody a multitude of characteristics and abilities. Romance, horror, adventure, YA or adult—we celebrate what makes us unique, while working as one to build a supportive comic community. We'll be sharing resources, promotion and championing inclusivity and creativity.
  • ShaderunnersShaderunners

    A thousand years ago, the last colour in the world faded to grey. Now, after a great archaeological discovery, it stands ready to enter the world again. Ironwell City will become the birthplace of a burgeoning new industry, where colour is pumped out of factories, poured into perfumed bottles and sold at exorbitant prices to those wealthy enough to afford it.

    Now, in the city’s shadows, a group of ragtag bootleggers and bohemians band together to steal colour from the wealthy echelons of the city’s high society. Among them: a philosopher, a puppeteer, a gutter rat, an opera singer, a naval officer – and a hopeless romantic. Together, they run The Glass Dial, former watch shop and future speakeasy, where all the drinks run red.

  • Tigress QueenTigress Queen

    Barbarian warlord Kizarasunga and pampered Prince Jintu meet face to face for the first time at the negotiation table to end a war that has been raging for decades. Tensions are already high when the Emperor proposes a marriage alliance that he’s certain could solve everything. Needless to say, it doesn’t go over well.

    …Or does it?

    While neither is interested in a political marriage, both this graceful scholar and ferocious warrior find more common ground than they expect. Is it possible for mortal enemies to join hands before scheming opportunists take advantage of the mounting uncertainty?

  • Sister ClaireSister Claire

    Sister Claire is a novice nun, and all she ever wanted was a purpose in life, and a kitten would be nice, too. But when a beautiful blue businesswoman named Gabrielle explodes out of her toilet and tells her she's pregnant with the new Messiah, this Celibate Heroine realizes she may be in for more than she bargained for: a fantastic adventure to protect her miraculous baby (and possibly the universe) from total rapture.

  • PhantomarinePhantomarine

    Phantomarine is a spooky-but-sweet fantasy webcomic about a ghostly princess and her perilous journey across a haunted sea, hoping to save her soul from a devious, shapeshifting death god known as the Red Tide King.

    Expect all manner of maritime mysteries – monstrous sea creatures, sacred lighthouses, strange afflictions, accursed marauders, feuding gods, grand sea battles, and a heaping helping of humor in-between!

  • LIFT (Living in Future Tense)LIFT (Living in Future Tense)

    A sequel to Tripping Over You. Milo and Liam have settled into their long-term careers and begun a family. Their lives are uprooted, however, when Milo's baby sister needs a quiet place to heal from a traumatic accident.

  • Heroes of ThantopolisHeroes of Thantopolis

    Heroes of Thantopolis is a fantasy action-adventure comic about Cyrus, a young boy who was transported to the titular City of the Dead under mysterious circumstances. The conniving queen of the realm, Helene, taps Cyrus as her Champion and enlists him to fight against three wicked ghosts interested in taking over the city, in exchange for sending Cyrus home and getting his memories back. Luckily, Cyrus doesn’t have to do it alone. Along with his new ghost friends, Cyrus explores the afterlife, fights bad guys and unravels mysteries. Can Cyrus save Thantopolis? And is it really that his arrival in the city was random? Or is there more to Cyrus than it seems…?

  • The Witch DoorThe Witch Door

    Katariina Lehto and Jousia Muotka are neighbors. They haven't talked to each other, until one day a mischievous cat leads Katariina into Jousia's apartment.

    Katariina tells Jousia that she's a nurse, but not that she's on a sick leave because of burnout. Jousia tells her that he's a clairvoyant, but not that he's actually a witch. However, they find out about each other's secrets, and Jousia decides to help Katariina by introducing her to the many wondrous places behind a mysterious witch door.

  • How To Be a WerewolfHow To Be a Werewolf

    Malaya Walters was bitten by a werewolf as a child. After being raised by her human family, she faces the chance to learn what being a werewolf is really like as an adult.

  • Lies WithinLies Within

    Lysander lacks direction in his life… though he seems to be the only one who doesn’t mind. He’s content to live rent-free under his sister’s roof, get high, watch monster movies, and canoodle with Simon, the new neighbour who moved in a few months ago.

    When Lys is attacked one night by a strange intruder in his kitchen, it’s soft, quiet Simon who comes to his aid. In the process, he exposes Lys to a deadly secret:

    Monsters are real, and they’re tired of living humanity’s shadow.

  • StarhammerStarhammer

    StarHammer is the story of a teen who inherits a powerful alien artifact and proceeds to make a series of increasingly poor decisions.

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Posted May 17, 2015 at 09:00 am

The more human-shaped figure swung down quite easily from the bird creature's back; they were carrying a very small, light crossbow-like object, and braced it against their hip as they peered down at the form of the monster.

"Vau," they remarked. "Tha't leil."

The bird turned its weird masked face on Liya. "Ai!" they called. "Lu iu tseic Aetheridu? Era iu enn ryfhd?"

Liya hoisted herself out of the water very slowly, dripping on the edge of the pool. Her voice came out hoarse and stammering. "I d-don't s-speak Aetherian."

The bird turned to their companion. "Tseict English," they said.

"Nad ra," said the other, and unhooked the mask from their face.

The person beneath seemed ordinary enough--dark eyes, greyish skin, full lips in a sort of bracing smile. They slung the crossbow over their shoulder and said, in a sort of stilted and formal version of Liya's language, "We are friends. Are you hurt?"

Liya stared. She was having a hard time finding the words. She felt her shoulders start to tremble. "N-no," she mumbled, and dropped her gaze, "I'm...just...kinda cold..."

"Qunl," the unmasked person told the bird, who started, and then went for the simple unmarked bag that was hanging around their shoulders. Liya watched as the bird pulled a white blanket from the bag with surprising delicacy, using feathers on the edge of their wing that seemed to have formed into short claws at will. The unmasked person--whose breath was also fogging in the night air, now--turned back to Liya.

"We can call someone for you," they offered, "a sponsor? Family?"

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