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.
  • Ghost Junk SicknessGhost Junk Sickness

    Trigger Elliot is a bounty hunter who travels around the galaxy with his not-so-fully-licensed-and-technically-illegal-hunting-partner Vahn Gavotte. They’re lousy at what they do and often resort to petty tactics just to get a bounty, this is their life.

    Their home planet, June 7, is a world rebuilding itself from an inexplicable catastrophic phenomenon that destroyed 75% of the planet’s surface. It has been 5 years since the destruction of June 7 and the planet now thrives on the transient and growing population of bounty hunters. Trigger and Vahn’s routine changes when a ambiguous huge bounty surfaces; an alleged bounty hunter killer named the ‘ghost’ with frightening abilities and an unknown motive. When Trigger’s past catches up with him, there begins a strain on his and Vahns hunting dynamic, forcing them to become further involved in chasing the elusive and unpredictable ghost.

  • 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.

  • StarhammerStarhammer

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

  • White NoiseWhite Noise

    When Hawk's brother Emry is killed and his half-sister Liya stolen away by otherworldly soldiers, Hawk is determined to find the only family he has left, no matter what it takes...even if that means crossing a country that wants creatures like him snuffed out.

    Liya, meanwhile, finds herself alone on another planet populated by monsters. Full of grief over her lost brothers and anger at the enemy now surrounding her, she struggles to understand this new world she's been forced to take part in--and slowly begins to realize that all the things she thought she knew about it were wrong.

  • In Blood We RiseIn Blood We Rise

    The fates are weaving their yarn, destiny is already decided.

    And there's nothing Theodore can do about it.

    But when he meets Oliver everything takes a step to the left into uncertainty.

    Together they discover the forgotten past and the unwritten future!

    And, of course, love.

  • Daughter of the LiliesDaughter of the Lilies

    Thistle is a masked mage with a mysterious power, an enigmatic past, and, of course, the great burden of Destiny on her shoulders.

    She’s chased out of every town with torches and pitchforks when the locals see her face, and is eagerly sought after by a great and terrible figure who defines most of her dark thoughts towards herself. In desperation, she briefly joins up with a small band of Mercenaries, but finds herself swept up in and caught off guard by their loyalty and acceptance.

    Who (or what) is Thistle? Where did she come from? Will these unruly, uncultured, rough-around-the-edge fighters be the ones to help Thistle realize her sense of self-worth in time to stop the shadows of her past from overwhelming and consuming the world?

  • 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.

  • Bicycle BoyBicycle Boy

    Bicycle Boy is a post-apocalyptic sci-fi adventure comic by Jackarais.

    Our protagonist--a cyborg who calls himself 'Poet'--cannot recall anything before the day he woke up in the middle of the desert, surrounded by corpses.

    With no memories, no purpose and no idea what the hell is going on, he sets out to find answers.

  • 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.

  • 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?

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Posted April 16, 2017 at 12:00 pm

Liya looked at Yoshi doubtfully, but he turned away again, saying as he crossed over to the chest of drawers, "Do you want to go into Escalus with me? I want to look for my construct."

Liya eyed her own reflection again. "Your...? Oh! Your bird phone thing."

"Yes." Yoshi had pulled on a white sweater over his open-backed undershirt; it was printed with curly gold leaves and vines. He pulled his long hair out of the neck of the sweater, shaking it back over his shoulders. Liya looked sheepish.

"You din't get it back when I dropped it?"

"No."

"Oh." Liya joined him at the chest of drawers as he finished getting his hair out of his face. "Y-yeah, I'll go. 'S my fault it's lost."

"Then you'll need a scarf," he said kindly, and handed her one. "It's supposed to snow today."

This piqued Liya's interest, and she looked at Yoshi with wide eyes. "Snow?? I've never seen snow."

 

It was not snowing yet by the time they got into the city, but the sky hung heavily overhead, so darkly grey and hazy that it was hard to tell what time of day it was. Under this the city of Escalus spread outward from the southern side of the main river; it only stretched a few miles from the river's edge, to where it was hemmed in at the south by a lake, where a canal dug from the main river emptied. In those few miles though, brightly-colored buildings clustered all up against each other tightly along the curved roads and canals.

Liya looked up at the sky, but it showed no sign of snowing just yet--it was merely flat grey. Her breath steamed, though, and along with the borrowed scarf she'd donned a pair of simple earmuffs. Yoshi walked beside her, wearing a warm tan jacket with a fleece collar, but seeming otherwise unbothered by the cold.

"So, uh," Liya said, breaking the silence. "Is there a reason we're taking side streets?"

They were in fact walking down a narrow road that wound between unmarked, presumably residential, buildings. The buildings were all narrow and close together, joining in places via bridges or overhead walkways or small mossy courtyards. Each building was a different color--here bright yellow, there a slate blue painted over with flowers and murals--and all had moss growing on them that seemed to flourish in the damp, even with the cold. The river reeds that sprang up in every available space up against the sides of the buildings showed the season, though, and had gone brownish and dry. The street was totally empty and totally silent.

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