Octopolis

Octopolis is a sci-fi fantasy comic series about a future where humans are extinct and octopuses have inherited the Earth.

In 2024 I raised over $32k on Kickstarter to self-publish and print Book One of the series, Octopolis: Holdfast.

This project reflects my approach to systems thinking, long-term world-building, and end-to-end ownership. I write and illustrate Octopolis. I also execute the digital prepress and directed the production of the print books from start to finish.

The Quidnunc looms imperiously over two deferential suppliants. The 64 arms of the eight pontifices interweave, forming a nonverbal network as they dispense their collective dogma upon their domain. Patterns ripple across this ring of interlocked su
Close-up of stony coral #sciart #coral #marinelife
Announcement: I made a board book! If you've got a small friend who's into marine animals but still learning numbers and colors, they'll love The Octopus Dinner Party! This book was made as a gift for my niece, but in order to get it printed, I had
The Emperor stands erect on a terraced throne of staghorn coral. He wears a bejeweled crown ring around his spiked mantle, and wields a turitella shell spear. A large nautilus shell covers his third right arm, and harp snail envelops his fore-arm. Sw
Octopolis: Holdfast was released about a year ago, so to commemorate that I want to share with you one of the coolest book reviews I got last year. Two readers, KJ and Jill, got a review from a Giant Pacific Octopus ! KJ and Jill are both dry-suit s
Come join Octopolis at the East Bay Alternative Book and Zine Fest today from 12-5pm at the David Brower Center in Berkeley! The event is free, and there will be lots of cool people there! #berkeley #ebabz @ebabzfest
The Empress reclines within her throne of fan coral and corallimorph cushion. To one side she grasps a staghorn coral staff, and on the other a sand dollar shield. Within her web rest developing eggs. Around her is wrapped a domesticated moray eel. A
My local dive shop @bambooreef went out of business this month. Bamboo Reef was right down the street from @sarsh.wav and me after we got married, and it was there we trained to get our Advanced Open Water certification. I've met incredible people a
The Oracle sits on a throne made of an open oyster shell, holding articles of divination: coral, sea grapes, and an ancient scroll of sacred knowledge preserved in a corked bottle of glass. She is framed by two billowing columns of hydrothermal smoke
Gone fishing 🐙🐋🐡 #octopus #fish #sciart #octopolis
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