Aanii/Hello,

Welcome to my patreon page. Nice to meet you. Little bit about me. I'm an Indigenous artist and poet, this page is for my comic book projects.

I've an ongoing series called Navriss which I'm always working on with the hopes of getting published in print. The story is about an Indigenous man who wakes up dead and finds himself standing before his tombstone in the afterlife. To make matters worse Navriss has no memories of his life except one; he was loved and loved someone when he died. With this knowledge he leaves the graveyard and seeks out his memories in the hopes of discovering who t was that he was loved by.

I'm also working on a graphic novel, which is part of a trilogy of sci-fi novels, actually it's the middle book in the trilogy. That's right the first and last books will be traditional novels with the middle being a graphic novel. I've been told that my writing has a very cinematic feel to it, and that it works well with comic books and graphic novels which is how I see things when I write so that works out for me. The Krillinan Key: Salamander Run is about Kyrill Nickolas Savek aka Salamander who wakes up in the year 2242 in his 289th year of life. It's new year's day, he's apartment has been cleaned out by the party goers. He gets an anonymous video phone call from someone who alert him to his being discovered and that sets Salamander off on his epic chase through Neo-New York. The entire graphic novel is a real-time chase through his apartment building, across a roof, down 13 flights, through a neighboring building, the streets on foot and in a fusion powered Porsche Dragon through the streets. With interludes in the Arctic and various locations in Neo-New York as the conspiracy behind Salamander unfolds.

The three stories that I had been working on recently for several Indigenous anthologies are: The Krillian Key: Ogichidaawag Giizhigong, which translates from the Ojibwe language (Anishinabemowin), as "Warriors in Space." In the year 2242 aliens invade and take over and enslave roughly 95%, leaving the remaining to fend for themselves. Seven years later a fourth alien race arrives in the Earth Solar System, this one aims to kill off every last human being left. It's up to the crew of the pirate ship Nindedeyag Jiibayag (My Father's Ghost) to save what remains of humanity.

The second story is based on the short story by Gordon Henry, he's an Anishinabe Author, the story is called "The Prisoner of Haiku". It's about a boy who survives residential school, loses his voice in the abuse, and communicates as an adult only through written Haiku. I was asked to add 4 extra pages of work to this project which I've just completed.

The third project is called "Linger" and is based on my poem of the same name. It's part of a forthcoming Indigenous anthology where all the stories have something to do with Love.

Everything I do and create has some kind of Indigenous perspective, all my protagonists are Saulteaux, or another First Nations. My language and our traditions also shows up too.

As new projects come up I'll let you know about them and give you exclusive access to them.

In the meantime I also take commissions for comic book style illustrations of yourself in costume, you can message me for prices.

Gitchi migwetch (thank you very much)

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