OPCA #11: Becoming (Paperback)

Description

It happens in the space between an origin and destination. In the moments between concept and completion. The process of becoming can be beautiful, painful, ecstatic. The eleventh comics anthology from Oneshi Press, BECOMING, brings together 16 short comics from 37 diverse creators. 

Wrapped in luminous cover art by Sonne, the anthology starts with a macabre introduction from Lynsey G and Michel Abstracto.

Short Comics

• “I Can’t Wait” from Russell Nohelty and Angela Oddling reflects on enjoying the process of becoming as much as the destination.
• Then, Silena Nikolopoulou’s “Metamorphosis” is a reminder that change can be terrifying.
• “The Chicxulub Impact” from Kyle Lawrence, Feli White, and Franco G Colman is a psychedelic journey millions of years in the making.
• In “The Harlequin” from Julian Dominguez, Esther Pimentel, and Toben Racicot, one girl’s dreams meet the hard work required to live them.
• “Best Foot Forward” from Cedric Hood, Alexander Mortarion, and Jaymes Reed reveals a cryptid becoming what humans have always thought him to be.
• Charley Macorn, Phobia Solara, and Cardinal Rae’s “Lynda Linda, Unlicensed Detective” ventures into her town’s dark underbelly to become the detective she wants to be.
• Then, L.K. Ingino, El Nizam, and Chuck Pineau reveal “The Creeping Madness” of too many things going “bump” in the night.
• “Metamorphosis – Chrysalis” from Missy and Eldkrind introduces an underworld where body mods help people change, both outside and in.
• Then, Nic Touris, Nikki Powers, and Zakh Fair’s “The Flames of Change” shows the powerful magic of being one’s true self.

Continuing Stories

• The anthology’s continuing stories begin with “Tracy Queen, V3.2” from Lynsey G, Jayel Draco, Jeff Foulsham, Ludwig “Flattsquat” Olimba, and Cardinal Rae. A NSFW hero first gets what she needs—with a little help from K.F. Kat Fish.
• Then, in Miguel Colón’s “Lomack: The Giant Warrior Angel, Part 7,” our hero finds help to rescue the only person who’s made him feel alive since the war.
• “Children of Gaia: The Invitation” by Jayel Draco and Cardinal Rae follows a young explorer on the journey that changed his life.
• “Ziegler Box, Part 4” from Chaka Brown Freeman, Vicente Alcázar, Nouri Zander, and Greg Gallagher reveals how vampires with two thirsts became what they are.
• Then, “Bloom Squad, Part 3” from James Wayne Johnson and Marcelo Salaza shows one man’s troubles becoming a whole town’s problem.
• Finally, in “PACK 4.1” from Lynsey G, Jayel Draco, Jeff Foulsham, “Flattsquat,” and Cardinal Rae, a boy searches for a friend…who’s also public enemy number one.

Join us and discover what you’re becoming.

Here’s what they’re saying about Becoming:

“Like watching a slideshow of someone else’s dreams…a little different, a little new and very, very, indie.
—Morgan Quaid, Super Serious Comics

“Oneshi Press anthologies are the indispensable inspiration of hope and representation this industry needs!”
—Joey Galvez, The House of Indie

“Anything I say other than ‘I liked it’ is a spoiler…I was intrigued. I want to see what happens next!“
—It Came from the Radio