Of all the depictions I've made of Chadhiyana, this one might be my favourite. The colours, the movement, the texture in the paints.
I have more I'm working on and stories too, in addition to A Kid and A Comic.
Now available as an 11"x17" print.
#Chadhiyana #TheGirlwiththeFireRingedEyes #OC
"...even though she knew that simply couldn’t be true. Why couldn’t she remember, she was with Hope and Papa Jacques by the campfire. Then there was
the pain and the blood."
"Everything was a blur. Grace was running, running hard. Her breath was coming in ragged gasps. There was a stitch in her side. She felt as if she had been sprinting for an hour... (cont in comment)
~from Robert J. Sodaro's Taste the Moon
#werewolffiction #WülfGirlz #TastetheMoon #werewolfnovel
An unused cover for Robert J. Sodaro's Wülf Girlz novella, Taste the Moon, by the late Melvin Ylglan.
A traditional art painting depicting the main characters, Hope and Grace.
#WülfGirlz #TastetheMoon #werewolffiction #werewolfnovel #creatorownedpublishing
“Truly, brother Jacques, in all my days on this Earth, I’ve never experienced a pair of wülflings so attuned to the rhythms of the Moon or with each other. Tudor them well, my brother, and they will well enhance the story of the People.”
~from Robert J. Sodaro's Taste the Moon
#werewolffiction
Chadhiyana as she first appeared in A Kid and A Comic back in the beginning of 2024. Has it been that long already? Two stories in and more exclusives to come.
I still love this depiction of her.
#fantasycomic #Chadhiyana #adventurecomic #indiecomics #newspapercomics
A great loss for independent and creator-owned comics this week with Mike Richardson being let go as CEO of Dark Horse Comics.
Though the "Dark" in Dark Horse did not inspire our name, the spirit of what Dark Horse was doing (and hopefully will continue to do) did inspire us.
"The story was that horrific to me. It was my story, but it frightened me. It was the tale of a pair of children out in the world (presumably) unprotected from the terrifying monsters that occupy the world around them." ~from Robert Sodaro's Taste the Moon
#werewolfnovel #werewolffiction #WülfGirlz
"Hey, that's not a heart with am arrow in it carved into that tree..." ~ from Robert J. Sodaro's Taste the Moon: A Wülf Girlz Tale.
Available through multiple sellers on darkfirepress.com
#werewolfnovel #werewolffiction #werewolfwomen #wolfgirls #WülfGirlz
Well, this just released on Sunday: my variant cover for Dennis Robinson/Hive Head Studio's Lycan Chapter 4--a series about the world's first werewolf.
Please consider backing the project & picking up my cover: www.kickstarter.com/projects/wor...
#LycanComic #werewolfcomic #indiecomics
Illustration from Robert J. Sodaro's Wülf Girlz novella: Taste the Moon.
A tale about two sisters who unwittingly become cursed but use that curse for retribution against evil.
#werewolfnovel #werewolffiction #werewolfwomen #wolfgirls #WülfGirlz
(2/2) "...that wandered amid Jean Rollin's distinctively dreamlike 1970s movies..." ~ from the introduction by Stephen R. Bissette
(Taste the Moon by Robert J. Sodaro)
#WülfGirlz #TastetheMoon #horrornovella #werewolffiction #werewolfnovel
"...and consider the Wülf Girlz themselves, looking neither like Red Riding Hood, the archetypal "wolf girl" (as prey/potential victim), or like the scantily-dressed virgins and vampires...
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#WülfGirlz #TastetheMoon #horrornovella #werewolffiction #werewolfnovel
(2/2): Still working through a few other cosmetic changes on the site, but you can still browse all our current titles and where to buy them, with more coming soon.
Small changes happening on darkfirepress.com -- we dropped our sidebar in favour of a cleaner design!
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#publisherwebsite #webdesign #websitedesign #indiepublishing #indiepublisher
(2/2) Creator-Owned means creator-created to us--not machine generated.
We don't post our views on much, but since there is a trend going around, it's worth mentioning that we at DFP are *strongly!* against generative AI of any sort (artwork, writing, etc). It's even addressed in our contract.
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#NoAI #antiAI #fuckai
Small mistake on our part (or big), but apparently Robert J. Sodaro's Wülf Girlz is available to order in the November Philviews from Philbo Distribution.
Orders already are in, so get in on this one-shot horror comic or ask your LCS to order on philbodistribution.com
#WülfGirlz #indiecomics #LCS
An illustration from Taste the Moon by @rjsodaro.bsky.social
Links to purchase on darkfirepress.com/books/tastet...
#werewolffiction #werewolfnovel #werewolfart #indiepublishing #creatorowned
Late last year I found a last, small stack of The Tainted Ones comic. Written and drawn to be an inexpensive sample of my art and writing, it's had positive feedback. Same vibes as The Kirklyn Horror, and I'd like to expand it. Just haven't landed on a plot I like...yet.
#horrorcomic #indiecomics
We have it on good authority that copies of Taste the Moon have been delivered to its author @rjsodaro.bsky.social !
#TastetheMoon #WülfGirlz #DarkFirePress #indiepublishing #creatorownedpublishing
Skulls are so much fun to draw--my whole life really. These were no different.
From a panel of the latest Chadhiyana strip in A Kid and A Comic
#Chadhiyana #indiecomics #AKidandAComic #swordandsorcerycomics #darkfantasyart
Have you been hiding under a rock?
There is an on-going Chadhiyana series in A Kid and a Comic newspaper. 7 issues a season & a new adventure each season.
This season: Chadhiyana searches for a missing girl only to find a deadly foe who will haunt her for issues to come
#Chadhiyana #AKidandaComic
Shout out to my art prints printer, Dean Morris at ThinkGPC for going above & beyond to make sure I had these new #Chadhiyana prints (after some technical difficulties).
Haven't even posted the artwork yet, but he did such a great job, I had to give him props.
#GoogleplexCollectibles #ThinkGPC
It's rare I post my personal views on social media. Mostly because I have businesses to run & I worry how it will affect things. I'm also very much a believer in acting, not reacting. And yet, I second guess myself often--even my art which is one of the things I can act with.
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Another new feature coming to our comic publications: a new Dark Fire Press ad, featuring J. M. DeSantis's Gentleman Cthulhu (the character that started this whole operation)!
"Dark Fire Press books & comics. For impeccable reading materials. Cheers!" ~GC
#GentlemanCthulhu #indiecomics #indiebooks
The New Year is upon us, & I have a solid list of shows for the first three months.
Because I'm cutting back a bit & refocusing that time elsewhere, these show posts will come in blocks like this, including pre-show commissions (for the upcoming block) & newest releases.
See you on the road in '26
This seems to be a trend, so...
It's been an odd year creatively (which I'll post more about tomorrow), and very Nosferatu-focused (following the remake--because, of course!). A couple variant covers. Chadhiyana. Branching out into some animal art.
Looking to do a lot more in 2026! #artvartist2025
I have so much to be proud of & grateful for this year. I also have some things I'm not content with (like the creative output vs the hours spent on shows).
I wrote a fuller blog about it: jmdesantis.com/2025/12/year...
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Here at Dark Fire Press we love to share all our strange little "accomplishments", like that our comics will now include standard dressing for titles without their own images.
And who knows? This may even be a hint at some coming initiatives...
#creatorownedpublishing #indiepublishing
