About

"The story follows Coron, a stone golem, who can feel, and regenerate, and think about his lot in life. There are many others like him... and many more who aren't. That is because he's a special kind of golem called a Faithful. Everyone knows they are capable of feeling, regenerating, and thinking about their lot in life, but it's what they don't know that scares them. After all, the strongest of hate is often rooted in fear."

The World

   

The Comic

Aquapunk is almost 5 years in the making. This pelagic dystopia began as nothing more than a hobbyist's conlang: Sennin. Esani were created to speak the new language, mythologies were written to give them context, and a world was made for them to exist in. The idea of nosda didn't actually come until I'd read Frankenstein, Fahrenheit 451, Brave New World, and seen Battlestar Galactica and Michael Bay's Transformers. After all of those things came together, I began to see this world as one bent by racist stigma, corrupted by absolute power, and twisted by marketable immortality.

What could possibly go wrong?

The comic is drawn on 14"x17" bristol board with a saji nikko school pen nib and brush, and is colored in photoshop.

The Author

Lauren Baker, also known by the moniker "Pilot", is a 21 year old Angelino going to school in New York as an illustration (and unofficial cartooning) major at the School of Visual Arts. She likes robots, space, minimalist architecture, Land Art, Mark Rothko, J.C. Leyendecker, Metroid, Transformers, Tolkien, Star Wars, the reimagined Battlestar Galactica, Hellboy, Iron Man, industrial music, classic rock, dieselpunk, and dancing.