OPCA #12: Destinations (Paperback)

Description

It’s been a long journey, full of hardships and joys, grueling work and quiet moments. Now, we’ve finally arrived.

The DESTINATIONS Anthology is a 140-page collection of 17 stunning indie comics by 30 creators of diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and geographies.

From fae paramours to angry centurions to backcountry backpacking to Antarctic exploration and ghost museums and time travel and beyond, DESTINATIONS reimagines arrivals, endings, and destiny itself.

With stunningly imagined cover art by Yue Feng, the anthology opens with an introduction from Jeff Foulsham, and then…

Short Comics

• In “Summit” by Pink Pitcher, travel on a lone hiker’s epic journey to find that most elusive of destinations…peace.
• Next, love warrior Tracy Queen’s partner is abducted on her way to movie night—but in this short comic by Lynsey G and El Nizam, these kidnappers don’t know who her girlfriend is.
• In L. K. Ingino and Hiorsh Gabotto‘s “Never Say Boo,” one man has finally achieved his lifelong goal…but how will he say, “I told you so”?
• “The Bottom” is a cautionary tale by Chris Lackie and Sean Bova about a man whose goals have turned him into the very thing he hunts—a monster!
• A roguish team of adventurers must outwit—and outswim—a superior force if they want to make it home, in Yue Feng‘s “Kingdom of the Sun.”
• Then, in “Sharon” by David Lee Andrews and Rod Rodollfo, a hapless centurion deals with every soldier’s biggest fear…a cranky mum!
• Mamode Ogbewele and Ibrahim Ganiyu‘s backstory behind one of Nigeria’s greatest superheroes, “Ajiun” is a tale of justice, vengeance…and beginnings.
• In “The Traveler” by Erin Ptah, a man lost in time meets the one person he should never tangle timelines with…his husband!
• Next, Charley Macorn and Phobia Solara‘s Lynda Linda: Unlicensed Detective meets her match in an influencer with a big bank account and a dark secret, in “Midnight at the Ghost Museum”!
• In “Castle BigMart” by Jayel Draco, “Skooba” Steve Myers, and Whitney Cook, the zombie apocalypse has just begun, but that doesn’t mean you can’t have some fun!
• And, in Avery Rawlins‘s “The Red Thread,” the same line that separates one woman from her fears also holds her back from her best life.
• Then, our favorite PACK of canine vigilantes helps a kid make his way home past hidden dangers in this short comic from Lynsey G and Sean Bova.
• The mystery of how telepathy began deepens while the battle over who will control its power heats up in “Bloom Squad, Part 4” by from James Wayne Johnson and Marcelo Salaza.
• Next, “Nimue” by Kaytee Brown imagines Arthurian legend that’s changed utterly…by a sandwich.
• “Shortcut” by Andrii Ostapenko and Kamilla Sims introduces a son who can’t wait to use magic…but whose mother has a lesson to teach him first!
• Finally, in Jayel Draco and Michel Abstracto‘s “Enter the Oneshiverse” follows our space-faring mascot, K.F. Kat Fish, as he explores the many destinations Oneshi Press has visited so far.

Join us and discover your destination!

What they’re saying about Destinations:

“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

“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