Bubblegum Punk

Art blog of Ari Coester. He/him. Mid 20s. Zines. Comics. Illustrations. My favorite things to draw are animals and monsters.

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New pages are up! Time for some difficult conversations!

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The Catchild

In this middle grade and up fable, follow 11-year old demigod Adara on her quest to find the godly mother she's never known and unravel wher

New Pages are up! Sidequest with Dad!

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The Catchild

In this middle grade and up fable, follow 11-year old demigod Adara on her quest to find the godly mother she's never known and unravel wher

Another Monday, another update! We love a good hug in this house. Ignore the tears in the final panel, it's fine.

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https://the-catchild.webcomic.studio/c6a1465f9d5ea4ac105bd8888beabeb67/13

New Pages Up! Planning a route.

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The Catchild

In this middle grade and up fable, follow 11-year old demigod Adara on her quest to find the godly mother she's never known and unravel wher

Weekly update is up! An antagonist emerges....

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The Catchild

In this middle grade and up fable, follow 11-year old demigod Adara on her quest to find the godly mother she's never known and unravel wher

New page is up! Time to argue with your dad!

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A zine about learning to love a very clever bird.

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The Catchild

In this middle grade and up fable, follow 11-year old demigod Adara on her quest to find the godly mother she's never known and unravel wher

New pages are up! It's dinner time!

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The Catchild

In this middle grade and up fable, follow 11-year old demigod Adara on her quest to find the godly mother she's never known and unravel wher

New two pages are up! Adara is gonna be in troubleeee.

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A zine inspired by both my spiritual and scientific appreciation for the coelacanth. What a gift it is to spend my life on the planet with these creatures and all the other people that love them.

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The Catchild

In this middle grade and up fable, follow 11-year old demigod Adara on her quest to find the godly mother she's never known and unravel wher

Next two pages of The Catchild, my middle grade and up webcomic is up!

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My first webcomic The Catchild is live on webcomic studio here!

In a world divided between gods and humans, nature and civilization, 11-year-old demigod Adara is unsure of where she belongs. Leaving behind her loving father and the human town she's lived all her life, she sets off on a journey to meet her goddess mother and learn her mother's story. What she discovers will change her perceptions of herself, her family, and her world and inspire her to transform all of it.

If you like my other ecology themed art and fiction and a story that challenges the false dichotomy that nature is good and humans are evil , you'll enjoy this! For ages 9 and up. Updates with 2 new pages every Monday.

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A follow up to the Michigan Turtles Zine with the animals that inspired me to become an ecologist: Salamanders! The cutest little murder machines on the planet! Invertebrates beware!

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See? I do in fact have range. I can draw robots and then slightly different robots. Looks like its having a nice day outside! Hopefully that'll be me soon, once the weather improves.

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Introducing Rocket (it/its for now until I work out the world's pronoun system fully). Same world as my other robot OC Damselfly, but about 60 years before Damselfly's time. Its a gladiator and oh boy sure hope nothing horrible happens to them in that career path....

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Behold! The Salamimander! They can be found hanging out around backyard bbqs, deli garbage cans, and sausage festivals. Wherever there's a sausage or salami to steal or mustard to slurp, you'll find this cheeky, adorable little thief.