#headless bliss

[have-you-read-this-webcomic]

Have you read Headless Bliss by Clover?

Yes, completely!

Yes, partially

No

I've never heard of it

Voting ended onFeb 5

"Welcome to Headless Bliss, a story about stories story-telling, and other metaphysical themes such as humor! Fights! Heads flying and legs missing! Adventures galore and failed teamwork! Fantasy realms and nonexistent rules! Character bonding and growth and nightmares! All things that will make you WOW that is fucked up."

Read it here!

[cloverscomics]

working on demons... :)

[hiveworks]

Hiveworks Interview with Clover, author of Go Get A Roomie! and Little Tiny Things

June 2023

Go Get A Roomie! is a queer found-family slice-of-life comic that began in 2010, featuring Roomie and her friends as they work through their internal and interpersonal struggles, as well as journeys of self discovery.

This month, Hiveworks is hosting a crowdfunding campaign to print the fourth and final volume of beloved webcomic Go Get A Roomie! by Clover.

We asked author Clover to talk about their experiences with GGAR, webcomics, and staying creative.

As the creator behind several comic series, what drew you to the webcomic medium?

I first found out that webcomics existed around 2008 and had a few favorites I followed regularly. Being into drawing comics myself, the thought of doing a webcomic creeped into mind slowly but surely. I loved how accessible webcomics were, how easy it seemed to be to start one, how certain webcomic communities were. So I started one :)

Go Get A Roomie! started in 2010. The world has changed a lot since then! What was it like to post queer content online then and now?

There are way more queer webcomics now than before! Go Get a Roomie! probably partly owes its success to the fact that there weren't too many queer ongoing webcomics back then.

Readers demanded more queer content, more specific to their needs. Now there's more choice. If you don't like a queer webcomic, you can find another one without any hassle!

How has the landscape of posting webcomics online generally changed for you? Has your audience changed?

Posting for three different webcomics means discovering what it's like to have a different audience for each, though some webcomics are similar enough that the audience remains largely the same. Generally though, I've had very positive experiences with most of my audience! They've been caring, and understanding enough that I've never felt rushed, or judged for taking time off when needed.

Go Get A Roomie! has concluded and you're now onto your newest slice-of-life work, Little Tiny Things, which updates Tuesdays and Thursdays. How do you stay motivated with posting your comics regularly?

I do it because I love doing it! Not that it's always easy to maintain the same schedule, but I like knowing that the story advances at a "fast" enough pace. I want readers to discover more of what I want to show them!

In addition to LTT and GGAR, you are also the creator of Headless Bliss, a surreal comic that bends towards horror. It's very different from your slice-of-life work. How does Headless Bliss fit into your creative process and identity as an artist?

Go Get a Roomie! had a few surreal elements when a character dreamed, or told stories, and I had a lot of fun with those moments because it was so different from the slice-of-life, 4-paneled, jokes I wrote for GGAR. It meant I could explore more, narration-wise and tool-wise. But it wasn't enough, I had ideas for another story that was way more psychedelic, because I've always loved those kinds of stories too (comics like Sandman have inspired me a lot), and so Headless Bliss was born. I loved having two comics of two different vibes to jump from one to the other.

Go Get A Roomie! has been successfully crowdfunded into three books, with the fourth and final volume currently underway. What do you think are the benefits of transforming webcomics to print? What are the challenges?

Webcomics online are neat because they're accessible for so many people, for free! But having them on print means more people can enjoy them, and I'm one of those who prefer reading on print than on screen. Crowdfundings are a great way to make a little more money from your hard work, but they're also a challenge because of all the extra work that needs to be done! Preparing the book, the rewards, sure, but also managing everything else surrounding the printing and the shipping of the materials promised, and on time too! Thankfully, having Hiveworks as a partner in crime means being able to share some of all that work, it's an immense help!

Outside of comics, what do you do to refuel your inspiration?

I try to not work too much! Give myself time to do something else, to go outside, breathe a little, you know? All that is told within stories has to come from somewhere, and that somewhere is you living things.

Any advice for comic artists who find themselves stuck in a rut?

Take a break and try not to feel too guilty about it. It's okay not to be at your best all the time!

What is something you're looking forward to?

Right at this moment, settling down in my new home, to be able to work once more on comics in a nice and welcoming environment. Once that's done, I'd like to try out the more "traditional" path to publishing and start a new comic for a publishing house! While still continuing webcomics because I love doing it :)

Go Get A Roomie! Book 4 crowdfunding campaign is hosted by Hiveworks. The campaign concludes June 16, 2023, at 12pm ET.

[aspeccharactersoftheday]

Sinaj from Headless Bliss is aromantic asexual!

[yenyenlive]

Headless Bliss

So I started reading the webcomic "Headless Bliss" by artist Clover. I knew of this comic for the better part of a decade now since I followed their previous webcomic "Go Get a Roomie" which kinda referenced this comic ocassionally (GGaR is a great queer comic but also adult content). I wanted to read it years ago but didn't make it past the starting pages, now I come back and I must say.

Clover never disappoints me. This comic is simply a beautiful piece of art, page by page.

The story follows a demon princess who loves stories and has weird dreams instead of nightmares. She meets a lady that is not truly a demon but instead a story about a demon come to life, she travels through many worlds looking for the human realm and an end to her story. It's genuenly incredible seeing all these wonderful characters interact. Like the Demon Queen, who is very fun to see while also very intimidating with how powerful she seems. While also being very funny to see whenever she shows up. She rules this place and she knows it.

What can I really say? it's so far incredible, though of course, not for everyone. Compared to the other comics by Clover, this one has very explicit dark tones, with things such as cannibalism and murder being in the front at times. I personally also dont mind the humor as I really enjoy Clover's writing, but I can see how to some it could be a bit on the nose at times.

Lastly I wanted to emphasise that this comic leaves me awestruck by the art and story and I can't wait to see where it goes. aaaaaaaaaaa After all that I can just say aaaaaaaaa I'm going to binge read the hell out of this XD

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Source: [Headless Bliss]

[spiralplague]

More practice for drawing comic book characters. I’m going to be doing a lot of these until I can draw original characters that resemble humans. In case you can’t read my shitty writing the characters are from the comics Atomic Robo, Headless Bliss, and Scape from left to right.

[headlessbliss]

Headless Bliss is a fantasy/surreal/epic adventure with both humor, friendship and a little occasional gore and nightmares<3

Updates every week, on Tuesdays!