Author: Peter Ahola

Tuscon Comic Con

| Peter Ahola

Its officially time to announce that I WILL be at Tuscon Comic con next week on September 1st through the 3. My booth is booth AA052.

Products I will be selling physical copies of Kalwa Vol 1 and Amber World’s Greatest Mer-Thief. These will be manga sized books in black and white. Kalwa vol 1 will include the first four chapters, plus special behind the scenes information on the development on Kalwa all the way from the original concept first created in High School. It will also contain an art gallery with select pieces including a brand new art piece I haven’t posted online yet and a guest art piece by artist KGFantasy.

Amber will contain the entire first book and an introduction of Amber’s creation, as well as a small gallery of art pieces. In addition BOTH books feature new dialogue and arts edits NOT SEEN on the online versions.

In addition I’ll be selling some old buttons and art from previous conventions as well as a mermaid poster book of my art. It’ll contain eight mermaid art pieces from the past few years (including recently) all of which can be clipped out for wall hanging, or kept in the art book.

So if you’re in the Tuscon AZ part of town this Labor day, stop by my booth. I’d love to meet you and have a nice chat.

Hexside Studies

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Crossover with Luz Noceda from the Owl House, she’s trying to teach Kalwa about using glyphs to use magic. I’ve been wanting to do a Luz and Kalwa crossover for a while now, since the Owl House is a major inspiration to me. Seeing the show, learning about it’s creator really kinda pushed me into high gear, not to mention really helped put me on the map. Also Luz reminded me so much of Kalwa as both characters wish to escape their dull lives in pursuit of thrills and adventure.

And before anyone gets any ideas, Kalwa is a SCI-FI manga, I’ve made it a major point to not have any magic involved in the story, everything in the story is explained through logic. Even the time traveling phone will eventually be given an explanation which we have been working towards. Yes it does fall a bit in the realm of fantasy, but it’s like the manga Death Note where it just needs a small dap of fantasy to make the story work.

Update and Summer vibes

| Peter Ahola

So I know it has been quiet around here lately. The reason is that I’ll be debuting the FIRST Kalwa books, and Amber, at Tuscan Comic Con this September and I’ve spent the last two months prepping stuff. Everything for the convention has been sent to the printers and I’m waiting for the final details on placement. Plus my day job has been a bit busy, especially with deliveries in the hot heat that Arizona has been having (if you lived here you’d know what I mean) has left me drained. So everything has kinda been on hold. We are now finally ready to resume work, and chapter 28 is being written. I’m working to have it written and roughed before the convention, I’ll give more details on that in the near future.

For now, here’s a new summer drawing of Kalwa doing some modeling. Hot as it is, I’ve still been trying to enjoy the summer vibes, hard as it is. This was originally a lunchtime sketch that I decided to color. Hope you enjoy it and have a good summer, what’s left of it anyway.

Haunted Mansion Crossover

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There’s a brand new Haunted Mansion movie starting next week and as a longtime fan of the attraction’s mythos, I’m so excited. So here’s a little crossover of Kalwa and Zack having a first hand encounter with the mansion’s darkest and most sinister character, Constance Hatchaway, the murderous bride who loves weddings and killing the groom. Hope they don’t lose their heads.

Event Update: Tuscon Comic COn

| Peter Ahola

This September, I will be attending my first convention. I’ll be attending Tuscon comic con with a table in which I’ll be selling hard copies of Kalwa volume one, as well as Amber the Mermaid. Right now I don’t have an exact location as the map won’t be given till next month, but I’ll keep you all in the zone once I get the information. Right now I’m just throwing it out right now! Stay tuned for more details.

Kalwa and Zack Outfit Update

| Peter Ahola

New image of what’s to come up. So following the ending of the Japanese arch, Kalwa and Zack will be getting a bit of a wardrobe change. This decision was made following a little review from comic legend Jim Shooter at Tuscan Comic Con last year, he noted that he had a little trouble telling the difference between the characters. Even though he was referring to scenes from the Japanese arch, it made me look at my character designs and noted the similar clothing which ultimately gets a little muted in black and white. Kalwa’s leggings were inspired by Luz from the Owl House, I really liked her legging design and wanted them on a character.

Any way this will all kick off following the conclusion of the Japanese arch in the next chapter, so chapter 29.

Book Update

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Just a little update on what’s going on lately with publication. So after chapter 27 finished up, things got a little off track with a little vacation time to my states comic con, plus doing some stuff on the Green Raptor side. Now in other news I’m set to make my convention debut at Tuscan Comic Coni this September and I’m bringing both Kalwa and Amber along. Both characters will have their first volumes in hard copy form.

Kalwa Vol 1 will consist of the first four chapters and some exclusive art and handouts for anyone attending the con. I’ll be looking to sell books on the Etsy shop and even some e-books upon getting back. For now here’s some screenshots of the indesign files as the book is being laid out.

As for chapter 28, it’s in the writing, I’ve just fallen a bit behind. The con is gonna be top priority having to get everything ready and printed before then, but I’ll work on it as best I can. Hopefully I can get it finished and sent to my co-writer and he can look it over while I’m in Tuscan.

Summer 2023

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Little bit late on this but here’s our annual summer illustration. This year Kalwa’s joined by Amber the Mermaid, the other Green Raptor comic star. Hope you’re all enjoying the first bits of summer this year.

Bridgette

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For the first time since this site went up, we’re actually doing something for Pride Month with a new illustration centered around Kalwa (and Green Raptor’s) first LGBT character Bridgette, who made her debut in the Western Arch starting in chapter 4. Bridgette wasn’t initially written as gay, but as her backstory with Rachel started getting written it just felt right, it also felt kinda unique at the time the story was written as the LGBT community was starting to see recognition within fiction long before the Owl House came out. There will be a second western arch later in the story where her feelings and history with Rachel will play a bit more of a role in the plot. Happy Pride Month everyone.