HOT COCO
Space Jam
a CCAD Comics Student Collective Anthology
ISSUE 3
Spring 2019
Spaceman by Lexi Ramos
Table of Contents Spaceman by Lexi Ramos
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Samus Aran by Rain Biddle
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Good Morning by Benjamin Britton Durell
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Space Jellies by Jackalyn Fleming
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Spacegirl by Raiden Kubiak
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(NSFW) Orbital Tits by Gaile Plantz
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A Single Fired Shot by Victoria Sellers 12 Andromeda by Kaitlyn White 15 (NSFW) Date Night By Gaile Plantz 16 Invaders by Camille Laret 18 Terru Void Zerru by Annamae Davis 20 The adventures of Tank and Leo by Khi Ruiz 24 Interstellar by Raiden Kubiak 25 Artist Bios 26 Baseball by Bonnie Gumser 28
Cover art by John Martino
Special Thanks to COCO club advisor Dr. Jeremy Stoll
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Samus Aran by Rain Biddle
Good Morning by Benjamin Britton Durell
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Space Jellies by Jackalyn Fleming
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Spacegirl
by Raiden Kubiak
Orbital Tits by Gaile Plantz
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A Single Fired Shot by Victoria Sellers
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Andromeda by Kaitlyn White
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Date Night by Gaile Plantz
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Invaders by Camille Laret
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Terru Void Zerru by Annamae Davis
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the Adventures of Tank and Leo by Khi Ruiz
Interstellar
by Raiden Kubiak
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Artist Bios Lexi Ramos is a comics artist and illustrator who really likes the color purple and anything space related. Instagram: Outraged_Artist
Rain Biddle is a non-binary creator who loves making nerdy art and illustrations. They are currently majoring in 2D animation and minoring in Illustration. Instagram: raininic
Benjamin Britton Durell is an accidental comics artist and an intentional storyteller. He enjoys making comics about sword fighting, mysterious wanderers and his own life. He also thinks worms are super interesting if you just take the time to look down. Instagram: bendurell
Jackalyn Fleming is a sophomore majoring in Comics and Narrative Practice. As someone with a passion for both storytelling and art, she has found comics to be the perfect meeting point of all her varied interests. When not drawing comics she can be found hanging in her room or exploring the city with friends. Instagram: __jackieofalltrades__
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Raiden Kubiak is an illustrator, maker, educator, and friend whose works focus on self reflection, self love, and the never ending desire to learn. Their passions include extending queer education to those who may have never gotten it, collaborating with other artists, and laying in the sun. Instagram: spaceraes
Gaile Plantz is an Illustrator, writer, and comics artist based in Columbus Ohio. Gaile loves to make comics with female protagonists expressing their sexuality and dealing with the troubles of life. Instagram: space.lemons
Victoria Sellers is a multidisciplinary illustrator with a love for science fiction, dark humor, nihilism and NintendoŠ brand Gaming Consoles™. They are a third year illustration student, and run the art blog BLACKBIT as a collection of personal work and explorations. Instagram: @JSQK Website: blackbitvisual.com
Kaitlyn White is a freshman at CCAD in the Comics and Narrative Practice Major. She enjoys making action adventure comics that have over arcing plots.
Camille Laret is a Freshman animation major. Her fields of interest are character design, animated movies, and stories and worlds with paranormal and fantasy themes.
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Annamae Davis is an Illustration student. She has been interested in art and comics since she was very young, growing up in Dayton Ohio. She is currently working on Terru Void Zerru and plans to pursue other ideas in the future as well. instagram: @anamathon
Khi Ruiz is a Puerto Rican artist living in Ohio. She is currently a sophomore in Comics and Narrative PRactice and is an active member of COCO. She is also an active member of CCAD’s Battle Games Association and is part of leadership of both clubs. When not drawing or going to her extracurricular activities, Khi likes to watch NCIS and various horror movies, and play video games. Instagram: flyingaceartist_khi
Bonnie Gumser is a 19 year old Queer Comics Artist and Illustrator who really enjoys working with color and making pieces look as sparkly as possible! Instagram: sodastrawberry
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Baseball by Bonnie Gumser
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About COCO COCO
is Columbus COllege of art and Design’s Comics and Narrative Practice Student Collective, founded in 2018. We are dedicated to being an inclusive Group for comic creators and lovers alike. Our goal is to strengthen the community within the comics major and all comics appreciators and casual creators on campus.
Hot COCO
is COCO’s anthology, published once a semester. Work is submitted from contributors all across CCAD campus. Hot COCO exists as an opportunity for the comics work of our students to be distributed and read by many!
Special Thanks
to Dr. Jeremy Stoll, COCO Faculty Advisor, all our participating club members, and everyone who submitted pieces for the Space Jam!
ISSUE 3 EDITED BY HAN DONOVAN