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Letter From What started as a small doodle has now evolved into a comic of sorts. I know it may not be 60 pages but Coral Heat was always meant to be short and each page could tell a story on itʼs own. Coral Heat is the story of five friends and the various antics each one gets in to. The stories range from funny to dramatic to outrageous. Just roll with the punches and accept things the way they are. As in this issue youʼll find something happens to Shelly and thereʼs no real explanation as to why and how, but thatʼs okay. When I created Coral Heat I wanted to showcase fashion and some of my sketches that I like to do on occasion. Each character lends themselves to a certain style. So each issue is CORALHEAT ISSUE 1
the Editor devoted to one character and to compliment the story are fashion spreads depicting the clothes that the character may wear. There will also be a blog by another character: Alessandra Roe. Sheʼs a fashion designer and a friend of the gang. Her blog provides some insight to the characters that the comic doesnʼt delve in to. Now enough with the introduction and onto the actual comic. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.
- Editor-in-Chief Galen Orosco
Alessandra
Roe
So hereʼs my little spiel on what I do. My name is Alessandra Roe and I am a fashion designer. Iʼve designed for big names, small names, green names and yellow names; never blue, bleh. Just kidding. Iʼve known the girls [ K i m b e r, A l e s s a , Q w a n a , Vintage and Gage] since I went to high school with them. Of course we went to different colleges but I still keep in touch with them from time to time. They stop by my boutique/studio from time to time to see what new items I have in stock and if I can design them a dress for their many outings. That whole group comes from a family of wealth so money supply is like never ending for them. Qwana and Gage do some modeling to keep busy. Kimber puts on a front and works at her motherʼs stylist boutique downtown, but she grows her own weed and sells it. Alessa and Vintage both donʼt have any job whatsoever and live off of what their parents provide. Must be nice. I came from a family with money so I was well off for the most part. I mean I never showed up to school with a Chanel in hand and a pair of new Louboutins, but I didnʼt show up to school in oversized kitty sweaters either. I usually showed up to school with something sewn by me. At first it wasnʼt the cutest CORALHEAT ISSUE 1
of things: a misshapen knit vest, a skirt made from some old jeans which then proceeded to rip, a couple tops that I decorated with fabric paint. The usual things young designers do...or at least thats what I tell myself so I donʼt feel so bad. The worst was this one tank top. I went to the store a picked up one of those five dollar tanks, and I cut the neckline even lower. I then took ribbon and some plastic wire and beaded all different types of faux pearls on them. The ribbon wouldnʼt sew into the tank strap (or the little that was left) and the plastic wire wouldnʼt sew on either. So I hot-glued everything onto the straps not realizing that the hot glue was seeping through the fabric and had singed away the broken threads, thus creating a hole. I went to school thinking I looked cute and everything only to have my strap bust and the ribbon and plastic fly off sending all my beads everywhere. Naturally, like the dumb ass I am, I tried to pick up the beads which only rolled away as I got near. I ended up running into my future boyfriend, future-heartbreaker, future-Iʼm-Gay-NowAlessandra, Tad Penn. He and I are best friends now and I sometimes wonder if I was the one who turned him gay, but he always reassures me that he was born that way. I donʼt really know what to
show. I want to expand my business into more boutiques and maybe be featured in national publications and have my clothes worn on the red carpet. I need to get in contact with Lydia Reed, Kimberʼs mom, because she has a ton of contacts some of which include celebrities. Now donʼt think that Iʼm not successful or anything, because I am. And my clothes have been featured in some magazines but as a part of a collage, what I want is the fashion spreads. The model in head-to-toe Alessandra Roe posing for some elaborate themed shoot, causing the magazine readers to always remember that picture and the clothes. Of course I eventually want to be picked up by department stores and maybe even open more boutiques not just here in this country but globally. I want it all. And trust me I will have it all. Just watch me.
- Alessandra
believe in the topic of “Is Being Gay Genetic?”, and I donʼt want to take a stand on one firm side. I just think we like who we like, weʼre attracted to the sex our hearts feel the most excited about. Weʼre all human in the end and I to deny oneself of happiness is just immoral. Enough of my soapbox. So Tad and I are best friends now and Iʼm fine with that. Itʼd be another story however if he dated other women. I think the only time I was a little hurt was when I found out he had slept with Gage the night after we broke up. I was mad but then I eventually forgave the both of them, how I can I hate my gays? Gage actually came into my boutique the other day to see if I could make him a dress. Like literally make him a dress. I didnʼt ask why or how, just what he would like to see. It ended up being really cute and flattering on him, Iʼm thinking heʼs going to do drag but you never know with Gage he could be dressing up as a woman to fool someone. Whatever. I have other things to worry about, like creating my collection in time to showcase pieces at the trade CORALHEAT ISSUE 1
CORAL HEAT EPISODE 1: Vintage By: Galen Orosco
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My grandmothers dress...
EWW!! WHAT ARE YOU WEARING!!
WHAT was that?
It’s my grandmother’s dress...
EWW FREAK!!!
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That BITCH Shelly dissed my outfit!!
If we just stand still and look cute, maybe she’ll leave.
ALESSA!! Relax Vintage, I’m just kidding.
I’ll deal with Shelly.
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Vintage’s hat? Piece of shit. I bet she’s wearing some fucking ugly straw hat now.
! P A Z z z z Bz
I wonder...
AHHHH!!
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Meanwhile...
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SENSE
So how do I look?
Hmmm...
Lose the tank.
Uhhh...
NO.
Dang Kimber! You looking to kill someone with those puppies?
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I’m still in the fitting room.
Where’s Vintage?
I don’t know about this. I feel weird. And my hair is ugly, I need my hat.
NO YOU DON’T! Now get the fuck out here!
OH...
MY...
Fuck
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A L E S S A
V I N T A G E
G A G E CORALHEAT ISSUE 1
Q W A N A
K I M B E R CORALHEAT ISSUE 1