
COMICS BY ROAST
ROAST is a tone rating based on coffee. Stories of a lighter fare are a lighter roast, darker stories are a darker roast. Roast has to do with story tone, and not strictly subject matter within the story associated. Additional rating information and content warnings can be found below.
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MK's
The Strange Case of
Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
MK_Wizard
Fantasy, Superhero, Comedy
A comical and adventurous retelling of Robert Louis Stevenson's tale in which Jekyll and Hyde must put their butting heads together in order to save London from the evil
board of governors.
WARNING
Mild violence, off-screen death, transformation
Sunstrike & Bluemist: An Origin Story
ShaRose49
T
Superhero, Drama, Suspense
Kairo Takeishi, a world-weary
Secret Police agent, is taken off the field to train two powerful young super-mutants as new recruits.
But can he train them
with little-to-no knowledge of superpowers? And why can’t
Kairo shake the feeling that his “other” boss wants to use these kids for personal gain?
WARNING
Themes of abuse, implied self harm
THE DOME
GhostCat
M
Dystopia, Scifi, Fantasy
Tassy lives in a city that's been protected under a giant Dome for the last 300 years. But when things start to go horribly wrong escape may be only a fantasy.
WARNING
Violent content, themes of terror, on-screen death, discussion of abortion and eugenics, sexual themes, sexual violence
LIGHT-MED ROAST
We are the Wirecats
Neil
T
Superhero, Political Intrigue
Kristina Asuka “K.A.” Percival, former teen genius superheroine, wakes up after a five year coma to a world at war— using armors inspired by her designs. Can she reunite her old team to make the more just and equitable world they fought for?
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WARNING
Themes of abuse, implied self harm
MEDIUM ROAST
T
Here I Lie Awake
Melaredblu
Suspense, Psychological
Night after sleepless night,
Zoey is plagued with an
unsettling, persistent sensation that keeps her awake and leaves her
bristling with dread.
The first night was a nuisance,
the first week, an ordeal.
Three months later, and she's okay, everything's okay, she'll be just fine...
if she could only sleep.
WARNING
Blood, occasional gore, suicidal thoughts
Playground:
A Cryptida Adventure
Microraptor & Lirvilas
​T
Thriller, Adventure, Action
A shocking event at an economic summit forces Bettina "Tiny" Timmy, the CEO of Timmy's ToyCo, to retreat to Monaco. But danger may have followed her... A spin-off to Cryptida and sequel to Childhood's End, featuring characters from the
LIR-verse and from Autumn Bay.
WARNING
Violence
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TAXIPYSCHY
Alex Fletcher
​Supernatural, Urban Fantasy, Suspense
​Bailey is a college student who one day receives a package from a friend she thought has ghosted on her. She now finds herself a spectral defender, helping a mysterious haunted bobcat skull, dubbed Bob, to maintain balance between the living world and the ether, the place where animal spirits return once they die. With the help of a few friends, Bailey has been tasked by her spectral guardian to figure out how to save someone from possession by malicious spirits, if it’s even possible, before it’s too late.
WARNING
Mild language, bones/animal remains imagery, animal gore, body horror
POLARIS
Straker
​T
Sci-fi, Cosmic Horror, Drama
Two con artists get into the business of paranormal investigations.
Their latest cases are not just the usual hokum. For as the saying goes: "There more are things in
Heaven and Earth..."
WARNING
Themes of existential dread, suggestive situations, violence
TEMPERAMENTAL
Swordheart
​T
​Horror, Psychological
​Aiden, Onyx, Dominic and Covin are four losers in their mid-20s content with just getting by. Saddled with present adult obligations and weighed down by past childhood traumas, they desperately try to live their lives while keeping a Pandora's Box of long-buried secrets from ruining what little joy they have.
WARNING
Body horror, self harm scars, wound/injury imagery, blood, occasional nudity
MED-DARK ROAST
18+
M
The Ace of the Spades
Mira Kira &
J. "Mack" Haim
Thriller, Adventure, Action
Dio Javier comes to Glade City to start a normal-ish life with his baby son Rio, all the while being haunted by the insatiable desires of the murderous demon who possesses him. He eventually finds solace in joining a special ops group known as The Spades. But this new-found family has secrets darker than any single demon.
WARNING
violence, gore, sexual content, sexual violence, nudity, drug use, profanity
M
The Emergency Coven
Llyrel
Supernatural, Mystery, Horror
When the cult that destroyed his life comes back to spread terror in town, Adrian knows that it’s time for the coven to reunite. Except that the old members are dead and the only person who could help him is powerless. Will Adrian find the allies he needs before it is too late?
WARNING
Violence, sexual situations,
occasional strong language
M
Kordinar 25000
Kari-Sue Kraus
Sci-Fi, Horror, Fantasy
Kordinar is such a wonderful world.. Of course that cannot last. A messenger from the future tells them that the entire world got destroyed. Will it happen again? Who did it? Governments, tyrants, rebels, cults and even bandits desperately try to "save the world", but nobody really knows what to do. Alph, the college student who just wanted to have fun and party, knows it even less.
Destruction, panic and chaos ensue.
WARNING
Graphic violence, drugs, sexual situations, body horror, occasional nudity, occasional strong language
M
Krazy Noodle Massacre
Lutzbug
Horror, Psychological, Surreal
Rhodes and Dempsey are a young married couple. Late one night, Dempsey comes home with a wild story about running into a jittery man at the grocery store who buys almost nothing but a generic macaroni product called "Krazy Noodles." Dempsey comes up with a plan to go spying on him the following week so that Rhodes can see him for himself. Neither of them have any clue how much trouble they're about to cause-- not just for themselves, but for the guy they want to stare at.
WARNING
Some blood, mild nudity, profanity, themes of emotional abuse/trauma/mental illness. Body horror in later chapters.
M
Nocturne 21
Grape Ape
Horror, Psychological, Surreal
Dr. Kuro Shimizu misses the bus one rainy spring night. He makes the wet trudge through Caulwyn when a bloody, beaten teenage boy collapses before him. Kuro rushes to the boy’s aid, only to find that the young face is one he recognizes. The boy wakes up days later to find that this traumatic event has left him with no memory. The doctor and his daughter invite him to stay with them, and the trio quickly grow close. But strange and unexplainable things begin to occur around the newest member of the Shimizu household.
WARNING
Blood/gore, violence, language, alcohol/drug use, suicidal thoughts, physical/emotional abuse
18+
M
Now Hiring
Spelledeg
Noir, Thriller, Crime Drama
At the crossroads of danger and opportunity, two strangers forge a bloody pact built on control and brutality--Maks, a struggling alien refugee, and Aisel, kingpin of the criminal underworld.
Nothing good follows.
WARNING
Heavy violence, blood, drug and sexual references, depicted drug use, abuse themes, addiction, body horror
DARK ROAST
18+
M
Souls Foreclosed
Sev Wildfang
Horror, Occult, Romance
Chosen by a resurrected elder god, ex-nun Reah and disgraced drag queen Tabitha are tasked with impounding the stolen souls hoarded by a cabal of sinister vampires who rule their world through an oppressive church. They struggle, bond, and
end up in the claws of an evil
far greater than any of them
could have anticipated.
WARNING
Semi-frequent incidental nudity, occasional sexual themes, violence, gore, harsh language, occult themes
18+
M
STRIPPED
Trouble
Military Fiction, Drama,
Alt History
After becoming an independent nation, the Republic of Cascadia
is now forced to battle a tenacious and bloodthirsty insurgent movement.
To maintain order, a joint task force of police, military and private security personnel is formed.
With the country descending into chaos, officer Samantha Adler struggles to maintain her humanity as she fights for survival.
WARNING
Language, body horror, gore, violence, religious imagery, nudity, consensual sexual imagery & themes
18+
M
Terrestrial
Kokoneos
Alt History, Suspense, Drama
Mankind is on the brink of extinction and has no place in the universe besides high-risk, labor jobs.
Terrestrial and two others are hired to protect Polark while he retrieves one last water haul from a ticking time bomb of a moon. They hope no one would be insane enough to attack.
WARNING
Strong language, child endangerment, gore, body horror, torture, depictions of suicide and homicide, sexual themes and sexual violence