Had a quick chat with one of the heroes of my upcoming graphic novel, Squalo & Mage vs. the Rage of the Bakunawa. Come say hi to Mage! ✨

SQUALO & MAGE VS. THE RAGE OF THE BAKUNAWA is packed with Filipino folklore and video game love, as we follow a magical girl and her bestie shark on an epic journey across the land of Mundo 💫✨ See ya under the glow of the satellite this May! 🦈🧙‍♀️🐉🌙✨

See you guys in 2026! 💫✨

Sharing the cover of my upcoming debut graphic novel SQUALO & MAGE VS. THE RAGE OF THE BAKUNAWA 🦈🧙‍♀️🐉🌙✨ The adventure begins May 26, 2026 via HarperCollins 💕

SQUALO & MAGE VS. THE RAGE OF THE BAKUNAWA is coming May 26, 2026 through HarperCollins. Preorders are open now! 🦈🧙‍♀️🐉🌙✨ Here’s a little sneak peek of my upcoming debut graphic novel 👀 Are they headed towards a place called Kamote Town?? Yes, yes they are. More soon! Hihihi!

AT A COFFEE SHOP THATS ACTUALLY PLAYING SLEEP TOKEN???? I HAVE FOUND MY NEW HOME!!!!

finished ep 2 of tlou right in time for new sleep token. i’m not okay 🙃

i watched novocaine last night… BUT I WANNA WATCH IT AGAIN!!!

thanks to a meme, i now realize that i still have my band shirts from when i was a teenager

WHEN ARE MY BANDS GONNA ANNOUNCE THEIR ASIA TOURS DAMN :(((

NOT ME CRYING ON THE ROAD BECAUSE OF THE BEAUTY OF “THE SUMMONING” :((((

kinda missing the thrill of playing animal crossing new horizons for the first time. what an era ✨

made a bunch of stickers this week!

A PIZZAAAAA???!!! hhahahahaha

new post on the substack! wrote about my new direction as an artist, postpartum depressies, and how reaching out to other creatives helped me get my groove back read: open.substack.com/pub/karabode...

aaaa super loved working on this project! can’t wait for all of you to finally see it!!!

it’s 4:39am and i just wanna WRITE

pls send a salted caramel latte

completed the inking stage of my graphic novel 4 days before my deadline and wooooow i feel so supercharged!!! hoping for a few additional powers as i start coloring! 🔥🔥🔥

ordered an x-tra long chicken sandwich from burger king, only for my kid to hijack it from me :(

latest issue of karaland is up now ✨ i wrote about challenging myself to animate an illustration everyday for a week. i get a little vulnerable here so 🐻 with me open.substack.com/pub/karabode...

Was commissioned by Randy Blythe of Lamb of God to illustrate a portrait & logos for his new Substack newsletter, Randonesia. If you followed his tumblr or picked up his book Dark Days, you’d know Randy’s long form writing is a crazy fun read! Give it a follow here: randonesia.substack.com

oh god i really love metal music 🖤

graphic design kinda took a backseat in my professional life over the past few years but getting back to it 4 months ago really sharpened me for my latest gig. life’s pretty cool ✨

talked to a friend the other day and gained a new perspective on how to approach my graphic novel ✨

i didn’t get to read a lot of books last year but now i’m making it a point to satisfy that hunger for stories by reading every night and it feels good ♡

i bought waaaaay too many cookies today hohoho

attended my first work event since i got back to bandwagon. bts x james jean’s collab SEVEN PHASES is absolutely stunning!

"ai is making it so everyone can make art" everyone can make art dumbass it came free with your fucking humanity

considering some 5am pizza snackies

Being a writer is rather like being a medieval merchant. You dispatch your manuscript, and it will be a year and more before you know the outcome. Will your argosy bring home riches? Disappear without trace? Return, but in disarray? One thing is certain, pirates will attack …

it’s 8pm and everyone here is asleep

Crowley and Aziraphale as sharks hehe @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com

BIGGER THAN ME, my debut picture book with author erica simone turnipseed, hits stores today! hope y’all could check it out! ✨✨

doing my first merchant era event to sell my stickers, prints, and washi tape this weekend and i’m nervous/excited!

crazy how the ber months are already here

I made another page about Privacy on here, not exhaustive, but a good intro, I think :)

just ordered a box of croissants to bring more joy into my life

hiiii! i’m new here hahaha