Kara Bodegón-Hikino

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 and Mage Versus the Rage of the Bakunawa Squalo and Mage Versus the Rage of the Bakunawa has descriptive copy which is not yet available from the Publisher.

Preorder here: www.harpercollins.com/products/squ...

SQUALO & MAGE VS. THE RAGE OF THE BAKUNAWA is coming May 26, 2026 through HarperCollins. Preorders are open now!
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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 :(

Casting animate into 6 of 7 illustrations issue no. 2 - "I get a little vulnerable, so bear with 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...

Portrait of D. Randall Blythe

Randonesia logos

Randy’s post about our collab on Substack

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 honestly feel like reading books again has done a lot for my writing. my work last year reads so stiff and dry. now i’m actually enjoying the writing part of writing again yaaaay

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