Short Comics
These are short-form 1-16 page comics that I’ve created, often for indie press anthologies! Some of these are collaborations, and some of these are solo projects! They’re all available to read in full if you click the image.
The Fisher and the Jeweler
A queer indigenous romance, set in a futuristic solarpunk fishing town.
Story: Sunny Ôchumuk
Art: Shaina Lu
Editing: Joamette Gil
Order SHOUT OUT here.
c - Boston’s Chinatown’s Fight for a Community Center
This zine was created for and funded by Chinatown Story Cart, an art and storytelling initiative in Boston’s Chinatown.
Story & Art: Shaina Lu
Editing: Lily Xie, Yu Sin Mok
Chinese Translation: Yu Sin Mok
yeh-yeh
I wanted to write a story about how emotions are carried through a body’s relationship with food and sharing.
making a new friend
A comic that isn’t really about making friends.
Lucky Lunar New Year Foods
Every wondered why we eat certain foods during lunar new year?
Run Hard!
Cheekee is a young Wampanoag trans woman playing her first doubleball game with her idol. We were inspired by sports manga and wanted to make our own — with a queer trans historical spin!
Story: Sunny Ôchumuk
Art: Shaina Lu
Order Dates here.
Unwanted
A nonbinary job-searcher’s home is invaded by local plant spirits.
Story: Sunny Ôchumuk
Pencils: Vivian Ho
Inks, Tones, Letters: Shaina Lu
Editing: Joamette Gil
Dratneigh’s Dumplings
A slice-of-life science fiction story about an alien chef making dumplings. It’s pretty chill.
Story: Sunny Ôchumuk
Art: Shaina Lu & Vivian Ho
b a y c i t y r o l l a z
An isolated biracial queer girl in New Bedford befriends a pilot whale.
Story: Sunny Ôchumuk
Art: Shaina Lu
Order STRANGE WATERS here.