I do love a good portmanteau, so I couldn’t help myself here, but in earnest:

Whether you celebrate Diwali, Halloween, neither, or both, I hope you all have a wonderful day!

Cheers!
J. M. DeSantis (creator of Chadhiyana)

Chadhiyana will appear in A Kid and a Comic for a 10 issue, two-part story!

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Dark Fire Press, turns five this year! Since leaving Rosarium Publishing, J. M. DeSantis brought Chadhiyana over to Dark Fire Press in 2020/2021. And though publication has been a bit slow, the announcement of their five-year anniversary should bring a lot of new content, including more Chadhiyana (including the near-complete issue #3, and in-production issues #4 & #5). This milestone means five years of creator-owned publishing not only of J. M. DeSantis’s work, but that of others such as Jorge Media, Luiz M. Cruz, and Anibal Arroyo. Help celebrate by checking out their site, darkfirepress.com, & join their mailing list for updates in your e-mail (their socials are linked on their site). Congratulations, Dark Fire Press! To another five and more years!

It’s been a long while coming, but Chadhiyana #2: In the Dwerrow Tomb is now available on GlobalComix as pay-per-page or DRM-free PDF download: globalcomix.com/c/chadhiyana/chapters/en/3/  Read more… ›

kickstarter.com/projects/jmdesantis/chadhiyana-the-girl-with-the-fire-ringed-eyes

Check out the new Sequential Tart interview with Jackie Musto, artist for Inner Strength (Chadhiyana: Rekindled), and the upcoming Chadhiyana: In the Dwerrow Tomb and Two Birds: sequentialtart.com/article.php?id=3613.

Also, she is currently running a Kickstarter for her wonderful comic, Kay and P! Consider supporting here: kickstarter.com/projects/jackiemusto/kay-and-p-the-final-kickstarter

The next Chadhiyana issues are in production. In the meanwhile, you can read this interview I recently did with Sheena McNeil at Sequential Tart & her review of issue 1, Chadhiyana: Rekindled. More reviews coming, as well as interviews with artists Jackie Musto & Dana Sanguir!

Interview: http://sequentialtart.com/article.php?id=3609
Review: http://sequentialtart.com/reports.php?ID=12326&issue=2021-05-10

I recently sat down for an interview with fellow Dark Fire Press writer and creator, Jorge Medina (Wonder Duck) about the latest Chadhiyana: Rekindled comic and issues to follow it in this latest series. If I can be so bold as to say it, I feel this interview was so well conducted (and I’m really happy with how concisely I answered the questions), so please give it a read.  Read more… ›

As before posted, Chadhiyana: Rekindled is now available not only in digital formats on ComiXology and GlobalComix.com, but also in print on IndyPlanet.com!  Read more… ›

Now available on ComiXology and GlobalComix, Chadhiyana: Rekindled, the first in a new 5-issue series of stand-alone stories about The Girl with the Fire-Ringed Eyes.

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