The indie comic scene is crowded, but Otherkin manages to cut through the noise with a sharp, supernatural edge. Created by Marco Vito Oddo and Victor Costa, this series nicely hits the occult itch fans of magic and monsters enjoy but also the heavy cost of survival in a city as old and dark as London. If you are looking for a story that swaps bright spandex for rainy streets and Shapeshifting body horror, this is the book you should have started yesterday.
Otherkin
Most stories treat magic like a superpower, but in the world of Otherkin, it feels more like a curse. The story follows Alex, a scholar who was physically shattered in a near-fatal accident. Now, Alex has to use every ounce of mental strength just to stay in human form. This “malleable nature” makes them a perfect spy, but it’s an exhausting way to live. Watching Alex hunt The Wizard—a 150-year-old sorcerer using the Concealed Council to cheat death—gives the series a high-stakes momentum that most big-publisher books lack.
See the preview of Otherkin #1 below:
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The mystery has been building perfectly through the first three issues, and the payoff is coming fast. We’ve already seen Alex struggle to keep their secret from Lorelei, the librarian at the Shelley Library who is quickly becoming the heart of the series.
With Otherkin #4 set to drop on March 18th, the conflict between Alex’s desperate quest for atonement and The Wizard’s obsession with immortality is about to explode. With the moody art by Victor Costa and the sharp writing by Marco Vito Oddo, this is one series that actually lives up to the hype. It’s a great time to jump in before everyone else starts talking about it.
Join the hunt by securing the first three issues of The Otherkin on Amazon today.
