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ordinaryundead.bsky.social
Saya
@ordinaryundead.bsky.social
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they • cartoonist based in pakistan
https://ordinaryundead.carrd.co/

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ordinaryundead.bsky.social
End of Oct means my comic is available for just over a week more on sbcf.

Its a thinly veiled analogy for a certain fatherly system in place:
www.shortboxcomicsfair.com/shop-sq4wj/p...
October 20, 2025 at 8:10 PM
ordinaryundead.bsky.social
Gul, a queer rishta aunty for "straight" marriages, is reeling from the death of her trans wife "husband". While setting up her bff (also trans), Gul rethinks her feelings for her. Can she face her past and find love again in the queerphobic city of Karachi?
#DVpit #DVart #GN #A #CR #TV #POC #LGBT
A 2 panel comic page. The first panel shows the outside of a modest looking house in a mohalla (neighborhood). There's an expensive looking pickup truck parked at the door. The second panel shows a coffee table inside the house. It's populated with snacks, chai, a laptop, some photographs, and a decorative plant. Gul, the main character, says offscreen: "Like I said, Rida and her family aren't willing to move forward with this." Gul's client says offscreen: "That's no excuse! Did you speak with the parents alone?" This page shows the interior of the house. Gul is seated with the client, an old woman, and her middle aged son, who is the groom candidate. As the page goes, the son reaches for the biscuits on the table. Gul: "Rida's wish is what matters here. Her parents know better than to exclude her from her own rishta." Side text reads: Gul, 45, Rishta aunty, widowed 4 years, wants to make the wedding scene less dogshit. Client: "This is unfair. We've been so patient and compromising." Gul: "Compromising?" This page shows shots of Gul seated with the client and her son, who is chomping on the biscuits. Client: "Yes! I mean... you might not like to hear this, given your establishment... but the world isn't kind to girls who not only lack money but also looks." A beat. Someone walks by Gul and takes her empty chai cup from her. Gul: "And I suppose you see yourself as a savior in this world? You, your son, and his wife, who you never mentioned?" Gul is holding her laptop that shows the image of the client's son with a woman. The client is shocked, her son almost chokes on his chai. The client looks up annoyed at the person that just walked in and is collecting everyone's empty mugs on a serving tray. Text next to this person reads: Atiya, 27, Gul's assistant, sees Gul as a mother. Client, nervously: "Ahaha... is that what this is about? Did you mention this to the girl's family?" Gul, correcting the client once more: "Rida..."
October 8, 2025 at 12:18 PM
ordinaryundead.bsky.social
Green
Picture of my hand holding 7 small sized green chillis Picture of our chilli plant. It has some chillis hanging on it. Picture of our second chilli plant. It also has some chillis hanging on it
October 7, 2025 at 3:42 AM
ordinaryundead.bsky.social
reposting bcs i exported it 2 pixels big last night while sleepy
3 panel comic. It shows my sona using the phone when I hear the 'shink, shink' of a blade. I look up and go: "Oh!". My wife is sharpening the knife for dinner prep and sighs when she hears me say "Toxic yuri!".
October 3, 2025 at 7:09 AM
ordinaryundead.bsky.social
'A sibling relationship turns twisted because of a Father's gift.'

My wordless comic "Riwayat" is out!

Available to purchase digitally throughout October via Shortbox:
www.shortboxcomicsfair.com/shop-sq4wj/p...

Pls check out the AMAZING lineup of comics + get your indie comics fix this October!
October 1, 2025 at 10:04 AM
ordinaryundead.bsky.social
Soon
Picture of a random tuxedo kitten in a bath. She's soaked. The text on the image reads: "This is who you're supporting if you buy 'Riwayat' by the way. Debuting online at ShortBox Comics Fair. October 1st to October 31st."
September 28, 2025 at 11:04 AM
ordinaryundead.bsky.social
the trio from my sbcf comic on the red carpet before their 'performance' premieres.

nothing goes wrong in the actual comic, don't worry! (me when i lie)

tysm @bennizone.net for putting this together, this is absolutely amazing!
Black and white illustration of the trio of characters from my comic. Left is a short haired woman in lightly bedazzled shalwar kameez and heels, with a dupatta hanging off her elbows and down. In the middle is a smiling old man, trying and failing to make the kpop/bts heart with his hands. A thought bubble shows the image of a kpop artist making that heart. On the right is a character wearing a sherwani with skirt and shalwar with boots. Their hands are tucked in the skirt's pockets.
September 22, 2025 at 1:51 PM
ordinaryundead.bsky.social
Recent karachi floods were horrible. The roads got ripped away near our house by the flooding, lots of water damage in the house.

Then we found a fossil.
Picture of some rocks and gravel, the aftermath of the flood. This used to be a road. In the middle, there's a rock with a fossil on it. My hand holding up the fossil. Its an external mold of a clam, to my knowledge. In the background, you can see the road is now rocks and mud.
September 18, 2025 at 6:15 AM
ordinaryundead.bsky.social
W11 when informed where she was born happy independence
Picture of our orange kitten lying down on pillows and looking at the camera
August 14, 2025 at 9:31 AM
ordinaryundead.bsky.social
Notes app drawing of our third cat we adopted a few days back. She was very emaciated so we didn't realize she has balls. Now she has a big belly full of food and is permanently she/her'd by us.

Meet w11 (spell: double-u giara, g as guh not juh)
Doodle of an orange kitten, we are looking at her from the top. Her belly is round and she's otherwise thin. Another doodle of the same cat, this time from the side and at eye level. An arrow is pointing to her round belly with the text 'not pregnat'.
August 11, 2025 at 11:18 AM
ordinaryundead.bsky.social
Sounds lovely!
Found these cool red striped bugs (haven't learned what they are yet). There's so many just hanging on each stalk/blade of wild grass that has seeds.
Photo of some wild grass with some of the blades holding pink seeds at the top. A black bug with red stripes is climbing one of these.
August 11, 2025 at 10:49 AM
ordinaryundead.bsky.social
melons growing near our place. someone must have dropped the seeds while strolling and snacking!
Photo of a melon vine with one yellow melon growing on it. The fruit looks yellow with hints of green and about the size of a hand, indicating that it is approaching maturity. Photo of another melon vine, emerging from within some wild grass and spreading out. There's a watermelon growing on the vine. The fruit is very tiny, almost an inch or so big.
August 7, 2025 at 2:53 PM
ordinaryundead.bsky.social
◽A sibling relationship turns twisted because of a Father's gift.◽

My 29 page, silent comic will debut at @shortboxcomicsfair.bsky.social.

October, 2025.

(Riwayat, in Urdu, means 'tradition'.)
Cover of my comic. The title reads "Riwayat" and my tag, ordinaryundead, is listed as the author. The drawing depicts a glass vial with liquid inside and a circular cap on top. A human's shadow is falling on the bottle and where it's sitting. The vial also reflects the figure. The content warning list at the bottom left goes: blood, burning, child abuse, honor killing, queer phobia, vomitting.
August 6, 2025 at 2:22 PM
ordinaryundead.bsky.social
delta rune fanart before i play it
Susie from delta rune drawn like nina from fullmetal alchemist
June 20, 2025 at 7:16 PM
ordinaryundead.bsky.social
"Human Artists!

Use one piece to convince people to follow you!"

hello watch me turn the winx club into lesbian mechs/pilots
Tecna's mech drawn as a purple and pink hacker mech. It weilds a glitching gun attached where one of its hands would be. The other hand is sending out glowing lines to hack likely via spam email.
June 19, 2025 at 5:54 PM
ordinaryundead.bsky.social
Another day, another holdin g handz with tax fraud
My hand on my tabby cat's paw. We are holding hands.
June 19, 2025 at 11:53 AM
ordinaryundead.bsky.social
Photo of a sketch comic on paper. It features my wife and I looking on a phone. Wife: "Oh god not AI shit again..." The phone reads "Fuck your child's education". After a swipe, it reads "AI girlfriend today" next to images of big, humongous boobs. The text in the panel reads "AI tiddis". The last panel is me and my wife drawn really small looking at each other.
June 1, 2025 at 8:13 PM
ordinaryundead.bsky.social
I'm so stoked!!

Here's a page from my wip horror comic. So excited to share this in October!!! ✨
A silent, black and white comic page. It shows a pair of siblings paying a dice game, as someone approaches. One of them looks at who has approached and then looks away immediately.
May 25, 2025 at 2:56 PM
ordinaryundead.bsky.social
This month's winx will be musa
Cropped sketch showing a mech's legs and some of its arms. The legs are bulbous and bulky beneath the knees and the lower arms are similarly bulky. Feet are clamp-like.
May 4, 2025 at 4:45 PM
ordinaryundead.bsky.social
if the lich has no fans i am no longer on earth i wuv my pwincess lich <3 33
Low resolution image that points to where the username of the poster would be and the next image. It reads: "This user really loves this mech". The mech frame 'Lich' from Lancer TTRPG. It has a cyclops-like hollow laser in the face, a skeletal looking structure, and tattered robes wrapped loosely around its frame.
April 15, 2025 at 7:28 PM
ordinaryundead.bsky.social
also initial sketch for this
April 15, 2025 at 6:21 PM
ordinaryundead.bsky.social
Growing up, I loved the Winx Club. So, naturally, for the next few months I'll be adding to this thread as I turn them into lesbians who are fat mecha pilots.

I always loved Tecna the most so she's first.

She pilots a hacker mech with some time warping abilities lent to it via its gun hand.
Full body fanart illustration of Tecna from Winx Club in all her purple and pink glory. She's wearing a short body suit and sci-fi gear belt. She's resting one of her arms on a happy little drone. Tecna's mech drawn as a purple and pink hacker mech. It weilds a glitching gun attached where one of its hands would be. The other hand is sending out glowing lines to hack likely via spam email.
April 14, 2025 at 6:27 PM
ordinaryundead.bsky.social
Hi #portfolioday.

I'm Saya, a Pakistan based queer cartoonist. I've been working on scifi/horror projects lately.

Open to sff comics and ttrpg work. ✨💀✨
A lancer mech called 'Goblin' with two goblins inside, stacked on each other. Another Goblin. This one is from a Lancercampaign I'm in. It is being piloted by a humanoid pilot. A comic page divided into lots of smaller equal sized panels. It shows a reverse mermaid character and a cat climbing down weird looking, large machinery and walking off page. A greyscale comic page with 4 panels and a female figure in the middle drowning in the black background. There's a window overlayed on top of the figure. The four panels show her scratching her skin off, her eyes off, smiling while a hole in her head lets off smoke, and screaming underwater. The text is in Urdu and includes derogatory dialogues from other characters and her own self-deprecating thoughts.
April 8, 2025 at 1:23 PM
ordinaryundead.bsky.social
Thoughts are turning into actions
Wip
Halfbody cropped sketch fanart of Tecna from Winx Club except she's thick, has piercings, is wearing a Vegeta-like visor on one eye, and has a toolbelt with a data pad on the side.
April 6, 2025 at 7:11 PM
ordinaryundead.bsky.social
Went up north with the wife @raahi97.bsky.social and touched soft snow for the first time

Also painted the hand haunting the cabins we were at
March 10, 2025 at 5:25 PM