Studio Metropolis

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Proudly based in Portland, OR. Creating beautiful art by and for dreamers from underrepresented communities. When they go lower, we go gayer https://ko-fi.com/studiometropolis studiometropolisinc.com https://linktr.ee/studiometropolis

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Montage of My Boyfriend is a Shark episodes set to MBFIAS very first jingle, video and music by @msn99.bsky.social
"As the World Burns," a My Boyfriend is a Shark collection, coming to Kickstarter May 1st! Single-panel comic. Staci and Finn are sitting at a table at the fictional restaurant WINGS & THINGS. Staci is tearing into a basket of wings like a feral animal, sauce all over her hands, face, and shirt, like blood. Finn looks on in disbelief.
"As the World Burns," a My Boyfriend is a Shark collection, coming to Kickstarter May 1st! "Silver Screen Classics: Grease," by Liz Ransdell & Atlas Talos. Single-panel comic. Staci is dressed as John Travolta from Grease with a big ol' greasy black hair pompadour wig, black tshirt, black slacks. She's sitting in the back of a 50s convertible with her arm around Finn the Shark, who's dressed like Olivia Newton-John (curly blonde wig, leather pants even though he doesn't have legs, one of those black shirts where your shoulders and collarbone are on full display). The Grease logo has been reimagined to say MY BOYFRIEND IS A SHARK.
"As The World Burns," a My Boyfriend is a Shark collection, coming to Kickstarter May 1st! "Silver Screen Classics: I Dream of Jeannie," by Liz Ransdell & Atlas Talos. Staci & Finn drawn in the old Hanna Barbera style from I Dream of Jeannie. Staci is Jeannie, Finn is the astronaut guy.
"As the World Burns," a My Boyfriend is a Shark collection, coming to Kickstarter May 1st! "Just a Bite," by Liz Ransdell & Atlas Talos 4-panel comic. Panel 1: Staci (blonde girl, burgundy one-piece) has thrown a checkered tablecloth over her ocean rock and she's having lunch with her boyfriend, the titular shark! She's got a plate with a salad in front of her, and she's looking with a raised eyebrow at Finn, who has a plate stacked high with human body parts, including the classic head with Xes for eyes. Finn has a mouth full of a bite as he offers her a toe. Panel 2: Staci holds back a big barf. Finn laughs. Panel 3: Staci offers Finn a leaf of lettuce. Finn recoils in horror. Panel 4: Finn is dry-heaving into the water as Staci steals the toe off his plate.
"As the World Burns," a My Boyfriend is a Shark collection, Coming to Kickstarter May 1st! "Rent's Due," by Liz Ransdell & Atlas Talos. Panel 1: The gang recoiling in horror at their rent bill. Panel 2: They've all donned scuba gear and they're crashing in Finn the Shark's underwater cave, some curled up on the ocean floor, some posted up on Finn's surprisingly stylish mid-century modern couch. Finn gives Staci (blonde girl, yellow one-piece) a quizzical look. Staci shrugs.
"As the World Burns," a My Boyfriend is a Shark collection, Coming to Kickstarter May 1st! "Just a Friend," by Liz Ransdell & Atlas Talos 4-panel comic. Panel 1: Staci (white girl, blonde hair, burnt sienna two-piece) chilling on a rock in the water, laughing with a dolphin. Panel 2: The dolphin's splashing her with water as she laughs uproariously. Finn the Shark watches from a distance, fuming. Panel 3: Finn has leapt from the water and is flying at the dolphin, teeth bared. The dolphin is ready for combat. Staci is rolling her eyes. Panel 4: The boys are wrestlin' in the water, dolphin sinking his round teeth into Finn. Staci stands on the rock, her hands on her hips. S: "Really? Oh my gawd, Finn."
"As the World Burns," a My Boyfriend is a Shark Collection, coming to Kickstarter May 1st! "Art" by Liz Ransdell & Atlas Talos Single-panel comic. Dick the Dolphin, Rocky the Kitten, and Darryl the Squid are in an art studio painting Finn the Shark, who poses regally under a spotlight, part of his body conveniently covered by a canvas. On the students' canvases, we see that each of them have rendered the great white shark's two penises, known as claspers, with various levels of skill. Dick jokes! Woo!
Coming to Kickstarter May 1st, As the World Burns, a My Boyfriend is a Shark book #1 “New Friend” Panel 1– Staci, a blond girl in her signature one-piece swimsuit, plays beach volleyball with a friend out of panel. Panel 2– The ball lands on the water, not far from a familiar shark fin Panel 3– An adorable Dick dolphin springs out of the water, tossing the ball back to Staci, who continues playing with him. Panel 4– Dick and Fin glare at each other as Staci stands between them “Have you two met?”
“Envy” A 4-panel episode of My Boyfriend is a Shark that will be featured in the upcoming book, As the World Burns (coming to Kickstarter May 1) Panel 1– Staci sees a great pink one-piece swimsuit in the window of a shop downtown Panel 2– Sticker shock! The suit is way too expensive Panel 3– Staci and Fin the boyfriend shark see a hottie on the beach wearing the hot pink suit. Staci’s green-eyed monster is in full swing Panel 4– Fin floats in front of Staci, his mouth full of pink fabric, as the folks on the beach panic, minus one hottie who looked fabulous in her expensive pink swimsuit.
"As the World Burns," a My Boyfriend is a Shark collection, coming to Kickstarter May 1st! "High Dive," by Liz Ransdell & Atlas Talos. 4-panel comic. Panel 1: Staci (white blonde girl, blue one-piece) is peering nervously over a cliff above a lake. A bunch of kids are playing in the water and encouraging her to jump. Panel 2: Low camera angle looking up at Staci, who's extremely nervous. Panel 3: Finn the Shark is in the water below, looking up at his gf nervously. Panel 4: She did it! Finn watches as she hits the water, laughing. Finn's eyes have been replaced by hearts.
“Family Reunion” A 4-panel episode of My Boyfriend is a Shark that will be featured in the upcoming book, As the World Burns (on Kickstarter May 1) A throwback to the very beginning of this journey, and some good macabre fun Panel 1– Staci and Fin hang out in the shallows with Staci’s family, and Fin is hungry. He thinks he’s going to eat grandma, but Staci shoots him down. Panel 2– makes a play to turn cousin Shelly into a snack, but gets “the look” from his best girl. Panel 3– He tries one more time, with obnoxious uncle Ralph. Staci ignores him, watching her phone Panel 4– Uncle Ralph is gone, his beer floating in the sea in its cozy, and Fin munches a well-deserved snack.
“My Hero” A 4-panel episode of My Boyfriend is a Shark that will be featured in the upcoming book, As the World Burns (coming to Kickstarter May 1) Panel 1– Staci, a young blond woman, scuba dives among schools of yellow and orange fish. Panel 2– As she swims, a long, orange tentacle reaches out for her ankle. Panel 3– Snared by the tentacle, Staci struggles fruitlessly to free herself. Panel 4– The culprit is almost entirely gone as Fin the boyfriend shark chomps on something and Staci untangles her ankle from the piece of tentacle still wrapped around it.
My Boyfriend is a Shark: "Candlelight Dinner", featured in AS THE WORLD BURNS, coming to Kickstarter May 1! Single-panel comic. Staci (white girl, blonde, purple one-piece swimsuit) is sitting on a floatie, leaning forward, elbows on her hips, staring dreamily into the eyes of Finn the Shark. Between them is a surfboard with a platter piled high with dead fish and a candle. On the shoreline, a crowd of people are running away, somebody yelling "Shark! Stay out of the water!"
“A Fin Out of Water” A 4-panel episode of My Boyfriend is a Shark that will be featured in the upcoming book, As the World Burns (coming to Kickstarter May 1) Panel 1– Fin sees Staci walking with her friend, Colin. Panel 2– He sneaks around town behind them as they shop and run errands, disguised in a fedora and shades Panel 3– As the 2 friends chat, Fin imagines eating Colin Panel 4– He finally catches up to them, only to be surprised for his birthday!!!
“First Fight” A 4-panel episode of My Boyfriend is a Shark that will be featured in the upcoming book, As the World Burns (on Kickstarter May 1) Panel 1– Zoomed out view of a crowded beach Panel 2– The beach visitors scatter for shore at the sight of the shark in the water Panel 3– Staci has her back to a sad-faced Fin, saying, “I’m not talking to you yet.” Panel 4– The view pans back to the entire beach watching as Staci stands firm, arms folded, and Fin swims away.
“First Date” The start of it all… Staci and Fin hit the ground running and never stopped, but it all started with a girl and a shark, and a few pounds of chum. Panel 1– Staci, a blond girl in a blue sweater chatting with her nail lady as she gets a manicure Panel 2– Staci gets a curl and blowout Panel 3– A visit to the fishmongers for a little something, 10 lbs of mackerel, to be specific. Panel 4– Staci sits on Big Rock in a black swimsuit, ladling mackerel from a bucket. Below her, a single shark fin peeks out of the water Studio Metropolis’ upcoming book, As the World Burns (on Kickstarter starting May 1)
a big ol' stack of USPS Priority Mail boxes, sitting on the floor of Atlas' living room next to a big box of Nerf blasters
video of Atlas flipping through the pages of the book. you really want a copy even though it looks petty fucked up
the Studio Metropolis booth, with a banner for SE Ransdell, creator/writer of Curiouser & Curiouser, ALICE, and My boyfriend is a Shark. the table groans under the weight of books, comics, stickers, postcards, art prints, and other some such
the owls Atlas drew in the quoted skeet have been cleaned up a bit visually. caption on the drawing reads SUPERB. Studio Metropolis.
3-panel comic: Panel 1- Finn the Shark is “walking” in the door with a game box in one fin. Panel 2- Finn reacts in horror as the shadow of a human femme with tousled hair looms over him. Panel 3 - Finn on his back with Staci (blonde white femme) in a babydoll, straddling him, looking… voracious. Game tossed aside, forgotten. Panel 3- black except for the SFX- *smooch*/mmm/ *sigh* *squeal* *smack* shark noise*
Video is a short flip through the physical copy for Curiouser & Curiouser Vol 1: Dark Wonderland Tales, featuring art by both Atlas Talos and Anni Jyn
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digital ad. a comic style explodey graphic in pink/blue/yellow/black. Caption reads ONE WEEK LEFT! -cover of ALICE #1- Get your free copy of S.E. Ransdell's ALICE: A Dark Wonderland Tale of Redemption #1 when you back Studio Metropolis on ko-fi at SUPERHERO level or greater! Offer expires on january 1, 2025
digital ad. background is a brightly colored cyan/magenta/yellow/black explody thingie with some text laid over it, suspiciously resembling a comic book. GIFT A COMIC! -image of the cover of ALICE#1- Need a last minute gift? We got you covered! You can directly buy a physical copy of S.E. Ransdell's ALICE: A Dark Wonderland Tale of Redemption #1 and we will send you a printout for you to gift before your physical book gets there! Link in post!
digital ad. text reads: COME SUPPORT STUDIO METROPOLIS ON OUR BRAND NEW KO-FI! Merch drops! Exclusive discounts! Early access! DM access! Newsletters! Behind the Scenes! Thank You Page Shout-Outs! Art timelapses! NSFW content! There's a shot of some of our merch you can get for being a subscriber -- comics, stickers, postcards. Link in bio.
3 panel My Boyfriend is a Shark Ep#117 “Whaler? What Whaler?” A whaler’s kidnapped baby orca. Mom looks on helpless as Finn stews. The whaler might think he’s won— but Finn comes through in the clinch. Bye bye whaler…
cool 70s font that reads WHEN THEY GO LOWER, WE GO GAYER "gayer" is all wavy and shadowy and rainbowy and cool studio metropolis logo small in the right corner
cover of Curiouser & Curiouser (Alice suggestively drooling on a mushroom) -- caption reads LAST DAY LINK IN BIO
Digital ad. Cover of Curiouser & Curiouser (line art of Alice suggestively drooling on a mushroom). Caption reads 100% FUNDED - LINK IN BIO
Cover of SE Ransdell's CURIOUSER & CURIOUSER Vol 1 (line art of Alice of Wonderland fame suggestively drooling on a mushroom). Captions read: FOR FANS OF URSULA K. LE GUIN, CHUCK PALAHNIUK, AND TANITH LEE "As erotic and beautiful as it is morbid and shocking, Liz Ransdell's collection of Wonderland stories is one wildly entertaining trip through the looking glass." -AJ Jones, author LIVE NOW ON KICKSTARTER
cover of Curiouser & Curiouser (line art of Alice drooling on a mushroom very suggestively as psychedelic colors swirl behind her). Caption reads 50% FUNDED, LINK IN BIO
graphic with the cover for Curiouser & Curiouser. Caption reads "25% FUNDED, LINK IN BIO"
"One wildly entertaining trip through the looking glass." -AJ Jones, author "Ransdell and Talos have created something that’s rare these days. They’ve created magic”. -Tobin Elliott, author of the six-book horror series, THE APHOTIC S.E. Ransdell's Curiouser & Curiouser Vol 1: Dark Wonderland Tales available 10/31 on Kickstarter
digital ad. Cover of Curiouser & Curiouser Vol 1, featuring line art of Alice drooling on a mushroom behind a backdrop of psychedelic swirling color. Caption reads WARNING: This collection contains erotic content, violence, gore, drug use, consensual sexual violence, coercion, abortion, and suggestion of cannibalism. But I bet you're into that, aren't you? Link in bio.
cover of Curiouser & Curiouser Vol 1. Caption reads: 2ND CHANCE LIVE NOW LINK IN BIO
Picture of the cover of S.E. Ransdell's Curiouser & Curiouser Vol 1: Dark Wonderland Tales. Ad copy reads: FOR FANS OF URSULA K. LE GUIN, CHUCK PALAHNIUK, AND TANITH LEE "As erotic and beautiful as it is morbid and shocking, Liz Ransdell's collection of Wonderland stories is one wildly entertaining trip through the looking glass." -AJ Jones, author AVAILABLE 10/31 ON KICKSTARTER
Photo of the cover of CURIOUSER & CURIOUSER VOL 1: DARK WONDERLAND TALES (white background with psychedelic swirling colors in the background of a pupil-less Alice in Wonderland (white girl, blonde hair, black hair bow, blue dress, white apron) holding a mushroom in her hand and holding it to her open mouth, tongue hanging out. Cover art by Anni Jyn. Caption reads DID YOU MISS OUT? LINK IN BIO
photo of the physical book for Curiouser & Curiouser Vol 1
Text against a background of hardcover Curiouser & Curiouser Vol 1: Dark Wonderland Tales and the Studio Metropolis and Indiegogo logos. The text reads: "LAST DAY -- Link in Bio"
Text against a background of hardcover Curiouser & Curiouser Vol 1: Dark Wonderland Tales and the Studio Metropolis and Indiegogo logos. The text reads: “...This is a dark ride, but it's a gorgeous, terrifying, rewarding one. Liz Ransdell and Atlas Talos have created something that's rare these days. They've created magic.” - Tobin Elliott, author
4-panel comic. panel 1: Cassidy (white femme, red hair, teal scrubs, wheelchair) sits with Billy (giant muscular man, bald, no shirt basically ever). She's wiping her eyes and says "He's so mean! I know how to do my job." panel 2: Silent panel and Billy stands on the beach and points in the distance as he yells angrily at Colin, Finn the Shark, and Harold the Octopus, who all look angry. panel 3: dentist's office, interior. Cassidy is sitting by the door of the exam room with a clipboard. in the dentist's chair, making it look tiny, is Finn with a mischievous grin. Cassidy smiles and rolls her eyes. panel 4: the dentist enters and sees a massive shark grin staring at him as his soul leaves his body. Cassidy stifles a laugh.
A blank sheet of paper curled up at the corner to reveal the cover of Curiouser and Curiouser and the text Available now on INDIEGOGO. On the blank sheet is the text DON’T YOU WANT TO SEE WHAT’S INSIDE? Above the title: S.E. Ransdell’s Curiouser & Curiouser Vol1: Dark Wonderland Tales
single panel comic. we're inside a room at an animal shelter, a sign on the other side of the window says ADOPTION DAY THANK YOU VOLUNTEERS! Staci and Layla are on the other side of the glass with a broom and mop. Layla: Where's Finn? Staci: He found the puppies. In the foreground, Finn the Shark has a whole litter of little brown puppies crawling all over him and biting his fins. He looks overjoyed.
snippet of a digital illustration from Atlas Talos, accompanying the story in question. A young girl lies bleeding in a swamp next to the terrified head of what may very well be one of the Brothers Tweedle. you'll just have to read to find out!
b&w image of Liz Ransdell staring contemplatively into the distance. "My stories are born from survival, from a life lived struggling to bloom under men. Join me in my twisted garden. I write my stories for us." -S.E. Ransdell. (SE Ransdell's CURIOUSER & CURIOUSER Vol 1: Dark Wonderland Tales, live NOW on Indeigogo)
Over an image of a bloody young man with a rose tattoo with the words EAT ME cut into his chest- it reads “Come with us to Wonderland, where topsy turvy whimsy has become twisted, treacherous and terrifying. Where all your fantasies turn to nightmares, and all your pleasure comes with pain… but only if you ask nicely.” Above the title: S.E. Ransdell’s Curiouser & Curiouser Vol1: Dark Wonderland Tales. One corner is lifted to reveal copies of Curiouser & Curiouser and the INDIEGOGO logo
-Studio Metropolis logo- "Liz Ransdell and Atlas Talos have created something that's rare these days. They've created magic." -Tobin Elliott, author, THE APHOTIC "As erotic and beautiful as it is morbid and shocking, Liz Ransdell's collection of Wonderland stories is one wildly entertaining trip through the looking glass." -AJ Jones, author -timelapse art of Alice from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. She's sitting back on her haunches as a ghostly specter of a white rabbit pushes her thighs apart- "In Wonderland, creatures are not what they seem. And all that you see is a dream in a dream." -animation of a young girl chasing a butterfly with a smile on her face. shot pulls out to show a spooky version of Lewis Carroll staring at her through a window made of scribbes and scratches- "Innocence lost is the innocence claimed, by those who are broken from those they would tame." S.E. Ransdell's CURIOUSER & CURIOUSER Vol 1: Dark Wonderland Tales, available on IndieGogo now.
Text against a background of hardcover Curiouser & Curiouser Vol 1: Dark Wonderland Tales and the Studio Metropolis and Indiegogo logos. The text reads: "NOW LIVE -- Link in Bio"
Silver screen episode paying respects to Scream, the original, with Finn and Orca playing the parts of the Predator and the prey (I loved this scene with Drew Barrymore in the movie and just had to include my beloved old technology of a landline cordless phone in the toon)
Anni Jyn line art cover of Curiouser & Curiouser vol1 with excerpts from Tobin Elliot’s author review “This is a dark ride, but it’s a gorgeous, terrifying, rewarding one. Liz Ransdell and Atlas Talos have created something that’s rare these days. They’ve created magic.” (Crowd fund going live on Indiegogo tomorrow, Friday 13th)
Video of waves breaking on the shore at Buena Ventura beach in Southern California.
Over an image of Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum it reads “In Wonderland, You’re either the predator or the prey… Sometimes, you’re both.” Above the title: S.E. Ransdell’s Curiouser & Curiouser Vol1: Dark Wonderland Tales. One corner is lifted to reveal copies of Curiouser & Curiouser and the INDIEGOGO logo “Coming Friday, Sept 13th”
Text against a background of hardcover Curiouser & Curiouser Vol 1: Dark Wonderland Tales and the Studio Metropolis and Indiegogo logos. The text reads: “...This is a dark ride, but it's a gorgeous, terrifying, rewarding one. Liz Ransdell and Atlas Talos have created something that's rare these days. They've created magic.” - Tobin Elliott, author
ALT TEXT/AD COPY: COMING SOON… from Studio Metropolis Our sexiest, creepiest offering yet Image is a sneak peek at the cover of Curiouser & Curiouser. A monster grips Alice’s thigh above her knee-high stockings. In the bottom left corner “S.E. Ransdell’s Curiouser & Curiouser Vol1: Dark Wonderland Tales.” the bottom right corner is lifted to reveal copies of Curiouser & Curiouser and the INDIEGOGO logo