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Elisar Haydar
Elisar Haydar is a Syrian-Canadian, Ottawa-based illustrator focused on making fun, weird, and exciting comics that tell stories about introspection and interpersonal relationships. When not doing that, Elisar is running a homebrew D&D campaign and collecting novelty earrings and dice.
PHILLIPA FAIRUZA GETS FRACTURED!
In a demon summoning gone wrong, Phillipa “Pip” Fairuza accidentally severs her own reflection from herself and gets partially possessed! With the help of her friends Zeke and Schmidt, Pip needs to find a way to undo the possession and put herself back together again. This original 60+ page comic is a coming of age story about three friends who learn that no problem can be solved without help and an open mind and a lot of humour along the way.
SHE BITES – SPOT
A spot illustration for Sarah Mintz’s horror short story She Bites, published in Issue No 28 of The Feathertale Press. Art Direction by Kara Pyle.
TENANT
A woman reprimands a fellow occupant in her home. Based on the prompt “out of sight, out of mind”, Tenant is a 3-page original introspective comic about avoidance, conflict, and clocks.
SOMETHING’S UP WITH ARLO – COVER
Illustrated book cover completed for Matteo L. Cerilli’s Something’s Up With Arlo, for HarperCollins Canada. Art Direction by Zeena Baybayan, Alan Jones, and Yashaswi Kesanakurthy.
WHAT LIES UNDERNEATH
What Lies Underneath is an 18-page illustrated rumination on death and disease, and our relationship with decay and our bodies. Taking inspiration from Mary Roach’s Stiff and Caitlyn Doughty’s Smoke Gets In Your Eyes, this visual exploration layers mylar and graphite to create a denseness that reflects the complexity of life in death.
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