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Kody Okamoto
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Queer cartoonist. "the nerdiest punk shit and the punkest nerd shit" guy. he/they 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

Creates the gay bummer of a webcomic #KeepingTime @ keepingtimecomic.com (Updates Tuesdays)

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Kody Okamoto @kodyisover.com · Aug 27
There are now 3 full chapters (that's 106 pages!!) of completely free-to-read KEEPING TIME, the queer, slow burn between two former friends and now current bandmates who - for better or worse - fall in love.

#KeepingTime #webcomics

🎸 keepingtimecomic.com
A comic page from KEEPING TIME. Daniel, a Japanese American man, sits on stage at a grand piano and stares out in disbelief at Denver, a blond punk with a neck tattoo who looks equally stunned. A caption title says, "CHAPTER 1: 2:45 AM" A second panel. Denver llifts the lid of a dumpster, while two figures stand behind him in a dark alleyway. A third panel. Denver lights both his cigarette and that of Daniel's. Denver says, "I'm impressed, y'know," while Daniel answers with a, "Hmm?" A final panel. Denver motions towards Daniel with his lit cigarette while Daniel smiles gently.
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slightly diminish a band:

Eve 5
zoewithasword.bsky.social Zoe Tunnell @zoewithasword.bsky.social · 2h
Slightly diminish a band:

The Yeastie Boys
bugsmaytrix.bsky.social Bugs Maytrix, Certified Sicko @bugsmaytrix.bsky.social · 3h
Slightly diminish a band:

Gun and Rose
January 10, 2026 at 8:35 PM
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Mark is my eye in the sky, the guy who always sees the forest when I am bumbling around the trees. He sees what I'm trying to do with large, overarching story beats and instead of razing down a single path for me, he points out a bunch of routes I COULD take to get to where *I* want to go.
markwwc.bsky.social Mark O. Stack @markwwc.bsky.social · Jul 18
I do some edits on this with Kody and it's mostly just me saying "hey, this thing here is really good, can you do more of that?" and then he comes back with more pages that flow perfectly
kodyisover.com Kody Okamoto @kodyisover.com · May 13
KEEPING TIME is a webcomic about two guys who, years after an unspeakable tragedy, reunite, start a band, and, against everyone's better judgement, fall in love. Told in two timelines that alternate between past and present, it's only gonna get gayer from here!!

🎸 keepingtimecomic.com
#WebcomicDay
July 18, 2024 at 7:23 PM
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Don't forget! (Re)reading my comic on Tapas gets me paid! Every view/comment counts so adding my comic there helps me out a lot -- especially as less and less sites pay me.

Check it out here: tapas.io/series/Solanaceae/info
An ad for my M/M BDSM comic over on Tapas!
January 5, 2026 at 12:06 AM
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markwwc.bsky.social
I'm Mark O. Stack, and I write comics about people in fantastic situations processing real emotions.

My first middle grade OGN, Travis Muñoz and the Fire of the Aztecs, comes out 4/28. I am putting together proposals for more MG and YA work!

✉️: [email protected]
📘: weekendwarriorcomics.com
January 10, 2026 at 8:13 PM
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markwwc.bsky.social
It's true. You CAN hire me. My editing style is very much informed by my training and work as an educator. What are you trying to accomplish? How can we best hit those marks? Where are there opportunities to extend or strengthen? All the fun stuff
kodyisover.com Kody Okamoto @kodyisover.com · 5h
a lot of notes from Mark are him just making observations that are worded in a way my own brain would never come up with that helps me realize what it is I was trying to do/say and it makes me go "AUGH" every time

(you, too, could have Mark edit your story. go hire him)
January 10, 2026 at 5:56 PM
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don't mind me, just adding this to #KeepingTime because sometimes Mark editor-big-insights me in public
markwwc.bsky.social Mark O. Stack @markwwc.bsky.social · 13d
They need to understand that your boys have already failed out of some dreams and are on their last one
January 10, 2026 at 5:45 PM
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another brik in the brak
January 10, 2026 at 5:17 PM
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snapppp
January 4, 2026 at 3:28 PM
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I just joked that as the only son in his family, Denver was unfortunately assigned sportsball guy at birth, but you know what. That is exactly what happened
kodyisover.com Kody Okamoto @kodyisover.com · 13d
just thinking out loud about what Denver was like in high school...

#KeepingTime
A character sketch page of Denver in baseball gear from the webcomic Keeping Time. In the top sketch, he holds a bat across his shoulders while smoking a cigarette. In the bottom, he wears batting gear and points at something off-screen while grinning. Text reads: "What haircut is this? Who knows! (Probably a mohawk from freshman year he let grow out. Elmer's glue isn't free and all the time spent maintaining that could be spent playing guitar instead). Coach likes him ("lose the jewelry, Leary"). Most teammates tolerate him. He would rather be doing anything else but his dead dad would be disappointed if he quit, so wygd. (Play ball until you're free of high school, it seems.)"
December 28, 2025 at 1:35 AM
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it's an ungodly hour to post new art but for any other freaks (affectionate) still awake, there's something new for the 18+ tier over at Patreon 🙂‍↕️

$8+ USD patrons: (18+) How to break your service top in 1 easy step
Denver from Keeping Time, a blond dude with a neck tattoo removes over-ear headphones with a shocked expression because his brain is factory resetting at whatever he is looking at.
January 3, 2026 at 4:49 AM
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Just two co-workers having a conversation with no unresolved sexual tension whatsoever

Page 125 is live!

Latest: badinfluencecomic.com
Start Fresh: badinfluencecomic.com/comic/cover1/

#BadInfluenceComic #comics #WebComic
A comic panel crop, two of my OCs are seen from the chest up, the hint of chair behind the right one suggesting they're sitting at a table against a background of purple and gold. Vale is on the left, seen in profile, arms resting behind his head, he has light skin, a light layer of stubble and violet eyes. He wears a dark blue jacket over a white shirt with blue and silver accents, he glances toward Tass with a soft smile. Tass is on the right, also seen in profile, a woman with skin skin and green eyes, her long purple hair in a braid over her shoulder. She wears a teal vest over a white shirt. bad influence page 125
January 8, 2026 at 5:30 PM
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I am full of regret that I didn't anticipate this post breaking containment and making it overtly clear here that the project in question is a queer, gay romance comic and I introduced myself in the email as a transmasc dude, and that THIS was the emailed response from them with that as the context
kodyisover.com Kody Okamoto @kodyisover.com · 1d
I've reached out to two 80's hardcore punk bands for lyrics licensing requests through their labels, telling them about #KeepingTime and my budget. Both times, the guys came back with, "nah go ahead, use it for free."

Punk's not dead. In fact, they're still out there, being radically kind.
Hi Kody -- It's (REDACTED)--AT sent your note to me. As long as you credit me (us) for the song (which it sounds like you are), you're free to use the lyrics and reference and anything else. No need to pay me, just so long as: A. You send me a link to the comic when it's done and B. You come to one of my shows in Seattle this year and introduce yourself (since I live in Seattle and play pretty regularly around).
January 10, 2026 at 1:24 AM
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COME GET YOUR FLOWERS, CHICAGO PUNK SCENE. History might keep ignoring you for the coasts and D.C. but an island kid born two decades too late is gonna fall in love with you and be given the greatest gift from one of your own!!
kodyisover.com Kody Okamoto @kodyisover.com · 21h
Man, since this looks like it's gonna continue to break containment, I'm just gonna come out and say it so dude can get his deserved flowers (spoilers for my own comic readers be damned) -- this was Vic Bondi of Chicago's Articles of Faith!!
Hi Kody -- It's Vic Bondi from AOF--AT sent your note to me. As long as you credit me (us) for the song (which it sounds like you are), you're free to use the lyrics and reference and anything else. No need to pay me, just so long as: A. You send me a link to the comic when it's done and B. You come to one of my shows in Seattle this year and introduce yourself (since I live in Seattle and play pretty regularly around). Good luck with the project, Vic
January 10, 2026 at 1:32 AM
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:falls to knees crying weeping throwing-up:

somehow, someway.... my chaotic ass has ACTUALLY finished a book ;_______;

#art #DeathDrop
January 10, 2026 at 2:34 PM
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I hear "Photobooth" by Death Cab playing over this one, Kody
kodyisover.com Kody Okamoto @kodyisover.com · Feb 6
thinking about the #KeepingTime test page I did back in June 2023

what's a guy to do when it's 2008 and your crush plays guitar in the same band as you? cry about it, probably
A comic page. Panel 1: through an open door where we can only see their shadows on the floor, Speaker A asks, "Can I come in"? In panel 2, over a shot of both speaker's shoes, speaker B begins to answer, "Yes," but is cut off with a kiss in panel 3. In panel 4, Speaker A, revealed to be a blonde man lying above Speaker B on a couch in a dark living room, he begins to ask again, "Can I--" but is interrupted by Speaker B, revealed to be a young Asian man, answering, "Yes."
January 10, 2026 at 5:38 AM
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Hey, new and returning folks!

Please take a second to do this. It makes the site so much better for everyone and also you will get a lot more engagement and reposts if you do this ♥️
akilwilson.blacksky.app Akil Wilson @akilwilson.blacksky.app · Nov 9
If you haven’t already, be sure to click the button to require alt text before posting.

Settings > Accessibility > Require alt text before posting

It makes things so much easier, because now alt text isn’t that one more thing you have to remember to do every time. Truly a lifesaver!

🧵(3/6)
A screenshot of my phone that shows the accessibility settings page where you can click the Require alt text before posting button so that Bluesky will remind you to write your alt text
January 10, 2026 at 2:44 PM
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thinking about the #KeepingTime test page I did back in June 2023

what's a guy to do when it's 2008 and your crush plays guitar in the same band as you? cry about it, probably
A comic page. Panel 1: through an open door where we can only see their shadows on the floor, Speaker A asks, "Can I come in"? In panel 2, over a shot of both speaker's shoes, speaker B begins to answer, "Yes," but is cut off with a kiss in panel 3. In panel 4, Speaker A, revealed to be a blonde man lying above Speaker B on a couch in a dark living room, he begins to ask again, "Can I--" but is interrupted by Speaker B, revealed to be a young Asian man, answering, "Yes."
February 6, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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Local assisted living facilities are taking additional security measures because the residents don’t want their care to be interrupted when ICE abducts their staff. Schools are closed for the safety of students, faculty, and staff. There is no facet of society or stage of life unaffected.
mattdelong.bsky.social Matt DeLong @mattdelong.bsky.social · 21h
Not an exaggeration at all to say that the feeling in Minneapolis is that the entire metro area is being treated as occupied territory by federal agents. Impossible to overstate how overwhelmingly people here do not like it. This does not feel sustainable.
January 10, 2026 at 1:24 AM
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COME GET YOUR FLOWERS, CHICAGO PUNK SCENE. History might keep ignoring you for the coasts and D.C. but an island kid born two decades too late is gonna fall in love with you and be given the greatest gift from one of your own!!
kodyisover.com Kody Okamoto @kodyisover.com · 21h
Man, since this looks like it's gonna continue to break containment, I'm just gonna come out and say it so dude can get his deserved flowers (spoilers for my own comic readers be damned) -- this was Vic Bondi of Chicago's Articles of Faith!!
Hi Kody -- It's Vic Bondi from AOF--AT sent your note to me. As long as you credit me (us) for the song (which it sounds like you are), you're free to use the lyrics and reference and anything else. No need to pay me, just so long as: A. You send me a link to the comic when it's done and B. You come to one of my shows in Seattle this year and introduce yourself (since I live in Seattle and play pretty regularly around). Good luck with the project, Vic
January 10, 2026 at 1:32 AM
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Man, since this looks like it's gonna continue to break containment, I'm just gonna come out and say it so dude can get his deserved flowers (spoilers for my own comic readers be damned) -- this was Vic Bondi of Chicago's Articles of Faith!!
Hi Kody -- It's Vic Bondi from AOF--AT sent your note to me. As long as you credit me (us) for the song (which it sounds like you are), you're free to use the lyrics and reference and anything else. No need to pay me, just so long as: A. You send me a link to the comic when it's done and B. You come to one of my shows in Seattle this year and introduce yourself (since I live in Seattle and play pretty regularly around). Good luck with the project, Vic
January 10, 2026 at 1:30 AM
kodyisover.com
I am full of regret that I didn't anticipate this post breaking containment and making it overtly clear here that the project in question is a queer, gay romance comic and I introduced myself in the email as a transmasc dude, and that THIS was the emailed response from them with that as the context
kodyisover.com Kody Okamoto @kodyisover.com · 1d
I've reached out to two 80's hardcore punk bands for lyrics licensing requests through their labels, telling them about #KeepingTime and my budget. Both times, the guys came back with, "nah go ahead, use it for free."

Punk's not dead. In fact, they're still out there, being radically kind.
Hi Kody -- It's (REDACTED)--AT sent your note to me. As long as you credit me (us) for the song (which it sounds like you are), you're free to use the lyrics and reference and anything else. No need to pay me, just so long as: A. You send me a link to the comic when it's done and B. You come to one of my shows in Seattle this year and introduce yourself (since I live in Seattle and play pretty regularly around).
January 10, 2026 at 1:24 AM
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I think about this all the time.

Romanticizing male anger, white man-Asian (wo)man romance, choosing family who've harmed you over your own queerness (because the issue is REALLY about choosing your diasporic culturally-inherited morals over individualism), girl dies to further the narrative...
sarahmargs.bsky.social sarah margaret 💕 @sarahmargs.bsky.social · 1d
if your current project became the Next Big Thing, what would the discourse about it be like?
January 9, 2026 at 11:46 PM
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also, if you're like! a sleuth! you could probably figure out what band this is based on things I've said/replied to pals about. this band's already been referenced pretty prominently in the comic, AND IT WAS relatively recently (I mean more than just a parody logo/poster appearance)...
kodyisover.com Kody Okamoto @kodyisover.com · 1d
I've reached out to two 80's hardcore punk bands for lyrics licensing requests through their labels, telling them about #KeepingTime and my budget. Both times, the guys came back with, "nah go ahead, use it for free."

Punk's not dead. In fact, they're still out there, being radically kind.
Hi Kody -- It's (REDACTED)--AT sent your note to me. As long as you credit me (us) for the song (which it sounds like you are), you're free to use the lyrics and reference and anything else. No need to pay me, just so long as: A. You send me a link to the comic when it's done and B. You come to one of my shows in Seattle this year and introduce yourself (since I live in Seattle and play pretty regularly around).
January 9, 2026 at 10:32 PM
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magicmetalbird.com
punk continues to be fucking... punk 💖

fuck yeah

also read kody's comic if you haven't yet what the fuck is wrong with you there's GAY WIND in it ffs
kodyisover.com Kody Okamoto @kodyisover.com · 1d
I've reached out to two 80's hardcore punk bands for lyrics licensing requests through their labels, telling them about #KeepingTime and my budget. Both times, the guys came back with, "nah go ahead, use it for free."

Punk's not dead. In fact, they're still out there, being radically kind.
Hi Kody -- It's (REDACTED)--AT sent your note to me. As long as you credit me (us) for the song (which it sounds like you are), you're free to use the lyrics and reference and anything else. No need to pay me, just so long as: A. You send me a link to the comic when it's done and B. You come to one of my shows in Seattle this year and introduce yourself (since I live in Seattle and play pretty regularly around).
January 9, 2026 at 10:14 PM
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blazeward.bsky.social
THIS is punk!
kodyisover.com Kody Okamoto @kodyisover.com · 1d
I've reached out to two 80's hardcore punk bands for lyrics licensing requests through their labels, telling them about #KeepingTime and my budget. Both times, the guys came back with, "nah go ahead, use it for free."

Punk's not dead. In fact, they're still out there, being radically kind.
Hi Kody -- It's (REDACTED)--AT sent your note to me. As long as you credit me (us) for the song (which it sounds like you are), you're free to use the lyrics and reference and anything else. No need to pay me, just so long as: A. You send me a link to the comic when it's done and B. You come to one of my shows in Seattle this year and introduce yourself (since I live in Seattle and play pretty regularly around).
January 9, 2026 at 5:22 PM