Hi there! My name is Pyra and I'm a cartoon-aholic. And a rock-aholic. I grew up on all the cheesy sleazy 80s hair metal bands then later got turned onto 70s punk in junior high. These come together in my art in my comics, sketchbooks, and paintings which I work on and show off here.

My life is infested with cartoon rats (one of my main projects is Ricky B. the Rock N Roll Rat, featuring a punk rock rat-man slogging it out in the low-levels of the recording studio biz) and cartoon brats (my other project, Noah's Archipelago, features stay-at-home-dude Noah Thorsen, who sings in cover bands when not shirking housework or butting heads with his snotty 8 year old daughter Ursula or his mother-in-law Agnes).

Thanks for stopping by - enjoy the art!


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Couple pics from my pen and ink demo at the Cowichan Valley Arts Council this afternoon - was a lot of fun and I got 2 1/2 Noah’s Archipelago pages done.

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Today’s morning sketchbook page: of course Ursula is a Sith… of course she is.

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Unfortunately I'm a bit under the weather this afternoon/evening so tonight's livestream of inking pages from the Ricky B. Goes to Sea graphic novel will be postponed.

Sorry about that. I should be better by Sunday afternoon's stream and I have a pre-recorded weekly recap video that will be live tomorrow; see you there!

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Today’s Noah’s Archipelago comic, in which Ursula’s willing to go the extra mile for a cool field trip.

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About: Noah’s Archipelago is a slice of family life webcomic starring Noah Thorsen, a stay-at-home dad by day and cover band wannabe rock star by night. He lives with his prissy second-grade teacher wife Ruth and their daughters, lazy and cartoon-obsessed third grader Ursula and her baby sister Valerie, in the guest house of Ruth’s parents, retired politician Frank and professional busybody Agnes. Noah also has two grown sons, goth DJ/gym rat Adam and sullen outdoorsman Duke. The comic is set in Victoria, BC and is created by artist/author Pyra Draculea.

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Today’s Noah’s Archipelago comic, in which Miss Fardemar is annoyed at Ursula’s art criticism.

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About: Noah’s Archipelago is a slice of family life webcomic starring Noah Thorsen, a stay-at-home dad by day and cover band wannabe rock star by night. He lives with his prissy second-grade teacher wife Ruth and their daughters, lazy and cartoon-obsessed third grader Ursula and her baby sister Valerie, in the guest house of Ruth’s parents, retired politician Frank and professional busybody Agnes. Noah also has two grown sons, goth DJ/gym rat Adam and sullen outdoorsman Duke. The comic is set in Victoria, BC and is created by artist/author Pyra Draculea.

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Today’s sketchbook page: some of my collection of vintage hats… that I never wear.

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Today’s comic, in which Ursula has very sophisticated art tastes.

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About: Noah’s Archipelago is a slice of family life webcomic starring Noah Thorsen, a stay-at-home dad by day and cover band wannabe rock star by night. He lives with his prissy second-grade teacher wife Ruth and their daughters, lazy and cartoon-obsessed third grader Ursula and her baby sister Valerie, in the guest house of Ruth’s parents, retired politician Frank and professional busybody Agnes. Noah also has two grown sons, goth DJ/gym rat Adam and sullen outdoorsman Duke. The comic is set in Victoria, BC and is created by artist/author Pyra Draculea.

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Today’s sketchbook page: it’s pink snow season with the cherry blossoms in full regalia.

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Today’s sketchbook page. Feeling lazy, lol.

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Today’s daily sketchbook page.

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