A Mermaid’s Quest to Reclaim A Treasure in One Shot Comic: ‘Sinker’

Writer: Tony Blando / Artist: Libby Frame In a rare moment on Instagram while not looking at dog videos, thirst traps, or cosplay I stumbled upon artwork for Sinker through writer Tony Blando’s IG page. Intrigued, I went looking for more, found the whole short one shot comic online and read it while doing some laundry over the weekend. What I found was a finely illustrated story that had me rooted from the start to the finish featuring one of more popular fictional creatures of the sea: a mermaid! From the opening image, that also serves as the cover, we’re treated to our protagonist, a blue haired mermaid looking out into the horizon seemingly on a mission. It’s a really pretty, detailed image that frames her in the middle of great scenery and gives us a clue that she’s focused, with a goal in mind. She has attached to her wrist some sort of tool or weapon which had me super curious about what type of exploring or mayhem she was going to get herself in. Our heroine is, indeed, on a mission. She has left home to recover a priceless object, a heirloom of sorts that once belonged to her now-deceased mother. It was stolen by pirates when her home was raided; this one particular treasure that her mother held dear amongst many others was taken. It’s a good setup to what motivates her in this journey–she’s out to right a terrible wrong and in some way get closure from her mother’s death.

I am really digging the art as I adore artist Libby Frame’s style. I came across her art some…