Abstract
The Lonely Phantom is a 32 page comic issue focusing on the effects of climate change towards the environment. Genevieve Caius, or Gen for short, is the strong minded protagonist of the story. As a human she was an environmental scientist, dedicating her time to helping protect the environment and find a way to bring back the dying plant life. Along the way of discovery something goes horribly wrong and meets her untimely demise, or so she thought. She ends up turning into a phantom, stuck in between the worlds of the living and the dead.
Artist Statement
Mikayla is a Portland based illustrator. She has a strength for storytelling and an interest for comics/graphic novels. She studied at Pacific Northwest College of Art where she found her passion for writing as well as illustrating fun, quirky and sometimes rather spooky stories.
Her work contains the themes of the supernatural or unknown as well as environmental aspects. Intertwining these subjects may seem obscure but her goal is to focus on matters that are most important to her as well as reaching those who feel out of place in this world. Mikayla has a lighter side to her work as well, creating bright and joyful pieces that feature animals for that is one of her top skills that she enjoys most.