Justin Castaneda
@whenuwerelittle.bsky.social
bio.site/whenuwerelittle — Filipino American 🇵🇭 comic artist and author. Creator of HEART 💔, The Murder Balloon 🎈🔪💀, and Juju’s World of Play. Co-Creator of Wonder Care Presents: The Kinder Guardians
#ZazieBeetz as Asia Reeves in #TheyWillKillYou, a Kill Bill clone that goes in a complete bonkers direction by the third act. 🐷 Stellar action with a flaming axe 🪓 🔥 fight that’s an all-timer. If you missed this one, give it a watch, it’s a good time! #cardBOREDsketch #ink #brush #pen
I’m all setup and ready for @zineclubchicago.bsky.social’s South Side Zine Fest at the Richard J. Daley Branch of the #ChicagoPublicLibrary in Bridgeport, IL. Brave the rain 🌧️ and #supportlocal #artists #SSZF2026 Here from 11am - 4pm!
Welcome to the fold! #BuddyCops Volume 5: The Lady Cops will be available this Saturday 08/15 at South Side Zine Fest brought to you by @zineclubchicago.bsky.social! #SSZF2026
Another second Sunday in the books…Ten 1 minute #pen studies and three 15 minute #watercolor studies and one 45 minute #pencil study. #figuredrawing #lifedrawing
More progress on #BuddyCops Vol. 5: Lady Cops…if you haven’t seen Miss & Mrs. Cops (2019), you should seek it out. (It’s free on Roku right now.) Such a fun ride with perfect comedic timing and clever action. This zine should be ready in time for @zineclubchicago.bsky.social’s South Side Zine Fest!
Just a couple of New Yorkers hashing it out. @spidermanmovie.bsky.social #BrandNewDay #ThePunisher #cardBOREDsketch
Here’s my recap of last Sunday’s #PhysicalMedia swap at #RevolutionBrewing:
Physical Media Swap at Revolution Brewing!
YouTube video by Justin Castaneda
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“Come visit Cap’n Clark’s Ottoman Empire, and the only thing you’ll be wanting is more space to keep it on!” #Backrooms #cardBOREDsketch #ink #marker #crayon #A24
This was hard, but i ranked The #EvilDead franchise:
Which Evil Dead burns the grooviest?
YouTube video by Justin Castaneda
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The worst baddies of the summer movie season…seriously F these people.
“Told you what you most want is what you most can’t have. And what you most can’t have is what you already had…and lost…. It was the song of all promises I failed to keep. And it told me I don’t really want to go home.”
Today I read “If You Give a Kid a Comic” and #KinderWonders: “How Far is Up?!” For another fun #StoryTime at Grounded Books in New Lenox, IL — come back next month on Saturday, August 22 at 10AM.
For my next show I’ll be at South Side #Zine Fest on August 15, 2026 at the Richard J. Daley Branch of the Chicago Public Library in Bridgeport from 11AM - 4PM. Looking forward to sharing my zines with the community of @zineclubchicago.bsky.social
Started off my morning doing a #ChalkWalk for the line at #Comicopolis in Lockport, IL! I’m here today at one of the best #library shows in the ‘burbs. Come by from 10AM - 4PM for indoor and outdoor fun!
It’s been months, but I finally got a #lifedrawing class in. Ten 1 minute #ink studies and three 15 minute #watercolor studies. #figuredrawing
It’s a lovely day for a #library show! I’m at Cook Memorial Public Library District’s Mini Con at the Aspen Library from 11am - 4pm. Come out and #supportlocal! 📚
THIS SATURDAY I’ll be at the Aspen Drive Library in Vernon Hills for Cook Memorial Public Library’s CMPLD MINI-CON from 11AM - 4PM!
Here’s my recap of #A2CAF at the Ann Arbor District Library. New #ConLife on the ‘Tube:
#ConLife: A2CAF + pick-ups!
YouTube video by Justin Castaneda
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I’ve been so busy these last few weeks I missed #makeaterriblecomicday2026, which happens every June 24th. So please enjoy “‘Cados”, my #comic for this year. This will mark the start of another volume of my #zine, “Terrible Comics / Wonderful Daughter.” #tiny #sketchbook
Panic on the #4thOfJuly 🦈 “This #shark will swallow you whole. Shakin’. Tenderizin’. Down you go.” - #Quint #JAWS #cardBOREDsketch
I saw old friends and met some new faces attending my very first American Library Association conference! I talked w/ so many #creatives, learned from #library #professionals, and passed out #zines. Today, I’ll be setup at the #ZinePavilion from 9AM - NOON. Hope to see ya there! #ALA2026
