SUN SPRAIN

Webcomic by Kell Skriver
🌦️12/21/22 - Chapter 1 began
🌦️10/02/23 - Chapter 2 began
🌦️09/14/24 - Chapter 3 began
🌦️11/27/24 - Finished!

~ Content Warnings ~
Recommended 16+
Drug use / relapsing | Mature language | Mild sexual themes

About Sun Sprain

Beat, swallowed by the sun and spat back out, tries to survive in spite of his peculiar sun damage.
After an injury on one of their several daily runs to keep the sun-bleaching of his body at bay, Beat comes back into contact with his estranged best friend, Brad, who offers him a place to stay while he heals. The two rekindle their connection, and though they feel ready to begin a life together, Beat's connection to the sun seems to be taking his body away.

Sun Sprain is a romance/personal drama taking place in the modern day (albeit without covid). It deals with themes of identity, neurodivergence, attachment, and the ongoing struggle of
self-acceptance.
The story has been in general development since August 2021 and has been in true development since Mid 2022. Drawn in multiple mediums including digital, ink, colored pencil, watercolor, and various mixtures of each.Sun Sprain is a personal project and will remain free-to-read online for as long as humanly possible.

~ Content Warnings ~
Recommended 16+
Drug use / relapsing | Mature language | Mild sexual themes

Characters

Beat

He/They ~ NonbinaryA vagabond originally from Spokane, Washington. Beat is inexplicably connected to the sun after giving it his trust.Stubborn and thoughtful to a fault. Beat does exactly what they want and says exactly what they feel, but will usually cause social blunders due to their extreme sincerity. Instead of embracing his desires, he often runs from them, figuratively and literally.

Brad

He/Him ~ GNC transmanA communications graduate working as a remote HR manager & a part-time dog-walker originally from Everett, Washington.Brad is working to take back control of his life after things fell apart. His struggles with relapsing and anxiety are kept private. Introverted and tender, Brad's dream is to work in LGBTQ+ activism and adopt a dog.

Promo Images

Credits

Written, illustrated, & published by Kell Skriver
StudioScheppen.carrd.co
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Artist Credits
Beat's penmanship in chapters 1 and 2 - Vemrill
Coloring assistance in fast food scene in chapter 2 - SproutletteArt gallery contributions in chapter 3 -
Alphie F. Killercarousel
Dewey Acidfree
Keetz.me
bloodybuzzard
antlersap
TJ O’Donnell Aftertigers
Grey Legg Colorfole

Fanart!

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