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Kan・COMMISSION OPEN @kohiu.com · 31/07/2026

Don’t apply to Shortbox. Support the artists directly when they post on their storefront. A lot of us posted our SBCF comics for free or at a discount after the fair was over. At the end of the day, we just want people to read our comics, and that’s good enough. Cheers, - Kan Pham (KOHIU)

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Kan・COMMISSION OPEN @kohiu.com · 31/07/2026

This is to remind long-time supporters of Shortbox the kind of behavior Zainab has behind the scenes, how she treats your favorite artists, and why so many of us decided to keep silent: it is to protect ourselves but also to protect the reputation of Shortbox.

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Kan・COMMISSION OPEN @kohiu.com · 31/07/2026

- her mistreatment towards the artists who have built the reputation of the fair is, to me, intolerable. I’m making this statement to warn other artists who are new to the comic scene, that if you also happen to get starstruck when being accepted to this seemingly prestigious fair.

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Kan・COMMISSION OPEN @kohiu.com · 31/07/2026

- these are organized by people who simply liked the idea of having more comics. While sympathizing with Zainab's background - a brown Muslim woman who has experienced the worst parts of the comics industry -

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Kan・COMMISSION OPEN @kohiu.com · 31/07/2026

- especially if they’re new to the scene, and are not well informed on the existence of other online events if not already blacklisted by Zainab. She insists on claiming that others are plagiarizing her format, that they’re trying to become SBCF’s ‘competitors’ while in reality,

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Kan・COMMISSION OPEN @kohiu.com · 31/07/2026

I felt the same way: people turning a blind eye to Steam’s monopoly and their first reaction being "You'd have other vendors/publishers to pitch to". While SBCF is not a monopoly, it’s still the most well-known online comic fair in English. Artists have very little to no avenue to pitch their comic,

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Kan・COMMISSION OPEN @kohiu.com · 31/07/2026

- macro aggressions to happen to us and just let the abuse continue. When I saw how much support and also pushback from the public when Horses gamedevs spoke out when their game wasn't allowed to be on Steam,

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Kan・COMMISSION OPEN @kohiu.com · 31/07/2026

Conventions in Vietnam are... very sparse especially for art and comics people, to put it lightly. If this happened in gamedev, it'd be much easier for me to find outlets to speak out. I feel especially annoyed... and angry that artists have been such pushovers that we allow any level of micro or

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Kan・COMMISSION OPEN @kohiu.com · 31/07/2026

- since I'm planning to sell the comic at my local conventions (Ho Chi Minh City). Please note that I had to abide by the Shortbox rule to not sell my comic anywhere during the fair period - October 2025 - that I had to skip participating in the only one artist alley we had in this city.

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Kan・COMMISSION OPEN @kohiu.com · 31/07/2026

During this period, she had proceeded to erase all of my involvement with SBCF'25. I believe this is a silencing PR tactic she had used with other artists with smaller voices. As for my comic currently, it's already done and has been translated into Vietnamese, -

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Kan・COMMISSION OPEN @kohiu.com · 31/07/2026

It was incredibly frustrating because I had already brought up the extended version of my comic beforehand, and I had asked for the organizer's help in amending the ending to fit her 'completion' criteria. Therefore I told her she would have to wait for the 'drop out' fee that she demanded from me.

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Kan・COMMISSION OPEN @kohiu.com · 31/07/2026

In mid August, Zainab got back to me to tell me that my comic is ineligible for submission because it's 'incomplete', and she demanded a drop out fee from me. It completely took me by surprise.

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Kan・COMMISSION OPEN @kohiu.com · 31/07/2026

- there were only a few of us who couldn't make it to October. I submitted my comic in 65 pages, all proofread and sent in at the end of July which was the deadline. My comic previews were even posted on Shortbox page.

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meaty daddy

Coming to the fair this October, 'Insect Course,' a new comic from @kohiu! Ugo, an increasingly bored florist in a dying department store, has recently become obsessed with breaking into a stranger’s....

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Kan・COMMISSION OPEN @kohiu.com · 31/07/2026

During this period I didn’t have any income from commissions or freelance, I wanted to put my all into the comic even if the sales in October were close to nothing. All the risks were on the artists who couldn’t get any pay for the comic making period, while the organizer had little risk on it if -

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Kan・COMMISSION OPEN @kohiu.com · 31/07/2026

Instead of a vendor fee, 2025 SBCF participants would have to deal with a 'drop out' fee, which applied to me later. The five months after the Lunar New Year in March 2025, the comic for Shortbox was my entire priority. I took no breaks to finish the comic as fast as I can.

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Kan・COMMISSION OPEN @kohiu.com · 31/07/2026

- but copy-pasted a statement from the participant guidebook about "exhibiting work post-Shortbox" (to summarize, we're not allowed to lower our prices or put up the comic for free immediately after the fair ends, an example can be seen here, sorry for QRT again).

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Kan・COMMISSION OPEN @kohiu.com · 31/07/2026

One month prior to the deadline, I asked Zainab if my comic could have an 'extended' version, which I can link to Shortbox' customers after the fair so they can access it for free. She didn't comment or review my comic, -

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Kan・COMMISSION OPEN @kohiu.com · 31/07/2026

- or say anything against her decision throughout the fair. She was dictating our tone in both public and private spaces. As for my case, I only communicated with Zainab via email. I tried to be as transparent with my progress as possible, though I was often met with a dismissive tone.

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Kan・COMMISSION OPEN @kohiu.com · 31/07/2026

Only during the course of participating in this fair, I learned why the Shortbox brand was so clean: the sole organizer, Zainab, would often send out emails to participants, scolding them and telling them to NOT say anything bad about their own Shortbox comics, -

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Kan・COMMISSION OPEN @kohiu.com · 31/07/2026

I was among the participants that were going to exhibit my comic at SBCF 2025. I applied to this fair due to its reputation and very few, almost no bad press about it. The only example I could find is the organizer's anti-competition statement here. (sorry for QRT, Duke)

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Kan・COMMISSION OPEN @kohiu.com · 31/07/2026

Please do not apply to Shortbox Comic Fair. Here's a thread:

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Kan・COMMISSION OPEN @kohiu.com · 30/07/2026

(I'm very tired at having to send take-down notice to resellers like Displate that keep selling unauthorized prints of my artworks!) The deadline for the lottery is TOMORROW. Become supporter now at JPY100 (that's less than a dollar...) so my Fanbox can be eligible for the print code lottery trial!

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kohiu｜pixivFANBOX

Illustrations and ramble. 主にイラストや手記が Email: contact@kohiu.com --- This is Kan, I plan to turn this page as casual and free as it should be. Original projects doodles and notes are posted in here more...

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Kan・COMMISSION OPEN @kohiu.com · 30/07/2026

Fanbox is also doing a lottery to pick trial creators to test out limited time print code (eg Lawson print). It'd help illustrator artists like me since we can't afford to pack & ship prints, but still would like supporters have the means to display prints of my works without copyrights infringing

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Kan・COMMISSION OPEN @kohiu.com · 30/07/2026

Been too busy to put it here, the touhou meido compilation is now available on Fanbox (free access). kohiu.fanbox.cc/posts/12204680

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東方メイド2026｜kohiu｜pixivFANBOX

咲夜ちゃんとメイドヘカちゃん忘れたごめんなさい!!!

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Kan・COMMISSION OPEN @kohiu.com · 07/08/2025

(Sharing is appreciated❤️) Hi all, now that most of my immediate projects are done with I can finally have free time to work on commissions now! 🔸Price-list, information and samples: www.kohiu.com/commission 🔸Order directly at Commission Form. forms.gle/7FikMtJntLAi...

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Kan・COMMISSION OPEN @kohiu.com · 21/07/2026

vocaloid collection event is next month⁉️

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Kan・COMMISSION OPEN @kohiu.com · 15/07/2026

I will be at Table A63 for Hobby Horizon event in Sky Expo, HCMC. Just selling some books, original art prints and leftover postcards.

Insect Course (VIE-ENG)
EVA fancomic (ENG)
Original Artprints & FA postcards for sale, too♥

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Kan・COMMISSION OPEN @kohiu.com · 15/07/2026

ah, the original "she flushed her blood pressure medication" poster girl

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Kan・COMMISSION OPEN @kohiu.com · 15/07/2026

people seem to like it when I post unhinged women so here's a collection as a pick-me-up

fan arts (left to right, top to bottom):
Shutoheru, Uusewa, Minthara (BG3)
Asuka (NGE), Hibiki (SNK), Ultima (FFT)

original characters and miscellaneous visdev

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Kan・COMMISSION OPEN @kohiu.com · 06/07/2026

My 2026 July newsletters is now up. Check your emails! kohiu.kit.com/posts/welcome-to-the-month-of-wrath-kohiu-s-newsletter-july-2026

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Welcome to the month of WRATH - KOHIU's newsletter: July 2026

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Kan・COMMISSION OPEN @kohiu.com · 05/07/2026

A 40-pages zine version of Insect Course will be brought to PICOF 2026 by Du Bút in the next weekend. This is one of the very few occasions where my books can be sold outside of HCMC so please come check us out at table A05!

PICOF is an international comics festival in the Philippines that brings together comic artists, publishers, creative groups, and readers to celebrate independent and creator-driven comics from the Philippines and across the region.
"Insect Course" is included as one of the limited zines to be brought to PICOF as part of Road to PICOF project by Du Bút.
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Road to PICOF with Du Bút
Table A05 Du Bút
July 10 - 12
Philippines International Comic Festival
Ayala Malls The 30th
Pasig, Metro Manila

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Kan・COMMISSION OPEN @kohiu.com · 04/07/2026

war of the lions chapter four whatever ※ vulgar language, extremely out of character dialogues

"GODDAMNIT RAMZA! LOOK AT HOW WE GOT HERE. AT LEAST I GOT COOCHIE! FUCKLOADS OF THEM!!!"
"AND WHAT DID YOU EVEN EARN! HUH?! I BET YOU HAVE NEVER EVER GOT LAID!"
"SO WHAT IF I HAVEN'T! DO YOU KNOW WHY I'M STILL A RAGING VIRGIN?!"
"I'M SAVING IT FOR ♥YOU♥"
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FINAL FANTASY TACTICS～獅子戦争のFA(ギャグ漫画)。2026

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Kan・COMMISSION OPEN @kohiu.com · 02/07/2026

Hermann from Limbus Company, commission for @lesbinah.bsky.social ! Once again thank you for letting me draw evil old women

A black and white digital painting of the character Hermann from the videogame "Limbus Company". In this illustration, Hermann strikes a pose that seems like she's floating in space, with her uniform jackets slipped into a shoulder-robing style and the tail of her coat is streaming downward behind her. Hermann has a relaxed expression with a slight mischievous smile.

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Kan・COMMISSION OPEN @kohiu.com · 20/06/2026

Thanks for the recs! Cant believe they called Alice floaty girl on the ps2

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Kan・COMMISSION OPEN @kohiu.com · 20/06/2026

Shannon Etienne the exorcist! Commission for Nasso. Thank you so much❤️

A black and white digital painting of the character Shannon Etienne, an (reluctant) exorcist working for CAIN. Shannon is an androgynous woman with noticeably opulent in her formal attire. She has sin marks resembling blotchy gecko spots across the majority of her skin, they are shown on her neck, submandibular and arm areas. In this drawing, Shannon pushes her sunglasses up to greet the viewer, while fixing the coat with her other hand already filled with cash.

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Kan・COMMISSION OPEN @kohiu.com · 23/04/2025

short haired kairi in kh3 outfit (2018)

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Kan・COMMISSION OPEN @kohiu.com · 11/06/2026

Your design commission requests have always been such a treat to work with, I appreciate them all♥♥♥

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Kan・COMMISSION OPEN @kohiu.com · 10/06/2026

"The Fury"👹One must seethe under the mask. Character design for @bovibaee.bsky.social . Thank you so much for your patience on this commission!

original concept art for The Fury (2nd December, 2025)

A fully colored, digital canvas: “Character design sheet”, which demonstrates the details from the inner working of illustrated clothings to special characteristics of the design.
Formally known as Princess Alysse who was secretly assassinated by an impostor of her title. After a brutal resurrection by a passing of an Eldritch God, her post-mortem body is patterned with burn scars, and her soul is filled with vengeance against her impostor. She is given a new identity as ‘The Fury’.

Breakdown of the design, from left to right:
Name: THE FURY
One full body illustration from the side, she is seemingly relaxed while looking upward to the sky.
Three portraits of the character, showing full details of the mask. One of the portraits is the character without her mask.
Color Palette showcases colors of EYES/HAIR/SKIN. Bottom row shows color palettes for Gold Jewelries & Patterns, Red (Cape) Blue (Gem), Mask & Armor.
Three smaller full-bodies of the character, one showing her unclothed in demonstration of the Postmorten Skin: Patterned Burn Scar.
Bottom of the sheet shows simplified design of the Phoenician Grinning Mask.

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Kan・COMMISSION OPEN @kohiu.com · 08/06/2026

We will be cleaning up previous teaser posts for Insect Course now that the comic is out. Thank you everyone for picking up Insect Course! Read it here in case you've missed out: www.kohiu.com/comics/comic02EN

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KOHIU - Insect Course

Insect Course English | Tiếng Việt To be a particle coexist within the vast world of nature, whereas the oldest evolutionary organism has long entered our consciousness: the insect world. If you'd lik...

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Kan・COMMISSION OPEN @kohiu.com · 31/05/2026

I got the message! Thank you!

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