Kody @ SDCC Wandering

@kodyisover

Queer cartoonist. "the nerdiest punk shit and the punkest nerd shit" guy. he/they 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 Creates the gay bummer of a webcomic #KeepingTime @ keepingtimecomic.com (Updates Tuesdays) patreon.com/kodyisover kodyokamoto.com subscribestar.adult/kodyisover

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Kody @ SDCC Wandering@kodyisover· 24d

Fellas is it gay to fall in love with a guy on Bluesky and then fly to Germany to be with him

Nico, a German trans dude, and Kody, a Nikkei trans dude, smile squinty-style in a selfie taken in a rose garden.

Kody @ SDCC Wandering@kodyisover· Jul 7

Having now been introduced to The German Healthcare System, my big takeaway is: Germans pronounce "Okamoto" very nicely A smaller takeaway that was merely reinforced again today is: For some reason I'm way more passing here than in the states

Letterhead of a receipt for a German doctor's visit for Herr K. Okamoto

Kody @ SDCC Wandering@kodyisover· Jun 23

Keeping Time is a bittersweet bummer of a band romance between two dudes with a complicated history that involves the death of one of their sisters. It's often extremely funny and light-hearted, and other times... #KeepingTime #webcomics 🎸 Latest: keepingtimecomic.com 🎸Start from the beginning

Part of a panel from the webcomic KEEPING TIME. A guy with glasses stands in front of a bathroom sink, part of his arm reflected in the mirror. His glasses hides his eyes from us, and the panel cuts off his mouth, but somehow what's visible is foreboding.

Kody @ SDCC Wandering@kodyisover· Jun 16

There was no satisfying way to chop up this page for an update post, so you know what. You get it all. #KeepingTime is queer bittersweet bummer of a band romance and it's been nominated for an Eisner, and you can read it all for free. 🎸 Latest: keepingtimecomic.com 🎸Start from the beginning

Page 143 of the webcomic KEEPING TIME.

It tracks a phone conversation between Daniel, a Japanese-American dude in his 20s, and his upset mother, Emi. When Emi begins to berate Daniel over work, he hangs up on her, with the panel of him flipping his phone shut physically cutting off her criticism.

Kody @ SDCC Wandering@kodyisover· Jun 12

I have taken so many gorgeous photos of Germany across both Hamburg and Bavaria but instead of sharing those, please have this photo of my boyfriend @bussyconnoisseur.bsky.social doubled over wheezing because I just diagnosed him as Adam Chase from Jet Lag coded

The hunched back of a German trans dude doubled over wheezing while Adam Chase sings a song thanking a car for letting him pass in the Jet Lag New Zealand season plays on the tv. In the background is a pink utility shelf that is home to shrimp tanks because once again, this is the home of a German trans dude

Kody @ SDCC Wandering@kodyisover· Jun 9

Daniel's had better phone calls... KEEPING TIME is a queer, slow burn, bittersweet bummer of a band romance told between alternating timelines, and it just updated! #KeepingTime #webcomics 🎸 Latest: keepingtimecomic.com 🎸Start from the beginning

A panel from the webcomic KEEPING TIME. Daniel, a Nikkei dude, violently flinches away from the flip hone he's holding while snarling, "FUCK!!"

Kody @ SDCC Wandering@kodyisover· Jun 3

This was a lie, I also forgot I've been opening my phone a lot for

Merlin screenshot of birds identified in Hamburg, Germany. Eurasian Blackcap, Eurasian Wren, Common Wood Pigeon, Common Chaffinch, Eurasian Blackbird, Eurasian Robin.

Kody @ SDCC Wandering@kodyisover· Jun 3

I was at a bookstore just outside of Hamburg today that had two shelves of English language works, and...!!

A hand holds a copy of the graphic novel adaptation of Jenny Han's "To All the Boys I've Loved Before" by Barbara Perez Maquez, Akimaro, and Li Lu beneath a bookstore sign that says, "Gesucht, gefunden, gewünscht!"

Kody @ SDCC Wandering@kodyisover· Jun 2

Can Daniel just be a well-adjusted vocalist who rejoins a band because a charismatic guitarist begged him to? MUST he also have a prodigous sister whose death haunts him and a mother who takes her rage out on him? Yes, he must, because this is #KeepingTime & it just updated. 🎸 keepingtimecomic.com

A panel from the webcomic KEEPING TIME. Emi, a middle-aged Japanese woman, sneers into a phone. Her eyes are cut off, but behind her, golden trophies and what looks to be a butsudan can be seen...

Kody @ SDCC Wandering@kodyisover· May 26

I'm gonna be so real -- I'm so pleased with my recreation of an incredulous Japanese 「はぁ？」in English lettering that that's all I can think to talk about in this 'hey my queer band romance webcomic updated' post #KeepingTime #webcomics 🎸 Latest: keepingtimecomic.com 🎸Start from the beginning

A panel from the webcomic KEEPING TIME. Emi, a well-put-together Japanese woman in her 50s, holds her hand on her hip as she sneers into a phone. Her speech balloon reads, "HAa? I'm not 'making' your father do anything."

Kody @ SDCC Wandering@kodyisover· May 22

Eisner voting is open! If you're an Eisner voter, I'd be thrilled if you considered voting Keeping Time for Best Webcomic this year. (It's on the ballot amongst some incredible webcomic company!!) 🎸 keepingtimecomic.com

Kody @ SDCC Wandering@kodyisover· May 19

Would you like an Eisner-nominated webcomic that - on its surface - is a queer slow burn band romance, but boiling just below is a long-form narrative about generational scars and the pressure to live up to gender roles? #KeepingTime #webcomics 🎸keepingtimecomic.com

A panel from the webcomic KEEPING TIME. Daniel, a Nikkei dude, sits on the sofa of his sparse, cold apartment. With one hand, he sets his Telecaster guitar to the side while he speaks on his flip phone. He says, "...I just don't know how fair it would be to make him give up his ownership of the house and still expect him to be financially responsible for it."

Kody @ SDCC Wandering@kodyisover· May 16

Oh! I may be misunderstanding what you're after, but if you're looking to set replies to followers only and to disable quote posts, that does exist over here in interaction settings! (Can also be changed after the fact)

Screenshot of Bluesky's post interaction settings menu.

Kody @ SDCC Wandering@kodyisover· May 14

AHH, looks like the news broke! I'm absolutely floored to announce that Keeping Time has been nominated for an Eisner Award this year...! It's so far beyond anything I envisioned for myself or this comic when I started it. Thank you to everyone who's supported me and this story. #KeepingTime

Best Webcomic

The Accidental Undergrad by Christian Giroux (Fieldmouse Press)

Keeping Time by Kody Okamoto (keepingtimecomic.com)

The Legend of Parvaterra by Raúl Arnáiz (WEBTOON)

Sable: A Ghost Story, by Ethan M. Aldridge (sablecomic.com)

Superfish, by Peglo (WEBTOON)

Terran Omega: The Ghosts of War, by PJ Holden (pauljholden.com)

Tiger, Tiger by Petra Erika Nordlund (tigertigercomic.com)

Kody @ SDCC Wandering@kodyisover· May 13

I. I did a whole page about this. Within the first 20 pages of this comic

Page from Keeping Time that tracks an interaction between Daniel Akutagawa, a gay Nikkei man, and the white dude he's meeting up with on New Year's Day who has just assumed the Chinese restaurant belongs to Daniel's family

Kody @ SDCC Wandering@kodyisover· May 12

If you were the only living child of parents going through a contentious divorce while you're also harboring complicated feelings for the charismatic guitarist of the band you just rejoined, you'd probably feel this way too #KeepingTime #webcomics 🎸 keepingtimecomic.com 🎸Start from the beginning

A panel from the webcomic KEEPING TIME. Daniel, a Japanese American dude, pinches the bridge of his nose beneath pushed-up glasses. His electric guitar-playing has been interrupted as he sighs, iPod-era earbuds in his ears.

Kody @ SDCC Wandering@kodyisover· May 11

Happy #WebcomicDay, the best of all days. I make KEEPING TIME: a queer, slow burn, funny and bittersweet bummer of a romantic drama between bandmates with a complicated history. We're 4 chapters in and update every Tuesday! #KeepingTime #webcomics 🎸 keepingtimecomic.com

A panel from the webcomic KEEPING TIME. Denver and Daniel, two dudes in their early-mid 20s, are dressed for winter and walking away from the viewer. Daniel is laughing, and Denver asks, "...Are you laughing at my suffering? Rude, Daniel."

Page 106. Denver continues with a determined ask: "I know it's not much... but I can at least you give another stage to be on. With the band. With me." Daniel looks like a shojo protagonist as Denver finishes with the proposal, "Daniel Akutagawa. Will you sing for me again?"

A panel from the webcomic KEEPING TIME, featuring all four dudes of the Chicago indie band, Tennyson, jamming out together for the first time in their rehearsal studio. The dialogue narration reads, "...that's not lived for yourself?"

Kody @ SDCC Wandering@kodyisover· May 6

Aging is a privilege and I'm 36 times grateful today

Tomodachi Life LTD screenshot of Hajun from the webcomic Grand Sol announcing the breaking news of, "Today, Kody is celebrating birthday number 36!"

Selfie of a Hawaiʻi Nikkei dude who is, apparently, now 36 years old and has a full face of acne scars throwing a shaka and giving the camera a grin.

Kody @ SDCC Wandering@kodyisover· May 5

This is how one protects their peace while reading Keeping Time 😌

"I do not see it" meme of an emoji with its eyes closed

Kody @ SDCC Wandering@kodyisover· May 5

Daniel moved back home willingly against his will, rejoined his old band (the guitarist basically proposed to him about it), & is finally enjoying some time to himself. So this is the perfect time for him to be doomed by the narrative, right? #KeepingTime #webcomics 🎸keepingtimecomic.com

Panel from the webcomic KEEPING TIME. Daniel, a Nikkei dude, plays an electric telecaster with a serene expression on his face.

Kody @ SDCC Wandering@kodyisover· Apr 28

One of the things that's most rewarding about telling a story where the present flows forward but the flashbacks happen reverse chronologicalyl is the joy readers get from seeing things come together. #KeepingTime is queer bittersweet bummer and it just updated! #webcomics 🎸 keepingtimecomic.com

Part of a panel from the webcomic KEEPING TIME. Denver, a blond punk with a black eye and a neck tattoo, checks his old Nokia brick that's alerting him he has a new text message.

Kody @ SDCC Wandering@kodyisover· Apr 24

Yesterday marked KEEPING TIME's 2nd anniversary. Thank you so, so much to everyone who's read or supported this comic over the years. If you're new here, and you're in the market for a longform, bittersweet bummer of a band romance, then... 🎸 keepingtimecomic.com #KeepingTime #webcomics

A panel from the webcomic KEEPING TIME that's a worm's eye view comic panel of someone on a skateboard in a south Chicago neighborhood in winter. We can see the bottom of their board and their shoes, and slush on the street. The caption reads, "Then."

A second panel trunk shot. Denver Leary, a blond punk with a neck tattoo, lifts the lid of a dumpster while two figures stand behind him in a dark alleyway. He says, "Oh. I mean, I dropped in on the pizza place next door for a slice, too."

A third panel whose caption reads "NOW." Daniel, a Japanese-American dude, tunes a peg on his electric guitar in front of a poster parodying Interpol.

Final panel. On S Wacker Drive in Chicago, food trucks are lined up on the side of the street for lunch hours and office workers queue up before them. Denver with an arm in a sling and carrying a skateboard, dashes while cursing, "Fuck, fuck, fuck -- of course they’re fucking slammed -- FUCK!"

Kody @ SDCC Wandering@kodyisover· Apr 22

I get to see the non-doodle version of this guy soon... 🥹

Color doodle of a smol dude with ginger hair and glasses, flashing the peace sign. There is a badly drawn shrimp (orange rili) on his sweater.

Kody @ SDCC Wandering@kodyisover· Apr 21

Maybe there's something here about Denver's anger & how it burns him as much as it burns everything around him... Maybe this queer slow burn band romance comic has been a trans dude opining on masculinity all along.. #KeepingTime #webcomics 🎸 Latest: keepingtimecomic.com 🎸Start from the beginning

A panel from the webcomic KEEPING TIME. A dude driving a Mercedes Benz with a busted sideview mirror in Chicago's downtown peels out angril, while yelling, "You should be behind bars!!" In the foreground, Denver Leary, one of the protagonists, flips him the bird and yells back, "yeah, fuck you too, buddy!"

Kody @ SDCC Wandering@kodyisover· Apr 14

Interrupting your portfolio day to bring you the thrilling conclusion to "Denver Leary vs some dude's Mercedes Benz" #KeepingTime is queer, bittersweet bummer of a romance between bandmates and it just updated! #webcomics 🎸 Latest: keepingtimecomic.com 🎸Start from the beginning

Part of a panel from the webcomic KEEPING TIME. Denver, a blond dude with a black eye, looks furious. His visible dialogue reads, "Can't wait to hear how that sentence ends."

Kody @ SDCC Wandering@kodyisover· Apr 10

It is definitely NOT a coincidence that in his anger, Denver yells, "You could've killed *someone*" and NOT "You could've killed me"... #KeepingTime 🎸 keepingtimecomic.com

Part of a comic page from the webcomic KEEPING TIME. In the first panel, Denver, a blond punk with his arm in a now-forgotten sling, rears back with his skateboard yelling, "You could've killed someone." In the second panel, the driver of a fancy car screams in fear beneath the shadow of Denver's skateboard raised overhead.

Kody @ SDCC Wandering@kodyisover· Apr 9

here, you can enjoy this "I'm having a fucking day" selfie I took for my boyfriend after escaping the labwork waiting room after going on 2 hours

Japanese dude in a white surgical mask flashes the peace sign with half-closed eyes because he's making knife cat face

Kody @ SDCC Wandering@kodyisover· Apr 7

It's taken him 133 pages, but we're finally finding out Denver Leary's answer to, "Are you tired of being nice? Don't you just wanna go ape shit?" #KeepingTime is queer, bittersweet bummer of a romance between bandmates and it just updated! #webcomics 🎸 keepingtimecomic.com

Panel from the webcomic KEEPING TIME of Denver's extremely pissed off eye. He's saying, "You're running REDS, and you're worried about your fucking CAR?"

Kody @ SDCC Wandering@kodyisover· Mar 31

Denver Leary is having a shit day. Sent home from work, his girl's about to leave him, his band STILL needs a new singer, and now... #KeepingTime is queer, bittersweet bummer of a romance between bandmates and it just updated! #webcomics 🎸 Latest: keepingtimecomic.com 🎸Start from the beginning

Part of a page from the webcomic KEEPING TIME. Denver Leary, a blond punk with a black eye and his arm in a sling, skates through a crosswalk while muttering, "Stupid, fucking, worthless piece of--"

He's cut off by a car honk a car screeching to a halt in front of him, making him bail off his board as he finishes, "SHIT!"

Kody @ SDCC Wandering@kodyisover· Mar 24

Denver Leary and bad decisions are basically in a long-term, committed relationship at this point #KeepingTime is queer, bittersweet bummer of a romance between bandmates and it just updated! #webcomics 🎸 Latest: keepingtimecomic.com 🎸Start from the beginning