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Leo and Milo wear spacesuits beneath a giant eye on a tall Pawtronica comic cover.
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Paws Mechanica · No. 1

Into the Void of Unknown

A retro-futuristic comic starring Leo and Milo. The invitation comes first: a journey into a world whose rules are already being written around them.

“Transmission intercepted. Unknown signal detected.”
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Transmission intercepted. Unknown signal detected.

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Leo in the yellow left panel of the triptych: a dark cat framed by stars and curling, inked forms.
Leo
Pawtronica in the red centre panel of the triptych: a black cat with yellow eyes beneath a blue planet and descending red lines.
Pawtronica
Milo in the cyan right panel of the triptych: a dark cat with orange eyes, stars and curling blue forms.
Milo

Rough drafts were made in Adobe Firefly from photographs of Leo and Milo. I then cut, painted, layered and inked over them in Procreate and Photoshop. The final pieces combine that hand-finishing with KraftTone halftones and deliberately imperfect print registration.

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Comic panels show two cats in spacesuits noticing a giant eye and a strange signal.
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Paws Mechanica · Page 1

The Eye in the Static

Milo notices the watcher. Leo sees only the familiar. The same image holds two incompatible versions of reality.

“It’s inside the signal now.”
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Milo: Leo… do you see it?

Leo: See what? There’s nothing outa here but the usual…

Leo: Milo… what do you mean by “it”?

Milo: It’s looking straight at you… like it knows you’re not supposed to be there!

Milo: It’s inside the signal now.

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Leo in the yellow left panel of the triptych: a dark cat framed by stars and curling, inked forms.
Leo
Pawtronica in the red centre panel of the triptych: a black cat with yellow eyes beneath a blue planet and descending red lines.
Pawtronica
Milo in the cyan right panel of the triptych: a dark cat with orange eyes, stars and curling blue forms.
Milo

Rough drafts were made in Adobe Firefly from photographs of Leo and Milo. I then cut, painted, layered and inked over them in Procreate and Photoshop. The final pieces combine that hand-finishing with KraftTone halftones and deliberately imperfect print registration.

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Comic panels show Milo on an alien planet as something unseen speaks to him.
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Paws Mechanica · Page 2

First Static, Then Something Else

Milo is alone on an alien world. A voice forms in the stars, and the signal starts to feel like a memory.

“No… this can’t be real. Can it?”
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Caption: First, just static. Then… something else.

Caption: “A trick of the mind?” “Or something trying to reach Milo?”

Milo: Those aren’t just stars… they’re forming… something.

Signal: I’m alive. The stars whispered it.

Milo: L… L…E…O?

Milo: No… this can’t be real. Can it?

Milo: How long have I been here? Minutes? Hours? Days?

Signal: L…E…O?

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Leo in the yellow left panel of the triptych: a dark cat framed by stars and curling, inked forms.
Leo
Pawtronica in the red centre panel of the triptych: a black cat with yellow eyes beneath a blue planet and descending red lines.
Pawtronica
Milo in the cyan right panel of the triptych: a dark cat with orange eyes, stars and curling blue forms.
Milo

Rough drafts were made in Adobe Firefly from photographs of Leo and Milo. I then cut, painted, layered and inked over them in Procreate and Photoshop. The final pieces combine that hand-finishing with KraftTone halftones and deliberately imperfect print registration.

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A vintage comic cover with twenty monster portraits beneath a red Monsters masthead.
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Monsters · No. 15

The Ultimate Roster of Terror

A whole roster of nightmares, filed like trading cards.

Kais QutshanIllustration / Digital & mixed media
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A man approaches a glowing doorway surrounded by winding stairways against a starry sky.
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Mysterious Tales · No. 29

The Doorway to Anywhere

Some doors should stay closed. This one leads everywhere.

Kais QutshanIllustration / Digital & mixed media
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Flying saucers descend on Alexanderplatz, above the Weltzeituhr and television tower.
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Mysterious Tales · No. 10

Shadows Over Spree

An ordinary day in Berlin. An extraordinary sky.

Kais QutshanIllustration / Digital & mixed media
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A green witch, vampire and skeleton surround a red-haired woman and a tombstone.
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Witches’ Tales · No. 27

Dance of the Returned Dead

Horror repeats, just in different skins.

Kais QutshanIllustration / Digital & mixed media
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A giant purple insect towers above a burning city as two people flee.
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Thrills of Tomorrow · No. 22

The World of Mr. Chatt

A city-sized insect. A very bad day to be outside.

Kais QutshanIllustration / Digital & mixed media
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A veiled skeleton bride confronts two people beside a skull and a crystal ball.
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Mysterious Tales · No. 9

The Haunted Bride

Something old. Something borrowed. Something undead.

Kais QutshanIllustration / Digital & mixed media
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A green alien reaches toward an astronaut in a spacesuit beneath a red and green masthead.
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Out of This World

Cosmic attack!

Nowhere to run. Nowhere to hide.

Kais QutshanIllustration / Digital & mixed media
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Leo and Milo wear spacesuits beneath a giant eye on a tall Pawtronica comic cover.
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Paws Mechanica · No. 1

Into the Void of Unknown

Two cats. One intercepted signal. Something waiting in the void.

Kais QutshanIllustration / Digital & mixed media
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Comic panels show two cats in spacesuits noticing a giant eye and a strange signal.
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Paws Mechanica · Page 1

Deep in the void

Leo and Milo pick up a signal that seems to be watching them.

Kais QutshanIllustration / Digital & mixed media
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Comic panels show Milo on an alien planet as something unseen speaks to him.
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Paws Mechanica · Page 2

Something is forming

The signal has a voice. And it already knows their names.

Kais QutshanIllustration / Digital & mixed media
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A yellow and blue collage of Leo, a long-haired cat, with the words The Lost Brother.
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Meet the crew

Leo

The lost brother

Kais QutshanIllustration / Digital & mixed media
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A turquoise and burgundy collage of Milo, a cat, with the words The Cosmic Seeker.
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Meet the crew

Milo

The cosmic seeker

Kais QutshanIllustration / Digital & mixed media
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The complete triptych: Leo in yellow on the left, Pawtronica in red at the centre, and Milo in cyan on the right.
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From the same universe

Three faces of Pawtronica

Leo, Pawtronica, Milo. Three separate panels, read from left to right.

Kais QutshanIllustration / Digital & mixed media
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The three panels

01 / Leo ↗02 / Pawtronica ↗03 / Milo ↗
Earlier character studiesLeo ↗Milo ↗
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Leo in the yellow left panel of the triptych: a dark cat framed by stars and curling, inked forms.
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From the same universe

Leo

The explorer. Yellow carries Leo through the first panel of the triptych.

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Kais QutshanIllustration / Digital & mixed media
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Pawtronica in the red centre panel of the triptych: a black cat with yellow eyes beneath a blue planet and descending red lines.
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From the same universe

Pawtronica

The mimic at the centre. Pawtronica hangs beneath a planet, between Leo and Milo.

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Kais QutshanIllustration / Digital & mixed media
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Milo in the cyan right panel of the triptych: a dark cat with orange eyes, stars and curling blue forms.
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From the same universe

Milo

The watcher. Milo closes the triptych in cyan, surrounded by stars and restless lines.

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Kais QutshanIllustration / Digital & mixed media
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Colour edition

CM · Cyan & magenta

A Pawtronica spin-off comic: a flying feline superhero above two panels in which the hero introduces themself. CM edition.
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From the same universe

Pawtronica — Spin-off

A fearless fighter from the future. An alternate Pawtronica comic, in four colour editions.

Kais QutshanIllustration / Digital & mixed media
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Illustration & comic art / Berlin

Open for commissions

Kais Qutshan.

Comic covers, character design & pulp illustration.

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Selected work

14 pieces / Illustration & comic art

Selected covers

Inside Paws Mechanica

Characters & worlds / The triptych

Comic coversCharacter designPulp illustration

A little about me

The person behind
the monsters.

I’m Kais, an illustrator based in Berlin. I make horror and sci-fi covers, build characters, and turn strange ideas into illustrated worlds.

My work draws on old newsstand comics: bold lettering, limited colour, halftone dots and print that doesn’t quite line up. I work digitally and with mixed media to give new images that well-worn feel.

And yes, the space cats are real. Leo and Milo started as my cats before finding their way into the work.

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Kais Qutshan in Berlin.
Kais · Berlin
A yellow and blue collage of Leo, a long-haired cat, with the words The Lost Brother.
LeoThe lost brother
A turquoise and burgundy collage of Milo, a cat, with the words The Cosmic Seeker.
MiloThe cosmic seeker

Commissions & collaborations

Berlin / Working worldwide

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A comic cover, a gig poster, a character,
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