Grovey Pascasio
♣ The Three Beasts
Written & Illustrated by Grovey Pascasio
Lettering by Buddy Beaudoin & Chas! Pangburn
A trans and lesbian coming-of-age graphic novel, set in a fantastical world of blades and dragons. Loosely inspired by the 19th-century Philippines, along the Pampanga River.Three friends must prove themselves worthy successors of their dragon-tamer fathers through a physical contest with a hydra. But when their dreams become a deadly game of pride, they have to find a way out together—and with their fathers' legacies burnt to ashes.
Mad Cave Studios / Maverick, 2026
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♣ Emmy & The Second Chance
"I met you here, once."
A love-letter in graphic novella form to the old internet, and the friends we made and lost along the way.Two best friends meet in an online RPG in 2006 and, despite everything that comes between them, can never forget each other.
- Debuted at ShortBox Comics Fair 2022
- Exhibited at SINTA: Queer Stories Across Asia
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In your eyes I was perfect
Two young lawyers find companionship in each other as they process the trauma of their fathers' incarcerations, as well as their tainted childhoods.Freed from their old expectations of a perfect life, romance blooms between them.
The Most Important thing
A closeted single father is forced to come to terms with his past and family life, as his own daughter starts exploring her identity.
Short Comics
The kiss of the demoness
A human engineer develops a crush on the water demoness she calls upon to trade kisses for better luck.- Finalist for Prism Awards in Short Form Comic 2017
- Finalist for Best Student Komiks, Komiket Awards 2018
- Featured in: Philstar Life, adobo magazine, NBDB's "Mapping the landscape of Philippine Graphic Literature"
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that dress looks nice on you, too
A dysphoric sirena and their human partner comfort each other and realize they both want to change.
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♣ Emmy & The Second Chance
"I met you here, once."
Content warning: Blood, violence.
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♣ ILLUSTRATION
♣ GROVEY PASCASIO
Filipino Graphic Novelist and Character Illustrator
Grovey Pascasio is a bigender lesbian (tibo) illustrator and comic creator based in Metro Manila. She has made covers, interior art, and merchandise for over 20+ art books and anthologies.She is a versatile illustrator, with a particular fondness for portraying complex, colorful, cubist compositions, as well as quirky characters and creatures.His writing and comics meanwhile focus on loving yet fraught relationships between families and friends, on monsters, on memory. And most of all—on LGBTQ+ expression, community, and belonging.She/He
Agent: Jas Perry of Looking Glass Literary & Media.
Grovey will be happy to take on work for books—especially covers, spot illustrations, and interiors for picture books and comics.
Education:
BFA Visual Communication, University of the Philippines DilimanPublications:
The Three Beasts (2026) Graphic Novel, Mad Cave Studios/Maverick (lettered by Buddy Beaudoin & Chas! Pangburn)Emmy and the Second Chance (2022) Graphic Novella, self-published
- Exhibitor at ShortBox Comics Fair, 2022
-Exhibitor SINTA: Queer Stories Across Asia, 2026The Most Important Thing (2020) Graphic Novel, self-publishedthat dress looks nice on you, too (2017) Short Comic
- Featured in: Philstar LifeThe Kiss of the Demoness (2017) Short Comic
- Finalist for Prism Awards in Short Form Comic 2017
- Finalist for Best Student Komiks, Komiket Awards 2018
- Featured in: Philstar Life, adobo magazine, NBDB's "Mapping the landscape of Philippine Graphic Literature"Infinity (2016) Short Comic (written by Marjorie Esguerra)Select Anthologies:
Better Living Through BL/GL (2025) Kittybug Press, Risograph IllustrationParaluman: Filipino Sapphic Anthology (Issue I&II) (2024-25) IllustrationClassics, But Make It Gay (Volume I & II) (2021-22) Illustration & MerchWhen I Was Me (2021) Quindrie Press, Short Comic
-Exhibited at Kafe Kweer, 2022Tabula Idem Anthology (2017) Fortuna Media, Short Comic + IllustrationOthers:
Urban Fantasy PH: Episode 44 (2024) Interviewee, PodcastTrans Fiction, Trans Imagination (2021) Autostraddle, IllustrationPrism Comics Awards (2020-21) Judge, Short Comics and Anthologies
♣ Contact:
Grovey Pascasio
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I am open to freelance illustration work in publishing, editorial, concept art, merchandise, covers/posters, and colorist/color design.I am also open to speaking engagements and personal illustration commissions.
If you would like me to illustrate for your book project (comics, picture books, illustrated chapter books, etc.)Please contact my literary agent, Jas Perry of Looking Glass Literary & Media.
While my main trade is being an artist, I am also interested in editing, professional beta reading, and sensitivity reading for comics and prose fiction.
♣ The kiss of the demoness
"One kiss, right?"
Content warning: Gambling
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♣ that dress looks nice on you, too
"I have always believed – in monsters, and in magic."
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♣ in your eyes i was perfect
"Did I remember you right, Papa?"
Content warning: Guns, Murder, Death of a Parent
Graphic Novella. Coming 2026.
♣ the most important thing
"I remember not knowing fear."
The Most Important Thing is a multimedia graphic novel I produced in 2020 for my thesis, comprising 120 pages with short audiovisual segments.
Full comic available upon request.