Karina Delgado — Creator of Switched Seabed and Other Things That Hit Too Hard
Hi. I make comics based on my trauma.
(But like… fun comics! It’s narrative rich trauma. With magic and ocean monsters and generational wounds wrapped in glowing sci-fi armor.)
Most of my stories came to me in dreams. Not the “ooh I dream of success” kind. The “what the hell was that?” kind. So I did the only logical thing: I turned them into comics.
I started working on “Switched Seabed” when I was 21, which spanned from an idea I had when I was writing a college essay. In hindsight I can see why the school didn’t accept me but that’s okay, I suffered for 4 years somewhere else. I’ve been working on the story for a really long time, and it has gone through a variety of changes. I’ve been putting off publishing it I guess because of perfectionism, but no one is perfect. The message is too important to stay silent out of fear.
My Philosophy?
If Steven Universe helped you cry for the first time,
If The Owl House made you feel seen,
If Gravity Falls made you suspicious of triangles,
And if anime raised you like a third parent—
Then welcome. You’re in the right place.
I'm not here to write the same story over and over. I'm here to excavate the same soul in different ways, because healing isn’t linear. It loops. It dances. It screams into pillows. It tells jokes so it doesn’t cry.
So no, I'm not just drawing cool stuff. I'm building a portfolio of worlds that say:
“You’re not alone. And if no one else shows up for you?
I wrote this story to remind you that you’re worth showing up for.”
What I Actually Do
I build worlds where:
Kids carry the emotional weight of broken systems,
Found families form in the ruins of everything,
And healing isn’t easy, but it’s possible—even when it’s messy.
Yes, there are sea gods. Yes, there are cyborgs. Yes, there are secret powers and political conspiracies.
But really? These stories are about learning to choose yourself. To survive. To break the cycle without breaking yourself.
So Who Am I?
I’m Karina. Bronx-born. Emotionally intense. Spiritually seasoned. Chronically creative.
I’m the voice behind Switched Seabed, and the soul behind a few other WIPs that will probably make you cry and laugh at the same time.
Welcome to my universe. Take your shoes off and don’t touch the artifacts.
