Height Chart
The full Novastar cast — standing side by side for the first time. Four characters. Four destinies.
Character DesignSassyCess✦AutumnFire
AutumnFire
Celeste Klyne — Comic Artist & Illustrator
Dark sci-fi. Cyberpunk. Fantasy.
A decade of characters, four universes, one vision.
Featured Work
Novastar
A dark sci-fi/fantasy graphic novel exploring what happens
after the hero’s journey ends.
Four characters. Three timelines. One war that never really ended. Novastar picks up where the chosen hero story drops off — and asks the harder question: what do you become when the world stops needing you?
India ink on paper. Digitally finished in Photoshop. Every panel drawn by hand.
Zach Novastar
Cyrus Novastar
Auty
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Cyrus — Expression Sheet
The many faces of Cyrus Novastar. Every emotion, rendered in ink.
Character Study
Zach — Expression Sheet
Zach Novastar. Scarred. Stubborn. Still standing. Still fighting.
Character Study
Field of Doomed Dreams
A landscape piece. Some battles leave marks on the land itself.
Landscape / Scene
Hugs
Between warriors, even tenderness is earned. A quiet moment.
Character Interaction
Expression Practice
Practice that doesn’t look like practice. The full emotional range.
Study
Pose Practice
Dynamic figures. Action frozen in ink. The body as storytelling.
Study
Ink Practice
Back at the drawing board. Fresh nib. Fresh page. The ritual of return.
Ink / ProcessA Decade of Worlds
The Universes
Four comic universes. Four eras. One continuous creative vision.
Active
2025–presentNovastar
Dark sci-fi / Fantasy / Cyberpunk
The flagship. A graphic novel about what happens after the hero’s journey ends. Four characters. War scars. Unanswered questions. The sequel nobody asked for — and everyone needed.
In Production Ink on Paper Photoshop Finish
Enter this universe →
Published
2017Dark Streets
Urban Cyberpunk
Volume I: Origins. A noir city. Glowing signs. Underground fighters. Where Zach Storm first appeared. 12 pages, fully published.
12 Pages Vol I Complete
Read Dark Streets →
Archived
2017–2019Astagonia
Medieval Fantasy / Steampunk
Steam-powered kingdoms and ancient magic. Where Autumn Saltstone became Autumn Knight — ancestor of all her future warrior women. 14 pages across the run.
14 Pages Steampunk
See the art →
Origin
2015–2017PKMN: A World Changed
Pokémon Fan Comic
Where it all began. A fan comic showing a world not of badges and gyms, but survival and consequence. Three full chapters. The creative seed for everything else.
3 Chapters Fan Fiction
See related art ↗
Celeste Klyne
The Artist
Celeste Klyne
@SassyCess · @AutumnFire
“Graphic Designer by day. Graphic Novelist by night. Mom all the time.”
Based in the mountains and orchards of Kelowna, BC, Celeste has been building worlds with ink and imagination since 2015. After a long hiatus, she returned to art in 2025 — and came back swinging.
Her work lives at the intersection of traditional and digital: india ink on real paper, then finished in Photoshop where shadow and light go beyond what ink allows.
She has been telling the story of Zach Novastar across four universes and a decade. Each incarnation grows darker, more complex, more cinematic.
Mediums
- India Ink
- Nib Pens & Brushes
- Copic Markers
- Adobe Photoshop
Inspires
- Cyberpunk 2077
- Wheel of Time
- Stormlight Archive
- GSD, Husky & Shepsky
Life
- Hiking the Okanagan
- Live music & festivals
- Pack mom
- Kelowna, BC
A Decade of Evolution
Character Lineage
The same souls, reborn across universes. Watch the characters grow.
The Warrior’s Thread
Z
Zacharias Stormrider
PKMN: A World Changed
2015–2017
The origin. A trainer who survived what others didn’t.
Z
Zach Storm
Dark Streets
2017
Older. Harder. Tattooed. The urban fighter with a dark past.
Z
Zach Novastar
Novastar
2025–present
The final form. Scarred by history. Still standing. Still fighting.
The Warrior Woman’s Thread
A
Autumn Saltstone
Astagonia
2017–2019
A woman of power in a world of steam and stone.
A
Autumn Knight
Dark Streets
2017
The city’s shadow. Tactical. Dangerous. Always underestimated.
A
Auty
Novastar
2025–present
Evolved. Gryphon-touched. The warrior-woman, fully realized.
The Familiar’s Thread
P
Peck
Astagonia
2017–2019
An owl gryphon. Loyal. Ancient. Watching from the shadows of history.
P
Peck
Dark Streets
2017
Still here. Still watching. The constant in a world of change.
P
Peck
Novastar
2025–present
The thread that ties all timelines together. Peck endures.
Selected Works
Gallery
A curated selection across all universes and eras.
Patreon
Fuel the Fire
Support the art. Keep the ink flowing. Help bring Novastar to life, one page at a time.
$3/mo
Early Access
- ✓ New pages before public release
- ✓ WIP sketches & thumbnails
- ✓ Monthly progress updates
- ✓ Your name in credits
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$5/mo
Behind the Scenes
- ✓ Everything in Early Access
- ✓ Process videos & timelapse
- ✓ Reference sheets & character lore
- ✓ Behind-the-panels commentary
- ✓ Discord community access
$10/mo
Priority Commissions
- ✓ Everything above
- ✓ Priority queue for commissions
- ✓ Monthly sketch requests
- ✓ Early access to commission slots
- ✓ Vote on character spotlights
$25/mo
Original Art Raffle
- ✓ Everything above
- ✓ Monthly original art raffle
- ✓ Signed prints & merch access
- ✓ Your character in a comic cameo
- ✓ Direct line to Celeste
Patreon launching soon. Follow on DeviantArt for updates.