Dragonfruit Publishing is an independent, one-man publishing operation owned and operated by Joseph Bradley. This whole “digital one-man publisher” scheme was born when Joseph made a short gag comic (not unlike Peanuts and Garfield) for an Intro to Multimedia class in early 2024. Several months later, a Web Design assigned him to make a website for a webcomic. He decided to use the comic he had drawn months prior, and flesh out the universe therein. Thus, Dragonfruit Publishing was born.
“Something Lost”
The Very First Pastel Dragon Comic. Ever.
Finished in February 2024; drawn and inked on paper, digitized through Adobe Illustrator.
“Sleeping Prince”
The first comic to be made digitally from start to finish.
Finished in October 2024; drawn digitally.
If you want to know more about the Pastel Dragon franchise, see it’s dedicated page here.
“Dragonfruit Publishing” aims to give all of Joseph’s original works, especially Pastel Dragon, a home. Joseph has always dreamed of putting his original ideas out there, even if its on a smaller scale. This website aims to platform many of Joseph’s works. This site is more of a professional art portfolio, if anything.
Something that Joseph has always taken seriously is the process of archival. Way too many times has Joseph seen cool pieces of media be lost to the sands of time due to the lack of archival efforts. It’s common with old pieces of media, thanks to the act of archiving not being taken as seriously as it is now.
As stated previously, Joseph also has “other works”, put on this site as a way to platform them. These are either smaller pieces of media that act as one-time things, or concepts that never made it past the cutting room floor. If you want to see them, see the “Other Works” page.
If you want to know more about why Joseph made this site and why he is an archivist at heart, check out this site’s mission statement.
Check out Joseph’s contact information if you want to reach out to him.