Bad Bishop is an independent comic studio tucked away in California’s high desert, home to Devin Welborn and the comics he creates.
The name comes from chess—a bad bishop, trapped behind its own pawns, is stuck and limited. For a long time, that was Devin, too: anxious, afraid to fail, and letting that fear hold him back. Bad Bishop became a reminder to move anyway—to break patterns, ignore rules, and keep creating even when things feel stuck.
That attitude runs through everything he makes: comics that zig when they’re supposed to zag, that find humor in the bleak and absurd, that don’t care what lane they’re “supposed” to stay in.
Photo by Joseph Chaconas
Devin is an Army brat who crash-landed in the armpit of the West Coast in the mid-90s, where he’s been sweating ever since. A lifelong smartass with a love for horror movies, dick and fart jokes, and making fun of everything that deserves it, he channels all that into his work.
When he’s not making comics, he’s probably overthinking everything, yelling at his computer, or debating whether existential dread counts as a hobby.