36 pages, published by Desert Island

Paradigm shifting auto-bio (as in auto-matic writing).The creator has just died and come back to life without any epiphanies from the afterlife. He encounters an interdimensional being while holding a pen, fully awake at his desk. It sheds the origins of meaning in his life: sex, drugs and Vertigo comics.

“Pound-for-pound my favorite indie comic of the year, Kade McClements' Prima Materia perfectly blends Vertigo-era genre fiction with the boundless creativity of contemporary art comics” - Night Creature Press

‍”McClements work offers a level of skill and focus that sets him apart from many of his peers, there is an interest in not just the 'idea' of genre but the execution involved in the best genre comics, filtered through an embrace and understanding of art comics at their highest. The result is one of the most unique and layered comics you are likely to read this year…” - Austin English

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Book cover with the title 'prima materia' by Kade McClements, featuring a dark butterfly with wings spread over a textured blue sphere on a white background, with a purple textured stripe on the left side.

Prima Materia (2025)

Comic book illustration featuring a dark figure with spiky hair sitting on a celestial object in space, surrounded by stars and planets. The figure is speaking in dialogue bubbles, discussing themes of self-reflection, identity, and purpose.
A comic strip showing a woman and a person sitting beneath a tree looking at the night sky, with a large face of a monster or creature in the sky. The woman asks about the stars dying and comments on how hard it is to see light, and reflects on the future being less, with less fate. The comic has a dark background with some stars, and close-up of the woman's face with piercing eyes.
A comic panel shows a person sitting in a chair reading a book, smoking, with a scene of a large, black bird like creature with outstretched wings and a crow or raven perched on the ground, with a speech bubble saying, "That seemed like an omen."
A comic panel featuring two characters, one with a human appearance and the other with a cosmic, starry face. The human character questions the cosmic figure about the presence of mysterious esoteric symbols and asks, 'What are they?' The dialogue includes references to seeing them again and the idea of symbols before.