A Studio Built for Strange, Human Stories That Don’t Fully Behave
APRIL 13, 2026 (PORTLAND, OR) — Kinjin Storylab is where the strange feels human. A new, independent, creator-owned studio built around the mind of Dan Goldman.
By design, Kinjin Storylab develops original, genre-bending narratives across multiple mediums. Material is released through serialized comics and weekly storytelling, before taking shape. Each format is immersive, one feeding into the next, creating a continuous loop between release and final form, guided at every stage by Goldman’s hand. The stories move fluidly between humor and horror, surrealism and realism. Characters wander through strange situations, ask uncomfortable questions, and sometimes, uncover something deeply human beneath the absurdity. The work is visually distinctive, emotionally grounded, and unafraid to dive deep into the weird.
That sensibility is grounded in Goldman’s voice as an award-winning writer and creator, guiding each project with a clear perspective. A multidisciplinary narrative artist, his practice spans comics, prose, games, film, and audio, with credits including Chasing Echoes (Humanoids), the UN-honored Priya’s Shakti, and the Eisner-nominated Shooting War (Grand Central), along with writing for projects such as Silent Hill: Ascension, The Walking Dead: No Man’s Land, Cartoon Network’s Mega Man: Fully Charged, and Ubisoft’s The Division: Resurgence.
For Goldman, Kinjin Storylab goes against the direction stories have taken:
“The dirtiest word in the English language right now is ‘content’ because we’ve watched it flatten Art into a market-first product to be monetized. I don’t believe this is what people want at all: stories that should shift hearts and move culture are instead optimized for algorithmic recs and product funnels. We need to feel raw, messy emotional truth to make sense of our own lives and connect to others—
I founded Kinjin Storylab as a push-back to this. By harnessing the early internet’s tools like newsletters and webcomics and print books, we are here to take big swings, tell uncompromising stories, and draw in readers hungry to engage with something true.”
Readers are invited into the process, encountering these stories as they happen, not after the fact. The studio brings them together as carefully designed hardcover editions that feel closer to artifacts than books—arriving fully realized without losing the strange, human edges that made them worth following in the first place, independent and uncompromising, with a direct line to the audience.
It’s the kind of storytelling you don’t scroll past. Stories that don’t fully behave, but still feel honest.
There’s more unfolding. Visit https://kinjin.co/ and see what’s already taking shape.
Kinjin Storylab is an independent storytelling studio created by writer and artist Dan Goldman. Think of it as a kitten-powered satellite of love, beaming stories and comics to readers from orbit. Through genre-bending comics, audio narratives, and collectible print editions, Kinjin builds immersive worlds where strange ideas feel deeply human, and the unusual is beautifully told. Built around creator-driven storytelling, its serialized narratives unfold in real time before becoming carefully crafted books designed to last. Kinjin is for readers seeking stories outside the ordinary and worlds worth their time.
