#queer comics now

[hiveworks]

Pride month may be over, but we're not done shouting out titles from our collection of LGBTQ+ webcomics. We could go on forever giving you story recommendations, but we'll just give you this link to our complete catalog. We think you'll find something you love!⁠

White Noise by @thephooka

In the early 1900s, the nation of Aetheri came out of its long interdimensional isolation and revealed to the humans of the Symphony Archipelago that they were not alone in the multiverse. Things swiftly got ugly after that. In the early 1990s, Aetheri’s leadership changed, and in the Archipelago, a tiny broken family of half-siblings banded together in the face of the bile and hate that was boiling up between the humans and the non-humans. In the early 2000s, that family was split apart. Hawk Press and his sister Liya Kiski both begin a long journey towards understanding the difference between friend and enemy–and between the family you’re given, and the family you make.

Sleepless Domain by Mary Cagle

Sleepless Domain is a comic about an isolated city in the middle of a dangerous world filled with monsters. During the day, the city is perfectly safe. At night, however, the populace locks themselves inside as the city streets fill with monsters. The only ones who can combat these creatures are very special girls with the power to transform into Magical Girls!

How To Be A Werewolf by @shawnlenore

Since being bitten by a strange wolf as a child, Malaya Walters has attempted to live a quiet life…hopefully a life free of attempting to eat her family or the customers at her family’s coffee shop. Being the only werewolf she’s ever known, Malaya has managed her condition by keeping tight control on herself and the world around her, with lackluster results. That is, until a strange guy wanders into her shop one day and introduces her to a whole world she never knew existed…

Sister Claire by @yamino & @summerlightning

In the troubled aftermath of a great war between Witches and her fellow Nuns, novice Sister Claire just wants a purpose.

[a-scary-lack-of-common-sense]

Hey, do any of you people remember that one tf2 comic where soldier is talking to a bunch of wooden cutouts thinking they’re real people? You know how it was supposed to be a joke about how insane Soldier is, unable to differentiate the inanimate from the alive? Am I the only one who lost my mind about the implications of that or am I going just as insane as him.

You can see how lazy I got near the end but I couldn’t be bothered to work on this anymore

[laurellala-comics]

Fun fact! This was the real tipping point that made Edgeworth run away after AA1, they just couldn't show it on screen because they didn't have the rights to Chappell Roan's music <3

(A spiritual successor to my "Hot to Go" joke from this post. Image description under the cut below)

[Image ID: a four page black and white comic of characters from ace attorney.

The Judge stands solemnly at his podium holding a gavel "Mr. Miles Edgeworth, you are on trial for the murder of blah blah blah..."

A cheerful Maya Fey leans over to Miles Edgeworth, who is staring straight ahead and looking very concerned

Maya: "Psst! Mr. Edgeworth! If you win your trial, can I show you Chappell Roan?

Miles: "What the hell, sure." Internally he thinks "Oh God I am going to jail"

A box saying "later" in the top corner of the next panel marks the passage of time.

The Judge smiles as he says "I declare you... Not Guilty!"

We see a full body shot of Maya dancing excitedly while Miles looks on, emotionless

Maya: YIPPEE omg you're going to LOVE this

Miles internally thinks "oh no, the consequences of my actions.

We see Miles standing in between Phoenix Wright and Maya looking apprehensive. Maya beams in excitement, while Nick puts a reassuring hand on Miles' shoulder

Miles: Alright, so what is this exactly?

Nick: She's a pop musician Maya really likes

Maya: You promised you'd let me show you, and it's legally binding because you said it in a court room!

Miles: That is not how the law works Ms. Fey

Maya: Shh just listen!

We see a panel of Miles' pensive face concentrating as he listens to "Hot to Go". He thinks to himself "hm".

Another panel zoomed in more. His pensive expression has grown more tense/confused as he listens to "Red Wine Supernova". he again thinks to himself "Hm" in a larger thought bubble.

We zoom out again to see Nick, Miles, and Maya standing together again. Miles stares forward blankly, eyebrows raised. Maya excitedly leans in.

Maya: Ok, that's her whole discography. So! What did you think?

Nick looks at him, waiting for his response

We get a panel of Miles, looking bewildered. He starts to speak "I..."

We cut again to see the three of them standing together.

Miles: I... don't think I like women?

Miles looks shocked and confused. Nick is bent over laughing, using a hand on Miles's shoulder to support himself. Maya looks outraged and appalled!

Maya: MR. EDGEWORTH! Just because you don' like her musi it doesn't give you an excuse to be sexist!

We see a panel of Miles looking stressed and confused. He leans his head on one of his hands, which messes up his hair, showing how he isn't his normal put together self.

Miles: I should rephrase that. What I mean is, Ms. Roan is clearly VERY assured in her feelings towards women. I was... unaware that anyone felt that strongly. I thought we all viewed these things with a vague sense of distaste and unease but collectively ignored it. Like how we do with climate change.

We zoom out again to see the three of them. Miles stands in the middle looking deeply uncomfortable and lost in thought, vibrating with unease. Nick and Maya exchange deeply concerned glances across from him.

With lingering unease, Miles begins to walk away.

Miles: Well, I should be going then. Goodnight.

Nick hesitantly raises a finger to point out an inaccuracy in that statement

Nick: It's four in the afternoon-

he gets interrupted by Miles who repeats firmly: I said Goodnight

Nick looks in the direction Miles walked off in.

Nick: ...He'll be ok, right?

Maya reassures him: Of cours Nick! I mean, what's the worst that can happen?

Jump cut to a closeup of Nick's hand holding Miles' letter which reads Miles Edgeworth chooses death in all caps. Then, below in smaller font, it says Also femininomenon was really good, thanks.

We see a panel of Nick glaring wordlessly at Maya as he holds the letter in his hand. Maya leans against the wall and looks away, whistling, trying to look innocent to avoid blame.

As a bonus, we also have a page that takes place a year later. Miles and Nick stand talking. Miles looks calmer now, and Nick smiles encouragingly.

Miles: In my time in Europe, I've been examining myself and my approach to law. Ultimately, the most important focus must be justice. We owe it to ourselves and to the people we serve

Nick: Wow, that's really inspiring Edgeworth. And, uh, hows the... the other thing going?

We get a zoomed in panel of Miles glaring menacingly at a suddenly nervous Nick

Jumping out again, Miles turns his back to Nick as he continues to talk

Miles: So as I was saying, justice is truly so important...

Nick nervously rubs the back of his neck wearing an awkward expression as he sweats nervously. He thinks to himself internally "Ooookay then, clearly still working through some things there"

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[liddimothie]

That moment when you've somehow reached a point with your art that people you've looked up to in the community for a long time start noticing and liking your work.

It's a crazy feeling

It's happened to me several times by now, even being followed by a lot of these artists, but I'm still not used to basically being equals with these people now

It was you, @ayviedoesthings, you did this!

[saint-vagrant]

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　　available digitally NOW & all october

Everything returns once more, over and over. There will always be: A boy, a soldier, an experiment. A sniper. They'll find each other on opposite sides every time. A mother. A father. A key. A fight. And a weapon whose detonation puts worlds into motion. 100pgs • Intended for mature readers 18+ (contains violence, nudity.)

[jesncin]

Happy Trans Day of Visibility! This year I wanted to celebrate by showing you what Lunar Boy, our upcoming middle grade graphic novel, means to us as queer Indonesian representation: the thought process behind crafting a sci-fi Indonesian future that embraces queer history.

Pre-order Lunar Boy or add it on goodreads! Support QPOC creators and stories!

[bulbabutt]

don can't sleep and needs a second opinion. good thing raphie's always there and knows exactly how to help

previous | turtle trek series (chrono)

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[vintagerobin]

They would not be a Heteronormative Nuclear Family.

[ricky-mortis]

“And Hades and Persephone

They took each other’s hands

And brother, you know what they did?

They danced”

I am once again positively ill about Spytown /pos

Lovely au by @dxppercxdxver

Curt’s suit inspired by the talented @szollibisz

[mmitwcomic]

Page 49

[hee-blee-art]

uh oh.... lesbian chef love triangle..... 😳

[image ID: five images of digital drawings featuring three chef characters, k, kiri, and margot. k is a big buff butch with tan skin and a bowlcut, kiri is an average height butch with light brown skin and long curly brown hair, and margot is a thin short androgynous femme with tan skin and brown hair in a braid.

in the first piece, k leans over margot sauvely as she talks to her, and margot stands stiff and sweaty. the following image is detail crop focused on their heads, with the text "she's so tall..." next to margot.

in the third image, kiri stands behind margot to tie her apron, saying, "your apron's coming undone, margot. here, I'll fix it for you. we don't want you looking indecent in the kitchen, now do we?" next is a detail crop with a red circle drawn around kiri's hands with the label "big hands" and a red arrow showing margot staring at them.

the fourth image is a three panel comic page that shows k pinning kiri to the wall by the shirt, getting all up in her face and saying, "don't test my patience, kiri-" to which kiri tugs at k's shirt and coolly replies, "damn, k, I haven't seen you this worked up in a long time. you must reeeeally like this girl, huh? got a big ol' crush? reality check - we don't even know if she plays for our team, chef. besides that, you haven't been particularly friendly with anyone since you and me, have you? if you're feeling rusty I could help you with a little practice." end ID]

[namisweatheria]

Inspired by my own post lol. Transfem Sanji headcanons are rightfully popular but have we ever thought about Zoro transing her gender in a Yamato-esque way, as in, 'I Just Decided To As A Part Of My Goals.' I just felt like Trans Sanji would be totally scandalized by that. And I enjoyed the thought so much I had to draw it.

Bonus page:

[yubnubforhire]

Listen I love agathario as much as the next gay but it’s simply incorrect to say ‘this show was supposed to be about agathario why is there so much focus on billy :((’

The show was never marketed that way — all the trailers very much focus on Agatha and Billy. Also, the way shows/movies handle press tells you everything. Kathryn Hahn and Joe Locke have been doing the most press and are paired together for junkets — they are the main characters of the show. Aubrey Plaza and Patti Lupone have also been doing a fair amount of press (though less than Kathryn and Joe) and they are paired together for junkets — they’re the most famous (aka highest billed) SECONDARY characters. Sasheer Zamata, Debra Jo Rupp, and Ali Ahn have done almost no individual press and were paired together for junkets — they are the rest of the secondary cast.

I also want more development for Agathario, but we’ve gotta stop assuming that just because a storyline or character is introduced early on it means that the show is going to center around that story or character. It’s just bad media consumption.

The show is very clearly about Agatha and Billy, their relationship, and their respective journeys of self-actualization (which are obviously set up to mirror each other). Agathario is at best a B plot.

[moominpappa]

gotta share this favorite Donelan cartoon of mine

[haridraws]

something I really enjoy doing for historical books is looking up real documents from the time, and drawing versions of them among the character's belongings

From I Shall Never Fall in Love (x)

[vibrantvetty]

“Lady with an Ermine” was painted by da Vinci, I really shouldn’t be surprised that my gaydar is blaring