Crucial Comix

A new comic illustrates the raw and strange experience of developing schizophrenia. www.crucialcomix.com/comic/schizo...

Cartoonists pen a series of comics about ICE in their communities: "These personal stories matter. Small stories are how larger narratives are shaped." #iceoutcomics www.crucialcomix.com/comic/cartoo...

So honored to have an excerpt of ACE OF HEARTS up on the @crucialcomix.bsky.social website!!

It’s the part of the book where I finally realize I’m asexual after years of confusion and hurt and compulsory sexuality. I hope y’all will check it out 💜💚🙂

New comic: A Canadian perspective on what boycotting the U.S. reflects about Canadian identity. www.crucialcomix.com/comic/on-the...

Want to learn how to write for nonfiction comics? We're sharing this chapter on writing for comics from new book Making Nonfiction Comics: A Guide for Graphic Narrative www.crucialcomix.com/comic/writin...

New comic: An art student from Pakistan shares what it's like trying to draw the human form when figure drawing classes are rare. www.crucialcomix.com/comic/figuri...

Artist Ami Bogin struggles and shakes doing the pole dance move "flatline scorpio" in which you hold yourself to the pole with opposite knee and hand while your other leg and hand stretch outwards. The title of the comic is "Failing Beautifully"

A comic I made all around failure is up now @crucialcomix.bsky.social ! It was the first time I've worked with editors and I felt challenged in all the right ways. Thank you so much team and I hope you enjoy reading.
www.crucialcomix.com/comic/failin...

Gorgeous new comic by @auilix.bsky.social ✏️ "Failing beautifully: Pole dance taught me to embrace myself—even what I'd seen as my failures." www.crucialcomix.com/comic/failin...

New comic just dropped about the horrors of wearing a bra. www.crucialcomix.com/comic/bras-w...

It was a pleasure and an honor to co-edit this comic by Cee Lavery, "Swapping Genders With My Ex," with Al Benbow for @crucialcomix.bsky.social: www.crucialcomix.com/comic/swappi...

A stack of zines fanned out. The cover reads “Fearfully Made: a chillingly incomplete tour of my chronically ill body, by Kelley Clink.” There are silhouette drawings of bats and rats.

I made a spooky #zine about my chronically ill body! Thanks to @crucialcomix.bsky.social and the chronic illness comics club. Open to trades!
#hallozine #chronicillness #disability #ehlersdanlos #heds

kelleyclink.com/shop-1

Queer Economies of Care: Comics Edition Queer survival and resilience are the heart of this class focused on zine-making and collaborative comics.

New class announcement: Queer economies of care. How do queer folks keep each other alive, fed, housed, and laughing—especially when the system isn’t built for us?https://www.crucialcomix.com/product/queer-economies-of-care-comics-edition/

New class: Raising and Drawing Our Kids Through Chaos is for anyone with young kids in their life who wants to make comics about navigating this difficult political era. www.crucialcomix.com/product/rais...

Look what's fallen off the shelf and rolled all the way on over to Crucial Comix!! One of my proudest, and most unhinged comics!

New comic: Sobriety has been a lonely road, but I made it out alright. // By @danielgwilson.bsky.social www.crucialcomix.com/comic/cranbe...

New comic: As a mental health researcher, hope often feels unjustified when the reality of our brains is so complicated. www.crucialcomix.com/comic/connec...

Ravioli Unraveled: The comic essay no one asked for about that commercial where the can of raviolis follows that little girl home. By @darrenvogtart.bsky.social www.crucialcomix.com/comic/raviol...

Since we launched a year ago, we've run 33 workshops and classes, published 64 comics, paid cartoonists $6473, and paid artists $18000 to teach comics classes. Nice work!

What's next? We're starting a Patreon to cover the cost of running the site, to pay our editors, and to have a larger budget for publishing more nonfiction comics. We're in this for the long haul!

In prioritizing payments to artists, we haven't been paying our editors (Audra and Shay) for running the publication. We want Crucial to be sustainable and not flame out like so many independent media outlets.

Comics are rooted in collaboration, in sharing your weird, wild voice without censorship or control. The funding comes from our community—that's you.

Crucial Comix is one year old today! We're celebrating our birthday by starting a Patreon, so we can be financially sustainable for the long haul. ✊ Check it out and thanks for supporting independent artists: www.patreon.com/c/CrucialComix

Kristen reaches out from a pixelated version of herself. The title of the comic reads "Creative Spark: As an artist, I use all kinds of technological tools. So why does AI feel distinctly repulsive to me?"

New comic: Creative Spark by @egogala.bsky.social - As an artist, I use all kinds of technological tools. So why does AI feel distinctly repulsive to me? www.crucialcomix.com/comic/creati...

A comic-style illustration shows a woman with a bun, earrings, and a serious expression pointing. Speech bubbles express criticism of Zionists. The tone is candid.

A person sits on a couch, lacing shoes, expressing confusion about historical misuse of the Holocaust. Warm tones, thoughtful atmosphere.

A woman with a bun hairstyle stands by a door, holding a key. Speech bubbles express themes of oppression, inspiration, and heartbreak for Palestine. The tone is contemplative.

Three people with diverse appearances holding signs and raising fists, shouting "Viva Viva Palestina" in a speech bubble. The tone is supportive and empowering.

"Comics have no walls nor borders."

A powerful new anthology brings together 60+ cartoonists to support Palestine & fight despair with collective imagination.

Free to read.

Attached comic by Julia Mata

inthesetimes.com/article/pale...

New comic by Tenli Yavneh: My mother had a long decline due to dementia. Reading her diaries after she passed helped me reconnect with who she was. www.crucialcomix.com/comic/dear-d...

Want to learn about editing comics? Our comics editing class is now up for fall! In this interactive five-session class, practice editing nonfiction comics while also improving your own. www.crucialcomix.com/product/edit...

In "The Last Soviet Artist" published by @nplusonemag.com, cartoonist Victoria Lomasko documents the bravery of Belarusian protests in 2020. Read an excerpt here: www.crucialcomix.com/comic/a-trip...

For cisgender people, gender-affirming care is just called "healthcare." A reflective comic by Al Benbow: www.crucialcomix.com/comic/why-wo...

A beautiful new comic by Joy Alicia Raines shares her deep feeling of loneliness—and how a group of strangers helped her reconnect to the world. www.crucialcomix.com/comic/fighti...

Thank you @crucialcomix.bsky.social for publishing my first comic in over a year! I wrote this in 2024, before I became a full-time wheelchair user. It's about bureaucracy disabled people must navigate to get basic needs. The sentiment remains the same.

@graphicmedicine.bsky.social #graphicmedicine

A person holds up a sign that says Yield as the artist Rachel is surrounded by question marks. Headline reads: Yield - to survive as a disabled person, I have to give away so much of myself.

Artist Rachel Lichtman reflects on the dehumanizing process of having to share details of her private life just to get an ADA bus pass. #graphicmedicine www.crucialcomix.com/comic/yield/

A smiling mug of tea and mason jar full of drawing supplies.

Chronic Illness Comics Club is a free monthly #graphicmedicine meetup for people making art about chronic illness. This Sunday's theme: "Mapping Your Chronic Illness" hosted by @zareenc.bsky.social RSVP here: www.crucialcomix.com/product/chro...

A new comic explores the surreal and mundane experience of going into a treatment program for depression and anxiety—and how even having hope feels like a victory. www.crucialcomix.com/comic/its-no...

Hey I made this!!

If you’re interested in exploring concepts of character bleed in roleplay and how it can relate to gender identity, give it a look!

#ttrpg #dnd #larp #larping #roleplay #comic #indiecomic #nonfiction #memoircomic