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My pitch for people to join the @cartoonist.coop! It’s a good resource for our community! Also join your local DSA chapter. Most have labor committees to help with organizing. These are ways I know we can work on changing things for the better under a capitalist hellscape.

This. Do this. Read the whole thread and do this. This will clog up their lines way, way more.

The point of calling credit card companies isn't to make John Visa have moment of introspection and go "aw shucks I was wrong!" it's to grind business to a halt for such an extended period of time that all the higher ups who are real people with names and addresses decide that this isn't worth it

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Nicolasia "Nicky" Flores, a latinx butch with a dark pompadour, leans against an unseen countertop with her arms crossed. She wears a cozy plaid coat that just barely shows her shirt underneath, her thin gold necklace awkwardly tucked into the collar. She looks off into the distance at something with an amused expression on her face, mouth pulled into a soft smile.

Nicky 🌼 #ocsky #art #butch

Very lucky to have a dedicated artist who spoils me with wonderful illustrations all the time. Recently we've delved into cover creation but she also does a ton of awesome character art.

@blastedcat0w0.bsky.social
(She's open for commissions, by the way! )

Nicolasia "Nicky" Flores, a latinx butch with a dark pompadour, leans against an unseen countertop with her arms crossed. She wears a cozy plaid coat that just barely shows her shirt underneath, her thin gold necklace awkwardly tucked into the collar. She looks off into the distance at something with an amused expression on her face, mouth pulled into a soft smile.

Nicky 🌼 #ocsky #art #butch

A page of black and white comic panels from my story, BOY SKIN. Dan is outside in the back of the bar, lost in memory, when Val approaches him. “Hey… Everything okay?” Dan’s vision returns. He barely lifts his head. “Uh, yeah,” he says, low and soft. He clears his throat then and looks in the other direction, which only gives the other person a clearer view of his bereft expression. “Are you waiting for someone?” Dan’s jaw hangs open, unsure how to answer. The wind blows through him. Across from them, in dusky pink light from the streetlamps Lisa has her arm around the back of another woman in a leather jacket, locked in a kiss as they fumble to get in her car. “No,” says Dan. The dry sounds of Val's lighter snapping open and crackling to life at the end of her cigarette. “What’s your name?”

A page of panels and text. Panel 1: a person holding their apartment keys Panel 2: a streetlight from below Panel 3: someone's hand petting a dog's head Panel 4: faux bokeh effect of lights at night Panel 5: a cop car pulled over on the street to talk to a woman on the corner Panel 6: closeup of Dan tired and empty Panel 7: Lisa caught in motion, angry The text reads: Someone searches their keyring in the hallway and returns home. The young drivers of two cars take turns yelling at each other at a stoplight. A cop, unconcerned with this, bothers a shivering woman on the corner, just to do it. But the night insists on winding down and taking everyone with it. He leaves her alone this time. A man less lucky than Dan sleeps with his dog under the cover of a bus stop. At the bottom of darkness Lisa shouts at Dan and leaves, again and again on repeat. At some point he curls on his side toward the cushions. His jacket is his blanket and underneath he holds his shoulders, shaking. His body begins the spasms of crying before any tears come. the text is positioned next to an older man barely visible in the black of the page. only his belt, wristwatch, and cross necklace stand out. the next panel is Dan curled on his side, holding himself and crying.

Val’s hand hovers, touching the inside of Dan’s arm as she passes, like she might hug him, or pull him, but she only keeps it there. Dan opens his mouth and thinks he says I’m fine. That’s where the conversation’s supposed to end. Of all the lies I’ll ever have to live, only one of them must become true. “What?” asks Val, turning her ear towards him to listen. Maybe he didn’t say anything after all. Dan clears his throat. “Val,” he rasps, “Can I… Can I tell you something.” He cups his hand over his face, clasping, and drags it down. “I thought I could… avoid it— I don’t, uh…”

panel 1: Dan with his arms stretched in front of him, to receive his bindings panel 2: Val tying his wrists together with his father's belt panel 3: a small panel set into the page of light at the edges and in the peephole of Val's apartment door panel 4: Val and Dan, mouths open as they begin to kiss again The text reads: Dan comes to stand in front of him, wordless. Val’s bottom lip hangs open as he studies first the belt and then Dan’s face. Before he can ask, Dan extends his hands, the heels of his palms pressed together. He has no idea what to say, how to justify himself. Where would he begin? His ears beat with the sound of his father banging against the locked apartment door. But Dan’s heart pounds just loud enough to drown it out. He chooses, this time.

a few pages from my new story, BOY SKIN.

Did you see my new comic 👀 patreon.com/obelisk

pinups... are live now ✨ www.patreon.com/posts/connoi...

A black and white/grayscale drawing in the style of a comic panel. Against an abstracted brick wall, small staircase leading up to a slightly open door in the background, Nick and Henry steal a brief and needy kiss. Both of them have a hand bunched in the other's shirt, eyes shut and oblivious to whoever might stumble across them...

Stealing smooches on the job?? get a room, you two

(Nick & Henry are from my comic A Longshot Out of the Birdcage, which you can see more of right here: www.patreon.com/posts/129945...) #ocsky #art #comics

Prologue sketches are complete, if you'd like to read the whole thing before it's done... get in here 😉 patreon.com/obelisk

a black and white inked close-up of Nicky and Henry, leaning in and making eyes at each other. Nicky is a taller, latinx butch with a slicked-back pompadour that has a single curl falling in her face. Henry, smaller, is a white butch with short, messy blonde hair.

Shared the script for the first chapters of Longshot today!✨A deeper dive into Nick & Henry's first meeting, and how Henry ended up as a go-fer for the mob...!

patreon.com/obelisk
ko-fi.com/draculing

Blood & Iris by Senka Heksum Butchfemme Mafia Erotic Short

As promised, a little gift for you all!

Free on Itch: Blood & Iris is slice of life, if you're the lesbian daughter of a crime boss who sometimes struggles to balance work and play

#butchfemme #lesfic #mafia

senkaheksum.itch.io/blood-and-iris

thank you!! I've been having a lot of fun with them : D

a rough comic panel sketch of Henry, a young butch teen with short, mussed hair and bruises on her face. She's scowling at the viewer, saying "I'm no moocher."

a crop of a comic page, still in pencils - Henry, 19 years old with shorter, darker hair and no facial scar to be seen, snaps to attention in a close-up as someone offscreen says "Look-" But they're not talking to her. The large man who hauled her in here - broad shouldered in a double-breasted suit - has his hand curled over the shoulders of Dickie, the thin MC of the nightclub. They both face away from Henry, walling her off from their conversation - even though it's *about* her. "Dickie," the bigger man continues. "I don't wanna spend my night buryin' this kid." His hand tightens - amicably? - against the back of Dickie's neck. Henry fixates sharply on this detail - she's still bruised from that same hand.

Here's a few from my current pages in progress! ✨

the US revolution was not a revolt against colonization but instead the (seemingly) permanent cementing of the colonial project. It's not like India or Ireland breaking free from the UK, it's like if the British colonists in India broke free from the UK's control.

Every day is a fight for survival for Sama'a and her family. Please give what you can to help

Trans Guy Handbook This book is for anyone questioning, considering, or in the process of transitioning in a masculine direction.A lot of trans guys have the same questions, so I’ve decided to compile some answers. This...

So, I've been working on a kind of FAQ transition resource for transmasc people.

I wanted to make it a zine but it just kept getting longer and longer and now it's over 8k words, so I figured what the hell, might as well just pack it into a PDF and send it.

#transmasc #transMan #trans

every time Hari has contacted me about doing guest art it's always an absolute dream gig about something I love, and this was definitely no exception

you're gonna want to preorder this book! go smooch every vampire! 💖

Cover for 'Night at the vampire castle, a choose-your-own romance' by Hari Conner. A purple, pulpy illustration with three vampires in front of an ominous castle

COVER REVEAL 🍷🩸🫀🌒✨ A new choose-your-own romance for adult readers, out this September.

- Dating sim vs gothic novel energy
- Be & romance any gender
- Multiple endings for the main vampires + lots more romanceable NPCs

Pre-orders & INCREDIBLE guest art previews: hari-illustration.com/natvc #natvc

Yessss!!!! ❤️‍🔥

A little snip from my Butch Dracula x Lucy flash for #Saturdark

You can read it in full on my substack

senkaheksum.substack.com/p/butchtober...

an offwhite sketchbook page full of vintage car related drawings! A green 1949 Oldsmobile 88 is at the top with some tiny color swatches and notes about the sloped roof being part of the early muscle car vibe. Below that, Nicky works under the hood of her car while Henry... supervises? (We'll call it that.) Along with some rough sketches of car dashboards.

A little post about Nicky's car, and my adventures doing research and learning to draw 1940s-50s cars - in which I went to a car show! in real life! ✨ www.patreon.com/posts/direct...

I was lucky enough to see this in-progress, and BOY you don't want to miss out!! 💖

throughout this process, I've thought often of some post I saw, about how the nazi dumpster truck is sadly the easiest car to draw

and to this I say, try drawing a vintage car instead! they're so chunky! good shapes!!! you can find refs on car guy youtube or oldcarbrochures.com . i believe in you!

an offwhite sketchbook page full of vintage car related drawings! A green 1949 Oldsmobile 88 is at the top with some tiny color swatches and notes about the sloped roof being part of the early muscle car vibe. Below that, Nicky works under the hood of her car while Henry... supervises? (We'll call it that.) Along with some rough sketches of car dashboards.

A little post about Nicky's car, and my adventures doing research and learning to draw 1940s-50s cars - in which I went to a car show! in real life! ✨ www.patreon.com/posts/direct...