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@apbgraphics.bsky.social

they/them I make comics (and sometimes other stuff) Shop: https://apbgraphics.etsy.com

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#HowToTouchGrass is a comics anthology with only 4 HOURS LEFT on Kickstarter: buff.ly/ROsqvvJ

Featured work by @cadaverkeys.bsky.social ✨

26.09.2025 18:03 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#HowToTouchGrass is a comics anthology with only 8 HOURS LEFT on Kickstarter: buff.ly/ROsqvvJ

Featured work by @apbgraphics.bsky.social ✨

26.09.2025 14:04 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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#HowToTouchGrass is a comics anthology with less than 24 HOURS left on Kickstarter!!! buff.ly/ROsqvvJ

Featured work by @blubat.bsky.social and @kelpienet.bsky.social ✨✨

25.09.2025 23:05 β€” πŸ‘ 34    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Sometimes all you need is a deep breath of fresh air for everything feel all right! πŸŒπŸ’š

Back #HowToTouchGrass on Kickstarter today: buff.ly/ROsqvvJ

(Art from "I'm no different from a bug" by @castrike.bsky.social) 🐌 πŸ’š

22.09.2025 18:01 β€” πŸ‘ 70    πŸ” 26    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 2
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We're just $1,033 away from 25% for the HOW TO TOUCH GRASS comics anthology on Kickstarter: www.kickstarter.com/projects/pow...

Cover art by @oenomene.bsky.social and braided-grass typography by @joamettegil.bsky.social πŸ‘‰πŸΎπŸ’œπŸ’›πŸ’šπŸŒΎ

17.09.2025 15:36 β€” πŸ‘ 55    πŸ” 46    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Only 10 days left to back #HowToTouchGrass!

And wouldn't you know it... only 4/5 slots left if you want to PAY ONCE and receive EVERY DIGITAL RELEASE we will EVER publish.

Yes, you read that correctly: www.kickstarter.com/projects/pow...

16.09.2025 15:43 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 27    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 2
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The people have spoken: "Touch grass, Jo! We're all BROKE!"

Introducing the SOFTCOVER edition of HOW TO TOUCH GRASS! Same content, same quality, just without any bells, whistles, or hullabaloo.

The price will increase from $30 USD ~after~ the Kickstarter, so get it while it's HOT: buff.ly/HbA2TT6

08.09.2025 16:21 β€” πŸ‘ 41    πŸ” 33    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 4
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#HowToTouchGrass is a comics anthology about... That's right. You guessed it.

"I always loved the idea of touching grass more than I actually did it, until I got laid off."
- @apbgraphics.bsky.social

Get notified when we launch on Kickstarter: www.kickstarter.com/projects/pow...
#comics

16.06.2025 21:08 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Photo of a wooden disc cut from the cross-section of a small tree. A design is burned into it of a beaver swimming in a lake

Photo of a wooden disc cut from the cross-section of a small tree. A design is burned into it of a beaver swimming in a lake

Photo of a wooden disc cut from the cross-section of a small tree. A design is burned into it of a crawdad with its claws raised

Photo of a wooden disc cut from the cross-section of a small tree. A design is burned into it of a crawdad with its claws raised

Photo of a wooden disc cut from the cross-section of a small tree. A design is burned into it of a turtle swimming in water (as seen from above)

Photo of a wooden disc cut from the cross-section of a small tree. A design is burned into it of a turtle swimming in water (as seen from above)

Photo of a wooden disc cut from the cross-section of a small tree. A design is burned into it of a circular frog life cycle. Around the frog life cycle is a line from Leslie Feinberg’s Stone Butch Blues: β€œNature held me close and seemed to find no fault with me.”

Photo of a wooden disc cut from the cross-section of a small tree. A design is burned into it of a circular frog life cycle. Around the frog life cycle is a line from Leslie Feinberg’s Stone Butch Blues: β€œNature held me close and seemed to find no fault with me.”

A few more water-based guys I made recently!

17.04.2025 15:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
The complete list of contributors to HOW TO TOUCH GRASS, in alphabetical order: Aimee Campbell, Akira B. and Jaye Fabel, Al Benbow, Archita Mittra and LILYRESH, Arielle Jovellanos, Asahina Nakama and Wren Rios, Bixie Boots, Bread Tarleton, Bridget Southwood, Bryn Forrester, C A Strike, Clover Ajamie, Dominique Duong and Jade Jude Sarson, Duna Haller and MICHIUMS, Elle Lim-Chan, Eric Monk-Steel, Grendel Menz, J Clarke, j guth and Hanna Oliver, Joamette Gil and Alberth Chacon Salas, Joan Zahra Dark and Han Olliver, Junoro and bat cities, Kamiab Ghorbanpour and Pareefae, Keith Frady and Alieha Dryden, Melika Hadinia, Mihael B. Peralta, Negin K. Manesh and Vin Mugavero, Nipinet Landsem and Em Matson-Brady, R. Bivens, Ravi Teixeira, Rose Ghostly, Ryan Estrada, Sara Yousefee and Fatemeh Molaie, Scarlet Wings Kaili, sen holiday, SharpiBees, Shay Commander, Sofia Lesage, soupfuzz, Stef Koehler, Tuu, Wendy Xu, and Zareen Choudhury.

The complete list of contributors to HOW TO TOUCH GRASS, in alphabetical order: Aimee Campbell, Akira B. and Jaye Fabel, Al Benbow, Archita Mittra and LILYRESH, Arielle Jovellanos, Asahina Nakama and Wren Rios, Bixie Boots, Bread Tarleton, Bridget Southwood, Bryn Forrester, C A Strike, Clover Ajamie, Dominique Duong and Jade Jude Sarson, Duna Haller and MICHIUMS, Elle Lim-Chan, Eric Monk-Steel, Grendel Menz, J Clarke, j guth and Hanna Oliver, Joamette Gil and Alberth Chacon Salas, Joan Zahra Dark and Han Olliver, Junoro and bat cities, Kamiab Ghorbanpour and Pareefae, Keith Frady and Alieha Dryden, Melika Hadinia, Mihael B. Peralta, Negin K. Manesh and Vin Mugavero, Nipinet Landsem and Em Matson-Brady, R. Bivens, Ravi Teixeira, Rose Ghostly, Ryan Estrada, Sara Yousefee and Fatemeh Molaie, Scarlet Wings Kaili, sen holiday, SharpiBees, Shay Commander, Sofia Lesage, soupfuzz, Stef Koehler, Tuu, Wendy Xu, and Zareen Choudhury.

HOW TO TOUCH GRASS is our next comics anthology, exploring the "how to" of... well, touching grass of course!

"Touching grass" is the #1 skill to securing our collective future, but it's a lot harder than it looks.

Follow us as we boldly go where we're all gonna have to go eventually!!! πŸŒΏπŸŒΎβœŠπŸ•οΈ

02.04.2025 23:49 β€” πŸ‘ 81    πŸ” 38    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 16
Hand holding a small wooden cross-cut of a tree with a ring of keys image burned into it.

Hand holding a small wooden cross-cut of a tree with a ring of keys image burned into it.

Hand holding a small wooden cross-cut of a tree with a ring of keys image burned into it.

Hand holding a small wooden cross-cut of a tree with a ring of keys image burned into it.

I’ve been working on a lot of comics I can’t post, but I’ve been able to try out some new mediums in the meantime!

16.04.2025 18:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Hand holding a zine with a drawing of a feather on it that says Birds of Plum Island!

Hand holding a zine with a drawing of a feather on it that says Birds of Plum Island!

Hand holding a zine of the back of a person's head getting shaved that says I love my bald head

Hand holding a zine of the back of a person's head getting shaved that says I love my bald head

A pile of tufted rugs shaped like frogs, cows, eggs and more

A pile of tufted rugs shaped like frogs, cows, eggs and more

VENDOR SPOTLIGHT @apbgraphics.bsky.social !

Al Benbow is a designer and illustrator whose work is often centered around their identity as a nonbinary butch lesbian. They create comics, zines, and tufted rugs that they post on their instagram, @apb.graphics!

04.03.2025 14:13 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Guantanamo’s Impact Reaches Far Beyond the Walls of the Prison Guantanamo Bay set a precedent of fear and lack of accountability that has seeped deeply into American society.

In light of the Trump Administration's directive in to start imprisoning thousands of migrants at Guantanamo, we're sharing this excerpt from 2020 book Guantanamo Voices about the ongoing impact of the prison. www.crucialcomix.com/comic/guanta...

10.02.2025 20:34 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Snake protecting a blue, white and pink flower from a shoe trying to crush it, with the text PROTECT TRANS KIDS

Snake protecting a blue, white and pink flower from a shoe trying to crush it, with the text PROTECT TRANS KIDS

Oh hey it’s the year of the snake! Here’s a drawing of a snake I made.

03.02.2025 23:09 β€” πŸ‘ 8880    πŸ” 2963    πŸ’¬ 35    πŸ“Œ 12
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may every trans child grow into a trans adult

02.02.2025 22:12 β€” πŸ‘ 5031    πŸ” 2044    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 23
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Final #hourlycomicday part!

02.02.2025 14:52 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#hourlycomicday part 2

02.02.2025 14:51 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#hourlycomicday part 1!!! First hourly comic day and first time trying to post here…

02.02.2025 14:51 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
LUNA MOTH ZINE FEST
APPLICATIONS OPEN UNTIL FEBRUARY 15TH 
LINK IN BIO

LUNA MOTH ZINE FEST APPLICATIONS OPEN UNTIL FEBRUARY 15TH LINK IN BIO

13.01.2025 13:12 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2

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