Sage Cotugno | Buy THE GLASS SCIENTISTS: VOLUME II!

Sage Cotugno | Buy THE GLASS SCIENTISTS: VOLUME II!

@arythusa.bsky.social

Supervising director for animation, writer, comics creator. Gravity Falls, Star vs., Owl House, Titmouse, Shadow Machine. Available for work! The Glass Scientists graphic novel (Penguin Random House) + webcomic: http://linktr.ee/arythusa

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The Glass Scientists UPDATE!: Jekyll and Lanyon make plans for the future ❤️ www.theglassscientists.com

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The Glass Scientists UPDATE!: Frankenstein has just discovered the concept of friendship and now it's all she can think about www.theglassscientists.com

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2 weeks ago

As a longtime Emerald Fennell truther I am LIVING for this drama

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At my annual physical and the conversation was:

10%: my health

90% the doctor ranting about how she had just seen Wuthering Heights and she HAD to tell someone about how much she hated it 🤣

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The Glass Scientists UPDATE!: At some point I'm going to have to talk to my therapist about why, when I really, REALLY like a character, I just have to see them getting slapped and punched all over the place www.theglassscientists.com

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SHOP UPDATE!: Remainder rewards for THE GLASS SCIENTISTS: VOLUME III pre-order campaign are now available! Limited quantity--once I run out of these last remaining copies, they're gone!

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The Glass Scientists UPDATE!: Hyde in this panel is me during the entire second half of January (unending transphobic* flu from hell) www.theglassscientists.com

*the flu was transphobic because it almost prevented me from having top surgery

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The Glass Scientists UPDATE!: Frankenstein reveals the secret to her cunning discovery www.theglassscientists.com

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The Glass Scientists UPDATE!: A little backstory is in order www.theglassscientists.com

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The Glass Scientists UPDATE!: Jasper and Rachel partake in shenanigans in the graveyard www.theglassscientists.com

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The Glass Scientists UPDATE!: YIKES I fully forgot to upload today's page amidst all my top surgery travel!! Apologies, it's up now!! www.theglassscientists.com

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The Glass Scientists UPDATE!: Rachel and Jasper get a chance to reconnect www.theglassscientists.com

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2 months ago
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The Glass Scientists UPDATE!: You are cordially invited to the Society for Arcane Sciences! www.theglassscientists.com

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2 months ago
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I made a little 2025-in-review post, if anyone's curious what I've been up to:

open.substack.com/pub/arythusa...

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The Glass Scientists UPDATE!: Anyway, the Lodgers have unionized now www.theglassscientists.com

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The Glass Scientists UPDATE!: Okay this character is an EXTREMELY deep cut from an early early version of this story, and I will be impressed if anyone remembers him www.theglassscientists.com

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2 months ago
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Donate to Holiday Help for Nico's Disabled Mother, organized by Nico Colaleo Hey everyone and Happy Holidays 2025- This is Nico Colaleo (creator of Ollie &… Nico Colaleo needs your support for Holiday Help for Nico's Disabled Mother

I hate to e-beg, it's embarrassing and I feel pathetic, but all I want for the holidays is to help my disabled mother with her medical bills so she can continue getting the care and treatments she needs. Please donate or share, I appreciate it so much!

LINK:
gofund.me/15682d815

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2 months ago
Low-Dose HRT and You by Sage Cotugno published 2025-12-16 on https://www.ohjoysextoy.com/low-dose-hrt-and-you-sage-cotugno

Today’s comic is drawn by Sage Cotugno, an Asian American trans mask non-binary person, with pronouns They/Them, who is depicted as both free and post-HRT in the comic. The comic is drawn with clean, sharp lines and colored in blues and oranges that make the whole thing pop.

Narration - I came out as a non-binary in 2019, but didn’t start HRT (hormone Replacement Therapy) until two years later
We see a younger sage having their hair buzzed from behind. They’re thinking to themselves:
Damn, my head looks like a giant egg. 

Next, we're shown two stereotype depictions of different men. One is a lumberjack with a big, giant ax, bushy beard, and huge chest. The other is a elf like woodland creature elegantly holding a hand to their head to dramatic effect with sparkles around them.The Lumberjack has these notes floatinga round them:- Huge Beard and muscles- 24/7 flannel lifestyle- Part-time paper towel model, full-time American hero
The Elf-man has these notes:- Cat-ears somehow??- Deadly cheekbones- Heir to the moon kingdom.
Narration - I hesitated in part because I had never wanted to look like a traditionally masculine man. 
I pictured myself as more of a soft, anime prince boy. 
Sage shows themselves at the Gender Buffet, picking up different bits of food and adding it to their plate 
Narration - I wished I could pick and choose which masculine traits I would end up with… 

Suddenly, a huge wave with the label T-Gel Tsunami comes crashing down onto Sage 
Narration - But I knew from my research that it was more of an all-or-nothing kind of deal.

Page 2
We see a small sage sitting on top of the hill looking out at the clouds, Lion King style, forming in the clouds themselves, is the Elfish masculine trope that Sage craves.
Narration - I began to suspect my soft boy dreams were some quixiotic fantasy like wanting to be a dinosaur or a wizard. Surely real trans people don’t want things like that! 

A doctor springs out of the page, with their hand in the air 
Narration- But then my doctor said...
Doctor- Actually, lots of them do! 
In this next panel, we see a giant banner with the word low-dose HRT on top of it. It is adorned with needle and pill visualizations. Behind it is the doctor showing off the banner while Sage looks on, and imagines a bull’s-eye of hitting the perfect place for their trans-masc dreams.

Doctor- There's two roots trans folk often take: They either want to go 'all the way' towards one end of the binar, or land somewhere in the middle. People in the secondary category often choose… 
Sage interrupts- Gasp! So it’s like a magical soft boy pill?? 
Doctor - well, not exactly…

A pink ribbon unfurls across the bottom of the page stating, "Read the rest on Oh Joy Sex Toy .com"

@arythusa.bsky.social waited two years after coming out as nonbinary before starting on testosterone because they wanted to look more like a soft anime prince boi than a manly lumberjack. Fortunately, they found a compromise by going on a low-dose of HRT!
www.ohjoysextoy.com/low-dose-hrt...

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2 months ago

“Women do not want [trans women] in our spaces”

Actually most women do?? They’re literally fine with it, it’s not a big deal, what are you getting so mad about

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2 months ago

Fell down a TERFblr rabbit hole for an hour after finding out that an old friend is (most likely) a TERF

I should stop but I’m fascinated by their headcanons about womanhood

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I can’t believe they’re coming for trans-Thomas-Jefferson’s hatsune miku binder

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The Glass Scientists UPDATE!: Lanyon is just doing his best (and it isn't nearly enough) www.theglassscientists.com

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The Glass Scientists UPDATE!: Don't ask about the last time Lanyon slept www.theglassscientists.com

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The Glass Scientists UPDATE!: The flower budget for this funeral must have been off the charts www.theglassscientists.com

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The limited edition Jekyll and Hyde enamel pins are available in the store NOW, just in time for the holiday season!

arythusa.storenvy.com

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S.H. Cotugno | Twitter, Instagram, TikTok | Linktree Creator of The Glass Scientists comic, supervising director for animation.

Don't forget to pre-order AND fill out your pre-order gift forms in order to receive exclusive gifts! bit.ly/4fRwKHv

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"It was one thing to take on a gaggle of scientists who had likely never done a day’s hard labor in their life. Frankenstein was another matter entirely . . ."

This is the final preview of the bonus epilogue story for The Glass Scientists: Volume 3!

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The Glass Scientists UPDATE!: Jekyll serving face from beyond the grave www.theglassscientists.com

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The Glass Scientists UPDATE!: I'm back on my Catholic icon bullshit again . . . www.theglassscientists.com

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At last, my continuous spine design is complete again!! 🪒 What do you think of the final look?? 👀 There's now less than a month left in the Glass Scientists: Volume 3 pre-order campaign--don't forget to pre-order AND fill out your (separate!!) pre-order gift forms!

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