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If you are surprised that Tamilda might be queer, then you couldn't have invested THAT much into the comic.

And if you think that the existence of a queer character is a reason to stop reading, I welcome your departure.

Page 135 from the comic Love and Hex. Full transcript: http://crookedgoat.ca/comic/big-decisions Tamilda and Singing Cricket discuss the Changeling's wedding plans, till Tamilda gets distracted for some reason. Even more strangely, she makes a major out-of-character decision. How odd.

Love and Hex #135: Big Decisions

Tamilda has always resisted being sent to school. Very strange. What could she possibly be thinking?

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That's just brilliantly done. You capture them well.

Singing Cricket and Kayra from the comic Love and Hex, dressed as the Joker (white skin, purple suit, green shirt) and Harley Quinn (motley crop top, booty shorts, stockings, baseball bat, blonde hair with dyed tips). Singing Cricket, doing up his tie: "I'm surprised you went with Harley and not Poison Ivy." Kayra: "Why's that?" Singing Cricket: "You know... green skin..." Kayra: "Husband, that is a LITTLE offensive."

Love and Hex Halloween bonus: Couple's costume

I didn't initially have a Halloween comic idea, but inspiration struck at the last minute.

More Love and Hex on Webtoon: www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/lo...

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A bonus page from the comic Love and Hex. A shirtless slasher (looks like Jason Voorhees of the Friday the 13th movies) flees Nanny Muk's cottage in a panic. From inside, Nanny says, "All right, dearie, now it's your turn..." The house comes alive. Its front wall turns into a huge mouth full of pointy teeth. Its enormous tongue reaches out and lifts the slasher to eat him. From inside, Nanny continues: "Calvin, darling -- did you see where our guest ran off to?" The house chews on its victim as Nanny continues, "Never mind... I'm sure he'll turn up again." In the background, a tree chases after a raccoon, only to be swarmed by the raccoon's friends in the final panel.

Love and Hacks, part 4 of 4

Posting my lil' Halloween miniseries for spooky week.

More Love and Hex: www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/lo...

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A jack o'lantern carved with Sussy the magpie from K-Pop Demon Hunters.

Pumpkin

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Page 110 from the comic Love and Hex. Full transcript: http://crookedgoat.ca/comic/love-and-hacks-part-3 The slasher comes upon a cute little cottage and breaks in, to find a sweet old lady, knitting. But she is not what she seems.

Love and Hacks, part 3 of 4

Posting my lil' Halloween miniseries for spooky week.

#halloween #comic #comics #webcomic #loveandhex #slasher #jason #horror #dnd #ttrpg #monsters #art

Page 109 from the comic Love and Hex. Full transcript: http://crookedgoat.ca/comic/love-and-hack-part-2 The Jason Voorhees-looking slasher comes upon a young, sexy couple drinking in the woods at night - his favourite victim profile. Unfortunately, a night hag and a Drunkent Master monk are not what he was expecting.

Love and Hacks, part 2 of 4

Posting my lil' Halloween miniseries for spooky week.

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Page 108 from the comic Love and Hex. Full transcript: http://crookedgoat.ca/comic/love-and-hacks-part-1 A Halloween slasher comes upon Tamilda gathering mushrooms, alone in the woods. Things don't go as he planned.

Love and Hacks, part 1 of 4

Posting my lil' Halloween miniseries for spooky week.

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Page 134 from the comic Love and Hex. Full transcript: http://crookedgoat.ca/comic/homecoming Changeling-Kayra says goodbye to her new friends and is looking forward to her wedding, where nothing could possibly go wrong. Meanwhile, Singing Cricket finally returns home from wherever Granny Dismal sent him.

Love and Hex #134: Homecoming

Singing Cricket got off easy. That wedding should go perfectly smoothly, though, right?

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Post a mage!

Baetzzi, drow wizard/lich, who just wants the time and privacy to work on her horrible experiments.

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Singing Cricket, drink in hand, gives Granny Dismal a half-hug and says, "You know, Granny -- you're not so bad!" This horrifies Kayra and Nanny Muk, as the consequences for this behaviour could be dire.

#Inktober day 8: Reckless

Singing Cricket focused more on Dexterity and Constitution than on Wisdom.

#inktober2025 #ttrpg #dnd #comic #webcomic #art #bskyart

Page 133 from the webcomic Love and Hex. Full transcript: http://crookedgoat.ca/comic/fairy-godmother Granny Dismal offers Changeling Kayra a solution to her problems. Now everything is solved forever, right?

Love and Hex #133: Fairy Godmother (The correct file this time!)

This episode was pulled from Webtoon because of panel 2. I had to create a censored alternative. You get the good version.

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Ack, you're right! Dang it, this has not been a good upload day for me.

Page 133 from the webcomic Love and Hex. Full transcript: http://crookedgoat.ca/comic/fairy-godmother Granny Dismal offers Changeling Kayra a solution to her problems. Now everything is solved forever, right?

Love and Hex #133: Fairy Godmother

I don't think Granny Dismal receives a lot of hugs.

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A black-and-white image showing changeling Kayra (a construct of mud and sticks, who has been raised as a human by her oblivious parents), being hurt emotionally by her unknowing mother. The scene takes place after episode 126 (http://crookedgoat.ca/comic/exposed). Her mother walks past her, remarking on the show she'd just seen. The text gets more and more rough and erratic, signifying the emotional impact of the words. "What a talent! Such a shame about that horrible hideous PUPPET!" The tail of the speech balloon pierces through the Changeling's body before pointing at the mother.

#Inktober day 6: Pierce

Not a funny one this time; the prompt just seemed to fit the Changeling and her story. Her relationship with her mother is... complicated.

This one references episode 126 (Exposed).

#inktober2025 #loveandhex #art #comic #webcomic #comics

A four panel comic from Love and Hex. Inktober day 5: Deer. Panel 1: A hairy arm points to two-toed cervid tracks. Speaker 1: "They're fresh! It must be nearby!" Speaker 2: "Looks like a big one!" Panel 2: Two men standing in the bushes - a bald human monk (Singing Cricket) with a staff, and a dreadlocked dwarf (Baeric) aiming a crossbow. Singing Cricket: "Man, we haven't had a proper meal in days. I'm starving!" Baeric: "You'll be tasting venison soon - I think I've spotted it!" Panel 3: Close-up of a horrible snaggle-toothed elk, wide-eyed and screaming with its jaws nearly unhinged. Text in the background: "YES SHOOT ME I WANT TO FEEL IT" Panel 4: Singing Cricket and Baeric look traumatized, still staring at the elk. Baeric holds up his hand. Baeric: "I also found these mushrooms." Singing Cricket, reaching for a mushroom: "I love mushrooms."

#Inktober day 5: Deer

Singing Cricket and Baeric look for food while the rest of the party makes camp. With a guest appearance from @holleringelk.bsky.social

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Black and white drawing of a frog on a mossy log in a murky swamp.

#Inktober day 4: Murky
A murky swamp with frog. This will be the first panel of a comic eventually.

#inktober2025 #frog #art #bskyart

Page 111 from the comic Love and Hex. Full transcript: http://crookedgoat.ca/comic/sweater-weather SInging Cricket, Kayra, and Tamilda take a walk through the woods in autumn. Kayra complains about the cold, despite her warm sweater. Tamilda tries to point out her error, but Singing Cricket likes things as they are.

I don't often colour my comics, but wanted to feature autumn leaves in this one.

A Love and Hex comic for the Inktober prompt "weave". Panel 1: Nanny Muk (gruesome-looking elderly green hag) looks in a mirror, patting her thick. luxurious new hair, which seems to be sitting atop her normal thin grey wisps. She is in conversation with Kayra, a young and attractive (much to her chagrin) night hag, who smiles at her. Nanny Muk: "Kayra, dearie - what do you think of my new weave? It's natural halfling hair!" Kayra: "Wow, Nanny - it looks great! Although..." Panel 2: Nanny turns around, revealing a young halfling woman attached to the back of her head. The thick, lustrous hair turns out to be the halfling's. Kayra points. Kayra: "...I think you're supposed to take it off the halfling first."

#Inktober day 2: Weave

I was originally going to do something with the three Greek fates (spooling, weaving, and cutting), but then I had a dumber idea.

We'll see how long I can keep this up before I burn out.

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Caption: "Day 1: Moustache". Image shows characters from the comic Love and Hex. Nanny Muk (green hag) looks through a cupboard saying, "Hey, who drank all the rat poison?" Singing Cricket (Drunkent Master monk) walks past wearing a large false moustache, whistling casually.

#Inktober day 1: Mustache

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How Randall P. Girdner uses Buttondown Randall uses Buttondown to share comics and connect with readers, all while maintaining creative control over his art.

Happy National Comic Book Day!📖
Today, we are highlighting Sunday Comix! Created by Randall P. Girdner, @sundaycomix.bsky.social is a bi-weekly newsletter that enables readers to have a laugh while allowing comic artists to maintain creative control.
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Page 132 of the comic Love and Hex. Full transcript: http://crookedgoat.ca/comic/no-bad-ideas The Changeling rejects Granny Dismal's suggestion that she kill someone to take over their body. She muses on what might happen if her fiancé sees her true form. Kayra offers an alternative solution.

Love and Hex #132: No Bad Ideas

Come to a hag with your problems, you're going to get hag solutions.

See Webtoon and Reddit for Singing Cricket's attempts to find his way home via other people's comics.

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She's 10, so she's a bigger fan of fantasy than sci-fi right now (although I'm broadening her interests all the time).

She loved The Murderbot Diaries by @marthawells.com.

I tossed my child The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy this morning. She spent the whole time before school laughing, but it's interesting to see a young person's take on old science fiction.

She read the description of the Guide in the intro, and said, "So basically, it's a phone?"

Read Love and Hex Issue 143 in English Online | GlobalComix Read Love and Hex Issue 143 in English Online. The Changeling confronts Granny Dismal about her body.

The latest Love and Hex is up here: globalcomix.com/read/2303667...

Continuing an ambitious tragedy/horror/comedy plotline that starts here: globalcomix.com/read/f3fd0a1...

Charlie isn't cute, he's terrifying!

A book cover for the comic Love and Hex. Depicts lovers Kayra (young, green skinned, pointy toothed, black eyed witch) and Singing Cricket (bald martial artist), leaning over a table holding hands. Singing Cricket's eyes are closed and mouth open, as Kayra feeds him a large centipede. In the background, pressed against a window, Charlie the owlbear attempts to enter with mouth open and claws spread.

The one thing holding me back from committing to a print edition was my inexperience with cover design.

I think I finally came up with something I like. So a print version of Love and Hex (vol. 1) should be available in the near-ish future.

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To my fellow cishet dudes: when we are quiet about supporting the trans community, the only voices anyone hears are the Charlie Kirks of the world. Don't let accusations of being "performative" or "virtue signaling" shut you up - that's their whole point. Our voices are needed now more than ever.

Page 131 from the comic Love and Hex. Full transcript: http://crookedgoat.ca/comic/easy-peasy The Changeling confronts Granny Dismal about saving her life (or rather, her soul), but then putting her into a body made of mud and sticks. Granny offers a solution.

Love and Hex #131: Easy-peasy

The Changeling confronts Granny Dismal with concerns. Meanwhile, Singing Cricket is finding his way home from wherever Granny sent him. Happily, @theimmortalthinktank 's table are very friendly and supportive.

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