Magical Boy Basil

The boys! Happily living a completely uninteresting, chill life in a little coastal village somewhere, one hopes.

Thank you, friend! I think the world needs more cute right now ☺️

Happiest of birthdays to one of my favorite queer fiction writers, AK! Their stories are certainly darker than MBB but no less hopeful. If you like urban fantasy (that's very gay), check them out, they're wonderful ☺️

A horizontal illustration featuring two magical boys kissing on a balcony in Tanglewood Manor. Basil, left, pulls Aaron in by the front of his cape and Aaron, right, is happy to let him. They are softly illuminated by the light through the tall window in the background.

Happy valentine's day, friends! 💖

On the one hand, different styles of humor. On the other hand, perhaps not wanting to face the harrowing consequences of their generation's cumulative inaction where it counted 😭

Page 21 is almost done and ready for Patreon but in the meantime, a treat for ya'll ;) (Sorry, Basil's tagline is 'gay, magical, and panicking' for a reason...)

Ummmm important question: Does this fic exist anywhere and if so, where? You know, just out of curiosity it's not like I'll cry reading it or anything 😭

Letterkenny is a masterclass in character dialogue and you can't convince me otherwise. Devilishly whip quick humor. It's great!

A cut in of a comic panel featuring an angry purple platypus yelling. His name is Loom.

What's this? Up to page 16 of Chapter 10 is now free to read on our website and Tapas! (With up to 20 available on our Patreon~)

www.magicalboybasil.com
www.patreon.com/magicalboybasil

A bust illustration of a magical boy, Basil, who has dark curly hair and is wearing a teal and white costume. He is smiling with a cheeky wink, leaning his chin and cheek against his left hand. There is a little cartoon star beside him and comic tone dots behind him on a flat pink background.

Basil Caraway, the boy that you are 💫

A collage of illustrations of Basil, a magical boy who sometimes wears a teal dress. He's serious in the top panel, panicked in the middle panel, smiling wistfully in the bottom panel. To the right is a fullbody illustration of Basil as a magical boy.

Happy birthday, Basil Caraway! Working on a special something that wasn't finished in time so keep an eye out for it soon ;)

Marco, a nonbinary illusionist, sits with his/their hand outstretched, an illusory bird fluttering up by his/their face. Marco is Sicilian, tan with dark brown curly hair. His eyes are glowing white. They're wearing a gray feather trimmed jacket and heavy books for a winter climate.

Everyone's favorite Estonian healer, Grant! He's a very sad man you see. There is a single tear dripping from one blue eye. He appears to have a deep gash injury on his right shoulder and is gripping at his neck with a bloodied hand. Looks like his superhero costume is sliding off and torn, oops.

No, don't make me choose!

Tie between Marco, the nonbinary chaos agent/memelord psychic and illusionist who struggles with being VERY morally gray in a group of good guys OR

Grant aka Red Cross- party tank/recently turned immortal healer and snark master with a heart of gold. Pretty when he cries

A resistance to enchantments but were having a good enough time they kept on doing what they were doing- till the courts found out, discovered their control magic didn't work anymore and exiled the Jaebrin.

The Jaebrin said 'alrighty then' and just continued to party on their own indefinitely.

Look, maybe this is 'cheating', but it's hands down the Jaebrin from Monster Manual 5. They're elvish fae with mouthfuls of needlesharp teeth they usually cover up with scarves etc.

Forced via enchantment into being court jesters to the fae courts for hundreds of years. Eventually, they grew

Just a little something for ya'll on this #transformationtuesday ;)

A muli-layer acrylic standee of two magical boys dancing sits in front of a sparkly gold confetti backdrop. Basil, on the left in a teal dress, holds Aaron's hand and is smiling tenderly at him. Aaron, on the right, is in a knight costume and following Basil's lead. There's a small acrylic star in front of them and a shooting star behind them.

New year, new desk buddies! Basil and Aaron can keep you company too~ We have standees and more in our shop and every purchase you make there goes directly to us, the creators.

We couldn't do this without you guys so here's to another year of magical boys!

www.magicalboybasil.com/store

I am not looking respectfully at all *affectionate* 😉 (I'm in it for the annotations baybee)

An illustration featuring three magical boy and girl pairs holding hands and running beneath some fireworks at night. The first pair are boys (Basil and Aaron), the middle pair are two girls (Sanjeet and Riley), and the third are Eli and Noah (he/him and he/they.)

Things are starting to look a little brighter already ⭐️💫🎆

You as well, friend! 🎆

A sketchy illustration of two white magical boys holding hands. Basil, on the left, has dark curly hair and is wearing a teal dress while smiling softly at Aaron. Aaron, on the right, is also smiling gently at Basil. He has blonde hair and his magical outfit is knight themed.

Happy new year, friends! We're manifesting a brighter, more magical 2026 for us and all of you. Thanks so much for your support- we hope you'll keep following Basil's adventures this year as well 💫

An artwork summary of 2025 template featuring cropped images of magical boy art throughout the year.

It's the end of the year so here's a lovely little overview of our illustrations of 2025! The middle of the year was a bit...something for me because of everything going on in my life, but I think I brought the magic back eventually~

Looking forward to another year of art! Create your hearts out!

Thank you so much for picking us up! We're so glad you're enjoying it so far 😊

Truly I love him in your style sooo much- the movement, the hair 😭 Thank you kindly, friend.

Hope this makes sense: Is there a moment during writing Lord of the Wood that gave you a new perspective or made you ponder on something you'd never considered before? Did this particular story teach you anything new about yourself or how you see the world?

A Christmas card featuring a young Aaron Serge next to a Christmas tree with golden lights. There are many different patterns used throughout the image including a snowflake border.

Meeeerry Christmas to our friends and family who celebrate 🎄

A comic page featuring two magical boys fighting. Basil has grabbed Aaron's sword with gloved hands to force him to stop his fiery blow.

A comic page featuring Noah explaining how magic works as he transfers certain magical traits from an antique camera to Eli's glasses. Basil and Loom the purple platypus are there too.

A comic page featuring Basil, Noah, Eli and Loom trying not to get frozen by a magical tangle that looks like a rabbit.

A dramatic comic page featuring a car monster chomping down on main character Basil after he gets caught in some magical threads.

It's #MeetTheWebcomic day (thanks for the prompt #ComixCleric !)

Magical Boy Basil is about the new queer kid in town, Basil, finding out he- and the popular kids at school- are all secretly magicians! Chaos, friendship, and romance ensues all while Basil tries balancing his own very personal grief

We're off the next two weeks but wanted to leave ya'll with a little peek at page 20 production~

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Hey ya'll, we're looking for some good magical girl inspo! What are your recommendations for us to put on our watch list?

I mean, the lighting, color use, and framing in this movie alone are gorgeous and then you get to all the actors...goodness gracious 10/10.