Ren Strapp, Author at Autostraddle

Ren Strapp

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About Ren Strapp

Ren Strapp is a butch lesbian illustrator and designer, who makes comics about her life. She is an Appalachian farm girl living in Portland, OR. She loves birds and plants. Follow her on Twitter and Instagram and support her work on Patreon.

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Two comic panels, in the colors of peach, purple, and turquoise. On the left is an image of combat boots, and on the right is an image of a queer person covered in tattoos.

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Reine #51: How to Decide What to Wear to a Queer House Party

In black bold text it reads We're Rich above a comic of a Black woman slamming open a door and saying "We're rich!" to her friend

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Reine #50: We’re Rich!

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Reine #49: The Dyke Network and Exchange

A two panel comic of a queer person with blue hair who says “Finally! My credit card is paid off and I can can get a new tattoo as a treat! I have been wanting work from this artist for years! It’s time get sexier!” They are packing up a backpack with snacks and water.

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Reine #48: New Tattoo

Yellow and pink three panel comic, in which a queer person has spent too much time inside and screams I CANT TAKE IT ANYMORE!!! So their friend suggests "Lets Go Out."

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Reine #47: $16 Salmon Dip

In an illustration, against a pink background that says "Spring Anxieties" are a picture of a person with short red hair looking at their grey cat going "Wehhh" with tears in their eyes, next to a close up of that same crying cat.

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Reine #46: Spring Anxieties

In a two panel comic, a young queer tells their friends that they'll meet them at the club after they have dinner with some other friends. The friends say no problem, but ask why does this queer hang out with lesbians in their 30s? It's because they give great life advice. In the second panel, the same young queer is flanked by two lesbians in their 30s, teaching them how to avoid phone calls from their mother.

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Reine #45: Microwave Your Frontal Lobe

In a two panel comic in colors of dusty purple, a person slowly learns how to socialize again post-pandemic. First, they go to a work party. Then they meet another gay person.

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Reine #44: People Again

The character says "My sweats have too many holes. Time to get some new ones!" while looking at their torn pants that are 5 years old.

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Reine #43: Shopping

In the colors of teal, light blue, and yellow, drawn with a pen, two friends are snuggled under a blanket. They are smiling together. One friend says to the other, "We'll try again tomorrow..."

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Reine #42: Midwinter Break

A yellow background with a queer person in a beanie playing with a whole bunch of cats. The queer person says, "PARTY TIME!"

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Reine #41: Holigay Traditions for 2022

In a three panel comic the colors of dark and light peach and also turquoise, it says "Geese" in bold letters. Beneath it are two Black people, one person asks the other what type of bird they are looking at. The answer is "Geese." The first person asks, how can you tell?

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Reine #40: Geese

In a two panel comic, colored in shades of blue and white: A drawing of a Carabiner with keys on it, alongside the following text: AH, THE RING OF . I. *KEYS$: CLASSICI ICONIC!! DYKEY AS HELL !!!

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Reine #39: Carabiner – A Love Letter

A Black cat is drawn in front of a blush pink circle, an arrow points to the cat and the text says: "DOESN'T EVEN KNOW ABOUT HER HUGE LESBIAN FAMILY"

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Reine #38: Takes a Village

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Reine #37: Unrestrained Summer Fun

Against a light blue background, two friends try to work out their pronouns. Both friends are people of color, one has a blue mullet and one has dark curly hair. They celebrate as they try out a "she/sir!"

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Reine #36: Figuring It Out

A portrait hand drawing of a list of things that make Reine happy, all in colors of purple, blue, yellow, green, and pale pink. The title reads "SOME GOOD THINGS:" And goes on to list: THRIFTING, and a GOOD DAY OF WORK.

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Reine #35: Some Good Things

In blue and coral pastels, a two panel comic. In one two queers are loading a U-Haul while yelling at each other, in another, once moved in, the two queers eat a piece of pizza.

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Reine #34: Moving Season

In a two panel comic in colors of pastel pink, mint green, and goldenrod — one queer says mean things to a plant and makes mean faces, “Grrrr! I hate you! I hate you!” Another queer talks kind to the plant, “Aw I think it’s cute! You’re doing great buddy!”

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Reine #33: Words of Affirmation

A drawing of two friends complimenting each other's outfits. They are dressed nearly identical, both in leather coats and boots, with yellow hoodies and red backpacks/purses and red masks. One friend is taller with an undercut and one is shorter with a bob. They are in front of a yellow background.

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Reine #32: Different Fonts

A three panel comic says "Burrito Run" and then one friend asks the other if they want to go get a burrito. The second friend responds, "I can't. Working." The first friend asks, "Have you eaten today?" The answer is "No." Both drawn characters are colored in pastel tones.

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Reine #31: Burrito Run

A design of candy hearts that say "split rent with me" and "be my emergency contact" and "retirement polycule"

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Reine #30: Conversation Hearts

Two friends share a bowl of soup and talk about how good t is to catch up together before the new year. The color palette is warm and cozy.

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Reine #29: See You Next Year

The title "Love Is a Community Expierence" is in blue font above a femme person cooking.

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Reine #28: Love Is A Community Experience

Against a peach background, a cartoon description of three different Halloween costumes and what they say about you: A Skeleton (Nerd, You're getting body paint on everything and everyone), Cowboy (horse girl, this also isn't a costume for you), Straight Couple (it's camp, you're so funny actually)

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Reine #27: What Your Halloween Costume Says About You

In two panels from this comic strip, one queer is saying, "I can take that. By the way, I love your, uh — face mask. It looks so cute and soft." And the other queer responds bashfully, "oh! heh! Well, thanks!"

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Reine #26: Line Delivery

In pastel colors and a 2 panel comic, a person with short navy blue hair hands their phone to their friend with shoulder length hair, and asks "Wanna see pics of my plants?" and "this is my brother and his dog and this my second cousin!"

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Reine #25: Intimate Friendships

In a one panel pastel comic, someone is on a job in a small town where they are unfamiliar. They wonder, "where are my people?"

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Reine #24: Oasis

Nurse tells patient to apply T every day to your upper arms, “basically the parts that are covered by t-shirt sleeves.” And the patient replays, “Okay! Easy! Can Do!” With a thumbs up

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Reine #23: T Shirts

In a two panel comic drawn in pastel colors, a doctor explains to their patient that their new digital patient intake system is so inclusive! It has multiple choice options.

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Reine #22: Try To Keep Up, Doc

In a three panel comic colored in pastel tones, the first panel reads: "I'm Your Dad Now by Rea Strapp." in the second panel two friends ask each other if any gay really has a good relationship with their fathers, in the third panel one of the friends says that they in fact do have a good relationship with their father — which means that, "Now I your Dad"

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Reine #21: I’m Your Dad Now

A group of friends in muted gem tones sit together and look on tablets, computers, and phones. Behind them in sky blue is the text “A New Friend Has Entered the Chat” by Ren Strapp

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Reine #20: A New Friend Has Entered The Chat

In a hand drawn comic in pastel colors the title says "Aries Season" crossed out to read "Lockdown Round 2." Underneath a femme Aries is caught staring at themselves during a zoom call, while a masc Aries bores their friend by talking about how much they've been working out.

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Reine #19: Springtime Lockdown Round 2

A hand drawn image of three plants in pastel colors. They are attached with the following descriptions: Ficus — very cool leather dyke, extremely giving. Carnivorous — crafty/DIY dyke, kinda goth, excellent skincare Fake — Top energy, buys lots of books, doesn’t read them.

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Reine #18: What House Plant Are You?

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Rein #17: New Hobbies, Same Friends

A two-panel comic, in which a queer human with short black hair has their hands up in a pink circle talks about the abundance of queer television and film in 2020. In the next panel, a blue rectangle, a sketch figure lays on the floor and goes through a movie streaming service.

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Reine #16: Lesbian Media Explosion

A two panel comic. In it, a blue haired queer person gets frustrated working from home, yelling "Shut Up!" to their phone. Then their partner, a purple haired queer with glasses, comes in to pick up the cat. They ask, "Long day at the office?"

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Reine #15: Co-workers

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Reine #14: New Ways Of Crying

Two queer humans sit at home. One of them, a masc cutie with a undercut and their hair in a stubby ponytail, scrolls on their phone. Their partner, a femme in short purple shorts and long black hair, looks at them while worrying over their laundry basket.

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Reine #13: Distraction

A single drawn panel of two queers drinking an ice cold can of seltzer water. They both have short hair cuts and are wearing tank tops — one of them has their hair dyed blue. They are in front of a pink and cream background.

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Reine #12: Take A Sip, Babes

A hand drawn cartoon of fictional, hot summer week in Portland. The sketches are black and white against a peachy-pink background. One queer partner complains to their other about having to serve a customer at their restaurant who refuses to wear a mask. The temperature outside is 97 degrees. It's HOT and the sun blazes.

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Reine #11: Heat Wave

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Reine #10: Building A Kinder World

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Reine #9: Take Care of Each Other

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Reine #8: Observation Walk

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Reine #6: Aries Season

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Reine #5: Simultaneously Singular and Plural

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Reine #4: Compatible

Reine #3: How To Style Short Hair

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Reine #2: Foreplay

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