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In a two panel comic, Dickens child asks if they can play outside again, to which they respond that it is "105 degrees and raining ash in California." In the second panel, Dickens and their partner stand outside and watch the orange skies of Northern California. Their partner says "The movies always made the apocalypse seem... obvious. This is just... Wednesday."
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Foolish Child #80: It Never Ends

Well yes. It turns out the apocalypse creeps on you slowly, starting oh — in about March 2020, who would’ve guessed?

Dickens September 9, 2020 9 Comments
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

Are you a “finish your seltzer” gay? Or a “let your seltzer get flat & warm and make your partner finish it for you” gay?

Ren Strapp September 5, 2020 7 Comments
In a two-panel black & white comic, a friend comes to the door to tell Celeste that prisons have been abolished and that means her mom is coming home. Celeste cries.
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The Lakeview Crew #6: Reunion

In an abolitionist dream of the future, Celeste is reunited with her formerly incarcerated mom.

Emma Rust August 29, 2020 5 Comments
Two Panels from this weeks "Foolish Child" in which Dickens decides to go outside to get a break from racist comments online, only to run into a a racist white man in real life who parodies the same comments found online.
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Foolish Child #79: Comply

“I really don’t need to be in my house simmering over the racist comments on violence against Black people.”

Dickens August 26, 2020 6 Comments
Two panels of the Grease Bat comic. Panel 1: Ari and Gwen are both wearing masks. Gwen is midsentence: "...the birds, flowers, you and all our friends, champagne, W.A.P. and my magic wand!" Panel 2: Gwen: "And THAT concludes my gratitude list!"
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Grease Bats: Gratitude

“What’s the point of podding if I can’t fix your unhappiness?”

Archie August 22, 2020 4 Comments
A cartoon of two friends sit on a park bench. One has short red hair and a pointy hat. The other has jet black hair to their shoulders and green jacket. The friend with the black hair says "WE are both lost and I can't be the one to help you."
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Baopu #76: Lost, With Directions

I’m searching for the right person who can help me go through all this confusion.

Yao Xiao August 15, 2020 5 Comments
A hand drawn cartoon of three friends, split into three panels, where two Black friends joke with their non-Black friend about how nervous people get when Black people joke about race.
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Foolish Child #78: We Got Jokes

“You know I can’t tell when you’re making Black people jokes!”

Dickens August 12, 2020 19 Comments
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

One hot, queer week in the summer of 2020. From face masks, to protests, to cats sleeping on ice packs to beat the heat.

Ren Strapp August 8, 2020 7 Comments
Cartoon of the artist, Dickens, discussing Black Lives Matter with two white strangers. The first white stranger makes a joke that the Black t-shirt she's wearing with Black Lives Matter on it is "so slimming" the second stranger erroneously compares statistics of white vs. Black victims of police brutality.
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Foolish Child #77: Black Lives Matter Isn’t a Trend

What’s the point in arguing with a world that will always devalue Black skin?

Dickens July 29, 2020 9 Comments
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Grease Bats: TikTok Goals

“Obviously I’m joining #FEMMEARMY”

Archie July 25, 2020 9 Comments
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Baopu #75: Hitting a Wall

A surreal exploration of tackling a mental road block. The other side might be a very different perspective.

Yao Xiao July 18, 2020 3 Comments
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Foolish Child #76: You Don’t Need to Justify Your Grief

“What right do I have to feel grief over this? It’s not my loss.”

Dickens July 15, 2020 8 Comments
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Reine #10: Building A Kinder World

We are going to build a kinder, safer world.

Ren Strapp July 11, 2020 10 Comments
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The Lakeview Crew #5: Thoughts on “Asians For Black Lives”

Aiden contemplates what it means to identify with the phrase “Asians for Black Lives.”

Emma Rust July 4, 2020 3 Comments
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Foolish Child #75: The Instructions Are Right There, People

Trying to erase the past doesn’t HELP Black folks.

Dickens July 1, 2020 1 Comment
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Baopu #74: Radical Reconsiderations

As a queer Asian woman, I’m asking questions and finding my place in activism beyond self-love.

Yao Xiao June 20, 2020 6 Comments
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Foolish Child #74: Karens Don’t Get It

“Karen” is a whole conversation about: white fragility, white privilege, white women weaponizing their tears against Black people when we don’t comply.

Dickens June 17, 2020 5 Comments
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Reine #9: Take Care of Each Other

From a distance, or side by side in the streets, we take care of each other.

Ren Strapp June 13, 2020 11 Comments
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Foolish Child #73: All Houses Matter

You’re not worth my energy nor the years being shaved off my life from the stress of having to defend My Humanity.

Dickens June 10, 2020 8 Comments
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Things Are Hard! Here’s Some Queer Coloring Pages!

Times are rough, all around. Instead of my regular Grease Bats, I’m sharing some coloring pages that were rejected last month after an editor was “slightly offended” by the images. Enjoy homos!

Archie May 30, 2020 14 Comments
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