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Crucial Comix
@crucialcomix.bsky.social
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A cartoonist-run small press. We publish narrative nonfiction comics and offer affordable comics-making classes. 💅
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Crucial Comix @crucialcomix.bsky.social · Jan 28
Crucial Comix is all about skill-sharing, accessibility, and experimentation. We are a small press that aims to be always evolving so we can be a relevant and reliable resource for artists. ✨ Our pitches are always open. Our classes are all offered sliding-scale. Our comics are all free to read. ✨
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New comic just dropped about the horrors of wearing a bra. www.crucialcomix.com/comic/bras-w...
October 31, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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It was a pleasure and an honor to co-edit this comic by Cee Lavery, "Swapping Genders With My Ex," with Al Benbow for @crucialcomix.bsky.social: www.crucialcomix.com/comic/swappi...
Swapping Genders With My Ex
We saw our future in each other, one where both of us would change.
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October 22, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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kelleyclink.bsky.social
I made a spooky #zine about my chronically ill body! Thanks to @crucialcomix.bsky.social and the chronic illness comics club. Open to trades!
#hallozine #chronicillness #disability #ehlersdanlos #heds

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A stack of zines fanned out. The cover reads “Fearfully Made: a chillingly incomplete tour of my chronically ill body, by Kelley Clink.” There are silhouette drawings of bats and rats.
October 31, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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New class announcement: Queer economies of care. How do queer folks keep each other alive, fed, housed, and laughing—especially when the system isn’t built for us?https://www.crucialcomix.com/product/queer-economies-of-care-comics-edition/
Queer Economies of Care: Comics Edition
Queer survival and resilience are the heart of this class focused on zine-making and collaborative comics.
www.crucialcomix.com
October 7, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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New class: Raising and Drawing Our Kids Through Chaos is for anyone with young kids in their life who wants to make comics about navigating this difficult political era. www.crucialcomix.com/product/rais...
October 6, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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Look what's fallen off the shelf and rolled all the way on over to Crucial Comix!! One of my proudest, and most unhinged comics!
crucialcomix.bsky.social Crucial Comix @crucialcomix.bsky.social · Sep 19
Ravioli Unraveled: The comic essay no one asked for about that commercial where the can of raviolis follows that little girl home. By @darrenvogtart.bsky.social www.crucialcomix.com/comic/raviol...
September 19, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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New comic: Sobriety has been a lonely road, but I made it out alright. // By @danielgwilson.bsky.social www.crucialcomix.com/comic/cranbe...
October 6, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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New comic: As a mental health researcher, hope often feels unjustified when the reality of our brains is so complicated. www.crucialcomix.com/comic/connec...
September 29, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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Ravioli Unraveled: The comic essay no one asked for about that commercial where the can of raviolis follows that little girl home. By @darrenvogtart.bsky.social www.crucialcomix.com/comic/raviol...
September 19, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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Crucial Comix is one year old today! We're celebrating our birthday by starting a Patreon, so we can be financially sustainable for the long haul. ✊ Check it out and thanks for supporting independent artists: www.patreon.com/c/CrucialComix
Since we launched a year ago, we've run 33 workshops and classes, published 64 comics, paid cartoonists $6473, and paid artists $18000 to teach comics classes. Nice work! What's next? We're starting a Patreon to cover the cost of running the site, to pay our editors, and to have a larger budget for publishing more nonfiction comics. We're in this for the long haul! In prioritizing payments to artists, we haven't been paying our editors (Audra and Shay) for running the publication. We want Crucial to be sustainable and not flame out like so many independent media outlets. Comics are rooted in collaboration, in sharing your weird, wild voice without censorship or control. The funding comes from our community—that's you.
September 3, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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New comic: Creative Spark by @egogala.bsky.social - As an artist, I use all kinds of technological tools. So why does AI feel distinctly repulsive to me? www.crucialcomix.com/comic/creati...
Kristen reaches out from a pixelated version of herself. The title of the comic reads "Creative Spark: As an artist, I use all kinds of technological tools. So why does AI feel distinctly repulsive to me?"
September 3, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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"Comics have no walls nor borders."

A powerful new anthology brings together 60+ cartoonists to support Palestine & fight despair with collective imagination.

Free to read.

Attached comic by Julia Mata

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A comic-style illustration shows a woman with a bun, earrings, and a serious expression pointing. Speech bubbles express criticism of Zionists. The tone is candid. A person sits on a couch, lacing shoes, expressing confusion about historical misuse of the Holocaust. Warm tones, thoughtful atmosphere. A woman with a bun hairstyle stands by a door, holding a key. Speech bubbles express themes of oppression, inspiration, and heartbreak for Palestine. The tone is contemplative. Three people with diverse appearances holding signs and raising fists, shouting "Viva Viva Palestina" in a speech bubble. The tone is supportive and empowering.
August 28, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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New comic by Tenli Yavneh: My mother had a long decline due to dementia. Reading her diaries after she passed helped me reconnect with who she was. www.crucialcomix.com/comic/dear-d...
August 28, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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Want to learn about editing comics? Our comics editing class is now up for fall! In this interactive five-session class, practice editing nonfiction comics while also improving your own. www.crucialcomix.com/product/edit...
August 21, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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In "The Last Soviet Artist" published by @nplusonemag.com, cartoonist Victoria Lomasko documents the bravery of Belarusian protests in 2020. Read an excerpt here: www.crucialcomix.com/comic/a-trip...
August 21, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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For cisgender people, gender-affirming care is just called "healthcare." A reflective comic by Al Benbow: www.crucialcomix.com/comic/why-wo...
August 21, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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A beautiful new comic by Joy Alicia Raines shares her deep feeling of loneliness—and how a group of strangers helped her reconnect to the world. www.crucialcomix.com/comic/fighti...
August 13, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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racheldl.bsky.social
Thank you @crucialcomix.bsky.social for publishing my first comic in over a year! I wrote this in 2024, before I became a full-time wheelchair user. It's about bureaucracy disabled people must navigate to get basic needs. The sentiment remains the same.

@graphicmedicine.bsky.social #graphicmedicine
crucialcomix.bsky.social Crucial Comix @crucialcomix.bsky.social · Aug 7
Artist Rachel Lichtman reflects on the dehumanizing process of having to share details of her private life just to get an ADA bus pass. #graphicmedicine www.crucialcomix.com/comic/yield/
A person holds up a sign that says Yield as the artist Rachel is surrounded by question marks. Headline reads: Yield - to survive as a disabled person, I have to give away so much of myself.
August 7, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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Artist Rachel Lichtman reflects on the dehumanizing process of having to share details of her private life just to get an ADA bus pass. #graphicmedicine www.crucialcomix.com/comic/yield/
A person holds up a sign that says Yield as the artist Rachel is surrounded by question marks. Headline reads: Yield - to survive as a disabled person, I have to give away so much of myself.
August 7, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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Chronic Illness Comics Club is a free monthly #graphicmedicine meetup for people making art about chronic illness. This Sunday's theme: "Mapping Your Chronic Illness" hosted by @zareenc.bsky.social RSVP here: www.crucialcomix.com/product/chro...
A smiling mug of tea and mason jar full of drawing supplies.
August 5, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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A new comic explores the surreal and mundane experience of going into a treatment program for depression and anxiety—and how even having hope feels like a victory. www.crucialcomix.com/comic/its-no...
July 29, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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erosoxide.bsky.social
Hey I made this!!

If you’re interested in exploring concepts of character bleed in roleplay and how it can relate to gender identity, give it a look!

#ttrpg #dnd #larp #larping #roleplay #comic #indiecomic #nonfiction #memoircomic
crucialcomix.bsky.social Crucial Comix @crucialcomix.bsky.social · Jul 17
New comic by Junnie Lannes: Roleplaying games helped me realized I'm trans. A game like D&D can be a safe place to find new sides of yourself. www.crucialcomix.com/comic/charac...
July 20, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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New comic by Junnie Lannes: Roleplaying games helped me realized I'm trans. A game like D&D can be a safe place to find new sides of yourself. www.crucialcomix.com/comic/charac...
July 17, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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To fight pollution, in 1989 Mexico City passed a law to limit the number of cars on the road. How did that turn out? 🚗 New comic by @merfishcomics.bsky.social www.crucialcomix.com/comic/hoy-no...
July 14, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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"Sometimes I feel like my brain is only half mine." A powerful memoir comic about having OCD: www.crucialcomix.com/comic/ocd-an...
July 2, 2025 at 6:05 PM