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Curli
@curlyqueued.bsky.social
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27 | PhD in Toxicology, comic artist, Bird enjoyer
Read my Black gay fantasy/sci fi webcomic at asterandthefire.com
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Curli @curlyqueued.bsky.social · Oct 17
Hi, I’m Curli and I am the creator of the Black gay sci fi/fantasy webcomic asterandthefire.com !
I also like to take pictures of birds and other wildlife in my spare time :D

Other links:
Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/T6T76VUN
Instagram: www.instagram.com/curlyqueued/
Portfolio site: cqcreates.carrd.co
Page of the webcomic Aster and the Fire. Aster realizes that something is a bomb and runs over to stop it from going off as reality distorts around her. Page of Aster and the Fire. Rakhi and Aster are arguing and Messi interrupts them, sending Rakhi over to her office and indirectly saving aster from the horrible conversation. Picture of a Red Tailed Hawk that has just snagged a toad, suspended from its beak. Photograph of a Downy Woodpecker hanging off a tree branch. The photograph is tilted sideways so it looks like the woodpecker is right side up. The morning light shines through the tree leaves, casting the woodpecker in shadow.
curlyqueued.bsky.social
Long time no see everyone!

Back in September, I took a hiatus from almost all social media to try and improve my mental health. And uh…it worked super well!!! It worked so well I’m going to keep doing it!!!
October 16, 2025 at 11:36 PM
curlyqueued.bsky.social
I swear I'm going to post thoughts about SPX/my SPX haul soon, I've just been busy being offline this past week lol
September 20, 2025 at 9:37 PM
curlyqueued.bsky.social
Aster and the Fire #AATF has updated!

In this update: Aster sees an old man and is so shocked by his hideous face that she almost falls down the stairs (again)

asterandthefire.com/comic/prolog...

#spiderforest #webcomics
Panel from the webcomic Aster and the Fire. Kid!Aster is looking up at something that surprises her (Teodros).
September 20, 2025 at 9:28 PM
curlyqueued.bsky.social
Aster and the Fire #AATF updated this past Friday! (I was traveling to SPX and forgot to make the announcement lol)

In today’s update: the scary black speech bubbles have returned

asterandthefire.com/comic/prolog...

#spiderforest #webcomics
Panel from the webcomic Aster and the Fire. Closeup of Kid!Aster looking behind her as she’s running, a distressed look on her face. Someone is speaking and she’s trying to ignore it. At the bottom of the panel, jagged black speech bubbles form with scratchy white text.
September 16, 2025 at 12:18 AM
curlyqueued.bsky.social
Surprise! I'll be at SPX this weekend!!! Super excited to meet y'all :D
spiderforest.bsky.social SpiderForest Webcomic Collective @spiderforest.bsky.social · Sep 4
Will you be at https://www.smallpressexpo.com/ on September 13-14 in Bethesda, MD? So will we! Stop by our table at B2 to meet some of our amazing webcomic creators and grab our comic anthologies!

#spx
SpiderForest Webcomic Collective at SPX September 13-14 2025!
September 11, 2025 at 9:36 PM
curlyqueued.bsky.social
Aster and the Fire #AATF has updated!

In today’s update: target spotted

asterandthefire.com/comic/prolog...

#spiderforest #webcomics
Panel from the webcomic Aster and the Fire. Kid!Aster, Jember, and Agnes are staring directly at the viewer (actually looking at a doorway). Aster (in the front) seems upset but determined. Jember and Agnes (behind Aster) seem distressed and have comedically giant googly eyed stares. Jember looks like he’s about to cry.
September 5, 2025 at 2:10 PM
curlyqueued.bsky.social
When I think about Lil Nas X right now I remember how the best comedians and trolls are often the most depressed people. I’m sorry that was true for him as well.
August 28, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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cabalittle.bsky.social
They're making an example out of him because he spent the last 4+ years mocking the government and being a successful gay Black man in America
August 26, 2025 at 5:58 PM
curlyqueued.bsky.social
Been paying some visits to the local juvenile double crested cormorant recently…derpiest lil guy I’ve ever seen
Juvenile double crested cormorant swimming on the water. Juvenile double crested cormorant standing on a rock. It is facing the camera head on and looks extremely confused and empty headed as a result.
August 27, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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kekeflipnote.bsky.social
Choose your online engagement.
August 23, 2025 at 7:15 PM
curlyqueued.bsky.social
I LOVE Lil Nas X’s music and joyful queerness, and he’s really inspired me as an artist and person. His mental health crisis and subsequent arrest/hospitalization is so devastating to read about. I’m glad he’s not dead and is hopefully getting the help he needs.
out.com Out Magazine @out.com · Aug 22
Opinion: Mental illness in Black people is criminalized, and Lil Nas X being thrown to the ground and arrested is no laughing matter, Mey Rude writes.
Forget the 'stunts'—what happened to Lil Nas X is terrifying
Opinion: Mental illness in Black people is criminalized, and Lil Nas X being thrown to the ground and arrested is no laughing matter, Mey Rude writes.
bit.ly
August 23, 2025 at 8:22 AM
curlyqueued.bsky.social
Aster and the Fire #AATF has updated!

In today’s update: everything in this is a spoiler you’re just going to have to read it

asterandthefire.com/comic/prolog...

#spiderforest #webcomics
Screenshot of a panel from the webcomic Aster and the Fire. Young Aster and Agnes are peering out through a doorframe at a room awash with golden light. They look shocked and confused.
August 22, 2025 at 5:05 PM
curlyqueued.bsky.social
Damn this is some bullshit…
August 22, 2025 at 2:29 PM
curlyqueued.bsky.social
Aster and the Fire #AATF has updated!

In this update: the kids investigate their dad’s biggest crash out to date

asterandthefire.com/comic/prolog...

#spiderforest #webcomics
Panel from the webcomic Aster and the Fire. Aster, Jember, and Agnes are tiptoeing down the stairs while someone is talking. They are cast in shadow, as sunlight is shining in the room next to the stairwell.
August 16, 2025 at 10:22 PM
curlyqueued.bsky.social
Left my feedback and I encourage y’all to do the same!
August 14, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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johnxuandou.bsky.social
This is one of the most beautiful things I have witnessed, the craft here is impeccable.
August 13, 2025 at 6:06 AM
curlyqueued.bsky.social
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August 11, 2025 at 9:25 PM
curlyqueued.bsky.social
Aster and the Fire #AATF has updated…belatedly!

In today’s update: you guys forgot to turn the attic lights off…

asterandthefire.com/comic/prolog...

#spiderforest #webcomics
A panel from the webcomic Aster and the Fire. Aster and Agnes are talking to each other while Jember descends down the attic stairs looking annoyed.
August 4, 2025 at 5:07 PM
curlyqueued.bsky.social
For those unaware, this is in regards to Visa/MasterCard forcing itch./io and Steam to drop adult content from their platforms bc of conservative groups (and is affecting unrelated content as well).

I called my credit card holder today abt this and filed an incident report. Let’s do our part!
July 28, 2025 at 5:05 PM
curlyqueued.bsky.social
I went to a local convention this weekend and had a great time! Some highlights include:

-Meeting Beverly Crusher’s actress IRL
-Scarily accurate cosplay of King Jaffe from Coming to America
-Drag Queen Miku
-Scarily accurate Black Jinx cosplay+to-scale Fishbones
-Best pho I’ve had in years
July 27, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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kyledeleted.bsky.social
Just donated and you can too
July 26, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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okwonga.bsky.social
“One in three Gazans goes multiple days without eating, the World Food Programme said this week. Malnourished mothers can no longer produce milk to breastfeed their children, the injured are unable to heal and hospitals have run out of nutritional supplements to treat gaunt babies.”
July 26, 2025 at 11:05 AM
curlyqueued.bsky.social
Aster and the Fire #AATF has updated!

In today’s update: time to clean up, company’s coming over

asterandthefire.com/comic/prolog...

#spiderforest #webcomics
A panel from the webcomic Aster and the Fire. Kid!Aster is looking up, concerned. She removed her hand from Jember’s shoulder. A panel from the webcomic Aster and the Fire. Aster puts a book back on a bookshelf.
July 25, 2025 at 4:59 PM
curlyqueued.bsky.social
Oh..
aclu.org ACLU @aclu.org · Jul 24
BREAKING: President Trump signed an executive order directing states to criminalize and institutionalize people experiencing homelessness, addiction, and mental health disabilities.
July 25, 2025 at 2:16 AM