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Mae Grenade is querying
@maegrenade.bsky.social
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Comicker, graphic designer, science communicator, overall nerd.
Demi 🖤🩶🤍💜
Currently:
🎮 Death Stranding 2
📖 Flip by @ngoziu.com
🎵 blink-182
Draws sillier things under @zakuromochi.bsky.social
Portfolio: maegrenade.myportfolio.com
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If you see this, post a vampire that isn’t Dracula
Screenshot of Remmick from Sinners
October 28, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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As a young demisexual with low self esteem, this is the graphic novel I wished I had growing up! FALSE START is a gentle story about second chances and learning about how to love both someone else and yourself.
💜🖤🩶🤍
#DVPit #YA #A #GN #LGBT #DVArt
Cover art for the graphic novel False Start showing a two girls faced away from each other and their hands almost touching.
October 8, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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For fans of Heartstopper and Bloom:
FALSE START follows demisexual Sera as she reconnects with Reese, the track star who secretly loved her in high school. A soft sapphic romance about discovering romantic feelings—and your own worth—for the first time.
#DVPit #YA #A #GN #LGBT #DVArt
October 8, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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FALSE START: A low-angst sapphic romance about second chances at first love. Introverted demisexual Sera discovers her popular track teammate harbored secret feelings for her in high school.
Mutual pining ✓
Reunion romance ✓
Self-discovery and love ✓
Soft yearning ✓
#DVPit #YA #A #GN #LGBT #DVArt
October 8, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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Heartstopper x Only Yesterday
What if someone found you remarkable when you felt invisible? Introverted demisexual Sera discovers at her reunion that track star Reese secretly liked her in high school. A gentle sapphic #RomCom about second chances.
#DVPit #YA #A #GN #LGBT #DVArt
October 8, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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For fans of Heartstopper and Only Yesterday:
FALSE START is a gentle, second-chance sapphic #RomCom about discovering your worth. When introverted demisexual Sera learns at a reunion that track star Reese secretly adored her, she reconnects to find out what Reese saw in her.
#DVPit #YA #A #GN #LGBT
Two comic pages: one in watercolor style showing a flashback and a yellow girl handing a blue girl a keychain, then the blue girl blushing pink with a pink background forming. Voiceover on this page is the blue girl in presend day saying "Well... someone one picked me up off the floor and helped me when I was down." The second page shows present day in a more saturated, cell-shaded style. The blue girl continues saying " So I figure I should pay it forward." Next panel shows her waving at the yellow girl, saying "See you at the con!" Yellow girl waves responding "Yeah see you there..." The next panel shows the yellow girl with a pink background, blushing and clutching her chest. The last panel has her touching her face in surprise, saying "Woah! Why's my face so warm? And why am I all sweaty? I really hope I didn't catch something..."
October 8, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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#DVParty day 6: hype your next project

I’m working on a new illustrated kids book retelling of Natsume Souseki’s classic I Am A Cat (吾輩はねこである) so new generations can love this story as well ❤️🐈‍⬛🐈
October 7, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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DVParty day 5: playlist for your story

I wanted to fit all of the songs I have from my False Start playlist, but here are just a few of the songs that capture Sera and Reese’s story and feelings quite well ☺️

#DVParty #LGBT #YA #GN #RomCom #graphicnovel
List of songs for the graphic novel False Start including Love Me Anyway by Chappell Roan Strawberry Blonde by Mitski Sidelines by Phoebe Bridgers Sarah Smile by Boyz II Men Ain’t Together by King Princess Honey by Kehlani Mercury by John Murphy Iris by Emily Rowed
October 6, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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DVParty day 4: False Start as a meme

Here are Reese and Sera as memes basically 😆

#DVParty #LGBT #YA #GN #RomCom #graphicnovel
October 5, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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DVParty Day 3!
My graphic novel script is written out in a different way than a book, so instead here’s a messy rough pencil draft of some of the first lines sketched out!

#DVParty #LGBT #YA #GN #RomCom
Panel 1 Wide shot, Sera Waters (27) stands against a wall, holding a cup, looking overwhelmed Panel 2 Around the room, a high school gymnasium, there are a lot of other students dancing and drinking, music pumping loudly, a banner reading "CLASS OF 20XX 10 YEAR REUNION" is seen in the background Sera (thought): This is... Panel 3 Close-up of Sera's face, exasperated, in almost-pain Sera (thought): The WORST. SFX THUMP THUMP (from speakers) Panel 4 Sera slides down the wall, slumping to the floor SFX SLUMP Sera (thought): I hate crowds, I hate loud parties, I hate small talk... basically, I hate it here. Panel 5 Close-up on Sera's face, eyes closed. She tries to block out the noise Sera (mumble): Maybe if I sit here, time will go faster. Einstein and relativity and all that. SFX MUMBLE Panel 6 hair beads CLINK as someone approaches Sera (thought): Einstein I believe in you Voice (off-panel): Sarah? Sarah! SFX CLINK CLINK Panel 7 Voice (Off-panel): Sera! Sera’s eyes pop open
October 4, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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DVParty Day 2: introduce your characters!

Meet Sera and Reese! They were track teammates in high school and reconnected at their ten year high school reunion.

#DVParty #LGBT #YA #GN #RomCom
Character sheet for Sera Waters. 27 years old, 5’5.5” height. Strawberry blond curly/wavy hair usually kept up in a half pony. Covers up freckles. Wears baggy clothes. Likes card, drawing, anime, cozy coffee shops, lavender, and horror moves. Dislikes small talk, distance running, overly sweet things, being perceived, and horror movies. 17 year old Sera depicted with poofy hair as her mom would often brush it, so Sera would put it in a ponytail to tame it. Character sheet for Reese Lambert. 28 years old, 5’9”. Current hairstyle is a braided bob with gold beads. Has dimples. Cool black jacket, cool jeans, Cool boots. Yellow bracelet. Likes running, dogs, sweets, Sera, sunrises, trying new restaurants, Starlight Senshi. Dislikes early mornings and horror movies. 17/18 year old Reese wore longer tighter braids with three beads.
October 3, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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Some art for my cute soft romcom graphic novel False Start! There’s a three-color motif for the story using yellow for the MC Sera, blue for Reese, and pink for some sweet moments. There are watercolor flashbacks too!

#DVParty #LGBT #YA #GN #RomCom
Illustration of two versions of two girls. One set of them is modern day, using crisp cell shading with one girl in blue color scheme and the other in yellow, with a pink heart in between them. The other set is them in high school wearing track uniforms, with a softer watercolor motif and the same color scheme.
October 2, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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Only Yesterday x Bloom + Cherry Magic

When hints at a high school reunion suggest that her track teammate harbored used to like her, introverted Sera takes a chance to explore a connection she never knew existed that may rewrite everything she believed about herself.
#preDV #LGBT #YA #GN #RomCom
Draft graphic novel cover titled False Start by Mae Grenade with two women facing away almost holding hands
September 29, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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Made some badges to give away at SPX to people who are part of the 3/4 angle face club (of which I’m a part of that wasn’t clear from my business card 😂 whoops)
Bag of buttons of a girl’s face saying “3/4 face or bust” next to a business card showing an image of a girl with a 3/4 angle face.
September 13, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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Workin on some gorls
Sketches of a female character
September 11, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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Drafting some pages and hoping future me isn’t gonna be mad at the lack of detail in some panels 😂
#graphicnovel #WIP #ocsky
September 4, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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I miss these little guys from my old teddy bear comic 🥺 RIP smackjeeves you were a real one
Illustration of four little chibi-style characters from the webcomic titled love me, love my teddy bear
August 29, 2025 at 3:51 AM
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Mae Review of Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me:
Is guuud!
Adore the crisp lines, the coloring, the breathing room for expressions and feelings. The palpable tension. Overall very good and the story hit really hard. Everyone’s got some kinda Laura in their life,,, 😩
Photo of a cat sleeping next to the book Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me
August 27, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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The horrors persist but I can at least draw my little guys having a good time
Illustration of a tired person in a hoodie drawing two people with hearts around them
August 27, 2025 at 6:03 PM