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Valigarmander
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Comic Artist • Comic Writer • Comic Reader • Not a Stand-up Comic

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Valigarmander @valigarmander.bsky.social · Nov 14
Hi there! I'm some schmuck who likes drawing and reading comics.

I'm the author of 'Because I'm Depressed', a black comedy webcomic that has been running since 2013: bcdecomic.com

And I also make nonfiction comics about history, science, democracy, and social justice: comicschronicle.com
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smoothdunk2.bsky.social
it’s all i’ve got
4 panel comic Panel 1: Laptop screen that says: 2025 Accomplishments. 1. Panel 2: Purple guy looking thoughtful Panel 3: Purple Guy typing Panel 4: Laptop screen that says: 2025 Accomplishment: Didn’t die
December 31, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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acmedarryl.bsky.social
Think positive thoughts in the coming year.
December 31, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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Because I'm Depressed #610: "On New Year's Resolutions (Again)"
#becauseimdepressed #comics

bcdecomic.com/comics/610/
A two-panel comic. Panel one: Diego and Eve are sitting next to each other on the living room sofa. Diego is holding a can of beer, while Eve has a martini glass in her hand. Diego asks, “Did you make any resolutions for the new year?” Eve replies, “Why bother?” Panel two: Eve smirks as she plucks the olive out of her drink and says, “I’m already perfect.”
December 30, 2025 at 4:52 PM
valigarmander.bsky.social
Because I'm Depressed #610: "On New Year's Resolutions (Again)"
#becauseimdepressed #comics

bcdecomic.com/comics/610/
A two-panel comic. Panel one: Diego and Eve are sitting next to each other on the living room sofa. Diego is holding a can of beer, while Eve has a martini glass in her hand. Diego asks, “Did you make any resolutions for the new year?” Eve replies, “Why bother?” Panel two: Eve smirks as she plucks the olive out of her drink and says, “I’m already perfect.”
December 30, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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pauljholden.com
My most popular twitter post...
Jealous girlfriend meme (really lecherous boyfriend meme) foreground, highly rendered drawing "Stupidly overrendering a drawing" the boyfriend looking on approvingly "Me a comic artist" a jealous girlfriend rendered sparsely with thick blacks "Strip it all down to essentials and draw the hell out of what's left"
December 28, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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mrlovenstein.bsky.social
merry christmas
December 24, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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s1xplus.bsky.social
Happy holiday block of time! Cave 0.8.1 update is in; save files from 0.8 should be transferrable without issue.

After the holidays, next goal is prepping for a Steam page! All feedback even more appreciated

s1xplus.itch.io/impossible-c...
0.8.1 minor update + Difficulty Level Goals
Happy holiday block of time! Impossible Cave Peril Party has been downloaded more than any other version; thank you to all who tried it. This minor update is a combination of a few things I overlooked...
s1xplus.itch.io
December 24, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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valigarmander.bsky.social
Because I'm Depressed #609: "On Silence, Pt. 5"
#becauseimdepressed #comics

bcdecomic.com/comics/609/
A four-panel comic. Panel one: Chel is sitting on the living room sofa, looking down at her phone. Ben’s wax replica is seated next to her. Panel two: Eve angrily approaches the sofa from behind, carrying a meat cleaver. Panel three: Eve swings the meat cleaver into Wax Ben’s head, where it lands with a *KA-CHUNK*, while furiously shouting, “I -warned- you about taking my hair dryer!!” Chel jumps in her seat, startled. Panel four: Chel looks at Ben’s wax figure, the cleaver embedded in its head, and says, “You killed Wax Ben.” Eve looks at Chel, confused, and asks, “‘Wax’?”
December 23, 2025 at 4:08 PM
valigarmander.bsky.social
Because I'm Depressed #609: "On Silence, Pt. 5"
#becauseimdepressed #comics

bcdecomic.com/comics/609/
A four-panel comic. Panel one: Chel is sitting on the living room sofa, looking down at her phone. Ben’s wax replica is seated next to her. Panel two: Eve angrily approaches the sofa from behind, carrying a meat cleaver. Panel three: Eve swings the meat cleaver into Wax Ben’s head, where it lands with a *KA-CHUNK*, while furiously shouting, “I -warned- you about taking my hair dryer!!” Chel jumps in her seat, startled. Panel four: Chel looks at Ben’s wax figure, the cleaver embedded in its head, and says, “You killed Wax Ben.” Eve looks at Chel, confused, and asks, “‘Wax’?”
December 23, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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haaarpb.bsky.social
bar diary comic & etc
December 22, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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amiiillustrates.bsky.social
It’s time for some good news! 🌱 🌍 (1/3)
GOOD NEWS THIS WEEK new york fashion week officially banned fur GOOD NEWS THIS WEEK the netherlands banned the sale of fireworks to individuals GOOD NEWS THIS WEEK microphones placed in african forests will detect gunshots, helping to locate and arrest poachers GOOD NEWS THIS WEEK first female crash test dummy is now part of vehicle safety testing
December 20, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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newlevant.bsky.social
So… preorders are open for my upcoming graphic novel, QUEER AND HOW WE GOT HERE. It’s a memoir comic about gender and relationships, AND it’s a history comic about the activists who created the context for my life!

Preorder for 20% off with code NOVL20: www.thenovl.com/landing-page...
Cover reveal! [cover of QUEER AND HOW WE GOT HERE: A PERSONAL HISTORY by Hazel Newlevant. Cover illustration: a white transmasculine person with pink hair and a pink shirt holds up a portrait, in the center of a wall of portraits of various queer activists from the 1900s to the 90s. In the foreground, two tabby cats look up at the wall.] Coming May 2026
December 18, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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leeknoxostertag.bsky.social
what I want trans kids, queer kids, and gender nonconforming kids to know:

you are loved

you are so much more powerful than the ghouls using your healthcare as a political pawn, and you WILL outlive them (they know this, and it is why they're attacking you)
December 18, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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alexjaffe.bsky.social
Sent to me by a friend from a Simpsons Facebook group
December 17, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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valigarmander.bsky.social
Because I'm Depressed #608: "On Silence, Pt. 4"
#becauseimdepressed #comics

bcdecomic.com/comics/608/
A three-panel comic: Panel one: Ben stands next to the living room sofa smiling and says, “I see you’ve met -Wax Ben!-“ Chel, flustered, gestures at the wax duplicate of Ben sitting next to her on the sofa and incredulously asks, “Is -that- what that thing is!?” Panel two: Ben grins and says, “Real lifelike, ain’t it? And it’s -entirely- wax, ‘cept for the hair and clothes! It cost me a -fortune-… but the chance to have a wax replica of myself was just -too cool- to pass up on!” Panel three: Chel looks up at Ben, unimpressed, and asks, “You spent a fortune on a wax sculpture because you thought it’d be -cool?-“ Ben matter-of-factly replies, “Well, also so I could drive in the carpool lane.”
December 16, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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wbmc666.bsky.social
Submissions are open till Jan 15th! We’re still looking for short zines and comics from trans/queer artists!

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
December 15, 2025 at 9:48 PM
valigarmander.bsky.social
Because I'm Depressed #608: "On Silence, Pt. 4"
#becauseimdepressed #comics

bcdecomic.com/comics/608/
A three-panel comic: Panel one: Ben stands next to the living room sofa smiling and says, “I see you’ve met -Wax Ben!-“ Chel, flustered, gestures at the wax duplicate of Ben sitting next to her on the sofa and incredulously asks, “Is -that- what that thing is!?” Panel two: Ben grins and says, “Real lifelike, ain’t it? And it’s -entirely- wax, ‘cept for the hair and clothes! It cost me a -fortune-… but the chance to have a wax replica of myself was just -too cool- to pass up on!” Panel three: Chel looks up at Ben, unimpressed, and asks, “You spent a fortune on a wax sculpture because you thought it’d be -cool?-“ Ben matter-of-factly replies, “Well, also so I could drive in the carpool lane.”
December 16, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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nsousanis.bsky.social
Yes to all of this! Get students making mini-comics every term and I estimate I’ve given away a few hundred of my biking & anti-Ai syllabus to random people I meet! Onward…
us.theguardian.com Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 18d
"There’s a freedom people are craving because they’re feeling so constrained, surveilled and, frankly, threatened in so many other spheres."

Zines have made a resurgence as communities seek to share information on everything from ICE raids to local elections.
Gen-Zine: DIY publications find new life as form of resistance against Trump
www.theguardian.com
December 13, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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jpahonen.bsky.social
Continuing from the previous comic. #belzebubs
December 12, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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nellucnhoj.bsky.social
6 panel comic P1: a guy. The guy stands beside a small round table with a single vase on top. P2: Suddenly, A Guy shoves the vase off P3: A Guy's head tilts, just so, as the vase shatters on the ground P4 A Guy, hands behind his back, saunters off, whistling to himself P5: we remain on the scene of the crime for a moment before-- P6: --we cut to a copy of Time magazine. On the cover is an image of A Guy, shrugging his shoulders. Above the Time logo are the words "Person of the Year"
December 11, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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valigarmander.bsky.social
Because I'm Depressed #607: "On Silence, Pt. 3"
#becauseimdepressed #comics

bcdecomic.com/comics/607/
An eight-panel comic. Panel one: Chel and Ben are sitting on the living room sofa, with Ben still resting his head on his hand in silence as in the previous two comics. Chel somberly asks, “Why are you ignoring me? Did I do something to make you mad?” Panel two: Ben is silent and motionless. Panel three: Chel lowers her head sadly and says, “Well, I’m sorry if I did.” Panel four: Chel glances up at Ben. Ben is silent and motionless. Panel five: Chel frowns indignantly. Panel six: Chel crosses her arms and says, “You know what? -Forget it.- You’re being a -jerk.-“ Panel seven: Chel looks at Ben and continues, “If you’re not going to speak to me, then -I- won’t speak to you -either.-“ Chel doesn’t notice a second Ben approach from the kitchen, observing her. Panel eight: The second Ben stands behind Chel and nonchalantly says, “Hey Chel.” Chel jumps in her seat and shrieks.
December 9, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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kagcomix.bsky.social
Some thoughts on some things I've been dealing with lately. 1/6
comic. a person sits at a computer. Text: I got an email the other week comic. a person sits at a computer. Text: School District in Arkansas banned JO: An Adaptation of LIttle Women (Sort Of), Good afternoon Kathleen,... text: In it was a link to an article where a man in another country, in a place I have never visited, who does not know me, calls me a [censored] and sinister and a [censored] because 'JO' features a lesbian protagonist. comic: the image zooms out and the background darkens as the person at the computer says "oh." text: I'm ashamed to admit that I cried. That reading this made me feel scared & small & alone. I felt paralyzed.
December 9, 2025 at 8:06 PM
valigarmander.bsky.social
Because I'm Depressed #607: "On Silence, Pt. 3"
#becauseimdepressed #comics

bcdecomic.com/comics/607/
An eight-panel comic. Panel one: Chel and Ben are sitting on the living room sofa, with Ben still resting his head on his hand in silence as in the previous two comics. Chel somberly asks, “Why are you ignoring me? Did I do something to make you mad?” Panel two: Ben is silent and motionless. Panel three: Chel lowers her head sadly and says, “Well, I’m sorry if I did.” Panel four: Chel glances up at Ben. Ben is silent and motionless. Panel five: Chel frowns indignantly. Panel six: Chel crosses her arms and says, “You know what? -Forget it.- You’re being a -jerk.-“ Panel seven: Chel looks at Ben and continues, “If you’re not going to speak to me, then -I- won’t speak to you -either.-“ Chel doesn’t notice a second Ben approach from the kitchen, observing her. Panel eight: The second Ben stands behind Chel and nonchalantly says, “Hey Chel.” Chel jumps in her seat and shrieks.
December 9, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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mkreed.bsky.social
WASHINGTON AND OREGON CARTOONISTS: Seattle's bus service is commissioning 6 artists for public art pieces, 2 each, of local stories, 16-32 pages, over 2026, for $54k per artist, to be freely distributed over their ridership.

details here: www.4culture.org/grants/movin...
Moving Stories: Short-Form Graphic Novels for King County Metro Transit RapidRide
King County Metro and 4Culture seek six artists to create short-form graphic novels that illuminate community stories along new and existing RapidRide lines.
www.4culture.org
December 8, 2025 at 1:47 AM
valigarmander.bsky.social
I’m reading this book right now, and it’s a fantastic resource. One of the most important things I’ve had to learn since I started making nonfiction comics is when and where to trim the script.
crucialcomix.bsky.social Crucial Comix @crucialcomix.bsky.social · 26d
Want to learn how to write for nonfiction comics? We're sharing this chapter on writing for comics from new book Making Nonfiction Comics: A Guide for Graphic Narrative www.crucialcomix.com/comic/writin...
December 8, 2025 at 12:13 AM