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Alan || they/them || Ottawa-based artist & animator
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Hi, I'm Alan! An animator & artist who wants nothing to do with gen AI. You can find more of my work at vanderbander.carrd.co, and my Patreon to see behind-the-scenes stuff at patreon.com/vanderbander

Thanks for stopping by ✨️
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February 12, 2026 at 7:57 PM
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Old 'lumbos
January 2, 2026 at 3:56 PM
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The Hearth (1/21)

A sapphic horror comic about witchcraft and hunger in the dead of winter.
October 6, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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February 12, 2026 at 1:44 PM
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We've been looking forward to sharing this news for a long time. We're making a graphic novel!

The Owl House: The Long-Lived King
Written by me and the amazing @mikkicrisostomo.bsky.social

Illustrated by the incomparable @dindu99.bsky.social

We're so excited to tell a brand new story.
February 12, 2026 at 8:23 PM
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Welcome to Choosing a Mug
February 12, 2026 at 7:25 PM
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I doodled this leik years ago and it got the worst attention imaginable on tumblr so I locked reblogs & stuff but honestly I still think about this a lot
February 12, 2026 at 6:25 PM
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THIS! THIS! Yay this lifted my whole spirit.
N.Y.C. Officials Reinstate Pride Flag at Stonewall After Federal Removal

Hundreds of people attended a rally on Thursday to re-raise the flag, setting up a defiant response to the Trump administration’s assault on diversity initiatives.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/n...
N.Y.C. Officials Reinstate Pride Flag at Stonewall After Federal Removal
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 1:59 AM
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This is old but I am still feeling this way up to this day.
January 30, 2026 at 12:14 PM
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I hope Joanne Rowling is seething in her castle 🥹
The EU has just voted, by a VERY wide margin, for the full recognition of trans women as women…!
February 13, 2026 at 2:24 AM
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I’ve spent years of my life trying to explain to people that anti-trans conservatism naturally flows from their belief that children in the American nuclear family are not individuals with autonomy, but instead property of the parents and state, and this guy just… tweeted it out
February 12, 2026 at 10:53 PM
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January 21, 2026 at 12:48 AM
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dancing dragons
February 8, 2026 at 10:33 PM
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The Discord "teen by default" shit is insane. It feels so much like corporations want everyone to be in a state of arrested development. That we should all be children they can control. That we have to be sanitized and childlike. Hating this shit so bad. Please call your reps.
February 9, 2026 at 5:44 PM
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Discord is going to demand every account use facial recognition or give them our real ID in March.

Let's write them right now and explain how much "no."

support.discord.com/hc/en-us/art...
How to Complete Age Assurance on Discord
Important: Starting in March, we’ll be expanding our teen-by-default experience and bringing age assurance to users globally as part of our broader effort to support age-appropriate experiences on ...
support.discord.com
February 9, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Last week I was standing in a local sandwich shop waiting to pay for my order when a man walked up to the cash and asked for directions to the nearest subway. To her credit, the cashier gave instructions on how to look something up in a maps app.

I'm still thinking about this.
February 3, 2026 at 4:42 PM
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A lot of us have actually made a webcomic ring called Chimera Comics after we left hiveworks: chimeracomics.org

This isn't the full list as some artists want their hands completely washed of the situation, but this is a start!
Chimera Comics Collective
A webring, for webcomics
chimeracomics.org
January 12, 2026 at 5:48 PM
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if you'd like to do something free and actionable here's a list of former hiveworks creators, give 'em a follow, show 'em your support. be kind
You can use this starter pack to follow our members individually. Go check out their comics! go.bsky.app/9xoK8kP
January 13, 2026 at 12:16 PM
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For anyone who ever wanted to know why I left Hiveworks, please read this.

My friends and peers there were amazing - and their vast reserves of hard work and creativity were used and abused in so many ways. We came together to share our stories, and thank goodness we did.

Thank you for listening.
The Hiveworks Artist Guild has released a public statement alleging years of labor abuses, financial mismanagement, and misconduct at Hiveworks at the hands of Xellette “Xel” Velamist and Isabelle “Isa” Melançon. Read their full statement at:

cartoonist.coop/hiveworks-gu...
January 12, 2026 at 5:39 PM
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Heeeyy, we can finally talk about this! So, I would like to co-sign everything in this open letter. I would also like to tell everyone about a specific grievance that @femonologue.bsky.social and I have with Xellette after the mishandling of our kickstarter. Screencap/receipts in🧵 to follow!
The Hiveworks Artist Guild has released a public statement alleging years of labor abuses, financial mismanagement, and misconduct at Hiveworks at the hands of Xellette “Xel” Velamist and Isabelle “Isa” Melançon. Read their full statement at:

cartoonist.coop/hiveworks-gu...
January 12, 2026 at 6:34 PM
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🏁TIME🏁 #AGDQ2026 has raised a total amount of $2,443,414 for @preventcancer.org!

Thank you to everyone who made this marathon possible, and to all of you for your amazing generosity & support!!

See you all next time at #SGDQ2026!!

We are SO BACK!!!!!!!
January 11, 2026 at 7:58 AM
WAAHHHHHHH THIS IS SO SWEET 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

Gonna make that comic I swear 👏

Thank you so much for the kind words 💖 You continue to inspire me, Vanessa (:
Artists support artists advent calendar day 20:

Alan is one of the kindest and most genuine people I’ve had the pleasure of getting to know through webcomics! They have one of their own coming soon and I cannot wait to see more of it. They are passionate, hardworking, and brilliantly creative!
Hi, I'm Alan! An animator & artist who wants nothing to do with gen AI. You can find more of my work at vanderbander.carrd.co, and my Patreon to see behind-the-scenes stuff at patreon.com/vanderbander

Thanks for stopping by ✨️
December 21, 2025 at 6:19 AM
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Jump lieutenant! Jump!

#discoelysium
December 16, 2025 at 11:06 PM
There's three different buses I could take that shorten my 35 minute walk to a 15 minute walk, and for some reason the trips for ALL THREE OF THEM are cancelled almost every morning, just when I need to take them. The earlier and later trips are fine! But 8:30? No. No bus.
December 17, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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My upcoming middle grade graphic novel Inbetweens (which is based on my mixed experience at animation college) got a starred review in School Library Journal! YAY! www.slj.com/review/inbet...
December 15, 2025 at 6:26 PM