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Alex L Combs
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"Trans History, From Ancient Times to the Present Day: A Graphic Novel"
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Best Star Trek crew wrong answers only
May 25, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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If you've pre-ordered Trans History: From Ancient Times to the Present Day, make sure to enter the giveaway. You'll receive a digital bonus comic that didn't make the final cut of the book, and be entered in a raffle to win one of 10 mini-portrait paintings (hand painted by me!) ♥️
➡️Link in bio⬅️
Mini portrait paintings showing historical figures from the book. They are done in neon colors on small squares. The cover of the book "Trans History: From Ancient Times to the Present Day" An image of the cover of the bonus comic Mutemmenu's Mummy. It says "Mutemmenu's Mummy by Alex Combs and Andrew Eakett" There is a black and white drawing of the mummy's face below the writing. A sample page from the bonus comic "Mutemmenu's Mummy". Panel 1: "In the late 1800s A mummified body was donated to the British museum. Writing on the sarcophagus identified the remains as that of a priestess named Mutemmenu." A drawing of the mummy and the sarcophagus. Panel 2: "The body was wrapped in an incredibly intricate and elaborate way and experts included that she was a high status person and likely also a dancer." Drawings of the notable details of the mummification process noting the "Individually wrapped fingers, lotus flowers on knees, and gold-plated nipples, fingers and toes"
April 5, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Illustrations from some of my classes just for fun! I like to do the assignments along with my students.
A drawing of a caticorn with a bowtie and the name Alex written in cursive A drawing from life of some weird stuffed animals A drawing of a goofy looking giraffe, wearing a firefighter helmet Three drawings of Batman- 1 minute 30 seconds and 5 seconds. Each drawing gets increasingly messy and simple
March 20, 2025 at 4:23 AM
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Panel 4: A picture of a stick figure standing alone in the middle of an outline of the United States. The narration says, "It made me feel like a stranger in my own country..." Panel 5: "Since the 2024 re-election of Donald Trump there's been talk of trying to roll back marriage equality." abc7 "Cold SCOTUS roll back same-sex marriage?" National Center for Lesbian Rights "Can Our Marriage Be Undone?" VOX "Will same-sex marriage be legal under a second Trump?" A second narration box says, "And I still don't fully understand what causes some people to be so anti-LGBT (although I have a lot of theories)”. Panel 6: A close up on Alex and Andrew's hands intertwined with wedding rings on and the narration, "But I know that I'll fight for the right to be by my husband's side. I have to. Because we won't go back."
December 3, 2024 at 6:19 PM
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Panel 1: A picture of Alex and Andrew getting married with the text, "Two months ago I married my partner of 22 years. People are surprised when I tell them it was illegal for us to get married when we first started dating." Panel 2: A picture of a TV with President George W. Bush and the text, "Shortly after we'd moved in together president George Bush Jr. gave his post 2004 reelection state of the union address." George Bush Jr. is saying, "Our nation must defend the sanctity of marriage!" Panel 3: A picture of a car with a bumper sticker that says "Marriage equals (man bathroom symbol) + (woman bathroom symbol)" The narration says, "I couldn't understand why trying to build a life with my loved one was a threat to anyone."
December 3, 2024 at 6:19 PM
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Andrew and I are a gay and trans couple who recently got married! Thinking about #LGBTQNotGoingBack my mind kept going back to one moment 20 years ago, shortly after we'd moved in together. At that time it was still illegal for us to get married, and I didn't know if it would ever be a possibility.
A comic called "We Won't Go Back" by Alex L. Combs for #LGBTQnotgoingback, 2024. Panel 1: A picture of Alex and Andrew getting married and the narration says, "Two months ago I married my partner of 22 years. People are surprised when I tell them it was illegal for us to get married when we first started dating." Panel 2: A picture of a TV with President George W. Bush and the narration says, "Shortly after we'd moved in together president George Bush Jr. gave his post 2004 reelection state of the union address." George Bush Jr. is saying, "Our nation must defend the sanctity of marriage!" Panel 3: A picture of a car with a bumper sticker that says "Marriage equals (man bathroom symbol) + (woman bathroom symbol)" The narration says, "I couldn't understand why trying to build a life with my loved one was a threat to anyone." Panel 4: A picture of a stick figure standing alone in the middle of an outline of the United States. The narration says, "It made me feel like a stranger in my own country..." Panel 5: "Since the 2024 re-election of Donald Trump there's been talk of trying to roll back marriage equality." abc7 "Cold SCOTUS roll back same-sex marriage?" National Center for Lesbian Rights "Can Our Marriage Be Undone?" VOX "Will same-sex marriage be legal under a second Trump?" A second narration box says, "And I still don't fully understand what causes some people to be so anti-LGBT (although I have a lot of theories)”. Panel 6: A close up on Alex and Andrew's hands intertwined with wedding rings on and the narration, "But I know that I'll fight for the right to be by my husband's side. I have to. Because we won't go back." A photograph of Alex and Andrew smiling and holding their marriage license in a manila envelope that says "Alex & Andrew marriage license 2024" Alex is a light skinned person of Russian, Syrian, and European descent with short brown hair. He is wearing a sparkly duster jacket, a cream tube top, black pants, sparkly shoes, and a heart chain necklace. Andrew is a light skinned person of white European descent with long wavy red hair with an arrangement of pink and white flowers woven into his hair. He is wearing a cream colored silk shirt and pants, and a long silk scarf with cream and rust colors and embroidered flowers.
December 3, 2024 at 6:19 PM
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If you pre-order Trans History don't forget to enter the giveaway! You'll receive a bonus comic that didn't make it into the book, and be entered to win an original mini-painting of a person featured in the book! #TransHistory #LGBTBooks #GraphicNovels #TransPride
November 27, 2024 at 4:07 PM
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Andrew and I can hardly wait to share "Trans History: A Graphic Novel" with everyone! If you preorder the book, you'll get access to a bonus digital comic and be entered to win an original mini-painting. Thanks for your support!

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Trans History, From Ancient Times to the Present day: A Graphic Novel, by Alex L. Combs & Andrew Eakett "An essential introduction to trans history, from ancient times to the present day, in color graphic nonfiction format" In stores May 13 2025 / Now available for pre-order from your favorite bookseller Pre-order giveaway: Digital Bonus Comic "Mutemmenu's Mummy" / Original Mini-Painting Raffle / Follow the link in our profile for more info
November 11, 2024 at 7:58 PM
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Yesterday's demo and warm-up for the illustration class I'm teaching! I brought my hot wheels collection in for the students to draw. Then we tried making abstract drawings base on the car designs ✏️🚙
A digital artwork of a kiwi by Alex A digital drawing of a hot wheels truck by Alex An abstract drawing based on the hot wheels truck design (also by Alex)
April 3, 2024 at 8:07 PM
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Everyday lately!!!
November 6, 2023 at 5:48 PM
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Update on my graphic novel Trans History! The new publication date is set for Spring 2025. The book covers a wide range of history, and includes a whole chapter of illustrated interviews with people I've been working with one-on-one. I hope you'll agree it's worth the wait!
Look for "Trans History: From Ancient Times to the Present Day" A graphic novel, in spring 2025
October 11, 2023 at 6:04 PM
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Hello, I finally set up my account here! Thanks @taramavery.bsky.social for the invite! :D
October 11, 2023 at 5:32 PM