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Magical Boy Basil
@magicalboybasil.bsky.social
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🌈 LGBTQ+ webcomic about undercover teenage magicians who fight monsters. That, and boys who hold hands 💫

www.magicalboybasil.com
https://www.patreon.com/c/magicalboybasil
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Magical Boy Basil @magicalboybasil.bsky.social · Dec 13
How could we forget the most important post of all! For those of you who are new, you can catch our comic, Magical Boy Basil, on Tapas and on our website!

tapas.io/series/magic...

magicalboybasil.com/mbb/chapter-...

And if you'd like to support us:

www.patreon.com/c/magicalboy...
A magical boy in a dress, Basil, is locked in combat with Aaron- a magical boy in a knight ensemble. There are two magical girls to either side of them- Riley in a red skirt holding a hammer to the upper right and Sanjeet in a sheer purple skirt and purple and white leotard. The text reads Magical Boy Basil.
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80s vibes with Clary and Eric from October's Patreon compendium cards~
November 17, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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TODAY IS THE DAY! Public access returns to Tapas AND our website :D Page 11 is up now, Magicians~ So excited to bring new pages to ya'll.

If you want to be totally up to date, we have up to page 19 on our Patreon!A

tapas.io/episode/3684...
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www.patreon.com/c/magicalboy...
A clip of a comic panel. Three teens are waiting and pacing at the left hand side of the panel in what appears to be a slightly run down garden at golden hour. There's a fancy, empty fountain in the center.
November 14, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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Happy birthday, Noah Vaughn! Tanglewood's most mysterious magician~☆
A traditional illustration featuring a magical enby, Noah, to the center right. He/they are wearing a green Peter pan-like ensemble and are holding a wooden thyrsus. Around him is a border of daffodils with a wooden ring featuring carved maple leaves in the lower left hand corner and the same wooden thyrsus staff acting as the right hand side border of the image.
November 11, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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Shubh Diwali, friends. We hope your homes and hearts are lit with happiness and prosperity!

2025 marks the first year that the US state of Connecticut has officially recognized Diwali as a state holiday. That’s one more light in the dark~
An illustration of an Indian magical girl, Sanjeet, smiling at the viewer. Her long black hair swirls magically upward. She holds a blue Jay like bird on her upstretched right palm.
October 20, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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A little birdie says...we're back?!

MBB is finally returning to posting on Tapas Early Access RIGHT NOW with public access and website updates returning 11/14.

Healing is slow but it's happening so we're getting the ball rolling! Thanks for sticking with us, everyone~
An illustration of a blue bird that's kind of a blue Jay but kind of not. They have a sheer collar of fabric and a ring around their leg with more sheer fabric fluttering away from it.
October 17, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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Our friend E.M. is an excellent queer writer. If you want very human, intimate stories with diverse casts, E.M totally delivers. We're really looking forward to this one!

Keeper of Lonely Spirits is already out now, just saying~*hint hint nudge nudge*
elizmanderson.com E.M. Anderson | the author too hot for BlueSky @elizmanderson.com · Oct 14
and here's a static cover reveal post for people who want to skip the book trailer and/or hate videos! cover art by Lucy Rose

THE LORD OF THE WOOD releases in July 2026, from @hanoversquarepress.bsky.social! #author

preorder now: gatheringvolumes.com/item/44euZQq...
the cover of E.M. Anderson's The Lord of the Wood, framed in gold with gold flowers against a dark teal background around the edges. The cover is teal with a stag of flowers and foliage growing from a twisted tree with flowers growing around it and black ooze dripping from a branch overhead. the title "The Lord of the Wood" is in large white serif text to the left, with foliage growing through the letters closest to the tree, and the author "E.M. Anderson" is in all-caps yellow text at the bottom. the tagline, in smaller yellow text, reads, "Even a beastly woodland protector needs saving..." "When lonely clockmaker Arthur Throckmorton loses his way in an enchanted forest, he meets the hero of his childhood bedtime stories: the Lord of the Wood. But instead of the mythical figure of his dreams, the Lord of the Wood is a grim man turning into a beast and losing power over a dying forest. If they can’t save the forest before he becomes a beast completely, Arthur will lose the man he's falling for—and never see his family again." Text is in a textbox against a murky image of a forest, with the cover of E.M. Anderson's The Lord of the Wood below the text, all against a dark teal background with gold curlicues in the corners. The cover of E.M. Anderson's The Lord of the Wood on a dark teal background with golden leaves overhead, surrounded by yellow text reading: plant magic; sentient forest trying to oops! murder people; intensely homoerotic shaving scene; the one who heard the stories and the one who was in the stories; hopeless romantic who's clueless about his own sexuality; Beauty & the Beast inspired by not a retelling; dual-POV brother/sister; love interest turning slowly into a beast; wound-tending.
October 15, 2025 at 3:28 AM
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An important update on the state of the comic for folks wondering about the current hiatus.

I promise we're doing our best to navigate these issues and return to creating the story we love.
September 19, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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Happy birthday, Aaron Serge!
Aaron, a magical boy, is superimposed on a starry night sky, his armored body, gloved hands, and helmet translucent. His face and arms are opaque. He's got a pen in one hand and a serious expression on his face.
September 19, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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I see this coming in Ed and in the arts, and why I wanted to make this statement for my students in the face of the university investing millions in ai that in my experience neither students nor professors want… bsky.app/profile/nsou...
nsousanis.bsky.social Nick Sousanis @nsousanis.bsky.social · Aug 24
My statement on Ai from the mini-comic as syllabus i made for new class I'm teaching that starts tomorrow! It robs you of your decisions & struggles - and the joy of being surprised. We won’t to be robbed of our learning - this is essential. This & the full mini at post:
bsky.app/profile/nsou...
September 10, 2025 at 5:03 AM
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Heck yeah zines. We highly encourage ya'll to make your own too :)
hopskotch.bsky.social hopskotch SunDAY @hopskotch.bsky.social · Aug 28
You'll probably have to blow it up or look at this on a big screen, but here is how anyone can make a little 8 page zine that they can use to write a story, write about their favorite things, a personal experience or make a mini comic. Fold some paper and get your thoughts out there!!
August 30, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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This one's for the demisexual gays out there~
A blond, white, magical boy in a knight costume smiles serenely as he holds onto his sword while seated. There is the achilliean gay flag wrapped around the sword and his cape starts as the demisexual flag while the underside of it is the aesexual flag. There is a little rainbow colored confetti raining down around him and a sign that says 'Be Proud, Be Magical' in the lower right corner.
August 27, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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Good luck to everyone @flamecon this year! For the first time in nine years, we aren't attending and it's certainly a strange feeling not to be there!

Still, if you'd like to see us and you're in the CT area, we'll be at @theenchantedviolet.bsky.social in just a few hours from 2pm to 6pm EST~
August 16, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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The true nature of a Familiar~
An illustration of an orange cat with black stripes and green eyes. She is seemingly falling on a white background, her body coming in strings, especially the back half.
July 29, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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When times get tough, we try to remember
A photo of a wooden building with two signs. On the center-right a sign reads 'Maine Pilates' and on the left, which is the punchline of the joke, is a sign that reads 'Ship Happens'. We're still laughing about it.
July 28, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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That last post being a thinly veiled attempt to acquire recommendations from ya'll. Throw your favorites our way! Fill our que with comics!
A gif of a panicked SpongeBob at a picnic table with the caption of 'I neeeeeeeeed it!' underneath.
July 21, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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What are we reading this summer?

@mokmok-len.bsky.social 's The Summer Hikaru Died, @losthiskeysman.bsky.social's Washington's Gay General, and our very good friend @pameladraws.bsky.social's beautiful Como Termina la Canciőn.

Horror, history, romance- all incredible stories worth checking out!
A photo of a stuffed purple platypus in a gray armchair, holding up the volume 5 manga of The Summer Hikaru Died. Beneath that are two more books: Como la Canciőn by Pamela Núñez-tréjo and Washington's Gay General by Josh Trujillo.
July 21, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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QRP with your Header Art!!

This one's a classic I put out for Free Comic Book Day many moons ago and I still love it <3
An illustration of a group of teens reading comics done on a comic board. From left to right the illustration goes from blue linework to complete inks with color. On the far right, Basil and Aaron are reading and chatting while the purple platypus Loom reads an MBB zine in their laps.
July 15, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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Making comics, making comics, fa la la~
A black and white photo of a trio of pages of pencil sketches. The sketches are all of comic page thumbnails and notes on the panel contents.
July 10, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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He's baaaaack!

The grumpiest of platypuses, Loom, is finally back in stock in our online shop~ Support a small business AND sport a big mood ;)

magicalboybasil.com/shop
A photo of a pile of acrylic Keychain charms featuring a grumpy purple platypus holding a mug of coffee. Behind him is a word balloon bubble with colorful punctuation marks to denote a censored cursing vibe. A photo of a hard enamel pin. The pin is a purple platypus wearing shudder shades while making finger guns with his paws. In front of him is a sign that reads 'GRUMPY'. Big mood, Loom, big mood.
July 9, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Happy Disability Pride month, y'all.

If you're disabled, share your links (arts, crafts, books, zines, ko-fi, mutual aid, what have you) so we can share it!

Non-disabled folks, like, share, & buy/donate! Let's uplift some voices and help some folks!
Disability Pride flag featuring a muted black background with colored stripes cutting across diagonally from left to right. The colors, from top to bottom, are green, blue, white, yellow, and red.
July 4, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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So here's the thing about grief: It's endless. I don't mean that the pain never lessens, or that there is never a moment where it isn't in the front of your mind, I mean that it never fully leaves. There's never fully an 'ending'. Some days, it does feel as though that's all there is and ever
July 6, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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A little gay for your day~ Hope your pride month has been magical so far! #magicalboys
Stained glass style artwork of two magical boys and various symbols and animals from the comic. Left panel: A purple platypus is in the top corner, beneath it is a smiling baseball, a rabbit and a car monster with swirls of magic. Beneath them is a pocket watch. Center: Basil- a magical boy in a teal dress is holding Aaron, dressed like a white knight, in his arms. Right: An orange and black cat with her tail curving around a star in the top corner. Beneath her is a blue bird, a tab weasel, and an Australian cattle dog. Beneath them is a fancy fountain pen with its nib showing.
June 16, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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Wow thank you to all of our new followers! It's so nice to log on and see ya'll here.

If you're here for the magical boys, well you're in the right place ;)
A parody of the famous Xfiles 'I want to believe' poster but instead of a UFO, it's a falling platypus. There is a black boy with a camera smiling up at the platypus silhouette above him and surrounding him on both sides are various magical boys and magic swirls and bolts. The poster reads 'I want to believe' in large white text on black at the bottom, with 'in magical boys' in parenthesis beneath that.
June 11, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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It's a beautiful day here @glastonburyct_pride and we're almost done setting up! Come say hi and chat magical boys with us ;) #pride2025 #pridemonth🌈 #magicalboybasil #magicalboys
June 8, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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Yeehaw! With Pride Month officially underway, we've got the rest of our in person event line up here. This should be for the rest of 2025 but should we pop up elsewhere, we'll of course let ya'll know :)
A flyer featuring dates for Magical Boy Basil's in person events with an image of Basil in a dress leaping down over the dates. The background is pink and yellow stripes radiating out of a yellow star in the center. The text reads: Magical Boy Basil, 2025 Pride Events June 8th- Glastonbury Pride, CT June 14th- TCC Pride in the Park, Norwalk, CT June 18th- Waterbury Pride, CT TBA (August)- New London Pride, CT
June 5, 2025 at 4:12 PM