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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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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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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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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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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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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
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Happy Pride! If there's still room, we're @magicalboybasil.bsky.social, a middle grade and up webcomic about magical boys, girls, and enbies!
June 4, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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Happy Pride month, ya'll! Whether you're out and proud or in the closet for your own reasons, we're community all the same.

Be safe out there, friends! And if you're in the Ridgefield, CT area of the Northeastern US, come say hi! @ridgefieldctpride
A comic book style illustration of magical boys and girls in Pride colors surrounding an emblem that says "Be proud, be magical".
June 1, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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Pride is almost here and we're so ready for this season. Catch us at our third event this weekend, Ridgefield Pride in the Park in CT. Hope to see ya'll there and, of course, chat magical boys :)
A rainbow flag background has text reading "Ridgefield CT, June 1 PRIDE 12-3pm IN THE PARK, Ballard Park" with "www.ridgefieldctpride.com" beneath it. On the left is a chibi bust of Jordan (nonbinary, white, short hair and has glasses), on the right is a chibi bust of Beck (nonbinary, white, shaved hair with a fringe to the left)
May 28, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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Happy #agenderprideday ya'll~

For those who don't know, Agender typically denotes a person who doesn't identify as having a- or any- gender (like our artist, Beck!)

To all of our agender- and questioning- friends out there: we see you <3

The only one who can tell you who you are is you.
A small chibi portrait of Beck- an agender person with a long fringe on their left side- with the agender flag super imposed over it. The flag has one black stripe on top and bottom, one gray stripe beneath both black, two white strips beneath the gray, and a green stripe in the center.
May 19, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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Happy (early) Pride from Guilford, CT! Come join us if you're in the area :)
Jordan (left) holding a baby, Beck (right) are both standing in front of the MBB comic booth on a sunny day.
May 18, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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Whew, it's been a while! April was a very challenging month, to say the least, but we're happy to be back with some great news: Catch us at our second event of 2025, Guilford Pride, Connecticut this weekend from 12pm to 4pm EST~

Hope to see you there :)
Image is of two acrylic standees staged in front of a small progress pride flag. On the left is a floating Basil, a magical boy in a teal dress with a purple platypus floating beneath him. To the right is Aaron, a magical boy dressed like a knight, his orange cat familiar floating in front of him.
May 14, 2025 at 2:13 PM