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Phoebe Santalla @all-the-phoelings.bsky.social · 6h

I’m working on a mega-sized zine sampler, and I had so much fun making these unhinged end papers.

A shades of green bust self portrait of me crunching a pencil in half in my mouth. I have one hand raised claw like in frustration.

There are chaotic scribble all across the image of a bunch of random things. Large in the top left corner it says “I am losing my damn mind.”

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Jadzia Axelrod 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @planetx.bsky.social · 15h

Happy National Coming Out Day

A panel from GALAXY: THE PRETTIEST STAR by Jadzia Axelrod, Vash Taylor and Ariana Maher, in which Galaxy says "Being
'normal' was never, NEVER going to save me!"

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SLICE - St. Louis Independent Comics Expo @slicexpo.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Get to know our special & featured guests! We asked them the hard hitting questions, such as... who are you?? 🤩 We'll be featuring short interviews with each guest over the next week, and if you want to hear more - come to SLICE Expo, Oct. 31 at The Sheldon! youtube.com/shorts/ZTiPw...

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Get to Know The Guests of SLICE 2026!

Our special and featured guests would like to introduce themselves ahead of SLICE 2026, October 31st at the Sheldon.

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Steenz! @oheysteenz.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

I wanna talk about an upcoming event @slicexpo.bsky.social having: a fundraiser for SLICE! SLICE is made possible from generous donors like yourself and regional arts grants. These grants help keep SLICE programming free. But our funding was delayed this year! www.eventbrite.com/e/an-afterno...

A graphic of Mr. Slice leaning in the tooth of the Oni mask that represents the restaurant "Oni".
An afternoon with Mr. Slice
July 18 2026
A SLICE Fundraiser

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Phoebe Santalla @all-the-phoelings.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

"Ragh! Agggh, flip an Ollie for the girls!" Sometimes you get a Blink-182 inspired goblin girl skater boi D&D OC stuck in your head, and it just works. #oc #d&d #goblin #skater

A goblin girl in a beanie, tank top, and rolled up pants on a skateboard does a trick with a distorted angle. It says her name, Nollie, behind her, and “Shrack!” Where the skateboard is grinding on an edge.

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Phoebe Santalla @all-the-phoelings.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Been chipping away at reworking a comic idea and so far so good!

A comic page creating a dream-like setting around power lines that slowly turn into hands reaching out of the ground. A figure wades in a distant pond. A bee crawls out of a sharp toothed mouth. The figure carries a chain.

$A 2 page spread. A feminine giant demon with a long tongue and wild eyes dangles a woman from the chain that attaches to its wrist. Small Electric towers the look like hands grab at the dangling woman. Panels on the right hand page that look fractured show scenes of the woman struggling to take the shackle off her neck as hands grab at her and caress her face. The demons mouth and long tongue reach from one panel to the next.$

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Phoebe Santalla @all-the-phoelings.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

Sometimes for work I get to draw cats doing stuff.

An angry cartoon cat head bites down on a stack of dollar bills.

An anthropomorphic black cat wearing fantasy armor and an adventuring back pack walking with a chunky sword drawn. They looking over their shoulder.

An anthropomorphic black cat wears a track jacket, has a big necklace that says “Orleans,” and is scratching a record on a DJ mixing deck.

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Phoebe Santalla @all-the-phoelings.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

I haven’t posted in forever ever. Here’s a magic wand?

The Ace of Wands Tarot Card. A hand holds a magic wand vibrator up in the air. A vine with two lavender buds wraps around the hand and wand.

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Phoebe Santalla @all-the-phoelings.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

Heeeeyyyyy! I got best in show first runner up! That’s pretty dang cool!

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ACLU @aclu.org · 14/10/2025

The trailblazing transgender rights activist Miss Major has passed away at the age of 78. Miss Major was a lifelong organizer and participant in the ballroom scene. She took part in the 1969 Stonewall Riots and was injured by the police — but she kept fighting.

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Phoebe Santalla @all-the-phoelings.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Heyo I made the @slicexpo.bsky.social best in show short list. Honestly the list is made of some truly amazing artists!

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Phoebe Santalla @all-the-phoelings.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

I’ve had a lot of fun doing the slice posts. Leather daddy slice is killing me lololol

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SLICE - St. Louis Independent Comics Expo @slicexpo.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Join us at the St. Louis County Library, Clark Family Branch, on Saturday, September 20, 1–3 p.m. for Manga Show & Tell! Pitch or be pitched on your new favorite manga. RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/manga-show... 🎨 by @all-the-phoelings.bsky.social

Mr. Slice gundam wields a laser paintbrush in the stratosphere! Text reads "Manga Show & Tell, Saturday, Sept. 20, 1-3 p.m., St. Louis County Library Clark Family Branch. Lightning presentations on why everyone should read your favorite manga!"

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SLICE - St. Louis Independent Comics Expo @slicexpo.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Calling all volunteers! Want to be a part of the behind-the-scenes work of SLICE, and get your hands on a sweet beret? Sign up for our first volunteer info meeting (virtual) on Monday, September 8, at 6 p.m. for orientation: www.eventbrite.com/e/slice-2025...

A giant yellow beret appears in the middle of a starburst. Graphic reads "Wear the beret - volunteer at SLICE 2025."

Photo of 2024 SLICE volunteers in berets and masks posing around a lifesize cutout of Mr. Slice post-expo.

Graphic with yellow beret reading "Volunteer info meeting - get all the details you need to be a SLICE volunteer! Monday, Sept. 8, online, 6-7 p.m."

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Phoebe Santalla @all-the-phoelings.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

I cannot stop cackling at this, it’s scratching a dumb middle school level early internet itch for me.

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SLICE - St. Louis Independent Comics Expo @slicexpo.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Get your app in by 11:59 p.m. tonight!

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Phoebe Santalla @all-the-phoelings.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Ok, I’m really proud of this one! It’s so cute! If you’re in STL and want to sketch at the zoo, come out!!!

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SLICE - St. Louis Independent Comics Expo @slicexpo.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

Hey folks, we still have room at our Teen Open Draw on Friday, June 6, 6–8 p.m. at Girl Louie x GemU Vintage for the young artists in your life! This event is free to attend, but Proud Art STL accepts "pay-what-you-want" donations at registration. Register: lp.constantcontactpages.com/cu/ETYXi6G

Text graphic with a dark background and blue swirls. Mr. Slice peeps in from the corner holding a pencil. Text reads "Coming up! Teen Open Draw with SLICE + PASTL + Girl Louie, Friday, June 6, 6-8 p.m., Girl Louie x GemU Vintage, 5001 Mardel Ave." More details in post text.

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Phoebe Santalla @all-the-phoelings.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Seriously if you have anything to spare, help out this wonderful cartoonist! www.paypal.com/paypalme/bia...

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Phoebe Santalla @all-the-phoelings.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Little car doodle I did for SLICE! Queer zines on the road! Beep beep!

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SLICE - St. Louis Independent Comics Expo @slicexpo.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

SLICE is celebrating Free Comic Book Day at Betty's Books! We're observing this freest of days by making comics & zines with you at our table from 3-5 p.m. You can chat with local creators from 1-4 p.m., pick up your copy of their free Community Zine Vol. 4, and nab free single-issue comics all day.

Pencil and marker artwork of two Mr. Slices lounging and reading free comic books under the Apotheosis of St. Louis statue in front of the art museum. Another Mr. Slice with no comic book looks on longingly. Text reads "Free Comic Book Day, May 3, 2025. Find SLICE at Betty's Books from 3-5 p.m. slingin' zines!"

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Kendra, spooky version @kendrawcandraw.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

One bright side to being forced to live in an AI slop tornado is now I see my artistic mistakes as incredibly endearing. The human machine of my body made that weird line. My worst day of drawing is completely untouchably better than anything AI will ever produce until the heat death of the universe

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Phoebe Santalla @all-the-phoelings.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

Call me conspiratorial, but the big reveal that it AI is racist/sexist/ableist/all-the-phobics is being treated like it’s a flaw in the system rather than part of its design. Whether it’s intentional or not, the bigotry and abuse of “AI” as it’s been built is the yeast in the bread, no?

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Phoebe Santalla @all-the-phoelings.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Well I never! *clutches her pearls*

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Phoebe Santalla @all-the-phoelings.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

I’ve been thinking a lot how pre social media I was SUPER into Mega Man (even though I sucked at the games) and my primary “social media” was a forum for mega man fans.

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Phoebe Santalla @all-the-phoelings.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Omg I’m so excited for this! Special shout out to @apwestcott.bsky.social for letting me borrow and this fall in love with the first one!

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prismata.press @prismata.press · 18/01/2025

Going in to 2025, its important that you *actually own* the queer and trans literature you consume. That's why for ebooks you should always look for DRM-free storefronts like Itch, or an author/publisher's website, where you can buy a downloadable .epub you can read anywhere, and is yours forever

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Dee 🍊🌿 @crayfishcoffee.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

Quill & Ink 🪶🖤

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

BREAKING: Starbucks Workers United is going on strike. Tomorrow unionized Starbucks workers are walking out in multiple key cities. And @sbworkersunited.org's rolling strike will grow in the coming days. 537 stores and 10,000+ workers are in the union and could potentially strike.

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Phoebe Santalla @all-the-phoelings.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Doodle for the day! For some reason I have the hardest time figuring out how horned characters horns attach to their head. I don’t know why my brain struggled with that specifically

A 3/4 bust shot of a feminine character with large ram horns. She has large dark braids. She had one eye brow raised and she’s smirking. Next to her is a word bubble pointing from her. In the bubble is a picture of a roughly drawn crown with an exclamation point to the right.

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Phoebe Santalla @all-the-phoelings.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

This trio is such a blue vibe… it’s not wrong tho, I’ve only got water and earth in my chart

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Phoebe Santalla @all-the-phoelings.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

Learning to walk like this was the hardest thing about transitioning.

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Phoebe Santalla @all-the-phoelings.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

A short comic I did for issue 006 of Pile Press’ anthology. I wonder what we would all become if we were allowed to just be.

A comic of a woman who walks down a wooded path, climbing over a fallen tree, she stops as she comes to a “no trespassing” sign that blocks off a body of water. She looks past it.

The text reads:

My negotiation of my gender often feels like a journey of conflict…

Especially in a world trying to
“eradicate transgenderism” through medical and drag legislation.

But what would I become if I could push past the fear?

The fear that gender exploration delegitimizes my trans womanhood.

She pushes past the sign and begins to take off her clothes. First her shirt, her bra, her shoes. She finishes undressing and puts her toes in the water.

The text bubbles read:

Who am I when I break free of the restraints placed upon my gender expression by oppression?

What if instead…

I embraced the genderqueer possibilities afforded to me by the activism of the black trailblazers of drag at the House of Swann.

What if I leaned into the gender liberating activism they started in the 1800’s?

The woman runs and dives in the water only to emerge in a triumphant magical splash.

The text bubbles read:

I don’t know what I would become.

I don’t have the answers.

But I would like to find out.

I bet it’s something magical.

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Phoebe Santalla @all-the-phoelings.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Not your girl doing research on the histories of mythical creatures and Jungian Archetypes for a personality test only to get the color that has been following her around since middle school (I swear I’m not nearly as mysterious as this implies)

A teal rectangle labeled “Teal” with the following description: “Turquoise seas. Ancient runes. Peacock feathers. Your soul is teal: a mesmerizing blend of depth and mystery, creativity and intuition. You navigate life with a vibrant spirit, your energy flowing like a river, both powerful and adaptable. In your presence, there's a sense of exploration and discovery, inviting others to dive into the depths of imagination and emotion. You blend wisdom with wonder, inspiring those around you with your insights and artistic flair. Your path is one of constant growth and transformation, embracing change like the shifting tides. Your spirit is like a deep ocean, full of hidden treasures and unexplored wonders.”

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Bayleaf 🍃 @iceghost.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

This is how transitioning went for me. Haha ✏️

Two panel comic. Left says expectation and its a thin curvy anime looking girl. Right says reality and shows me looking exhausted and eating dry cereal out of the box at 2:00am

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Phoebe Santalla @all-the-phoelings.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

I’ve been working on shape design, I’m always worried my characters have same-build issues… even though 2/3 of these folx intentionally have the same build…

Three fem characters standing: one with ram horns long legs and braids, one with a thick curly pony tail and baggy jeans, one with long black hair devilish horns and a large shackle with a chain on one arm

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Phoebe Santalla @all-the-phoelings.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

What do we do here? Do we Blue? Blew? Are these bloots?

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Phoebe Santalla @all-the-phoelings.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Spreads from my post-apocalyptic trans road trip comic for my thesis! The passenger and the driver of this comic are pretty much just my internal dialogue…

A comic spread of a car chase scene where two people argue and while ramping a hatchback off of a fallen highway sign.

A comic spread of a car chase scene where a hatchback ramps off of a fallen highway sign while a character watches the chase.

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Phoebe Santalla @all-the-phoelings.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Just a bit of a doodle dump to get us started!

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