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Arledge Comics 🏳️‍🌈 🪶 @arledgecomics.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

So many new followers! Hello! Do you like cute animals and art that's ALMOST as cute? (Done by humans and possibly animals) Then I do recommend checking out our latest anthology, launching with @the-book-bazaar.com this fall! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/a...

illustration of a pink dog with the title "Adorable Assistants Tails Behind the Art"

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Arledge Comics 🏳️‍🌈 🪶 @arledgecomics.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

First *BIG* batch of Pintober orders just went out into the world! Miss the campaign? Order before the pre-order shop closes! shatter-stained-glass-halloween-pins.backerkit.com/hosted_preor...

Box full of bubble mailers waiting to travel to their new homes.

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Arledge Comics 🏳️‍🌈 🪶 @arledgecomics.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

We're out and about today! Come check out our little library at Kent Nerd Party today 📚

Smol table set up featuring comics and graphic novels at Kent Nerd Party

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Arledge Comics 🏳️‍🌈 🪶 @arledgecomics.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

The Bag Bazaar is live! Brought to you by the creators of Pintober and Pin Quest, The Bag Bazaar promises an exquisite ✨ collection of bags and baubles. Don't worry if you forgot your shopping bag! We've got you covered. 😉 www.backerkit.com/c/projects/a...

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Arledge Comics 🏳️‍🌈 🪶 @arledgecomics.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Thanks! It also contains a STUPID amount of colors 😂

details of an enamel pin. The design is a man and woman standing back to back with a castle looming in the background. The woman is holding a sword. The details show the pin is 3x2" and has 25 different colors used.

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Arledge Comics 🏳️‍🌈 🪶 @arledgecomics.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

It's true... we're so close to a stretch goal unlocking an absolute unit of a pin. It'll be a fulfillment nightmare. It'll fit none of our current packaging. But it's also really, really cool

Mock up of an enamel pin showing a man and woman standing back to back with an ancient castle looming in the background.

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Arledge Comics 🏳️‍🌈 🪶 @arledgecomics.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

It's Creator Day on Itchio! Hungry for some all-new Alex Priest content? Another short story is live in this bundle! Nearly $300 worth of content in this bundle for only $50! What a steal. Snag yours now #CreatorDay2025 itch.io/b/3410/creat...

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Arledge Comics 🏳️‍🌈 🪶 @arledgecomics.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Dive into adventure with "Nezbrael's Legacy," an all-new graphic novel available on BackerKit. Immerse yourself in a story that fuses the daring adventure of Indiana Jones with the magic of Greek mythology. Embark on this epic journey today! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/a...

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Arledge Comics 🏳️‍🌈 🪶 @arledgecomics.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Impromptu book cover art share? How about an impromptu book cover art REVEAL?? Cover art by @lanedraws.bsky.social Nezbrael's Legacy is coming to @backerkit.com soon! Link to follow --> www.backerkit.com/c/projects/a...

cover art for Nezbrael's Legacy, an adventure graphic novel. Cover shows the main character, Richard, fighting a jackal human hybrid, and a masked woman with long hair in the background.

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Arledge Comics 🏳️‍🌈 🪶 @arledgecomics.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Fingers crossed that we don't end up speaking an ancient curse!

screencap from BackerKit showing a poll of three options from the choose your adventure game: Investigate the door, ponder the markings, or turn back. "Ponder - is there... writing here? Could this be a welcome or a warning?" won with 69% of the vote.

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Arledge Comics 🏳️‍🌈 🪶 @arledgecomics.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Yesterday, we had the option of walking in the front door, finding a way in around the back, or digging a tunnel. Guess we're digging a tunnel. Quick! Before the hyenas come!

screencap from backerkit showing a poll where digging a tunnel won over finding a way around the back and charging head first through the front door

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Arledge Comics 🏳️‍🌈 🪶 @arledgecomics.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Because the world needs more magical girls. ⭐ 🌙 #MagicalNatalie 📚 💙 🪐 🏳️‍🌈

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Arledge Comics 🏳️‍🌈 🪶 @arledgecomics.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

Natalie’s story is magical, yes — but it’s also about friendship, courage, and heart. #MagicalNatalie 📚 💙 🪐 🌈

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Arledge Comics 🏳️‍🌈 🪶 @arledgecomics.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

The wait is nearly over! Magical Natalie hits stores October 1, 2025! 📝 Trevor Mueller 🎨 Katie Flemming 🟣 Melissa Capriglione 🔤 Micah Meyers Request it at your neighborhood comic or book store, or preorder through your preferred online retailer! ISBN 978-1-949898-11-8 #MagicalNatalie 📚 💙 🪐 🌈

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Arledge Comics 🏳️‍🌈 🪶 @arledgecomics.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

Hey folks 👋 We're in need of a cover artist! Paid gig. 💸 Art from the book below, so you get the vibe✨ Please drop portfolios and pricing in the replies. Do not DM. This inbox isn't monitored. Shares appreciated!

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Arledge Comics 🏳️‍🌈 🪶 @arledgecomics.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

#FlashbackFriday Janelle was spotted out in the wild today! Who remembers these stickers from our very first Kickstarter? Fun fact: we only ever printed 25 of the oversized Alex and Janelle stickers!

Photo of a golf cart with a sticker on the top right corner. Sticker art is of a Mexican woman in a lab coat holding a clipboard. Character's name is Janelle Garcia, and she's the love interest from Alex Priest: Vampire Hunter.

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Arledge Comics 🏳️‍🌈 🪶 @arledgecomics.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

This year's theme for #Pride is to live loudly & defiantly. Our pride pins honor our roots, but also remind that we're building toward better things. www.backerkit.com/c/projects/a...

main image from the backerkit campaign. the background is a brick wall with a rainbow overlay. The title "Brick by Brick" is at the top. Three pin designs are pictured. On the left two pins that are mirrors of one another. A hand holding a brick. The left says "To Riot" the right says "To Build." The third pin is a 3D molded brick wall with a spray paint design that reads "Defiantly Queer."

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Arledge Comics 🏳️‍🌈 🪶 @arledgecomics.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Emerald City Comic Con day three is in full swing! We've got new books on the table, fresh from the printer + some new pins debuting this year.

Map of ECCC artist alley, showing our table number J24

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Arledge Comics 🏳️‍🌈 🪶 @arledgecomics.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

GIVEAWAY TIME 🎉 We're giving away one of our bearpaw pin boards + FIVE pins of your choice! To enter: 1️⃣ Follow this account. 2️⃣ Like and 3️⃣ share this post, then 4️⃣ tag a friend below who also might need some pins. Winner will be selected and notified Feb 13! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/a...

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Arledge Comics 🏳️‍🌈 🪶 @arledgecomics.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Pintopia is live! Check out our campaign here~ www.backerkit.com/c/projects/arledg… And make sure you visit our partner campaign, too! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/theys-…

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Arledge Comics 🏳️‍🌈 🪶 @arledgecomics.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

We've been open and publishing since 2016 and opened to creator-owned submissions five years ago. We're shutting down our Twitter, but didn't want to lose these.

Arledge Comics is one of the best, most queer-inclusive publishers I've ever worked with. A great place if you're looking for a home for your comics!

I want to say that
@arledgecomics
pays super well on time, has lovely editors, great communication, kind hearts, people who honestly care about diversity and work towards including own voice as much as they possibly can at their size. It's a pleasure every time I work for them.

Arledge Comics is made up folks who really care and who do such good work -- working with them is honestly a dream and I am very thankful that they took a chance on me to contribute to some of their works! seriously keep your eyes out and submit your pitches to them!!!

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Arledge Comics 🏳️‍🌈 🪶 @arledgecomics.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Since we have so many new followers - and we're distributing through Ingram! - we figured it's a good time to remind everyone we're open for creator owned submissions. We're in the process of updating our website - so please excuse the mess! 😅 arledgecomics.com/submissions/

Submission Guidelines
Please read everything before submitting anything.

Arledge Comics only accepts creator-owned story or series proposals from writer-artists or writer/artist teams.

What we want to see
What constitutes a good fit for Arledge Comics?

Our library emphasizes inclusive titles to elevate marginalized creators, their stories, and their voices.
Our readership ranges from early reader to teen/general audiences. So please keep your story ratings at or below a Teen+ Rating.
We’re primarily interested in complete stories – should these be graphic novels, trade paperbacks, or compiled webcomics.
Specifically: graphic novels, comic one-shots, collected editions such as trade paperbacks, webcomics not yet collected in print.
We love Own Voices stories, and we’d be honored to help you tell your story.
Our library is evolving, and we’d love to see your early reader and picture book proposals.

What we don’t want to see
Submissions containing or created using artificial intelligence (AI) generation at any stage of production. We have a zero tolerance policy for AI content.
Proposals or scripts for movies, television, or animation. Sorry, we’re in the book business.
Serials. Arledge Comics publishes yearly, so if you have your heart set on monthly releases, we won’t be a great fit.
Portfolios. We put out open calls should we ever have work available. Sorry, we don’t keep portfolios on hand.
Incomplete pitch submissions or incomplete creative teams. If you’re in need of a creative team, may we suggest:
https://queercartoonists.com/
https://cartoonistsofcolor.com/
https://www.disabledcartoonists.com/
Our Rating system
Please refer to the following rating system in order to determine if your pitch is a good fit for Arledge Comics.

AA – ALL AGES – Appropriate for readers of all ages.
Y – YOUTH – Appropriate for younger readers. May contain cartoon violence and/or some comic mischief.
T – TEEN – Appropriate for readers age 12 and older. May contain mild violence, language and/or suggestive themes.
T+ – TEEN PLUS – Appropriate for readers age 15 and older. May contain moderate violence, mild profanity, graphic imagery and/or suggestive themes.
M – MATURE – Appropriate for readers age 17 and older. May contain intense violence, extensive profanity, nudity, sexual themes and other content suitable only for older readers. These are probably still very good stories, but they’re not ones we’re interested in publishing.

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Arledge Comics 🏳️‍🌈 🪶 @arledgecomics.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

This is such a pretty book! We're slowly getting books out to backers. If you missed the Kickstarter, Reliquest can be found at your local bookstore next month! Art and story by Alyx White

Photo of a graphic novel. The comic book cover shows a fantastical scene with the title Reliquest in green. The main character, a woman of color and druidic scholar, is shown above a city. There's druid glyphs across the top.

The back cover of the Reliquest graphic novel. There's an ancient ruin with people exploring the outside.

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Arledge Comics 🏳️‍🌈 🪶 @arledgecomics.bsky.social · 23/09/2024

Shuttered Stanzas is on BackerKit for just a few more days. Here's another preview! #poetry #photography

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Arledge Comics 🏳️‍🌈 🪶 @arledgecomics.bsky.social · 11/04/2024

Final week! 87% funded!! Get those pins!!! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/a... #mentalhealth #dice #ttrpg

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Arledge Comics 🏳️‍🌈 🪶 @arledgecomics.bsky.social · 03/04/2024

The pin vs the inspiration. #pintopia #pintopia2024 www.backerkit.com/c/projects/a...

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Arledge Comics 🏳️‍🌈 🪶 @arledgecomics.bsky.social · 02/03/2024

There goes our last copy of Strange Waters! Guess it's going back for a second printing! #eccc #eccc2024

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Arledge Comics 🏳️‍🌈 🪶 @arledgecomics.bsky.social · 18/01/2024

Hey folks! 👋 Our submissions page has gotten a makeover. 🎨 We added some clarifications - including our no tolerance policy for AI - and created a streamlined form for pitching to us. Help us share the news with a repost 📣 Click the link below to see for yourself! 🔗

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Arledge Comics 🏳️‍🌈 🪶 @arledgecomics.bsky.social · 29/12/2023

Official product photos to come, but these new pins do be lookin 🔥

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Arledge Comics 🏳️‍🌈 🪶 @arledgecomics.bsky.social · 03/12/2023

We're out at the 10th Annual Santa Parade down on South Tacoma Way! 🎅 Stop by for comics 📚 pins ✨️ and other great gifts 🎁

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Arledge Comics 🏳️‍🌈 🪶 @arledgecomics.bsky.social · 29/11/2023

What we mean when we say stacks on stacks on stacks.

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Arledge Comics 🏳️‍🌈 🪶 @arledgecomics.bsky.social · 23/10/2023

Alex Priest is shipping now! Started this journey in 2016; it took 2 years to finish the first 32 page issue of Alex Priest: Genderqueer Vampire Hunter. 2018 we launched a series, & Arledge Comics really started taking off. It's been such an adventure, & this 200 page volume is finally on its way.

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Arledge Comics 🏳️‍🌈 🪶 @arledgecomics.bsky.social · 29/09/2023

After nearly a decade, we're retiring our AC logo in favor of a design that represents us, who we are, and who we aim to be. Thank you for following us through our journey and continuing to walk with us. arledgecomics.com/2023/09/29/a...

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Arledge Comics 🏳️‍🌈 🪶 @arledgecomics.bsky.social · 22/09/2023

Hey, we've got a break from Kickstarter news. 👀✨️ We've got a big announcement and some exciting updates in the works. Make sure you hit follow, and stay tuned for more. 💘

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Arledge Comics 🏳️‍🌈 🪶 @arledgecomics.bsky.social · 22/09/2023

We're so close to funding with a week to go! kck.st/3KI7mFt Sharing is appreciated. 💘

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Arledge Comics 🏳️‍🌈 🪶 @arledgecomics.bsky.social · 19/08/2023

Our 2023 line up is a Kickstarter Project We Love! Check it out! kck.st/3KI7mFt

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Arledge Comics 🏳️‍🌈 🪶 @arledgecomics.bsky.social · 29/07/2023

Jordaan and Sharron are out repping AC at the Seattle Native Artists Gathering today. Stop by the Columbia City Theater to say hi!

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Arledge Comics 🏳️‍🌈 🪶 @arledgecomics.bsky.social · 20/07/2023

Magic, Metal, and Murder! Or... just another day in Vegas. 🃏 Magical Natalie will be launching with three other titles on 8/15! ♥️ ♣️ ♦️ ♠️ www.kickstarter.com/projects/arledg…

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Arledge Comics 🏳️‍🌈 🪶 @arledgecomics.bsky.social · 11/07/2023

You see that? Is that a new release on the horizon? It is! Preorders start next month! Reliquest Written & Illustrated by Alyx White | Edited by Ally Cat

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Arledge Comics 🏳️‍🌈 🪶 @arledgecomics.bsky.social · 10/07/2023

Can't stop thinking about these cuties and the adventures we'll get to explore.

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