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Ash @draculing.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

finishing up some summery butch pinup sketches and Nick/Henry art for the Connoisseur tier of my patreon 🔆💛 patreon.com/draculing

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Ash @draculing.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

It's my birthday, and I think you should check out my comic about women's wrongs and 1950s lesbians working for the mob 🧡 patreon.com/draculing www.ko-fi.com/draculing

Three black and white comic panels cropped from the prologue of "A Longshot Out of the Birdcage".

Panel 1: Henry, a young (teenaged?) butch is crumpled over herself, panicking and near tears. Her hands are bared in front of her, grabbing at nothing.

Panel 2: Birdie's arm reaches from out of frame, her hand curling under Henry's chin, not yet touching.

Panel 3: Birdie's hand grasps Henry's jaw firmly, pulling her head up to make eye contact. Henry is wide-eyed in shock at the gesture.

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Ash @draculing.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

time to test out the new carousel feature with a collection of my Nick and Henry art 😉✨ patreon.com/draculing

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Ash @draculing.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Butch4butch all year round ♥️🧡💛

Nicky and Henry framed by heart-shaped carabiners that are interlocked, one red and one orange to suggest the butch lesbian flag colors. Nick is a tan Latinx butch with a dark pompadour, and wears a bomber jacket over a button-up shirt. Henry a blonde white butch in a brown sport coat.

A vibrant, pulp-cover style painted illustration of two butches playing pool. Nicky leans over the pool table toward the viewer to make her shot, while Henry chalks her cue in the background - clearly looking at the view of Nicky's ass instead of the game at hand.

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Ash @draculing.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

"And just what can you do for me, Henry?" After her get-rich-quick scheming lands her in the sights of the mob, Henry is as good as dead - until mob wife Birdie offers her an out... All she has to do is sell her soul. read now at patreon.com/draculing !

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Ash @draculing.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Butch lesbian Henry strikes a deal with mob wife Birdie - what's your soul, when you get a little freedom and a reputation, after all? Longshot's full prologue up on my Patreon now! You can even read half of it for free~ patreon.com/draculing

Liz "Birdie" Drummond, a fat and glamorous woman approaching her 50s, offers a drink to Henry - a teenage-ish butch who looks worse for wear, her clothing stained and her nose bloodied. They stand in a dreamlike, disorientingly spare room with enormous windows that overlook Birdie's nightclub.

"What's your name?" Birdie asks. Henry stumbles over herself to answer.

"H- Henrietta." She adjusts her plaid shirt like she's embarrassed, defensive. "Call me Henry."

"Henry," Birdie repeats, putting the untaken glass on the windowsill between them. "Do you know who *I* am?"

"You..." Henry thinks, observing Birdie as she drinks from her glass. The wedding ring, the photo on the nearby table - a younger Birdie, with a man angled to the camera just enough that you can't fully see the scar on his jaw.

"Yeah." Henry continues, "I mean- I know who your old man is, sure."

Birdie smiles, shadows cast over one side of her face.

"And you still thought it was smart to steal from us?"

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Ash @draculing.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

ICYMI, you can read Longshot's new, full prologue early over on my Patreon! 15 pages of lineart featuring a 50s drag nightclub, shady backroom deals, and a scary older woman convincing a young butch that selling her soul is a *great* idea, actually! patreon.com/draculing

A black and white line art series of comic panels. Henry, a young butch with close-shaved hair, is stooped over and crying in desperation. A hand reaches out to her, cradling her jaw to lift up her face...

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Ash @draculing.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

happy lesbian visibility week!!! I'm making a comic about lesbians working under the thumb of the mafia at a 1950s nightclub - and you can read the prologue on my Patreon! patreon.com/draculing

Henry, a young butch with close-cropped hair, grimaces and sniffles harshly - she's tending to a bloody nose.

Henry stares anxiously at Birdie - an older woman whose sneering face is cast in harsh shadows.

"And you still thought it was smart," Birdie asks, "to steal from us?"

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Ash @draculing.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Grandma's a little confused, but she's got the spirit. More on patreon.com/draculing !

A black and white line art comic. Nicky, a butch with a pompadour and wearing a waiter's tux,is serving a cocktail to an older woman with a poodle haircut.

Nick: Here you go, ma'am.
Patron: oh! Thank you dear!

She hands over a small fold of bills.
"Here! For you!"
Nick takes it, flustered. "Oh, uh-"
The woman continues, "I insist!"

Her soft hands cup her face as she blushes, swooning. "It's so nice that they finally hired a *real* young man here! And so handsome!"

Nick stares at her, stunned.
"Uhhhh.... sure is."

Across the room, Henry chokes on laughter as the old woman asks Nick "have you thought about cutting your hair, though?" Nicky, frozen to the spot, grimaces some kind of polite smile. "N.. no I.. haven't..."

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Ash @draculing.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Two butches dating each other might have been frowned on in lesbian life of the 1950s, but no one said anything about a friendly game of pool... 🎱 Prints available here: www.inprnt.com/gallery/drac... More of these two on Patreon: patreon.com/draculing

A close-up painting in the same style. Henry is now seated on the edge of the pool table with Nicky's hands all over her. Their game is clearly forgotten as they make out.

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Ash @draculing.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Been spending my mornings on gesture drawing lately ✨

Blue and black oil pastels gesture drawing of a figure lunging with one arm up in the air

A sequence of oil pastel gesture drawings of a muscular figure posing with fabric clutched in their hands

Gesture drawings of a figure doing a superhero landing style pose in a suit

Loose oil pastel gesture drawings in black and blue

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Ash @draculing.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

I've been hunting for the right style/voice for "A Long Shot Out of the Birdcage" this year - my 1950s lesbian crime drama gn✨ It's been a huge lesson in writing and my technical habits in comics, with lots of false starts - I'm looking forward to hitting the ground running with all I've learned!

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Ash @draculing.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Compelled to phone doodle the Frieren angle. Give this poor anime girl a jaw

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Ash @draculing.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Folks who've followed me for Longshot, hello!! I've been sharing the comic's development over on my patreon & comradery - early pages, character studies, behind the scenes art/writing, and sometimes, butch-centric pinups ;> patreon.com/obelisk comradery.co/draculing

development art of Nicky in her bomber jacket, one in black and white and one in color

pencil value studies of the NJ beachfront, and Henry lingering on the boardwalk, smoking.

various sketches of Henry, testing out methods for inking fabric texture for her tweed suit.

A pinup sketch of Nicky in an unbuttoned flannel shirt and boxers. She wears a reddish-brown leather harness with gold fixtures, and matching leather boots.

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Ash @draculing.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Henry is mob wife Birdie's right hand, paying off an old debt for protection from cops & the hardship of queer life in the 50s. When Birdie’s husband returns to town, Henry must decide how much of her soul she can sell - and if she would drag her partner Nicky down with her. #DVpit #DVart #GN #A

A stark black and white comic page. Across the top, an elegant queen in a black dress stands in a spotlight, arms extended out to her audience.

[Birdie's nightclub, 1940.]

She bows, diffused light and stage curtains swirling around her in a dreamlike state.

In close up, Henry - a scruffy teenage butch with bruises on her face - watches from a window far above. Her fingers barely touch the glass, momentarily distracted from her own dangerous predicament.

"Are you nuts??" someone behind her snaps, too loud, and Henry flinches away from the view. Back to reality.

The same room Henry's in, but from the opposite side. She's so small, against the enormous windows. Two men argue on the other side of the room - a larger man in a suit, and Dickie, a thin, weak-chinned guy in a tuxedo, missing his jacket.

"Bringing this here?!" he's saying, "I don't care whose vig they made off with- this isn't how we *do* things!" His arms are spread wide in furious gesturing.

His companion scrubs his face in his hands - "You think I don't know that?"

He gestures wide, and his shadow is thrown huge and intimidating against the wall. "What I didn't know, right," he snaps, "was they had a *girl* runnin' their whole operation!"

"Even if it is some kinda pervert-"

Henry averts her eyes. Her cheek is bruised.

"Wha- hey, how's that *my* problem?" The thin man stammers, holding his hands in front of him as if to fend the whole thing off. "I mean, look at *you*, pal, blood on your shirt- and here anybody coulda seen you!"

Henry's head snaps to attention as the muscle pulls his companion aside, conspiratorial. "Look, Dickie, I don't wanna spend my whole night buryin' this kid."

The man has a wide hand over the back of Dickie's neck. Henry's skin prickles at the memory, disgust curling in her gut. The hand squeezes.

"I'll throw my back out again," the man is saying, distantly. "Can't we figure something out?"

Henry stumbles forward, clutching at the front of her shirt with its broken buttons. Trying to find her voice. Speak up in her own defense. Anything. "H- hey-"

An older woman leans against the window sill at Henry's elbow, looking down at the same stage that Henry had been just moments ago. Henry starts at the sound of her voice.

"What's your name?"

The woman who addresses her is much older. Elegant, with a coiffure of long graying hair pulled to one side of her face . She watches Henry patiently, but expectantly. Like they have all the time in the world for her to answer.

"It's... Henrietta." she manages, stumbling like a school kid over her full name. Torn between flustered and afraid. She looks away, biting it all down with her arms folding in front of her. "Just call me Henry."

"Henry..." the woman muses. "Well, Henry. If you work for me, you'll need to work hard." She gestures down below them, to the crowd at the club's tables. "Pull your own weight and then some."

Below, a butch woman in a waiter's white tuxedo serves drinks. Birdie continues- "This isnt a charity service."

Henry knows opportunity when she sees it. Defensively, she huffs - "I'm no moocher. I can work."

Head bent to her cigar, Birdie smiles. She heard, of course, what the men said before. A girl, running the whole operation. Right under their noses.

"I'm sure you can."

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Ash @draculing.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

#DVparty actual day 4: a meme or gif that represents your story here is my cryptic selection for Longshot : )

an old movie trailer still that reads "THIS is a kind of WOMAN you've Never seen before!"

Data from Star Trek: TNG with the subtitle "Are you prepared for the kind of death you've earned, little man?"

An old movie trailer still of a uniformed man's face with red text on top of it that just says "WHY?"

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Ash @draculing.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

#DVparty day 4 is for opening lines... how about opening pages? 😉 When Henry is caught stealing from the mob, she thinks her life's as good as over - but after being dragged into the showy, queer world of mob wife Birdie's nightclub, she'll do just about anything to survive. To stay.

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Ash @draculing.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

hehe I'm glad!! Birdie's was very much inspired by Anna Genovese's Club 82, a NYC nightclub that was open from roughly the 40s through the 70s - all of the waitstaff were butches, and the entertainment was largely drag queens!

Screenshot from the documentary "PS Burn This Letter Please". A vibrant technicolor still of 1950s or 60s drag queens up a stage with a white curtain backdrop, can-can dancing in massive colorful skirts. The subtitle reads "It was girls, drag queens and butch lesbians.", referring to the staff at Club 82.

"The butch lesbians were the waiters in the nightclub." the narrator continues in subtitle, against a black and white photo of the butch staff in their matching suits. Anna Genovese stands in the middle of the group in a simple dress and short curly hair.

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Ash @draculing.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Other things I didn't have space for: Henry's codependent relationship with Liz aka Birdie, her boss and one-time savior Nicky's cool car that she tunes up herself Dickie, Birdie's mc, Henry's mentor, and Tumblr's old man favorite and did i mention they work at a drag revue.... #DVparty

Birdie - a fat, older woman with short-cropped silver hair - yanks Henry forward by her tie until they're nose-to-nose. Both of them are flushed, Henry wide-eyed and startled. She has a heavy bandage over the right side of her face, covering the corner of her slightly parted lips. It's spotted with blood.

Various sketches of Nicky's Oldsmobile, a well cared for deep green 1949 model. She's in coveralls working under the hood while Henry distracts her with chatter.

Various sketches of Dickie, an older, gray-haired beanpole of a guy with buck teeth and a weak chin. His work uniform is a white tuxedo jacket with black pants and a cummerbund, while his casual clothing is a baggy, black sack suit. He has Bugs Bunny energy, a little bit.

A halftone colored doodle of Dickie adjusting Henry's bowtie while she puts up with it grumpily.

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Ash @draculing.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

And LONGSHOT's deuteragonist, Nicolasia "Nicky" Flores. (or as Henry calls her... Flowers 🌼) Saved from a vice raid only by the grace of Henry's connections, Nicky's newly single and starry-eyed at what she's seen Henry get away with. What would it cost, to grab some of that for herself? #DVparty

A front and back look at Nicky in her warm leather bomber jacket, the front-facing drawing in full marker color. Nick's a tan mexican-american butch with a dark brown pompadour and faint mustache - she passes more easily as a man than Henry does, and regularly uses it to her advantage. She's in a yellow shirt and tan slacks, and her warm coat is brown leather with a peacock-blue plaid across the shoulders.

Nicky and Henry in their nightclub uniform tuxedo shirts and trousers; they kiss frantically against the back wall of the club, ostensibly out on a smoke break. Behind them, a doorway is cracked open just enough to let light through.

A doodle of Henry and Nicky napping in their underwear on top of Nicky's abuela's quilt.

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Ash @draculing.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Henrietta "Henry" Roth is the mc of LONGSHOT! Since cutting a deal with mob wife Birdie to save her life, Henry's built a reputation as a go-fer for the mob. It doesn't earn her many friends in the gay bar scene - but who needs them? She's got protection. That's enough, right..? #DVparty #artsky

a stark black and white line drawing of Henry against a crosshatch-textured black backdrop. She's a white butch woman with fluffy, short blonde hair and a crooked smile, a scar clipping from her upper lip to her chin on her right side. She wears a checked blazer over a darker button-up shirt, and leans against a countertop with her folded arms. She's smiling at the viewer and saying something in unfilled speech bubbles. What a rascal : )

A vintage halftone styled bust of Henry in full color. She looks off to her left, smiling crookedly. She has blue eyes and vibrant blonde hair, a wool suit jacket and a blue-green polo shirt with matching pocket square.

A younger Henry, at 19. Her hair is dark, cropped much shorter on the sides than we know her to have later. She has an oversized plaid buttonup tucked into wide suit pants, late 30s/early 40s style. One hand is tucked into her pocket, and she seems thoughtful. Notably, she has no scar through her lip.

A teenaged Henry is huddled on the floor clutching her side, seeming injured and suspicious, afraid. Birdie kneels beside her, speaking words of... comfort, or just a statement of the facts. Birdie's a fat, elegant woman in wide-cut women's slacks and flowy blouse. Her hair is longer, all pushed in curls to her left side - she's younger here than we'll know her to be.

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Ash @draculing.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

and in the spirit of a moodboard... here are these as well >: ) #DVparty #lgbt #gn

Tony Soprano looking at his watch, standing on the Asbury Park, NJ boardwalk, in front of Convention Hall.

A screenshot from the Takeshi Kitano movie "Sonatine". A thin woman in a colorful summer dress holds a machine gun out in front of her, preparing to fire it. Kitano's character stands just behind the gun, hands in his suit pockets, waiting.

Still from the movie "Bound", butch Corky makes eyes at fem Violet behind the back of Violet's gangster boyfriend as the three stand in an elevator.

Still from "Gonin", of two characters in matching white outfits in a dark, empty nightclub. They each sit at their own table, with a single rose and a champagne bucket framed between them.

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Ash @draculing.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Hi #DVparty! Here's some artwork from my #lgbt #GN A Long Shot Out of the Birdcage. 1950s butch lesbians and a mafia-backed nightclub in a beachfront city... what more could you want? ✨

A crop of a black and white comic page from "A Long Shot Out of the Birdcage", my graphic novel. Henry, a 19 year old baby butch with scruffy short hair and a bruised face, stands at an oversized observation window with Birdie - an older, elegant fat woman who's smoking a cigar. They're watching the floor of Birdie's nightclub, which is bustling with patrons and the crossdressing staff.

"Henry..." Birdie muses, having just learned her companion's name. "Well, Henry. If you work for me, you'll need to work hard. Pull your weight, and then some. This isn't a charity service."

Henry scoffs at the idea. "I'm no moocher," she snaps. "I can work."

Birdie only smiles knowingly as she turns away. "I'm sure you can."

A marker and colored pencil drawing of Nicky Flores from "A Long Shot Out of the Birdcage". Nicky is a tan-skinned butch with a dark brown pompadour and very faint little mustache. She leans on a boardwalk railing, overlooking the beach and hazy ocean in the distance, the night sky a deep blue behind her. She wears a warm brown leather bomber jacket and tan trousers - the jacket has a peacock-green plaid panel across the shoulder blades. Nicky looks over her shoulder at the viewer, smiling warmly. There's a lit cigarette in her left hand, casting faint yellow light from the pinprick of its ember. Faint smoke filters behind her into the distance.

a sketchbook page of Henry, Nicky and Birdie posed against soft color blocks and midcentury-modern style patterns

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Ash @draculing.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

I reworked Nicky's bomber jacket and I must yell about it!! www.patreon.com/posts/septem...

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Ash @draculing.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

btw I am still watching Deep Space Nine, and I do love the station's he/him lesbian mall cop very much

a sketchbook page of doodles of Kira Nerys and Odo from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, largely centered on events of the terrible season 3 episode "Meridian". Clockwise from the top:

Kira places a rough hand on Odo's wrist, holding him in place. "This is Odo," she says, "He's my *lover*." Odo looks incredibly startled by this new knowledge of Fake Dating.

Plant time! Odo smiles like a happy-face french fry while turning his arm into a plant, cradling his gifted house plant in the other, humanoid arm.

Odo hands Kira a padd with a stern look, saying "It seems Quark is cyber-stalking you, Major." Kira looks at this information with equal severity, responding - "let's kill him with a gun."

Tiny Kira and Odo hugging with their foreheads pressed together - Odo is slowly becoming goo from the waist down, puddling around Kira's feet.

And, center: Odo twists around in a far-too-bendy-to-not-be-made-of-goop move, glowering at Quark trying to take photos of Kira. Kira hasn't caught onto what's happening yet, and raises an eyebrow at him. "Uh, Odo?"

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Ash @draculing.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

catching a snooze💤 (Henry and Nicky are from my comic, A Long Shot Out of the Birdcage! patreon/com/obelisk / comradery.co/draculing )

A black and white lineart drawing - Henry (a slightly shorter butch with fluffy, short dyed blonde hair) and Nicky (taller, also butch, with a now-mussed dark pompadour)snuggle on top of a patchwork quilt in their underwear. Nicky has her right arm around Henry's back; the knuckles of her right hand are conspicuously bandaged, as is the bridge of her nose. She's drooling in her sleep, though, so it can't be all bad. Henry's curled up on her side in the crook of Nicky's shoulder, sleeping soundly.

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Ash @draculing.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

did I get into a fandom rabbit hole about Edwardian clothing influences on alien wardrobes in Star Trek? Yes. Was I compelled to draw some vaguely historically inspired lizard fits? also yes (+ bonus garak's dad in his knitwear grandpa vibe) #startrek #art

black and white pen drawings of Enabran Tain and Elim Garak from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Tain is wearing his canon turtleneck/cardigan/slacks outfit and holding a glass of kanar, and it says "evil peepaw energy" next to him, because that's true and correct. He also has a chunky lizard tail that rests against the floor.

Garak has a bishop-sleeve tunic shirt with a boxy Cardassian collar and angled color blocking at the shoulders, with vaguely suit-material slacks. His shoes reference spats in their design. (But like... space spats. Spates?) He steeples his fingers in front of his torso thoughtfully.

Garak's shirt from the back! It has a middle seam that splits at the back, making room for a tail and creating a sort of tailcoat effect.

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Ash @draculing.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

Cool news - I have a Comradery page now! I'm keeping it simple - for $5 a month, you can check out everything I'm working on with Longshot, and that's all there is to that 🌠 comradery.co/draculing/

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Ash @draculing.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

It's here! You can read the full prologue of "A Long Shot Out of the Birdcage" on my patreon today~ ✨ www.patreon.com/posts/long-s...

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Ash @draculing.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

if you'd like to read my comic about dykes navigating transphobic capitalist hell by aligning themselves with the criminal underworld - I'll be sharing the full first scene next week ✨ patreon.com/obelisk

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Ash @draculing.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

sooo I've been rewatching Deep Space Nine 🌌💫 #startrek #ds9 #art

a cartoony black and white drawing of Julian Bashir and Garak from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, roughly how they appeared in season 1. Garak leaaaans into Bashir's space with a smug, flirty smile and a delicate pinky finger touching the collar of Bashir's Starfleet uniform. Bashir looks deeply flustered, visibly sweating. Garak also has a chunky lizard tail that coils around the back of Bashir's legs.

(They're gay, your honor)

More DS9 doodles! Clockwise: Garak, sparkling in how plain and simple he is, as he gestures with his hands. Kira, hands on a tabletop, snapping angrily at something or someone offscreen. Odo again, looking seriously to the left.

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Ash @draculing.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

Obelisk has a new home over on ComicFury! obeliskcomic.com While the comic is still on hiatus, you can follow or start reading there, as well as see what I'm up to with my GN on my patreon! patreon.com/obelisk

a small black and white pen drawing of Evelyn - a young white woman in cartoonish style and early 1900s blouse, skirt and spats. She has black hair that's pulled up into a bun and wide poufs on either side of her head. She's dashing intently to the right, clutching a suitcase under her right arm. In her haste, some papers have fallen from her bag, and flutter behind her.

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Ash @draculing.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

Now that I'm done limping to the finish line of my packed summer schedule - inks for Longshot's whole prologue are up! And who's this hot older woman that Henry's totally not going to devote her whole life to... patreon.com/obelisk ko-fi.com/draculing/ #art #ocsky #comics

a crop of a comic page, thin black line art on white paper. Birdie - a stout, older white woman with sleek curls brushed all to one side of her face -glances over her shoulder at the reader, and at Henry.

Henry - a disheveled teen here, her bluntly short hair mussed and face bruised - stammers over a few panels, clutching at her open shirt. It's missing a button, revealing her white undershirt beneath. She seems to stumble, though Birdie only asked her name.

"It's- " She settles finally, folding her arms tight over her chest and looking away defiantly. "Just call me Henry."

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Ash @draculing.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

Here's a few from my current pages in progress! ✨

a rough comic panel sketch of Henry, a young butch teen with short, mussed hair and bruises on her face. She's scowling at the viewer, saying "I'm no moocher."

a crop of a comic page, still in pencils - Henry, 19 years old with shorter, darker hair and no facial scar to be seen, snaps to attention in a close-up as someone offscreen says "Look-"

But they're not talking to her. The large man who hauled her in here - broad shouldered in a double-breasted suit - has his hand curled over the shoulders of Dickie, the thin MC of the nightclub. They both face away from Henry, walling her off from their conversation - even though it's *about* her.

"Dickie," the bigger man continues. "I don't wanna spend my night buryin' this kid." His hand tightens - amicably? - against the back of Dickie's neck. Henry fixates sharply on this detail - she's still bruised from that same hand.

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Ash @draculing.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

A little post about Nicky's car, and my adventures doing research and learning to draw 1940s-50s cars - in which I went to a car show! in real life! ✨ www.patreon.com/posts/direct...

an offwhite sketchbook page full of vintage car related drawings! A green 1949 Oldsmobile 88 is at the top with some tiny color swatches and notes about the sloped roof being part of the early muscle car vibe. Below that, Nicky works under the hood of her car while Henry... supervises? (We'll call it that.) Along with some rough sketches of car dashboards.

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Ash @draculing.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

I heard it was yuri day?? my 1950s butch4butch comic is on my patreon! patreon.com/obelisk and of course, my lesbian vampire comic: obeliskcomic.com

A black & white + grayscale drawing of two butches in their nightclub uniform suits smooching against a brick wall. Nicky has a dark pompadour, while Henry has short, mussed blonde hair.

against the backdrop of the boardwalk and the ocean at night, Henry rests a hand against Nicky's shoulder and says "I wanna buy you a drink." She grins wide, heedless of Nicky's uncertain, startled expression.

A black, white and grayscale comic page from my 1900s-set webcomic, OBELISK. Evelyn, a young woman with voluminous dark hair pulled into a Gibson Girl-styled bun, sits at a table with Margot, an elegant Black woman with short, curly dark hair. Evelyn wears a dark skirt and businesslike attire, a waistcoat and white shirt with a voluminous bow at her neck. Margot, on the other hand, is in a dressing gown - she's been woken up from a nap.

"Things... like this?" Eve asks, sliding a postcard she's found across the table. It has a saucy nude photo of a woman posing with a bicycle on it.

"A-ha!" Margot smiles, chuckling with surprise. "Of course, you found *this* in all my silly puzzle postcards." She holds it up between two fingers. "She's quite lovely, isn't she?"

"Ha, yes." Eve agrees, blushing. She startles, though, as Margot continues-

"But, no- This one-"

"It's yours." Margot says, holding the card out to Evelyn with a warm, charming look on her face.

"But--" Eve stammers, blushing heavily. "I couldn't!"

"I insist." Margot assures her. Their fingers almost brush over the surface of the postcard. "Consider it amends for our earlier misunderstanding."

"And," she continues, as Eve studies the card with a surprised smile. "It is aesthetically appropriate."

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Ash @draculing.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

It's #makeaterriblecomicday2025 ! Here is my comic about summer camp (We were making our own trading cards of ourselves with superpowers ✨)

A tiny doodle comic of me with a 5th grader passing me her artwork.

"Miss Ashley, can I work on this more later?"

"Sure, bud."

With EXTREME earnestness, the kiddo says "I just think I can push myself and reach my full potential."

I cry on the inside in a good way, thinking omg. You're like 12. That's so precious. Also, same.

"I have a lot of ideas!!!" The kiddo continues.

"I love that for you!"

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Ash @draculing.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

Shared the script for the first chapters of Longshot today!✨A deeper dive into Nick & Henry's first meeting, and how Henry ended up as a go-fer for the mob...! patreon.com/obelisk ko-fi.com/draculing

a black and white inked close-up of Nicky and Henry, leaning in and making eyes at each other. Nicky is a taller, latinx butch with a slicked-back pompadour that has a single curl falling in her face. Henry, smaller, is a white butch with short, messy blonde hair.

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Ash @draculing.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

I haven't done one of these in ages, so I would love to know! 👀

white background with black text reading: what do you like about my art style? and/or stories

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Ash @draculing.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

over on my discord, I've been sharing sketches for Longshot's prologue - aka Henry's no good, very bad day patreon.com/obelisk #art #comicoop

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Ash @draculing.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

new pinups go live later today, happy pride to butches 💖 patreon.com/obelisk #art #ocsky

A pencil drawing of Nicky, a smirking butch with a dark pompadour - she's in a leather jacket and not much else, leaning back invitingly.

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Ash @draculing.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Stealing smooches on the job?? get a room, you two (Nick & Henry are from my comic A Longshot Out of the Birdcage, which you can see more of right here: www.patreon.com/posts/129945...) #ocsky #art #comics

A black and white/grayscale drawing in the style of a comic panel. Against an abstracted brick wall, small staircase leading up to a slightly open door in the background, Nick and Henry steal a brief and needy kiss. Both of them have a hand bunched in the other's shirt, eyes shut and oblivious to whoever might stumble across them...

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Ash @draculing.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Eternally tempted to have Henry open up to Nicky about, well, anything - but that, (un?)fortunately, is what the plot of the comic is for I can doodle some near-misses in the meantime, though~ For more of these two: www.patreon.com/posts/public... #ocsky #art #comics

A black & white doodle comic in which Nicky & Henry have a conversation over fast food.

"So, what," Nick is asking, "Did he *hurt* you?"

Henry looks uncertain, confused, as she takes a bite of her burger. "Huh? Why? You're so *serious*, Flowers."

A moment of quiet stretches out, before Nicky says- "It *is* serious."

Henry scrubs at her mouth, rushing herself to finish chewing.

"Eh- no." She dismisses, eventually, shrugging it off with a hand. "Not that time." It's almost an afterthought, delivered far more quiet and quick. "So don't worry about it."

Arms folded, she scowls in distaste. "And don't go thinkin' I can't handle myself, neither!"

Nick studies her, answering - "Didn't."

Not quite looking at Henry, she continues. "I mean, you took a hit from *me*, right?"

Henry rests her face against her hand, thoughtful -remembering. "Ha, sure."

Then, grinning, she reaches to steal one of Nicky's fries. "So don't you forget it!"

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Ash @draculing.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

happy pride month, I make butch dyke art & stories all year round, celebrating and digging into our complex histories, and you should support me on patreon about it ✨ patreon.com/obelisk

Nicky, a dark-haired butch in a bomber jacket, and Henry, a blonde butch in a brown suit, make smug eyes at each other. They lean in over interlocked, heart-shaped carabiner frames, which are red and orange colors pulled from the sunset lesbian flag.

The #Butch4ButchArtFest template/concept is by Natsuo Mutsumi!

a black and white + grayscale comic page. Henry, a shorter butch in a loose-cut suit and buttonup, clips elbows with Nicky - a taller butch with a dark pompadour of hair, who seems near tears.

Startled out of crying, Nicky coughs into her fist. "Watch it."

Henry's already brushing imagined dust off Nick's bomber jacket. "Well, 'scuse me, handsome." She says, "Don't think I've seen you around before."

"Why the long face?" she continues, as Nicky turns to look over her shoulder. Behind them, at the far end of the bar, the woman she'd been fleeing from is leaning against a tall figure by the pool table.

"It's-" Nicky stumbles. ..."It's nothing."

The scene continues - a gleam in Henry's eye, in closeup, as she follows Nicky's line of sight. "Nothin, huh..."

She leads Nick away, folding her arm into the taller woman's elbow. She talks to her conspiratorially, other hand curled close to her mouth, despite how no one in this dive is paying attention.

"You can tell me, pal-" Henry assures her, "what, you get dumped?"
Nick's eyes squint closed at the thought. "I- I guess."

Henry pats her arm in sympathy. "That's a cryin' shame."

As she continues speaking, something shifts - Nicky turns back to look at her, stark against flat black backdrop.

"But hey, you're not the first, right?" Henry's saying. "It's just askin' for trouble, goin' with a weekend girl."

"A weekend...?" Nicky questions, uncertainty painted on her face.

"Aw, you know," Henry lilts, waving the concept around with one hand. "Straight. Except on weekends. Like I said-"

Whatever she's said is cut off, as we look at Nicky's reaction - the close-up flash of light in her eye as her expression shifts to something darker - furious.

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Ash @draculing.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

A Longshot Out of the Birdcage is my crime drama GN in the making, about two butches working at a mob-backed nightclub in 1952 New Jersey! #comics #art #ocsky You can follow its production and read the last 4 pages of this scene EXCLUSIVELY over on my patreon!!! patreon.com/obelisk

A crop of a comic panel - against a dark night sky and the ocean in the distance, Henry rests a hand on Nicky's shoulder. Despite everything, somehow, she's smiling. Nicky looks wide-eyed, uncertain, as Henry tells her,

"I wanna buy you a drink."

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Ash @draculing.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Henry herself isn't big on answering questions. She's worked for twelve long years to make it anywhere near the top - made good on all her debts, and stomached the worst that got thrown her way. So what if Nicky sees something different in her? Is she really gonna let that stop her *now?* [3/4]

"-Said no fighting, god dammit--" The bartender's voice drags the world back into focus, even as Nicky's heart thunders in her ears.

Oh, she thinks. You- you did it again, Nick. Would you look at that.

The room looms large around her, a narrow trail of blood dribbling off her fingertips, to the floor between her boots.

No, her thoughts continue sharply, don't look back--

Just--

Nicky spins on her heel to leave, get out before she somehow makes things worse. Behind her, a short haired woman in a sheath dress starts to help Henry off the floor - though Henry's only looking sidelong at Nicky's retreating back.

"You okay, honey?", the woman asks Henry, as the bar patrons squabble and laugh in the background. Henry wipes at her mouth, doubled over for just a second longer. "Aha- yeah," she manages, "yeah, I'm fine."

As she straightens up, a smirk comes across her newly bruised face. "Better n' fine, actually." The woman who helped her stares at her uncertainly.

"I'm perfect."

Outside, down the street, Nicky stalks past the few shops still open, hands stuffed deep into the pockets of her coat. Surely, if she just walks fast enough, she can escape this whole rotten night...

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