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Wait, no I completely forgot. This is the actual character design that dominated my childhood: Eowyn from the Rankin-Bass Return of the King. There was nobody cooler on Earth.

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It wasn't until I wanted to do a direct Mignola homage that I realized how easily the Force flowed through me when drawing like that 😅

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Wait, no I completely forgot. This is the actual character design that dominated my childhood: Eowyn from the Rankin-Bass Return of the King. There was nobody cooler on Earth.

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It wasn't until I wanted to do a direct Mignola homage that I realized how easily the Force flowed through me when drawing like that 😅

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Without a doubt, Hellboy. He's so aggressively baked into my comic-drawing DNA

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Sen @dresdencodak.com · 05/01/2025

One of my favorite early moments is when Mako's family becomes rich/corrupted overnight because Ryuko starts using the system to achieve her goal. A lesser show would have this be a scheme on the villains' part, but KLK makes it clear that capitalism needs no mastermind to absorb its enemies.

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Sen @dresdencodak.com · 05/01/2025

Heck, the first season culminates in a spectacular rebuttal of the notion that one can overthrow fascism by using the existing system, using Stasuki's failure to reinforce the theme that one must "smash the state," not simply replace its leader. You'd think Lenin was a story editor, it's brilliant.

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Sen @dresdencodak.com · 05/01/2025

I feel like the revolutionary politics of Kill la Kill are still underappreciated. Lots of stories unravel how capitalism is evil, but few compare the effective and ineffective ways to dismantle it, and then offer an almost step-by-step guide on how to execute a succesful guerilla revolution.

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Sen @dresdencodak.com · 29/09/2026

Dungeon Meshi is probably my favorite modern manga, but the one thing it's missing is at no point is there a later chapter where Marcille & Falin just go to town on each other. I'm talking property damage, mysterious fires, animals howling one town over, etc. It would really have fit the story.

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Sen @dresdencodak.com · 04/10/2025

This is extremely true. I got good at comics by studying architecture, german expressionism, cosmology, giallo films, martial arts, 1930s radio dramas, the history of world's fairs, etc. Diversify your mental portfolio.

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Sen @dresdencodak.com · 13/03/2026

Comic art that only references other comic art is inbred. Study impressionism, silent films, folk art, photography, wood carvings, animals at the zoo, *something* outside of comics if you want your art to have a personality.

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Sen @dresdencodak.com · 29/09/2026

Words can't describe how much I love this

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Sen @dresdencodak.com · 22/09/2026

It's important to me that my protagonists are all criminals. Kim's broken more laws than I can count, Ling's a left-wing terrorist/bank robber, Elith's beaten up cops, and Melchior's literally a professional villain. But they're indisputably the Good Guys in this capitalist hellscape.

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Left to right: Elith Heksen, Matthias Melchior, Kim Ross, Xiaoling Chavez, and Captain Crime

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Sen @dresdencodak.com · 23/09/2026

One is an early 90s movie about a deranged, antisocial person who's incapable of functioning in society and trying to somehow insert himself back into his old life with increasingly freakish disguises and the other is Darkman.

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Kill La Kill: Ryuko and Mako's Hug

Rewatching Kill la Kill for the (at least) 10th time and I'm always surprised that 1) there's always something new I missed and 2) it brings me the same amount of joy every time.

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I don't know if it's because social media overrepresents clueless comments or if it's a real trend, but I see way more people treat contradicting information or characters not saying what they mean in a story as "mistakes" and not, like, how fiction works.

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Sen @dresdencodak.com · 27/09/2026

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One of my favorite things about writing Elith is how they have an assortment of unrelated skills (music, martial arts, sleight-of- hand, etc) but they're also convinced of their own uselessness.

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Maren 🦎💚 @rennerei.bsky.social · 02/11/2024

what if she likes being a girl what if she likes girls

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Yamino @yamino.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Myself and the whole team at @princelygirl.bsky.social are making the full version of our Horror/Romance visual novel, "Phantom of he Black Rose Revue"! We have a playable demo: yamino.itch.io/black-rose-r...

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The Phantom of the Black Rose Revue: Act 1 by Yamino, Mizerable, Leaf Let

Lose yourself in a tale of haunted love, inspired by classic shoujo manga and The Phantom of the Opera!

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Sen @dresdencodak.com · 04/08/2026

I think this is partly because in my heart I am still a gay 13-year-old buying a soda because Sailor Mars is on it

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Sen @dresdencodak.com · 31/07/2026

The main reason I'm constantly going "shout out to the gays" is because 1) I am "the gays," and 2) our voices are so violently suppressed that it's vital to constantly shout and signal to each other where we are and what places we're safe.

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Sen @dresdencodak.com · 31/07/2026

If it's okay for me to spend decades enjoying cishetero stories, it's okay for cishetero people to enjoy my gay little comic

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Sen @dresdencodak.com · 31/07/2026

I joke a lot, but I don't actually make my comic with an audience in mind. It's for everyone! And even if I did have a target audience, who cares? Most media isn't made for biracial lesbians, but that doesn't stop me from enjoying or connecting with stories that never considered me!

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Sen @dresdencodak.com · 23/09/2026

Biracial observation: if a white person calls me "brave" it's usually followed by weird, condescending nonsense. If a non-white person calls me "brave" it's because I did a sick jump over something.

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Sen @dresdencodak.com · 20/06/2026

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Panel 1: "Unreliable Narrator"

Panel 2: "Unreliable Reader"

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Sen @dresdencodak.com · 27/09/2026

One of my favorite things about writing Elith is how they have an assortment of unrelated skills (music, martial arts, sleight-of- hand, etc) but they're also convinced of their own uselessness.

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Anime edition:

1) Kill la Kill
2) The Big O
3) Bubblegum Crisis
4) Serial Experiments Lain
5) Revolutionary Girl Utena
6) Macross
7) Vision of Escaflowne
8) Lady Oscar: the Rose of Versailles
9) R.O.D. the TV

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My top 9 manga to get to know me 9koma.com

1) Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou
2) Dungeon Meshi
3) Dorohedoro
4) Vaelber Saga
5) Bloom Into You
6) Ghost in the Shell
7) Ranma 1/2
8) Battle Angel Alita

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Sen @dresdencodak.com · 01/03/2026

I feel like the video game one definitely gives away my ages...

Row 1: Homeworld, Panzer Dragoon Zwei, Oni
Row 2: Shadow of the Colossus, Nights into Dreams, Twilight Princess
Row 3: Mega Man X, Dark Souls, Dead or Alive 3

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As Cuban diaspora I try to carry on our two most important traditions: defending the revolution and drawing anime lesbians.

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Sen @dresdencodak.com · 01/03/2026

Last night I danced the salsa for the first time since I was a little girl, bringing back memories of my abuela's banana pudding and cutting sugar cane with a machete, and a Cuban flag spontaneously emerged from my forehead.

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Sen @dresdencodak.com · 26/09/2026

People will frequently say they're impressed (or concerned) with my level of work output, but frankly I don't think it comes close to how much freelancers draw to make ends meet. Those folks are forged in fire, my goodness.

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Sen @dresdencodak.com · 26/09/2026

Come on by the Portland Liberation Center tomorrow if you want some of my vegan coffee cake muffins!

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Dana Terrace @danaterrace.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I could've never imagined working with such a spectacular & skilled crew, making something so gruesome & beautiful, which is what I love from the horror genre. So proud of our team & cast. And to those waiting, hope you enjoy, or at the very least, hope it makes you flinch. #knightsofguinevere

A black and white shaded digital drawing of Andi and Frankie holding Gwen as her hand reaches out to a sleeping Olivia. Knights of Guinevere. Text says: Episode 2, October 9.

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Reluu @reluu.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Eri from Metal Slug 💪

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Sen @dresdencodak.com · 14/09/2026

I think this is one of my favorite panels I've painted in quite a while.

The mysterious band leader skeleton lady sings (from Dark Science #189)

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Sen @dresdencodak.com · 03/06/2026

Yesterday a friend introduced me as a "famous comics lesbian who is also a kung fu master with a hot cosplayer girlfriend who has multiple degrees and speaks five languages," and y'know when you put it that way, I guess I have done well for myself.

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Sen @dresdencodak.com · 25/09/2026

It surprises people when I say I love Mega Man, but I think it's because I love it in a "I enjoy playing the games a lot" way, not a "I know anything about the characters or world" way. I just like jumping around with that little blue guy! I think his name's The Rock?

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Home Movies - I'm a Kid Again

I always loved how hard Brendan Small went with the music in Home Movies youtu.be/0v41RVnPr9Q?...

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YouTube video by RatRequiem

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Sen @dresdencodak.com · 28/09/2025

My gf is convinced that this was scientifically designed for me specifically but just nobody got around to telling me about it.

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Sen @dresdencodak.com · 28/09/2025

How did I go my whole life until now without knowing about Vaelber Saga? Buff lesbians in a sword-and-sorcery-but-actually-post-apocalyptic-sci-fi setting? Just inject it directly into my veins.

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