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Aja 💖️ @vanilleon.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

True Magic, the Comic! Page 649: true-magic.com/view.php?id=... (Let's end this flashback on a high note.) 🤗️ #TrueMagic #SpiderForest

Henson gazes into the distance with bright-eyed optimism.

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Aja 💖️ @vanilleon.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

True Magic, the Comic! Page 648: true-magic.com/view.php?id=... (Boundless optimism!) ✨️ #TrueMagic #SpiderForest

Harriet cheerfully holds aloft the Lucky Rock.

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Aja 💖️ @vanilleon.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

🎉️ Happy Comic Anniversary! 🎉️ After 23+ years of studying every writing book and art tutorial I could get my hands on, I feel like I'm starting to do okay at making this thing. Thank you for reading my story while I keep working to improve! 💖️ #TrueMagic

Image: Comic panels of Henson's very first appearance in the old comic (2003), his first appearance in the reboot (2008), and how he looks in one of the most recent pages (2026).

Text: Happy [crossed out: 23rd] 18th True Magic Webcomic Anniversary! Thank you for reading, and here's to many more years of adventure! ♥

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Aja 💖️ @vanilleon.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

True Magic, the Comic! Page 647: true-magic.com/view.php?id=... (Remember to hold on to your treasures!) 💎 #TrueMagic #SpiderForest

Harriet gazes at the shiny blue stone in her hand while she talks. An exclamation point appears over Henson's head.

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Aja 💖️ @vanilleon.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

True Magic, the Comic! Page 646: true-magic.com/view.php?id=... (You tell 'em, Henry.) #TrueMagic #SpiderForest

Henry looks back over his shoulder with a sullen expression.

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Aja 💖️ @vanilleon.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

True Magic, the Comic! Page 645: true-magic.com/view.php?id=... (Dang it, Henson, this was supposed to be a *happy* flashback!) #TrueMagic #SpiderForest

Henson looks on in dismay as his parents argue in the foreground.

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Aja 💖️ @vanilleon.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

True Magic, the Comic! Page 644: true-magic.com/view.php?id=... Beware the Dad Glare™. 👁️👁️ (Also, please check out the news post!) #TrueMagic #SpiderForest

Henson sweatdrops as Henry looms ominously.
Narrative: Henson suppressed a groan. Of course it was inevitable that Henry would broach the subject of:
Henry: ...your chores?

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Aja 💖️ @vanilleon.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Our rent is devouring over 60% of my and my co-author's COMBINED incomes. We have no luxuries to cut back on except for... *checks notes* ...groceries. Please help me reach my first Patreon milestone, so that I can at least cover our most essential living expense! patreon.com/vanilleon/ab...

Patreon Progress Bar
Current Progress (My Entire Monthly Income): $999
Milestone Goal (Rent Covered): $1500

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Aja 💖️ @vanilleon.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

True Magic, the Comic! Page 643: true-magic.com/view.php?id=... (Also, please read today's news post under the comic page!) #TrueMagic #SpiderForest

Harriet and Henson sit side by side on a log.

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Aja 💖️ @vanilleon.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

True Magic, the Comic! Page 642: true-magic.com/view.php?id=... (Before PowerPoint, this is how presentations were done.) ✨️ #TrueMagic #SpiderForest

Henson enthusiastically shows off various crafting materials to Harriet, who smiles at the presentation.

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Aja 💖️ @vanilleon.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

True Magic, the Comic! Page 641: true-magic.com/view.php?id=... (That's the biggest moth she's ever seen.) #TrueMagic #SpiderForest

Harriet exclaims "Oh my...!" as she sees Henson.

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Aja 💖️ @vanilleon.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

True Magic, the Comic! Page 640: true-magic.com/view.php?id=... (ARE YOU READY for an entire DOUBLE-LENGTH PAGE of high-octane DAMP LAUNDRY ACTION?!) 💥️👕️💫️ #TrueMagic #SpiderForest

A shirt drops into a basket of wet laundry with a PLAP.

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Aja 💖️ @vanilleon.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

True Magic, the Comic! Page 639: true-magic.com/view.php?id=... (Remember to ANNOUNCE your STEALTH rolls!) #TrueMagic #SpiderForest

Chuck and Joe take off running. Joe says, "Be swift, but silent!" Chuck replies, "Aye-aye! STEALTH TIME!"

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Aja 💖️ @vanilleon.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

True Magic, the Comic! Page 638: true-magic.com/view.php?id=... (Cryptid sighting!) #TrueMagic #SpiderForest

Chuck glances up and spots Henson charging away down the path, bedecked with unidentified ornaments.

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Aja 💖️ @vanilleon.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

True Magic, the Comic! Page 637: true-magic.com/view.php?id=... (Roll for Stealth! ...with disadvantage, if you're gonna keep talking.) 🤦‍♂️️ #TrueMagic #SpiderForest

Joe and Chuck are poised dynamically outside Henson's window.

Joe: Listen carefully -- ANYTHING could be a clue!
Chuck: Right!
Joe: And stay alert! The SECOND he comes out...!
Chuck: Ready!

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Aja 💖️ @vanilleon.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

True Magic, the Comic! Page 636: true-magic.com/view.php?id=... (Two little guys with big plans.) #TrueMagic #SpiderForest

Henson waves cheerfully to Kiku, who skips away with a parcel over one shoulder and a shovel in hand.

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Aja 💖️ @vanilleon.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Happy 75th Birthday to Wendy Pini! 🎂️ ElfQuest is such a fantastic series (and the single biggest influence on my art style for the past 25+ years). I'm so glad that I found it as a kid, and that Wendy and Richard are still going strong. Here's to many happy returns! 💖️ @elfquest.bsky.social 💖️

Cutter and Rayek join forces to present a birthday cake. Rayek levitates it over the serving platter with his telekinetic powers, while Cutter prepares to slice it with New Moon.

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Aja 💖️ @vanilleon.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Quote with some dangerous character art! 🗡🩸

Marty claws his way up over a balcony railing. He's covered in soot and still slightly on fire, with a dagger clenched in his teeth. Wayne is not happy to see him.

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Aja 💖️ @vanilleon.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

True Magic, the Comic! Page 635: true-magic.com/view.php?id=... (Plotting and scheming continues...) #TrueMagic #SpiderForest

Joe and Chuck stare contemplatively into the distance.

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Aja 💖️ @vanilleon.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

True Magic, the Comic! Page 634: true-magic.com/view.php?id=... (Let's all enjoy a moment of peace and quiet.) 😌️ #TrueMagic #SpiderForest

Some unremarkable bushes next to a completely innocuous tree. Nothing to see here, folks.

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Aja 💖️ @vanilleon.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

True Magic, the Comic! Page 633: true-magic.com/view.php?id=... (This gives a new meaning to the word "faceplant".) 🤔️ #TrueMagic #SpiderForest

Henson stuffs his entire face into a large rose. Kiku looks on cheerfully, and yellow striped budgie-bees flit around in the background.

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Aja 💖️ @vanilleon.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Webcomic Day returns! And True Magic continues, with 600+ pages of comedic fantasy adventure! Surely you cannot resist its charms... 🥔️👀️✨️ true-magic.com #WebcomicDay #TrueMagic

Joe lounges in bed, gazing into a hand mirror as he practices his most smolderingly seductive grin along with the line: "Hey doll, was your mother a potato? Because you have the *most incredible eyes*..."

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Aja 💖️ @vanilleon.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

True Magic, the Comic! Page 632: true-magic.com/view.php?id=... (The pincers have pinced!) #TrueMagic #SpiderForest

Kiku cheerfully attempts to shake off the crayfish, which is now pinched onto his hand.

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Aja 💖️ @vanilleon.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

True Magic, the Comic! Page 631: true-magic.com/view.php?id=... (Extending the claws of friendship...) 🦐️ #TrueMagic #SpiderForest

Kiku examines a crayfish, whose claws go *snip* *snip* as it reaches toward him. Henson looks aghast at the whole situation.

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Aja 💖️ @vanilleon.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

This year's April Fanservice Day theme was "Decadent Desserts"! Naturally, Kiku was happy to participate. 🍰✨ [ #Art • #OC • #TrueMagic • #AprilFanserviceDay ]

Kiku lounges like an unusually cheerful evil overlord on his throne, surrounded by mountains of assorted desserts. He's holding a giant orange-frosted cinnamon roll in one clawed hand.

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Aja 💖️ @vanilleon.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

True Magic, the Comic! Page 630: true-magic.com/view.php?id=... (Thanks, Kiku.) #TrueMagic #SpiderForest

Voiceover Narration: "Kiku didn't *introduce* us, exactly, but he helped to... set my expectations."

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Aja 💖️ @vanilleon.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

True Magic, the Comic! Page 629: true-magic.com/view.php?id=... "They're just secretly intimidated by my coolness, right?" 🤔️ #TrueMagic #SpiderForest

Kiku laments: "They're all like, 'Stop asking so many questions~!' 'Stop saying words wrong~!' 'Stop telling the girls we like that we like them~!' But geez, how ELSE is anybody gonna know to like you back?"

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Aja 💖️ @vanilleon.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

True Magic, the Comic! Page 628: true-magic.com/view.php?id=... (You gotta take better care of your stuff, Henson.) #TrueMagic #SpiderForest

Henson stares forlornly at a bent and soggy pampas grass stalk.

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Aja 💖️ @vanilleon.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

True Magic, the Comic! Page 627: true-magic.com/view.php?id=... (Teamwork!) 🪡 #TrueMagic #SpiderForest

Henson and Kiku work together to mend the cart's canopy.

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Aja 💖️ @vanilleon.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

True Magic, the Comic! Page 626: true-magic.com/view.php?id=... (Oh, Henson, is that your answer to everything?) #TrueMagic #SpiderForest

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Aja 💖️ @vanilleon.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

True Magic, the Comic! Page 625: true-magic.com/view.php?id=... (Kiku does not fear ducks! ...But he does respect them.) 👍️🦆️ #TrueMagic #SpiderForest

Kiku: What's up, shorty?
Henson: DUCKS!!
Kiku: Yep, ducks can happen.

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Aja 💖️ @vanilleon.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

True Magic, the Comic! Page 624: true-magic.com/view.php?id=... (Is it safe to come out yet?) #TrueMagic #SpiderForest

Henson cautiously peeks out of the cart.

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Aja 💖️ @vanilleon.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

True Magic, the Comic! Page 623: true-magic.com/view.php?id=... (Inquiring ducks want to know.) #TrueMagic #SpiderForest

A duck glares through the hole it just tore in the canvas, hissing interrogatively.

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Aja 💖️ @vanilleon.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

I found Burne Hogarth's "Dynamic Wrinkles and Drapery" to be super helpful! After the first read-through, I felt like I understood the logic/structure of fabric so much better. Also, it has a lot of beautiful illustrations that are just fun to look it. ✨

An illustration of a leaping dancer, from Burne Hogarth's "Dynamic Wrinkles and Drapery" book.

An illustration of a person in a balletic pose, from Burne Hogarth's "Dynamic Wrinkles and Drapery" book.

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Aja 💖️ @vanilleon.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

True Magic, the Comic! Page 622: true-magic.com/view.php?id=... (When did this lighthearted flashback turn into a monster movie?) #TrueMagic #SpiderForest

Henson huddles inside a covered cart. An ominous silhouette climbs along the outside of the canopy with a WHAP WHAP of webbed feet.

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Aja 💖️ @vanilleon.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Oh, it's awesome that you remember that one! 😄 It... *finds page, looks at copyright date* It was... 21 years ago... I think I need to lie down for a minute. 🫠

Page 70 of the old True Magic comic, featuring a judgemental duck.

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Aja 💖️ @vanilleon.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

True Magic, the Comic! Page 621: true-magic.com/view.php?id=... (Whooo let the ducks out?) #TrueMagic #SpiderForest

Henson flees as two ferocious ducks fly after him with angry "quonk quonk" and "quank quank" sounds.

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Aja 💖️ @vanilleon.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

True Magic, the Comic! Page 620: true-magic.com/view.php?id=... (On your six, Henson!) #TrueMagic #SpiderForest

Henson turns, startled, to look at something behind him.

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Aja 💖️ @vanilleon.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

True Magic, the Comic! Page 619: true-magic.com/view.php?id=... (Even in the darkest swamp, there's treasure to be found.) 🪶✨️ #TrueMagic #SpiderForest

An iridescent feather sits on a rock, sparkling enticingly.

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Aja 💖️ @vanilleon.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

True Magic, the Comic! Page 618: true-magic.com/view.php?id=... (Our hero knows how to improvise.) #TrueMagic #SpiderForest

Henson gathers round white berries from a bush. An inset panel shows a sketched costume design featuring strings of pearls.

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Aja 💖️ @vanilleon.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Delighted to learn that there are goth toucans! 🖤️ And I just had to draw... the Grim Peeper. [ #Art • #Birds • #Toucans ]

An ominous hooded figure brandishes a dark scythe, which upon closer inspection is a toucan on a stick.

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Aja 💖️ @vanilleon.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

True Magic, the Comic! Page 617: true-magic.com/view.php?id=... (Time to upgrade this to a +1 Hero's Headband!) #TrueMagic #SpiderForest

Henson pulls off his headband and retrieves a threaded sewing needle from his pack.

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Aja 💖️ @vanilleon.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

True Magic, the Comic! Page 616: true-magic.com/view.php?id=... (We're taking the scenic route on this adventure.) 🏞️✨️ #TrueMagic #SpiderForest

Henson runs alongside the river and into the forest.

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Aja 💖️ @vanilleon.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

True Magic, the Comic! Page 615: true-magic.com/view.php?id=... (Pro Tip: Before embarking on an adventure, always pet the cow for good luck.) #TrueMagic #SpiderForest

Henson pets a fluffy cow, saying: "Wish me luck, okay?" The cow replies: "MMMOH"

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Aja 💖️ @vanilleon.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

True Magic, the Comic! Page 614: true-magic.com/view.php?id=... (It's frolicking time!) 🤸‍♂️ #TrueMagic #SpiderForest

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Aja 💖️ @vanilleon.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

True Magic, the Comic! Page 613: true-magic.com/view.php?id=... (For a given value of "chores"... sure.) #TrueMagic #SpiderForest

Henry asks: "You got big plans today?"
Henson answers: "Yeah!"

"Fixin' to make yourself useful?"
"Yeah!"

"By gettin' a head start on YOUR CHORES?"
"Y-- ...uh..."

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Aja 💖️ @vanilleon.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

True Magic, the Comic! Page 612: true-magic.com/view.php?id=... (Updated today!) #TrueMagic #SpiderForest

Henson looks into a mirror, frowning at the bruise that Joe left on his forehead. Voiceover narration says, "To be honest, our first meeting left me... a little miffed."

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Aja 💖️ @vanilleon.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

True Magic, the Comic! Page 611: true-magic.com/view.php?id=... (Updated earlier!) #TrueMagic #SpiderForest

Henson says, "Ooh... I want to see him someday!" and Harriet replies, "Ha ha! No you don't, pumpkin."

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