Teddie Bernard

SAVE THE DATE! The next Off the Page—LOVE BUGS—will be held on February 15th, 2026 at 7:00pm. More details to come soon! We'll see you in the New Year!

See you there!

Who's ready for another Off the Page? Mark your calendars folks because you won't want to miss this one!

Chicago peeps! Get excited for South Side Zine Fest! I'll be there, at the Richard Daley Library, on July 26! It'll be a good time and I'll have more copies of my new book. :)

So excited!

the cover page for my t4t/butch4butch comic panel 1: dan smoking alone in the parking lot behind the bar panel 2: dan's defeated reflection in the mirror, and in front of him is a lover looking at him with a demanding, angry expression panel 3: val smoking alone, expression unseen, with the lights of the bar behind him panel 4 & 5: a young butch seated at a table among a crowd of people, mostly talking or dancing among themselves. in the next panel, the same character is absent. title: BOY SKIN

a drawing of the Great Eleusinian Relief

an illustration made to look like a photo of a TV screen, a drawing of prometheus and the eagle. DISCLAIMER: if you are offended by homosexual activity, we recommend you do not view this tape. closed captions: if this is suffering, he'll bind himself to its rock.

BOY SKIN
an experimental mix of comic and illustrated prose, about a hookup one night in the autumn. trans & butch. adults only.
superpose.itch.io/boy-skin

"Flood" is my forthcoming graphic novella about two butches in a band, Jack and Ed, who find their friendship tested by a painful world. I'm so excited for it to be something people can experience soon.

did some illustrations for this piece!

Part of what I enjoy about creating time period specific work is the research about historical dress. While I am by no means aiming for full historical accuracy, it's a fun challenge to aim to costume characters based in specific times. This graphic novel takes place in the early 1950s.

Additional concept art of two more characters: Ronald Barnes and Floyd Brennan.

Illustration of Gina LaRue. She is a tall, slim woman in a stripped dress with a dramatic attitude.

Art of Kit Holiday. She is a medium height woman, medium length brown hair, almost bland in her appearance.

Illustration of Oretta Adams. She wears a pink skirt suit that she looks dreadfully uncomfortable in.

Last year, I published my first full-length graphic novel, Ballyhoo (Book One). Working on book two now. Here is concept art for some of the characters in upcoming chapters: Gina LaRue, Kit Holiday, and Oretta Adams.

Hey!! Still figuring out Blue Sky—but I made a comic about trans joy and trans rage which you can check out here in Crucial Comix's newsletter! ⚧️🧡 Check them out for amazing non-fiction comics!

Yes, I am co-organizing it... But I really do think it will be amazing. We have a great line-up of readers, it's an event you won't want to miss.

Wow! A queer comics reading at Dorothy Downstairs? Sounds amazing!

@potatofuzz.bsky.social and I are hosting a comics reading on May 8th! It's going to be excellent—be sure to save the date!

Hey all! I'm Teddie—a queer, Chicago-based cartoonist and artist. Will be occasionally posting my art here.

Here's a spread of comics from my graphic novel Ballyhoo where our lead character stumbles her way into the lesbian bar "The Lilac."