Al

A hand holding a piece of art with a fish at a desk, looking at a computer and it says born to swim forced to work

A hand holding a wide zine that says rural Butch brotherhood on the cover and in blue ink has a picture of mountains and trees

A hand holding a piece of art that says come and take it and it’s a rattlesnake holding transgender medications

A hand holding a folded zine with a picture of a feather, and it says birds of plum Island

VENDOR ANNOUNCEMENT @apbgraphics.bsky.social

Al Benbow is a cartoonist whose work often centers around identity, transness, lesbian community, and being outside. They primarily sell zines, short comics, stickers, and art prints. They also frequently explore decorative wood burning and rug tufting.

Painted these years ago and recently found them while cleaning stuff out. I’m probably going to sell them for ~$75. DM me if you’re interested! They’re US women’s size 9s, have never been worn.

MICE is crazy good this year. Everyone should go tomorrow if they can!

I’m going to be at MICE this weekend!!! At table 56B (in the big room), and speaking on the science comics carousel Saturday at 1pm! Come say hi!!!

#HowToTouchGrass is a comics anthology with only 4 HOURS LEFT on Kickstarter: buff.ly/ROsqvvJ

Featured work by @cadaverkeys.bsky.social ✨

#HowToTouchGrass is a comics anthology with only 8 HOURS LEFT on Kickstarter: buff.ly/ROsqvvJ

Featured work by @apbgraphics.bsky.social ✨

#HowToTouchGrass is a comics anthology with less than 24 HOURS left on Kickstarter!!! buff.ly/ROsqvvJ

Featured work by @blubat.bsky.social and @kelpienet.bsky.social ✨✨

Sometimes all you need is a deep breath of fresh air for everything feel all right! 🐌💚

Back #HowToTouchGrass on Kickstarter today: buff.ly/ROsqvvJ

(Art from "I'm no different from a bug" by @castrike.bsky.social) 🐌 💚

We're just $1,033 away from 25% for the HOW TO TOUCH GRASS comics anthology on Kickstarter: www.kickstarter.com/projects/pow...

Cover art by @oenomene.bsky.social and braided-grass typography by @joamettegil.bsky.social 👉🏾💜💛💚🌾

Only 10 days left to back #HowToTouchGrass!

And wouldn't you know it... only 4/5 slots left if you want to PAY ONCE and receive EVERY DIGITAL RELEASE we will EVER publish.

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The people have spoken: "Touch grass, Jo! We're all BROKE!"

Introducing the SOFTCOVER edition of HOW TO TOUCH GRASS! Same content, same quality, just without any bells, whistles, or hullabaloo.

The price will increase from $30 USD ~after~ the Kickstarter, so get it while it's HOT: buff.ly/HbA2TT6

#HowToTouchGrass is a comics anthology about... That's right. You guessed it.

"I always loved the idea of touching grass more than I actually did it, until I got laid off."
- @apbgraphics.bsky.social

Get notified when we launch on Kickstarter: www.kickstarter.com/projects/pow...
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Photo of a wooden disc cut from the cross-section of a small tree. A design is burned into it of a beaver swimming in a lake

Photo of a wooden disc cut from the cross-section of a small tree. A design is burned into it of a crawdad with its claws raised

Photo of a wooden disc cut from the cross-section of a small tree. A design is burned into it of a turtle swimming in water (as seen from above)

Photo of a wooden disc cut from the cross-section of a small tree. A design is burned into it of a circular frog life cycle. Around the frog life cycle is a line from Leslie Feinberg’s Stone Butch Blues: “Nature held me close and seemed to find no fault with me.”

A few more water-based guys I made recently!

The complete list of contributors to HOW TO TOUCH GRASS, in alphabetical order: Aimee Campbell, Akira B. and Jaye Fabel, Al Benbow, Archita Mittra and LILYRESH, Arielle Jovellanos, Asahina Nakama and Wren Rios, Bixie Boots, Bread Tarleton, Bridget Southwood, Bryn Forrester, C A Strike, Clover Ajamie, Dominique Duong and Jade Jude Sarson, Duna Haller and MICHIUMS, Elle Lim-Chan, Eric Monk-Steel, Grendel Menz, J Clarke, j guth and Hanna Oliver, Joamette Gil and Alberth Chacon Salas, Joan Zahra Dark and Han Olliver, Junoro and bat cities, Kamiab Ghorbanpour and Pareefae, Keith Frady and Alieha Dryden, Melika Hadinia, Mihael B. Peralta, Negin K. Manesh and Vin Mugavero, Nipinet Landsem and Em Matson-Brady, R. Bivens, Ravi Teixeira, Rose Ghostly, Ryan Estrada, Sara Yousefee and Fatemeh Molaie, Scarlet Wings Kaili, sen holiday, SharpiBees, Shay Commander, Sofia Lesage, soupfuzz, Stef Koehler, Tuu, Wendy Xu, and Zareen Choudhury.

HOW TO TOUCH GRASS is our next comics anthology, exploring the "how to" of... well, touching grass of course!

"Touching grass" is the #1 skill to securing our collective future, but it's a lot harder than it looks.

Follow us as we boldly go where we're all gonna have to go eventually!!! 🌿🌾✊🏕️

Hand holding a small wooden cross-cut of a tree with a ring of keys image burned into it.

Hand holding a small wooden cross-cut of a tree with a ring of keys image burned into it.

I’ve been working on a lot of comics I can’t post, but I’ve been able to try out some new mediums in the meantime!

Hand holding a zine with a drawing of a feather on it that says Birds of Plum Island!

Hand holding a zine of the back of a person's head getting shaved that says I love my bald head

A pile of tufted rugs shaped like frogs, cows, eggs and more

VENDOR SPOTLIGHT @apbgraphics.bsky.social !

Al Benbow is a designer and illustrator whose work is often centered around their identity as a nonbinary butch lesbian. They create comics, zines, and tufted rugs that they post on their instagram, @apb.graphics!

In light of the Trump Administration's directive in to start imprisoning thousands of migrants at Guantanamo, we're sharing this excerpt from 2020 book Guantanamo Voices about the ongoing impact of the prison. www.crucialcomix.com/comic/guanta...

Snake protecting a blue, white and pink flower from a shoe trying to crush it, with the text PROTECT TRANS KIDS

Oh hey it’s the year of the snake! Here’s a drawing of a snake I made.

may every trans child grow into a trans adult

Final #hourlycomicday part!

#hourlycomicday part 2

#hourlycomicday part 1!!! First hourly comic day and first time trying to post here…

LUNA MOTH ZINE FEST APPLICATIONS OPEN UNTIL FEBRUARY 15TH LINK IN BIO