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Welcome to my little fragment of internet swamp! I’m Maia, I’m a student at the Center for Cartoon Studies, and I make comics! You might recognize me from small-scale tumblr hits like this comic or this one. Or you might follow me on instagram. Or you might be my mom. Or possibly a secret fourth category. However you found me, I’m glad you’re here.
I make journal comics about identity, curiosity, mental health, queerness, and joy. Sometimes I make other things too! My big dream is to write and illustrate full-length graphic novels for kids and teens centering and celebrating LGBTQ stories—books that imagine kinder, wilder, brighter worlds. We deserve ‘em.
about this newsletter
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content notes
My comics are generally suitable for teens and older, and there are unlikely to be any that are explicitly 18+. That said, minors: please use discretion. Posts containing sensitive material will always have a content warning right at the top.
about substack
Substack.com is a newsletter site that provides a platform for creators like me to connect with and share our work with our communities, and for our communities to directly financially support us and our work.
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