Maia Kobabe
@redgoldsparks.bsky.social
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reading books, writing books, defending books
https://linktr.ee/maiakobabe
pronouns: e/em/eir
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List of resources in the thread β€οΈπ€π€π
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Revisiting a few paintings I did back in 2017 for a Pride month comic π³οΈββ§οΈπ³οΈβπ
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My May book reviews are up (free patreon post) and information about THREE different federal book banning bills, all of which I urge you to call your reps about. I wrote call scripts:
www.patreon.com/posts/may-20...
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May 2026 Book Reviews | Maia Kobabe
May 2026 Book Reviews by Maia Kobabe on Patreon. Join Maia Kobabe's community for exclusive content and updates.
https://www.patreon.com/posts/may-2026-book-159873820
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If you'll be at TCAF this weekend, make sure to visit Hazel and Bell and say hello from me!
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Konner Knudsen π
2 days ago
Hey all, please sign the petition and share and get everyone you know to sign. You have no idea how hard these folks have been working and how much your support lifts their spirits. Show the Dark Horse workers your love and stand with them!
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happy "all queer infighting and lateral punching completely stops and we focus our collective ire on cops, corpos, and politicians" month
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I love this comic so so much, in part because Kori's experience is really different from mine, but reading this helped me understand my journey! π³οΈββ§οΈπ³οΈβππ
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Pinkgabbercat
2 days ago
Happy Pride!!
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BERNERI β§
2 days ago
finished it just in time!
#art
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#trans
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#pride
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#crossstitch
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"OF COURSE, we always knew you were GAY..." A short autobio comic I made as an A4 foldie zine a while back β¨π³οΈβπβ¨
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Thank you
@fuse8.bsky.social
for highlighting OPTING OUT and for your thoughtful questions!
afuse8production.slj.com/2026/05/21/r...
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Reflections of Identity: An Opting Out Conversation with Creators Maia Kobabe and Lucky Srikumar - A Fuse #8 Production
Queer content in children's books has been growing harder to find the last few years. All the more reason to celebrate this loving collaborative graphic novel about wanting nothing to do with the whol...
https://afuse8production.slj.com/2026/05/21/reflections-of-identity-an-opting-out-conversation-with-creators-maia-kobabe-and-lucky-srikumar/
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Ollie Kaplan
3 days ago
Over at
@prismcomics.bsky.social
, I shared an exclusive excerpt of GENDER QUEER: THE ANNOTATED EDITION by
@redgoldsparks.bsky.social
& from
@oni-press.bsky.social
Read here:
www.prismcomics.org/exclusive-ex...
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Tomorrow night in Santa Rosa!
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5 days ago
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mimi @ π DTIYS π¨
6 days ago
this fucking sucks ( from the creator of the cupcake character, lorynbrantz instagram -
www.instagram.com/p/DY2v_qXIoQt
)
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jenny (phire)
7 days ago
Wikimedia Foundation just fired a long time lead developer of MediaWiki as well as its entire community team for unionizing. If youβre a donor, email
[email protected]
to protest this move.
medium.com/@jakeorlowit...
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Big Techβs Anti-Labor Playbook Has Come for Wikipedia
TLDR: In ten days last month, the Wikimedia Foundation fired the longtime lead developer of MediaWiki and disbanded the team whose entireβ¦
https://medium.com/@jakeorlowitz/wikipedia-is-doing-the-capitalist-thing-56a393232943
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πTORI.PNGπ
7 days ago
When people ask for shipping supplies recommendations I do not hesitate to link
refuseuline.com
Quite literally I just reference this, there are so many options that are better and not evil.
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Hell yes, Dark Horse! Good luck with the union
@darkhorseunion.bsky.social
π€π΄!
#DHWU
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7 days ago
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J. Anderson Coats (she/her)
8 days ago
The book-banners are at it again. We're all tired, I know, but please consider calling your house reps and senators to demand they vote NO on this trifecta of book-banning bigotry. They win when we give up. So we can't give up.
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Meg Lemke
8 days ago
pssst get your Ignatz subs in this week (as I know bc my calendar keeps spamming me about it)
www.smallpressexpo.com/ignatz-rules/
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Ignatz Awards Submission Rules β Small Press Expo
https://www.smallpressexpo.com/ignatz-rules/
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I signed a big stack of books at the Powell's on Hawthorne in Portland, OR this weekend! Pick them up if you want one :)
8 days ago
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I loved this book! If you are in SF this weekend, say hi to
@jooliefiveash.bsky.social
and pick up a copy of The Froggy Library!
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12 days ago
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daryl seitchik
13 days ago
giles would never use ai for his slides. find your inner giles
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HR 2616, text below, just passed today in the House. Now it's time to call your Senators & tell them to vote NO ON HR 2616/S 2251 (and the very similar bills: HR 2617 & HR 7661 which aim to ban all trans books from every public school in the country!)
www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
13 days ago
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Cathy G. Johnsonπ΄
15 days ago
It's real and in my hands! ARCs for Fox River Comics Camp! I think it came out very charming, I think you'll be very charmed. Librarians and booksellers get at me/us if you want an ARC!
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ΞΉΠΌ ΡΞ½ΞΉβ ΠΈΟΟ :3
15 days ago
making this comic for
@npr.org
got me to do yoga again!
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Can't keep a habit? This comic shares a proven formula to make it stick
In this illustrated guide, behavioral scientist BJ Fogg breaks down his Tiny Habits framework to help you rethink your approach to starting (or restarting) a habit.
https://www.npr.org/2026/05/19/nx-s1-5825984/cant-keep-a-habit-this-comic-shares-a-proven-formula-to-make-it-stick
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This Thursday May 21 hear me, Sina Grace
sinagrace.bsky.social
, Meg Cabot
@megcabot.bsky.social
, Mike Dawson
@mikedawson.bsky.social
, and Sean Ryan talk about our new books in the "Going Graphic" panel with
@slj.com
! Free to register here:
www.slj.com/event/school...
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15 days ago
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GENDER QUEER: THE ANNOTATED EDITION is out today from
@oni-press.bsky.social
! I'm so grateful to everyone who read, bought, recommended & defended this book over the past 7 years (5 of which it spent within the top 3 most challenged books in the US).
www.simonandschuster.com/books/Gender...
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15 days ago
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Thank you
@autostraddle.bsky.social
for including both OPTING OUT and the ANNOTATED GENDER QUEER on this list of most anticipated queer books released in May :)
www.autostraddle.com/our-most-ant...
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Our Most Anticipated Queer Books for May 2026
Great sci-fi and hybrid nonfiction are coming your way this month. Plus a whole lot more.
https://www.autostraddle.com/our-most-anticipated-queer-books-for-may-2026/
15 days ago
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π³οΈββ§οΈ "Josephine" by Magnolia Electric Co.
16 days ago
FYI, Neil Gaiman appears to be lurking around Bsky again All are encouraged to block:
bsky.app/profile/neil...
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Zach Rabiroff
16 days ago
New statement from San Diego Comic Con on the Eisner-nominated anthology using AI:
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We toured!!! Find signed copies of OPTING OUT at the bookstores that hosted us- The Nonbinarian in Brooklyn, Cover to Cover Books in Columbus OH, All She Wrote in Boston, Left Bank Books in St Louis, & Under The Umbrella in Salt Lake City. Also Half Priced Books on West Lane Ave in Columbus OH πππ³οΈββ§οΈπ₯°
16 days ago
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Aubrey ππ³οΈβπ
18 days ago
For the record, this proposal specifically targets gender identity. You have until May 22nd to submit a comment
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C.K. Carpenter π³οΈβππ»π
17 days ago
Not sure what the Eisners should do about the current AI predicament they find themselves in, but this petition requesting that guidelines be updated for the future saying any comic using AI will be disqualified from the Eisners seems like a no-brainer.
c.org/8N5Ydf8GVS
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Sign the Petition
No AI At The Eisners
https://c.org/8N5Ydf8GVS
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Thanks for the great show π
#λ°©νμλ λ¨
#BTS_WORLDTOUR_ARIRANG
#BTS_WORLDTOUR_ARIRANG_STANFORD
#bangtan
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Excited for this one!
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16 days ago
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Thank you so much
@bklynlibrary.bsky.social
for including Gender Queer on this list!
www.bklynlibrary.org/america-250/...
"250 most influential books in United States history"
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250 for 250 Booklist | Brooklyn Public Library
Brooklyn Public Library is celebrating our country's 250th anniversary the best way we know how: with a thoughtful, surprising, irresistible booklist.
https://www.bklynlibrary.org/america-250/booklist/
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Authors Against Book Bans
19 days ago
Happy Friday! This weekend make sure the Little Free Libraries in your town are well stocked AND it'd probably be a good idea to put some of our HR7661 postcards while you're at it!
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Victoria Ying
20 days ago
Apply! We have money to give to some folks this year!
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Thank you for this generous review! I'm excited to attend my first Graphic Medicine International Collective conference this summer in Baltimore, MD- July 23-25:
www.eventbrite.com/e/2026-graph...
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19 days ago
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Jadzia Axelrod π³οΈβππ³οΈββ§οΈ
29 days ago
This is a great article by
@saracentury.bsky.social
about the annotated edition of
@redgoldsparks.bsky.social
's GENDER QUEER.
www.polygon.com/gender-queer...
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One of the most banned books in the U.S. is making a triumphant comeback next month
Maia Kobabe's memoir Gender Queer is getting the best treatment despite all the reactions
https://www.polygon.com/gender-queer-comic-annotated-reprinting-exclusive/
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βοΈ Martina βοΈ
about 1 month ago
Finally got all of my zines uploaded on my website, so you can read them (if you wish). The site is still under construction and will maybe some day have more stuff on it. :)
martinamonster.art/zine-archive
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MARTINAMONSTER ART
https://martinamonster.art/zine-archive
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Karen K. Ho
about 1 month ago
I have escalated my aversion to Spotify.
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Olivia When
about 1 month ago
Job hunting in a hostile environment. β¨
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Reviews of everything I read in April! (free post on patreon)
www.patreon.com/posts/april-...
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April Reading and Reviews | Maia Kobabe
April Reading and Reviews by Maia Kobabe on Patreon. Join Maia Kobabe's community for exclusive content and updates.
https://www.patreon.com/posts/april-reading-157144163
about 1 month ago
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Trung Le Nguyen
about 1 month ago
Making some journal comics, so hereβs a preview where
@redgoldsparks.bsky.social
took me to the Schulz Museum!
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I drew these pages in my sketchbook a year ago to explain my thought process on thumbnailing while working on Opting Out. I co-wrote this book with Lucky Srikumar
@luckyscomix.bsky.social
and it's out from Scholastic Graphix on May 5!
bookshop.org/p/books/opti...
about 1 month ago
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Starbucks Workers United
about 1 month ago
Remember: support workers by NOT BUYING STARBUCKS until the company finalizes a fair contract for over 10,000 baristas who are still waiting for Starbucks to do better!
nocontractnocoffee.org
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No Contract, No Coffee | Starbucks Workers United
Starbucks baristas brewing change. Join the movement for fair contracts, better wages, and worker protections.
https://nocontractnocoffee.org
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Cover to Cover Childrenβs Books
about 1 month ago
Join us on Thursday, May 7 at 7pm for a special after hours event with Maia Kobabe and Swati βLuckyβ Srikumar in celebration of Opting Out. Details at
www.covertocoverchildrensbooks.com/event/evenin...
@redgoldsparks.bsky.social
@luckyscomix.bsky.social
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I LOVE THIS COMIC SO MUCH! π§‘πππ book is here:
bookshop.org/p/books/opti...
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