Welcome to Saturday Morning Cartoons, a segment where four artists take turns delighting you with their whimsy, facts and punchlines on Saturday mornings! Our esteemed cartoon critters are Cameron Glavin, Anna Bongiovanni, Megan Praz and Yao Xiao. Today’s cartoon is by Anna!
I'm a cartoonist living in Minneapolis. Co-Author and artist of A Quick And Easy Guide To They/Them Pronouns. Author of Grease Bats, coming out Fall 2019 with Boom! Studios! If I'm not working I'm socializing. If I'm not out with friends I'm drawing. If I'm not doing any of those things I'm probably depressed. Support me using Patreon.
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awwwww this was so good!!
As the Grease Bats defend their bid to be The Best Thing.
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Awesome :)
So very d’aaaaw worthy…
i know! it’s too much!
Hahahahaha Scout looks so proud of the jelly beans costume!!!
I love Ari too and the new dynamics. Everything is so much wonderful and it makes my heart sing.
I am also really excited about Ari and am happy that readers are as well!
Ps. true story that jelly bean costume is the easiest last minute costume.
I love this!
This is super great! Halloween’s my favorite holiday, but also I totally feel Ari on all of this
thanks! And yeah, I feel like Halloween is one of those time’s I get super duper excited and then I go out and by the time the night is over I hate everyone.
Dude you never fail to deliver, this is deadly! I currently work in a shop that sells Halloween stuff, and I have to contend with my rage against the cultural appropriative ‘costumes’! I love all these characters and now I can’t pick a favourite- I’ve poly comic feels.
ahhh thank you! alsooooo so much judging for anyone who buys those costumes. I bet this is the worst time for you at that job right now! blarf!
Ah, the age-old battle of “Am i feeling uncomfortable because of emotions of high blood sugar levels?”
“I’m sorry I ruined Halloween”…”You didn’t, all those terrible and thoughtless costumes ruined Halloween”
Thank you!!! It’s hard not to believe people when they say I’m being a buzz kill about calling out peoples shit, but really they should feel like the buzz kill for being racist, sexist, homophobic, ect.
you’re not the buzz kill, THEY’RE A BUZZ KILL.
I had never really thought of the “butches wearing dresses” thing that way, but it’s something I’ll definitely keep in mind if I’m ever tempted to do that. I’ve found though that whenever I’m more feminine presenting than usual, the response is “thank god there is hope for you yet,” even from queer friends, so from my experience it seems that only men presenting in a traditionally feminine way is regarded as ‘funny.’ And there’s the issue that because of all that, the only contexts in which I can wear dresses while still having people respect my gender identity are ones where it is regarded as a joke, which is a shame because those things can be comfortable.
Which is a very convoluted way of saying thank you for this comic, it’s both entertaining and making me think a lot, and the line between “good natured fun” and “making fun of femininity” is probably never in the same place for the person wearing the costume and the people seeing it.
thank YOU for this comment. It brings up points that were definitely just skimmed over in the comic but are truth and things to consider. I definitely hear you on the gender feels as someone who usually presents more masculine of center but also like to femme it up. I will also say I have seen MOC/butches in dresses for halloween and they definitely regarded their outfit a joke and just worry it’s coming really close to this dangerous line of making fun of femininity, and not just the idea of them being feminine.
“the line between “good natured fun” and “making fun of femininity” is probably never in the same place for the person wearing the costume and the people seeing it.” TRUTH THO!
^^This and this comic–thank you for talking about femmephobia and Halloween <3
Those are some half-assed Halloween costumes. For Shame! Halloween is Gay Christmas, it is sacred, and I spent all weekend at its altar making homemade Link and Zelda costumes.
I want to see this costume and IT IS gay christmas!
lol I’d post a pic but it’s still not done, we’re competing in the flip phone/queer bomb thing at 1st Ave on Friday :)