A cartoonist-run small press. We publish narrative nonfiction comics and offer affordable comics-making classes. 💅https://bsky.app/profile/crucialcomix.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/crucialcomix.bsky.social/post/3mkst2qf3gs2aNew comic: The Third Bronze - The mystery of a missing Italian sculpture makes me think about the unknowns of my own family history. https://www.crucialcomix.com/comic/the-third-bronze/01 May 2026 19:04 +0000at://did:plc:eld72vfyjaxvltpqm7fcbtf4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkst2qf3gs2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/crucialcomix.bsky.social/post/3mk6cu5hio22rNew comic by artist Mike Centeno: No Place Feels Like Home - Witnessing Trump's overreach into Venezuela from abroad. https://www.crucialcomix.com/comic/no-place-feels-like-home-venezuela-trump/23 Apr 2026 15:21 +0000at://did:plc:eld72vfyjaxvltpqm7fcbtf4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk6cu5hio22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/crucialcomix.bsky.social/post/3mk4h4auqqk2tA comic for #EarthDay: The land is an ancestor we refuse to abandon. https://www.crucialcomix.com/comic/the-land-is-an-ancestor-we-refuse-to-abandon/22 Apr 2026 21:32 +0000at://did:plc:eld72vfyjaxvltpqm7fcbtf4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk4h4auqqk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/crucialcomix.bsky.social/post/3mk4gefps222yA beautiful new comic about an unexpected conversation with an NYC Lyft driver. https://www.crucialcomix.com/comic/lyft-ride/22 Apr 2026 21:19 +0000at://did:plc:eld72vfyjaxvltpqm7fcbtf4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk4gefps222yhttps://bsky.app/profile/crucialcomix.bsky.social/post/3miywlkunhs2l✨New comic: Frustrating and joyful moments from being pregnant as a trans person by artist Will Betke-Brunswick. 🏳️‍⚧️ https://www.crucialcomix.com/comic/excited-to-love-more-moments-from-my-trans-pregnancy/08 Apr 2026 18:33 +0000at://did:plc:eld72vfyjaxvltpqm7fcbtf4/app.bsky.feed.post/3miywlkunhs2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/crucialcomix.bsky.social/post/3mhosxvwjbc2aWe're hosting a free artist talk with the great @mattielubchansky.com this Wednesday, 3/25 - learn about her process for making trans-centric dystopian sci-fi comics! 👀 https://www.crucialcomix.com/product/artist-talk-mattie-lubchansky/23 Mar 2026 00:37 +0000at://did:plc:eld72vfyjaxvltpqm7fcbtf4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhosxvwjbc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/crucialcomix.bsky.social/post/3meoi6tjwhc23A new comic illustrates the raw and strange experience of developing schizophrenia. https://www.crucialcomix.com/comic/schizology-illustrating-my-slide-into-schizophrenia-graphic-memoir/12 Feb 2026 17:08 +0000at://did:plc:eld72vfyjaxvltpqm7fcbtf4/app.bsky.feed.post/3meoi6tjwhc23https://bsky.app/profile/crucialcomix.bsky.social/post/3mdy6k7hqsc2wCartoonists pen a series of comics about ICE in their communities: "These personal stories matter. Small stories are how larger narratives are shaped." #iceoutcomics https://www.crucialcomix.com/comic/cartoonists-against-ice-comics-series/03 Feb 2026 20:17 +0000at://did:plc:eld72vfyjaxvltpqm7fcbtf4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdy6k7hqsc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/crucialcomix.bsky.social/post/3mdj5bbe3os2iNew comic: A Canadian perspective on what boycotting the U.S. reflects about Canadian identity. https://www.crucialcomix.com/comic/on-the-border-of-nice-canada-us-relations-tariffs-opinion/28 Jan 2026 20:44 +0000at://did:plc:eld72vfyjaxvltpqm7fcbtf4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdj5bbe3os2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/crucialcomix.bsky.social/post/3m7bbrctyqc2gWant to learn how to write for nonfiction comics? We're sharing this chapter on writing for comics from new book Making Nonfiction Comics: A Guide for Graphic Narrative https://www.crucialcomix.com/comic/writing-for-nonfiction-comics/05 Dec 2025 20:02 +0000at://did:plc:eld72vfyjaxvltpqm7fcbtf4/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7bbrctyqc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/crucialcomix.bsky.social/post/3m6zs647stk2cNew comic: An art student from Pakistan shares what it's like trying to draw the human form when figure drawing classes are rare. https://www.crucialcomix.com/comic/figuring-it-out-figure-drawing-censorship-pakistan/02 Dec 2025 20:35 +0000at://did:plc:eld72vfyjaxvltpqm7fcbtf4/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6zs647stk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/crucialcomix.bsky.social/post/3m5tgq3zbx22gGorgeous new comic by @auilix.bsky.social ✏️ "Failing beautifully: Pole dance taught me to embrace myself—even what I'd seen as my failures." https://www.crucialcomix.com/comic/failing-beautifully-pole-dance-class/17 Nov 2025 14:29 +0000at://did:plc:eld72vfyjaxvltpqm7fcbtf4/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5tgq3zbx22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/crucialcomix.bsky.social/post/3m4iuquumgc2tNew comic just dropped about the horrors of wearing a bra. https://www.crucialcomix.com/comic/bras-what-are-my-options/31 Oct 2025 16:15 +0000at://did:plc:eld72vfyjaxvltpqm7fcbtf4/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4iuquumgc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/crucialcomix.bsky.social/post/3m2mpivol5c2oNew class announcement: Queer economies of care. How do queer folks keep each other alive, fed, housed, and laughing—especially when the system isn’t built for us?https://www.crucialcomix.com/product/queer-economies-of-care-comics-edition/07 Oct 2025 18:02 +0000at://did:plc:eld72vfyjaxvltpqm7fcbtf4/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2mpivol5c2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/crucialcomix.bsky.social/post/3m2kn7cuvis2iNew class: Raising and Drawing Our Kids Through Chaos is for anyone with young kids in their life who wants to make comics about navigating this difficult political era. https://www.crucialcomix.com/product/raising-and-drawing-our-kids-through-chaos/06 Oct 2025 22:15 +0000at://did:plc:eld72vfyjaxvltpqm7fcbtf4/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2kn7cuvis2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/crucialcomix.bsky.social/post/3m2kmy4ffus2iNew comic: Sobriety has been a lonely road, but I made it out alright. // By @danielgwilson.bsky.social https://www.crucialcomix.com/comic/cranberry-juice/06 Oct 2025 22:11 +0000at://did:plc:eld72vfyjaxvltpqm7fcbtf4/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2kmy4ffus2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/crucialcomix.bsky.social/post/3lzyzci34c22kNew comic: As a mental health researcher, hope often feels unjustified when the reality of our brains is so complicated. https://www.crucialcomix.com/comic/connecting-through-closed-doors/29 Sep 2025 22:04 +0000at://did:plc:eld72vfyjaxvltpqm7fcbtf4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzyzci34c22khttps://bsky.app/profile/crucialcomix.bsky.social/post/3lz7nflzd5k2kRavioli Unraveled: The comic essay no one asked for about that commercial where the can of raviolis follows that little girl home. By @darrenvogtart.bsky.social https://www.crucialcomix.com/comic/ravioli-unraveled/19 Sep 2025 19:54 +0000at://did:plc:eld72vfyjaxvltpqm7fcbtf4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lz7nflzd5k2khttps://bsky.app/profile/crucialcomix.bsky.social/post/3lxwxlu4gg223Crucial Comix is one year old today! We're celebrating our birthday by starting a Patreon, so we can be financially sustainable for the long haul. ✊ Check it out and thanks for supporting independent artists: www.patreon.com/c/CrucialComix03 Sep 2025 15:37 +0000at://did:plc:eld72vfyjaxvltpqm7fcbtf4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxwxlu4gg223https://bsky.app/profile/crucialcomix.bsky.social/post/3lxww5dflzs23New comic: Creative Spark by @egogala.bsky.social - As an artist, I use all kinds of technological tools. So why does AI feel distinctly repulsive to me? https://www.crucialcomix.com/comic/creative-spark-ai-artificial-intelligence-comics/03 Sep 2025 15:11 +0000at://did:plc:eld72vfyjaxvltpqm7fcbtf4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxww5dflzs23https://bsky.app/profile/crucialcomix.bsky.social/post/3lxi4exhnik26New comic by Tenli Yavneh: My mother had a long decline due to dementia. Reading her diaries after she passed helped me reconnect with who she was. https://www.crucialcomix.com/comic/dear-diary-motherhood-caregiving/28 Aug 2025 17:53 +0000at://did:plc:eld72vfyjaxvltpqm7fcbtf4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxi4exhnik26https://bsky.app/profile/crucialcomix.bsky.social/post/3lwwjxfjg7c2oWant to learn about editing comics? Our comics editing class is now up for fall! In this interactive five-session class, practice editing nonfiction comics while also improving your own. https://www.crucialcomix.com/product/editing-comics-class/21 Aug 2025 18:08 +0000at://did:plc:eld72vfyjaxvltpqm7fcbtf4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwwjxfjg7c2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/crucialcomix.bsky.social/post/3lwwizvlp722oIn "The Last Soviet Artist" published by @nplusonemag.com, cartoonist Victoria Lomasko documents the bravery of Belarusian protests in 2020. Read an excerpt here: https://www.crucialcomix.com/comic/a-trip-to-minsk/21 Aug 2025 17:52 +0000at://did:plc:eld72vfyjaxvltpqm7fcbtf4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwwizvlp722ohttps://bsky.app/profile/crucialcomix.bsky.social/post/3lwwitkdw422wFor cisgender people, gender-affirming care is just called "healthcare." A reflective comic by Al Benbow: https://www.crucialcomix.com/comic/why-wouldnt-i-want-that-trans-healthcare-gender-affirming/21 Aug 2025 17:48 +0000at://did:plc:eld72vfyjaxvltpqm7fcbtf4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwwitkdw422w