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Grease Bats by Archie Bongiovanni

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Two panels of the Grease Bat comic. Panel 1: Ari and Gwen are both wearing masks. Gwen is midsentence: "...the birds, flowers, you and all our friends, champagne, W.A.P. and my magic wand!" Panel 2: Gwen: "And THAT concludes my gratitude list!"

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Grease Bats: Gratitude

“What’s the point of podding if I can’t fix your unhappiness?”

Archie —

Aug 22, 2020

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Yao

A cartoon of two friends sit on a park bench. One has short red hair and a pointy hat. The other has jet black hair to their shoulders and green jacket. The friend with the black hair says "WE are both lost and I can't be the one to help you."

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Baopu #76: Lost, With Directions

I’m searching for the right person who can help me go through all this confusion.

Yao Xiao —

Aug 15, 2020

Reine

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A hand drawn cartoon of fictional, hot summer week in Portland. The sketches are black and white against a peachy-pink background. One queer partner complains to their other about having to serve a customer at their restaurant who refuses to wear a mask. The temperature outside is 97 degrees. It's HOT and the sun blazes.

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Reine #11: Heat Wave

One hot, queer week in the summer of 2020. From face masks, to protests, to cats sleeping on ice packs to beat the heat.

Ren Strapp —

Aug 8, 2020

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Cartoon of the artist, Dickens, discussing Black Lives Matter with two white strangers. The first white stranger makes a joke that the Black t-shirt she's wearing with Black Lives Matter on it is "so slimming" the second stranger erroneously compares statistics of white vs. Black victims of police brutality.

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Foolish Child #77: Black Lives Matter Isn’t a Trend

What’s the point in arguing with a world that will always devalue Black skin?

Dickens —

Jul 29, 2020

Grease Bats by Archie Bongiovanni

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Grease Bats: TikTok Goals

“Obviously I’m joining #FEMMEARMY”

Archie —

Jul 25, 2020

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Yao

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Baopu #75: Hitting a Wall

A surreal exploration of tackling a mental road block. The other side might be a very different perspective.

Yao Xiao —

Jul 18, 2020

Reine

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Reine #10: Building A Kinder World

We are going to build a kinder, safer world.

Ren Strapp —

Jul 11, 2020

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The Lakeview Crew #5: Thoughts on “Asians For Black Lives”

Aiden contemplates what it means to identify with the phrase “Asians for Black Lives.”

Emma Rust —

Jul 4, 2020

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Foolish Child #75: The Instructions Are Right There, People

Trying to erase the past doesn’t HELP Black folks.

Dickens —

Jul 1, 2020

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Foolish Child #74: Karens Don’t Get It

“Karen” is a whole conversation about: white fragility, white privilege, white women weaponizing their tears against Black people when we don’t comply.

Dickens —

Jun 17, 2020

Reine

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Reine #9: Take Care of Each Other

From a distance, or side by side in the streets, we take care of each other.

Ren Strapp —

Jun 13, 2020

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Foolish Child #73: All Houses Matter

You’re not worth my energy nor the years being shaved off my life from the stress of having to defend My Humanity.

Dickens —

Jun 10, 2020