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Page four of the comic the (tiny) friend. The color palette is back to a bright daytime palette with blues, greens, yellows, purples, and pinks. Panel 1: The fireflies fly over the dandelion buds, using their own magic to help the buds bloom, making it much less work with just one firefly per flower. Panel 2: The fairy flies out of her home in the morning, looking despondent and sighing. Panel 3: The fairy notices the flowers and puts a hand to her mouth in surprise. A speech bubble shows two exclamation marks. Panel 4: The fairy floats over a patch of fully bloomed dandelions with bright yellow flowers. She looks so happy, and there's a speech bubble with a heart and an exclamation mark in it. Two fireflies and the ladybug look back at her happily too, each with their own speech bubble with a heart in it. Yellow text at the bottom right reads, "the beginning," a play on "the end."
A purple and pink comic panel showing a bookshop called The Nose Inn, decorated for Halloween. A shadow of a tall figure with a broad hat looms large against the front door.
Cosplay by Jessi Eoin: a colorful comic using shades of blue, purple, and pink with pops of yellow throughout. The top two panels start as blue, morph into purple during the magical transformation, and turn to pink in the final panel. Panel 1: Jessi looks left with a neutral facial expression as someone off panel says, "Oh, hey, Jessi, do you cosplay?" Jessi replies, "Hey!" Panel 2: Jessi facing a trio of people who are drawn extremely simply with very few features to them beyond basic shapes, ears, mouth, and eyes. Jessi says, "Oh yeah, all the time!" One of the people says, "Really? Who do you go as?" with a smile. The right hand side of the panel begins to turn into a purple background and shimmer with yellow, purple, and blue stars as it leads into the next panel. Panel 3: The panel shows Jessi in the middle, looking even rounder than normal, transforming a lá mahou shoujo style. There are four circular focus panels surrounding them. They're drawn in shades of pink with accents of blue, wearing a flowing dress with frills and ribbons, gloves, and puff ball-topped shoes. Streaks of light purple and yellow swirl with stars behind them, giving it a magical effect. Jessi says, "Despite all the odds, I dedicate my life daily to the art of cosplay with--" The first circular panel shows Jessi's hand holding a star-capped wand with text underneath that reads, "Magic!" The second one shows Jessi's hand now wearing a glove with text underneath that reads, "Determination!" The third shows a waving skirt with a ribbon with text underneath that reads, "Love!" The final one shows a close up of Jessi's face with makeup on with text underneath that reads, "Imagination!" Underneath these circular panels and Jessi are the trio of people looking up with awe with one saying, "Oh! Who could it be?" and another saying, "Wow! So cool!" Jessi ends the panel saying, "Through these powers combined, I become--!" Panel 4: Jessi is eating a slice of pizza, looking completely normal as the trio of people look at them with mixed emotions ranging from annoyance to unimpressed. The final text reads, "A lactose tolerant human."
A comic on black watercolor paper with violet line art and pops of color to emphasize the action verb with each panel. Panel 1: Erupt. A volcano erupts, spewing lava and hazy smoke into the sky. Panel 2: Spark. A human hand forges a long, narrow piece of metal, and sparks fly as the hammer strikes the hot metal. The human, anvil, and hammer are bathed in the glow of the heat. Panel 3: Grow. Seedlings sprout all over the panel, moving up through the dirt as they grow, bright green.
Page two of a mini comic titled "A Long Eviction." The color palette is of varying shades of purple with pops of white and yellow. The background is a very dark purple, almost black. Panel 1: Jessi stands surrounded by speech bubbles that press up against them from every angle, each filled with negative comments about Jessi. Text reads, "A lot of things seem to confirm my worst suspicions. The text in the speech bubbles read, "You just want attention. You just want money. You don't care. You're just too sensitive. Don't ever talk to MY family again, bitch. You're the only one who ever has a problem. Autistic people are fucking evil, man. I'm not being defensive, you're just being really aggressive. Lazy. You're such an asshole. Mean. You're unreasonable. You look scary when you don't smile. You're so rude." Jessi presses their hands to their ears to block them out. Panel 2: Jessi struggles to slam a door closed on the speech bubbles. Text above reads, "I do my best to..." Panel 3: Text continues, "...block out these words...." Jessi is in a room with their eyes closed and headphones covering their ears. In the background, the knob wriggles as if something is trying to enter. Panel 4: The text finishes, "...but...." An ominous figure opens the door with a creak and stares inside, their eyes glowing yellow as they stare.
A colorful comic by Jessi Eoin titled "Fairy Tales for Adults." The title is on a yellow banner in a fancy script font. There are pink and purple roses around the banner, and there's a border around the whole page in purple with leaves and decorative elements. The color palette is comprised of blues and purple with pops of yellows, pinks, orange red, and greens. There are nine panels, each showing a different fairy tale. Panel 1: "Owning a Home" shows a cozy home set in between trees behind a white picket fence with a blue mailbox. Panel 2: "Pinterest" shows a laptop open to Pinterest with lots of pins showing beauty, diy, and home categories. Panel 3: "Retirement" shows an old white woman on a beach chair under a colorful umbrella. She looks happy and relaxed. Panel 4: "Inbox at Zero" shows a phone open to the email app with zero messages. Panel 5: "We're a Family" shows three ominous, backlit figures smiling creepily and saying, "You don't need a union." Panel 6: "Protect and Serve" shows a white cop in uniform, grinning malevolently with his face half in shadow. Panel 7: "Health 'care'" shows a uniformed doctor wearing a pink surgical mask, a heart with the words "We care" on it, a stethoscope, and an ID that says, "Dr. Dick." Panel 8: "Justice for All" shows justice scales cast in shadows that look like prison bar.s Panel 9: "This Shit" shows a USA flag flying on a flag pole against a blue sky with the sun and a few clouds.
A seven page wordless comic titled Starved by Jessi Eoin. The color palette is in faded hues of blue, green, white, black, and muted yellow. Page 1. Panel 1: An endless grassy landscape stretches into the distance with large clouds casting shadows on the land as they glide by. The title of the comic and Jessi's name appear at the top in a handwritten font. Panel 2: A smaller panel at the bottom shows a lone figure walking in the distance.
Comic titled Day Off by Jessi Eoin. There are six panels, largely done in shades of light blue and white. The top panel shows the title and credits written on a steaming mug. The next panel shows Jessi taking a sip from their mug with a happy look and their eyes closed. Next to them text reads, "Ahhh~" with a heart under it. The next panel shows Jessi smiling and sitting with their mug in their hand and text next to them that reads, "Finally time to relax." The next panel shows Jessi in the same position, now looking slightly strained as two small green hands appear behind them, reaching out toward them. The next panel shows Jessi in the same position, looking considerably more strained as they ignore the green hands getting closer. The final panel shows Jessi in the same position, looking very strained and eying the arms that now stretch out around them. The arms extend from a giant green jello fruit salad monster that stares at Jessi expectantly and intensely. The various fruits inside have been labeled with white text: blog, art, news, portfolio, newsletter, patreon, social life, moving, admin, comics, and volunteering.
A single page comic illustrated in cyans, blues, yellows, and oranges showing two people sitting together in the midst of an explosion of plants of all varieties. The older person is a fat masculine person with brown skin and long black hair with a few streaks of white in it; wrinkles line their face, and they have a smattering of facial hair along their jaw and upper lip. They wear a colorful orange shirt with abstract flowers and leaves on it, and they have a black, geometrical tattoo on their left upper arm of triangles all in a row next to and stacked atop each other. The child has brown skin and black hair cut short like a bowl cut; they wear a baggy yellow t-shirt with blue jeans and a dark blue belt. They close their eyes as a great big tear wells up. The adult, sitting next to them, places a reassuring hand on the kid's back and gently wipes the tear from their cheek. The adult says, "It never goes away, Felix, but it's always okay to feel sad about it. Eventually, new memories and feelings will grow and ease the pain until it turns into an ache instead of a wound. Love grows side by side with the pain." Felix sniffs and says, "Like these plants?" the adult replies, "Yeah... Like these plants..."
A digital illustration of two fat white people embracing in a passionate kiss inside a cathedral with stone walls and columns and a wood planked floor. The person on the left is wearing a long, golden yellow dress and has long, flowing red hair, pale skin, and a prominent birthmark on her face over her eye and cheek. She has one hand pressed to the chest of the person she's kissing. The person on the right is a wheelchair user with a deep purple, short-backed, athletic chair with a silver sword attached to the back. The sword has a rose pink flower and green leaves engraved on the hilt. The person themself is wearing silver armor underneath a blue cloak with white fur at the neck, elbow, and calf, adapted for wearing in a chair while fighting. They have long, wavy brown hair, half tied back in a braid and a dusting of freckles all over their skin. They hug the person on the left, gripping the person's shoulder. In the background, there are two Norman style windows with colorful stained glass. Both designs show a femme person wearing a long pink dress with white wings and a golden halo, holding a piece of lavender that's pointed at the lovers. The person depicted on the left window is Black with black hair, and the other is white with blonde hair. The background of each window is set with the colors of the trans pride flag of pink, white, and blue. There are yellow and white stars all around each. At the bottom left corner is a small brown box with Jessi's name in it.
Illustration of Cartoonist Cooperative's mascots, Inkling (an ink bottle) and Nibford (a dip pen) in costumes for Halloween, as drawn by Jessi Eoin. Inkling is dressed as a jack-o-lantern, covered with orange and yellow paint and a leaf on a vine taped to the top of their head. Nibford is dressed as a vampire with a red cloak and fangs. They both dash through a dark wooded area with a full moon in the cloudy sky, and eerie glowing eyes watch as they run past with their trick-or-treat buckets full of candy. An ominous fog creeps toward them from all angles.
The Cartoonist Co-op's mascots Inkling (an inkpot) and Nibford (a dip pen) work together to hoist a banner onto a community board. The banner reads, "Get Involved!" The community board is very colorful and covered all over with flyers and posters and signs, all advertising various topics, from a fictitious play starring Inkling and Nibford, to calls for committee members and moderators, to a fictitious fundraiser that's almost met its goal. At the top, a sign reads, "Co-op Community Board."
A colorful digital illustration of Jessi Eoin, a fat, white, nonbinary person with wavy brown hair and blue eyes sitting on a purple couch and drawing on a green tablet with an intense look on their face as they focus. They have purple bags under their eyes and furrowed eyebrows. They're wearing a nasal strip across the bridge of their nose, a purple sweater, and a long, blue skirt. Behind them is a yellow pillow, and next to them on the couch is a pair of black and white drawings on papers. One of the drawings shows a queer femme couple walking arm in arm, and the other shows a snake with flowers. Next to the couch is a green peperomia plant in a spotted, turquoise pot. The background is divided into pink and yellow. On the right side, the pink side, is a white balloon showing what Jessi is drawing so intensely: a black and white drawing of a tastefully nude fat person with the word butt on it. On the left side, the yellow side, text appears in shades of purple and pink, handwritten font: "Jessi Eoin. Illustrations and Comics. And Butts."
A black and white digital illustration of two fat Black people standing close together, holding hands, and eying each other lovingly as they stand next to a lily plant with two flowers atop a long stem. The woman on the left has on a medieval style dress with long, ornamental sleeves and a flowing skirt; she uses a wooden cane, and her hair is worn natural, forming a triangular shape with all her curls. The nonbinary person on the right is wearing a tunic and hose over their chain mail armor, as well as a long, flowing cape and pointy shoes. The hood is up, framing their face and hair in twists as it cascades down to their shoulder. They look bashful while the woman looks at them fondly. In the background, there are fruiting orange trees in the distance, and they're surrounded by heavily textured grass. On the bottom left, there is a parchment-like banner with the title of the piece and Jessi's name on it.
A black and white comic with four, slightly overlapping panels that start as a square at the top and gradually turn into a circle on the bottom. There's text at the top right that reads, "Gardening. Jessi Eoin." There's an illustration of a watering can underneath it that sprinkles water over some seedlings. To the left of the panels, there's an elaborate drawing of a long flower with multiple blooms all up and down the stem. The panels show Jessi, a fat white AFAB person with shoulder-length hair as they walk through the steps of medically transitioning and growing a beard on their face. The first panel shows Jessi looking at their face in the mirror, hand to cheek. The second panel shows them using a watering can to water their face. The word "water" is written next to them. The third panel shows Jessi sprinkling seeds on their face with the word "seeds" written next to them. The fourth and final panel shows Jessi with longer hair now and a beard as they make a heart with their hands and look up, smiling. The word "glow" is written next to them with some sparkles.
Page 4 of New Garden. Transcript available in text following images.
A black and white illustration of a fat, Black person lying in their bed, fast asleep, with their hair protected in a monstera-print silk scarf tied around their head with the knot at the top. They’re lying on their belly with one arm tucked under their pillow with their head turned toward the edge of the bed and their face tucked cozily under their acne-scarred shoulder. They’re sleeping under a leafy blanket, and there’s a hand visible from their partner resting over their belly. There’s a large rug under their bed with a hatched texture and a slightly abstract pattern of leaves and flowers; lying on top of it is their cane and a pair of fuzzy slippers touching the edge of a pair of drawers and shelves behind the bed and under a large window with the striped curtains drawn shut. On the dresser is a variety of items: a letter is loose from its envelope, and it reads “Love You” next to a photo of a pair of people with their arms around one another; some simple jewelry lies in front of the frame, one with a star on it; a daily pill caddy lies nearby, next to several blown out candles with used matches lying next to them; a book titled “Disabled Voices Anthology,” edited by sb. smith; a mug of cold tea; and an alarm clock showing 7:31 AM as the time. Also along the dresser are a couple of fluffy, potted plants (a fittonia and a calathea), as well as a string of twinkle lights that drapes over the edge to trail lightly along the floor next to another potted plant (a snake plant). There’s a final potted plant (a dracaena) in the bottom left corner of the piece on the floor.
A black and white illustration of a fat, nude person with long, dark, straight hair lying exhaustedly on a couch in a living room, curling their arms around a pillow under their head. They have a succulent tattoo on their arm that also has the text "succulent" under the plant, and they have lots and lots of rolls and stretch marks and cellulite all over their body, as well as a fair amount of acne on their face and shoulders. Their living room is sleek with large windows and has a handful of plants in it, including a fiddle leaf fig nestled in the corner between the two windows. There are two cats in the piece; one is napping near its human's head in a funny position, upside down and twisted into a kind of C-shape, front paws in the air. The other cat sits quietly on the floor near the human's belly, staring up at its human's face, seemingly observing or maybe judging-- who knows what cats are thinking? Next to the window is a shelf filled with cat toys in a box and a cat-friendly plant on top for the cats to play with. On the floor in front of this is a heap of clothing and a cane, all of which appear to make a line leading to the couch, showing the progressive loss of clothing as the person got closer to the couch. In the foreground is an oval table with a coupe of Craft magazines, a single flower in a vase, and a watercolor painting with paints and brush out. The painting is upside down to the viewer, and it reads "Sleep deeply (and often)."
A black and white illustration of a person with long, kinky hair lying in bed with a wrist brace on, blanket pulled up to their face, exposing just their hand resting on their pillow and their eyes, fast asleep. To their left is an air humidifier going and billowing soft clouds of water vapor into the air that floats toward them slightly. On the floor is a thin carpet, topped with a very fluffy rug under their bed; spilled over the rug and carpet are a pair of used socks, a smartphone that looks like it fell out of their hand while sleeping, a sweater with a spoon on it, and a pair of shorts crumpled at the foot of the bed. There's a tall bookshelf across from the bed, where lie several books on multiple shelves, a plant whose leaves cascade down, some storage boxes, and a large amethyst geode that serves as a planter for a succulent. Behind the shelves is a potted snake plant resting on a three-legged stool with a lacrosse ball at the base of its legs. Leaning against the wall and under the heavily curtained window, there is a cane, and above that, partially hidden by the curtains, is another potted plant, sitting in the window sill where we can see a flurry of rain or snow out the window. A single line of stringed twinkle lights is hung in a romantic, casual way, and they're glowing softly. Finally, tucked behind the bed on the right, is a large fiddle leaf fig tree, peeking out from the edges of the illustration and reaching toward the window. Everything in the piece is partially hidden by something else in the piece, a reference to the illustration's theme of "Invisible Illness."