Welcome!
My name is Maia Kobabe and I am the author and illustrator of GENDER QUEER: A MEMOIR. I started this patreon account back in September 2016 and the support I received here was vital while I set aside other projects to focus on that book. On this blog I post about all of the things I am working on now, many of which need to stay semi-secret until they are ready for publication. I post thumbnails, pencil sketches, and finished art from short stories for anthologies, comics which will be published online, and the children's picture books and young adult graphic novels I am developing. Here are some of the projects I have posted about in the past:

Genderqueer Comics
This is a series of short comic strips about being genderqueer and what that means to me. These comics were the earliest draft of GENDER QUEER- I have over 160 strips available in the archives.

Strength Through Unity
This comic ran on The Nib in May 2017. The subtitle is "How to Spot Fascism Before It's Too Late."

Queer Pride Month
This comic, written by Josh Trujillo, ran on The Nib in July 2017.

Tom o'Bedlam
A 24 page comic adaptation of a medieval ballad poem of the same name, which was recently nominated for an Ignatz Award and accepted into the 2016 Society of Illustrator's Comic and Cartoon Art Annual.

Fairy Tale
A 12 page comic based on a poem of the same name by the Czech poet Miroslav Holub.

The Sun
This 8 page comic was based on the Tarot card "The Sun" and appeared in the 2017 kickstarter anthology Tabula Idem.

The Imperial Malady
A wordless 6 page comic about caring for a loved one with cancer.

The List
An auto-biographical comic about books and lists, which can also be read online!

Why Patreon?
I love making comics, and I am very committed to posting them online for free. Patreon is a platform which allows you to support me on a monthly basis so I can keep doing just that. You can jump in for one month of support or multiple months, and you can change the level of your support or cancel all together at any time. I've been supporting a lot of other artists on here for years, so I can attest that it's a very easy site to work with. Thank you so much for considering becoming one of my patrons~
All the best, Maia