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Stiffler @findchaos.bsky.social · 11h

Thank you!! There were many moments of doubt along the way, but we got there. 💖

Stiffler @findchaos.bsky.social · 12h

Bonus: Photo 1 was just what I could bang out by the end of class after I found the original version completely collapsed.

A text exchange between me and K, with a photo of the chiminea collapsed into three parts, as revealed from its plastic covering.

My text: "Lol, noooooo!"

K text: "Nooooo!!! Cat oven!! I'm so sorry!!"

My text: "It wasn't meant to be. The tragedy is epic. Honestly, it's mostly funny."

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Stiffler @findchaos.bsky.social · 12h

Progress on my little demon chimenea, off to be bisque fired next. 🐦‍🔥

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Stiffler @findchaos.bsky.social · 22h

Support trans creators! Join us on patreon.com/findchaos 🌈 -- It's how we stay alive! Which it turns out is great for making comics.

Find more comics like this on chaoslife.findchaos.com ✨

Tips, commissions, and shop via ko-fi.com/findchaos | Venmo $findchaos 💕

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Stiffler @findchaos.bsky.social · 22h

Jiji can be surprisingly ambitious when his goal is "chaos." 😹✨

A 4-Panel Comic. 1st Panel: A black cat (Jiji) is carefully climbing over an empty ceramic pot while weaving through other pots, glassware, and vases all laid out on a table.

2nd Panel: Jiji continues past more fragile pots and bottles, hopping past an open bag of potting soil and a trowel.

3rd Panel: Jiji arrives at the end of the table and triumphantly knocks over a potted plant.

4th Panel: The scene zooms out slightly to show a person (Stiffler) standing near the table, holding another potted plant and looking annoyed. Jiji is casually sitting above the smashed plant and pot. Dialogue: "Seriously?!"

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Stiffler @findchaos.bsky.social · 1d

Something about this outtake of Legba and Luna being relaxed goofballs alongside the river makes me happy every time I see it.

Two dogs (a mini-berniedoodle [Luna] and a shepherd-malamute [Legba]), panting happily while looking at the camera. They are both resting in the shade on a grassy lawn that looks over the Scioto River with buildings and trees across the bank.

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Shepherd @neolithicsheep.bsky.social · 1d

Do you carry documents that prove your citizenship everywhere you go? Cause I sure the fuck don't, and to do it would need to carry birth certificate, previous marriage certificate, and name change order to prove the man on my ID is the baby girl on my birth certificate.

CollinCountyDems @collincountydems.bsky.social · 1d

This is terrifying!

ICE breaks into this woman’s car in the pick-up line at West Loop Elementary school in Chicago and detains her before she can pick her kids up from school. (They were eventually let go after showing their documents)

This is Trump’s America.

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Stiffler @findchaos.bsky.social · 1d

Happy October! ✨ In the spirit of the season, it's time to reshare our first short story and one of my favorites, Every Day.

(1/8)

Page 1:

Title: Every Day, By A. Stiffler and K. Copeland

Panel 1 is a long black panel with the text: We spend every day together.

The rest of the comic is in shades of muted blue. Panel 1: A top down shot of a delicate teacup filled with a dark liquid, and a pale plate with a piece of toast on it-- a bite taken out of one corner. Text: She likes earl grey in the morning, with plain toast.
Panel 2: A woman sitting at a table, smiling as she holds the same teacup.
Panel 3: A woman biting her lip while looking in the mirror, putting on a long necklace with a bird pendant. Text: She's the love of my life.

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Stiffler @findchaos.bsky.social · 1d

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Page 8:

Panel 1: Still in full color, but the man is in blue, and see-through. The man sits at the kitchen table from before, a cup of half drunk tea across from him at the other chair, and a plate of mostly eaten toast. The chair is empty. The man smiles as he looks on.
Panel 2: A black panel. Text: We spend every day together.

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Stiffler @findchaos.bsky.social · 1d

(7/8)

Page 7:

Panel 1: A flashback, now in full color. Mary looks down as she opens the door, looking upset, arm outstretched.
Panel 2: The man/original narrator, lying pale with eyes open and milky, on the floor as Mary's legs can be seen in the doorway behind him.

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Stiffler @findchaos.bsky.social · 1d

(6/8)

Page 6:

This page is now full color.
Panel 1: Brent and Esther look slightly concerned. Speech bubble from Brent: This is a great building, but...
Panel 2: Esther shrugging in worry as she looks up at Mary. Speech bubble from Esther: We're a little skeptical. Why would anyone want to move out of such a nice place?
Panel 3: Mary looks forlorn and to the side, as Brent and Esther stand listening. Mary speech bubble: Oh... Actually, the guy who used to live here before passed away. It was... an aneurism or something.
Brent Speech bubble: Oh jeez. Sorry.
Panel 4-? A succession of smaller and smaller panels, showing the new neighbors laughing and talking together in the hallway. The panels overlap a flashback to one of the earlier panels, where Mary has her arm outstretched to open a door.

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Stiffler @findchaos.bsky.social · 1d

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Page 5:

The comic, in only shades of blue, slowly starts to transition to full color throughout this page.
Panel 1: The woman walking through her apartment hallway, multiple doors with numbers and letters surround her. She's carrying a small bag of groceries.
Panel 2: A close up of the woman's face as she passes by one of the doors, looking sad.
Panel 3: The woman turning as the door opens to reveal a couple -- an older man and an older woman, the man is carrying a small moving box. Speech bubble from woman: Oh! You must be the new neighbors. Welcome to the building.
Panel 4: The woman and older man shake hands as the older woman comes up behind the man, everyone is smiling warmly. Speech bubble from older man: Thanks! I'm Brent, and this is Esther. Speech bubble from Woman: Mary. Nice to meet you.

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Stiffler @findchaos.bsky.social · 1d

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Page 4:

Panel 1: The woman up on a short ladder, painting a wall with a paintbrush as the man reaches out to touch a can of pain, looking over at her lovingly. Text: Now I know everything about her...
Panel 2: The woman smiling as she arranges a vase of flowers on a table, the man standing just behind the table smiling at her. Text: ...her laugh, her favorite flowers, her most intimate secrets.
Panel 3: A shot of the woman on the phone looking distressed, the man is behind her, outreaching his hands gently over her shoulders as he looks on in worry.
Panel 4: The man and woman lying in bed together, the woman on the right and the man on the left. Text: Every night, I tell her I love her as she falls asleep.
Panel 5: The man and the woman sitting across from each other at a table, the woman is sipping tea and smiling, the man has his hands folded on the table. Text: And in the morning, she always has Earl Grey and plain toast. The routine makes me happy.

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Stiffler @findchaos.bsky.social · 1d

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Page 3:

Panel 1: The man and woman passing each other on a set of common stairs. Text: For a year, we were just friends.
Panel 2: The man looking back over his shoulder sadly. Text: I never got the courage to ask her out.
Panel 3: A long panel showing the woman from behind, illuminated in front as she opens a door. Text: Then one day, she came by...
Panel 4: A shot of the woman and man walking down the stairs together, as an elderly neighbor passes by with a wave.
Panel 5: The man and the woman sitting on the couch, watching TV. The woman is laughing hard and the man is looking at her adoringly. Text: And ever since then, we've been inseparable.

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Stiffler @findchaos.bsky.social · 1d

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Page 2:

Panel 1: A view of the woman from behind as she puts on her necklace, looking into a large oval mirror on top of a dresser. Text: We didn't used to be so close.

Panel 2/3: A man in the frame now watches the woman as she looks at some letters, and as she works out in front of a flat TV.

Panel 4: The woman carrying a large bag of overflowing groceries. Text: But then everything changed one day.
Panel 5: The woman is walking down a set of stairs holding with the man a large moving box they are both helping to carry up the stairs. The man has a strained expression while the woman is smiling. Text: We met when she was moving one floor up.
Panel 6: The woman laughing while carrying a can of sofa, the man has an animated expression as he speaks, with large hand gestures. Text: I'm not that strong, but she laughed at all of my jokes.
Panel 7: The man smiling back at the woman while holding a box as the woman looks neutral as she walks away carrying a different box.

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Stiffler @findchaos.bsky.social · 1d

Happy October! ✨ In the spirit of the season, it's time to reshare our first short story and one of my favorites, Every Day.

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Shepherd @neolithicsheep.bsky.social · 2d

You either defend trans people and people of color now, or you go out alone when it's your turn. Just like Niemoller thought the Nazis would leave him alone if he was a good German. You're as wrong as he was. You'll find out.

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Stiffler @findchaos.bsky.social · 2d

I'm not even as annoyed by the line curves, bc who knows, that could be how layers work, but my true frustration lies in the parts where lines disappear altogether. As you can see on the unworn photos of the shirt, the algorithm doesn't seem to feel the need to lie so blatantly.

Stiffler @findchaos.bsky.social · 2d

I was looking through our recent pics (bc ofc we're the sort of couple that links pics), and I found a pic @kdotink.bsky.social snapped that showed the back of my head. Guys... It's hard to picture yourself from behind and I knew it was curly, but I wasn't prepared to see the F L O O F.

A view from behind a person (Stiffler/me), walking down a suburban sidewalk on a sunny day. They are wearing a pastel plaid button-up shirt and their hair is basically a flax-colored orb of 3C curls around the general head region.

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KDotInk @kdotink.bsky.social · 3d

Anyway you can read the rest of the chapter and next chapters at the link below.

Warnings of pretty much anything you can think of, my writing is based on queer life experiences + religions that fit into horror tropes, so it's entirely messy -- fun!! ⭐ 👻
www.findchaos.com/comic/false-...

False Prophet Page 26 – FindChaos

www.findchaos.com

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Stiffler @findchaos.bsky.social · 3d

Some of my favorite illustrations, so far.

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Stiffler @findchaos.bsky.social · 3d

It's been hard to stay away from the FindChaos comic while life has had a way of being so ✨exciting🫠, but now it feels so much more important to get on with things, get messy, say what has been waiting to be said, and enjoy this queer, weird, beautiful rollercoaster together. To be continued...

KDotInk @kdotink.bsky.social · 3d

Oh no, Google showed me old pages of our comic that is on hiatus and now I need to write more of it unfortunately...