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27 | PhD in Toxicology, comic artist, Bird enjoyer Read my Black gay fantasy/sci fi webcomic at asterandthefire.com

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Curli @curlyqueued.bsky.social · Oct 17

Hi, I’m Curli and I am the creator of the Black gay sci fi/fantasy webcomic asterandthefire.com !
I also like to take pictures of birds and other wildlife in my spare time :D

Other links:
Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/T6T76VUN
Instagram: www.instagram.com/curlyqueued/
Portfolio site: cqcreates.carrd.co

Page of the webcomic Aster and the Fire. Aster realizes that something is a bomb and runs over to stop it from going off as reality distorts around her.

Page of Aster and the Fire. Rakhi and Aster are arguing and Messi interrupts them, sending Rakhi over to her office and indirectly saving aster from the horrible conversation.

Picture of a Red Tailed Hawk that has just snagged a toad, suspended from its beak.

Photograph of a Downy Woodpecker hanging off a tree branch. The photograph is tilted sideways so it looks like the woodpecker is right side up. The morning light shines through the tree leaves, casting the woodpecker in shadow.

Curli @curlyqueued.bsky.social · 19d

I swear I'm going to post thoughts about SPX/my SPX haul soon, I've just been busy being offline this past week lol

Curli @curlyqueued.bsky.social · 19d

Also, be sure to read the blog post! I'd definitely like to know if people would be interested in AATF (or other kinds) of merch! Especially if I start attending cons with some regularity.

Curli @curlyqueued.bsky.social · 19d

Aster and the Fire #AATF has updated!

In this update: Aster sees an old man and is so shocked by his hideous face that she almost falls down the stairs (again)

asterandthefire.com/comic/prolog...

#spiderforest #webcomics

Panel from the webcomic Aster and the Fire. Kid!Aster is looking up at something that surprises her (Teodros).

Curli @curlyqueued.bsky.social · 24d

Aster and the Fire #AATF updated this past Friday! (I was traveling to SPX and forgot to make the announcement lol)

In today’s update: the scary black speech bubbles have returned

asterandthefire.com/comic/prolog...

#spiderforest #webcomics

Panel from the webcomic Aster and the Fire. Closeup of Kid!Aster looking behind her as she’s running, a distressed look on her face. Someone is speaking and she’s trying to ignore it. At the bottom of the panel, jagged black speech bubbles form with scratchy white text.

Curli @curlyqueued.bsky.social · 28d

Surprise! I'll be at SPX this weekend!!! Super excited to meet y'all :D

SpiderForest Webcomic Collective @spiderforest.bsky.social · Sep 4

Will you be at https://www.smallpressexpo.com/ on September 13-14 in Bethesda, MD? So will we! Stop by our table at B2 to meet some of our amazing webcomic creators and grab our comic anthologies!

#spx

SpiderForest Webcomic Collective at SPX September 13-14 2025!

Curli @curlyqueued.bsky.social · 29d

Thank you Mari! ❤️

Curli @curlyqueued.bsky.social · 29d

Thank u I love them

Curli @curlyqueued.bsky.social · Sep 5

Loved drawing the expressions on today’s page!!

Kid!Aster looking googly eyed while shushing Agnes.

Kid!Jember looking googly eyes while gripping onto Agnes’ shirt.

Ezera looking shocked but also like he just smelled something really bad

Teodros serenely smiling, while Tsegai is absolutely losing her mind behind him.

Curli @curlyqueued.bsky.social · Sep 5

Aster and the Fire #AATF has updated!

In today’s update: target spotted

asterandthefire.com/comic/prolog...

#spiderforest #webcomics

Panel from the webcomic Aster and the Fire. Kid!Aster, Jember, and Agnes are staring directly at the viewer (actually looking at a doorway). Aster (in the front) seems upset but determined. Jember and Agnes (behind Aster) seem distressed and have comedically giant googly eyed stares. Jember looks like he’s about to cry.

Curli @curlyqueued.bsky.social · Aug 29

Totally! And not everybody needs to be a hero…I think the best thing Sharon can do now after all she’s gone through is learn to be a better person for herself and Puffer (someday).

Curli @curlyqueued.bsky.social · Aug 29

Also I love your character designs Jamie. They’re so charming and full of life. Reminds me of CLAMP with the long long legs.

Curli @curlyqueued.bsky.social · Aug 29

I see that Benny and Clarissa have similar color schemes and fashion choices…knowing she has to go to the North Pole eventually I feel like that’s not a coincidence.

Curli @curlyqueued.bsky.social · Aug 29

This makes perfect sense for her character…Clarissa saved her from her old life and is the tether to her new one, of course Puffer would cling to her. Hope she can make other friends in time!

Curli @curlyqueued.bsky.social · Aug 29

You know, after reading Sharon’s backstory, it’s a wonder she came about as well adjusted as she did…and that’s saying a lot considering I really dislike her in the P&C storyline.

Curli @curlyqueued.bsky.social · Aug 28

When I think about Lil Nas X right now I remember how the best comedians and trolls are often the most depressed people. I’m sorry that was true for him as well.

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Antifa Super Horse @ The Clidoris @cabalittle.bsky.social · Aug 26

They're making an example out of him because he spent the last 4+ years mocking the government and being a successful gay Black man in America

Elphabussy Thropp @dayoftheweek.bsky.social · Aug 25

Four Felony counts seems excessive

www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

Lil Nas X facing four felony counts after allegedly charging at cops while fully naked

Lil Nas X is facing four felonies tied to allegedly charging at police after a bizarre stroll down a Studio City street. New video shows him fully naked before his arrest.

www.latimes.com

Curli @curlyqueued.bsky.social · Aug 27

Ohhh I completely missed that! Well in that case, the “Comments” title is still showing up, so it may be helpful to remove it? Otherwise no worries.

Curli @curlyqueued.bsky.social · Aug 27

Comments don’t appear to be working as of 8/27.

Curli @curlyqueued.bsky.social · Aug 27

Been paying some visits to the local juvenile double crested cormorant recently…derpiest lil guy I’ve ever seen

Juvenile double crested cormorant swimming on the water.

Juvenile double crested cormorant standing on a rock. It is facing the camera head on and looks extremely confused and empty headed as a result.

Curli @curlyqueued.bsky.social · Aug 26

LUCY DEMISEXUAL CONFIRMED 💯💯💯

Curli @curlyqueued.bsky.social · Aug 25

Lucy is giving so much demisexual energy in this update. Love that for her

Curli @curlyqueued.bsky.social · Aug 25

I started using vector lines for the latest chapter of my webcomic and OH MY GOD what a lifesaver. I always end up resizing or tweaking my lines and now I can do it without ruining the resolution…CSP has it all!

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🥖Kekeflipnote🥖 @kekeflipnote.bsky.social · Aug 23

Choose your online engagement.

Curli @curlyqueued.bsky.social · Aug 23

Apparently some people are making fun of his crisis and arrest because they think it’s a stunt????

…Are y’all well?????

Like genuinely that’s some heinous shit. Please seek help and/or repentance

Curli @curlyqueued.bsky.social · Aug 23

I LOVE Lil Nas X’s music and joyful queerness, and he’s really inspired me as an artist and person. His mental health crisis and subsequent arrest/hospitalization is so devastating to read about. I’m glad he’s not dead and is hopefully getting the help he needs.

Out Magazine @out.com · Aug 22

Opinion: Mental illness in Black people is criminalized, and Lil Nas X being thrown to the ground and arrested is no laughing matter, Mey Rude writes.

Forget the 'stunts'—what happened to Lil Nas X is terrifying

Opinion: Mental illness in Black people is criminalized, and Lil Nas X being thrown to the ground and arrested is no laughing matter, Mey Rude writes.