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Olive Rae Brinker
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Olive / She/Her / Creator of Rae the Doe / Co-Writer of Wonderpunch!

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New Rae the Doe comics Mon-Wed-Fri-Sun, posted here and on Comics Kingdom.
http://comicskingdom.com/rae-the-doe
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Olive Rae Brinker @olivebrinker.bsky.social · Dec 23
Howdy! I make an online newspaper comic called Rae the Doe. It's about an anxious, trans doe and her punk skunk girlfriend.

Archive of 1000+ Comics: raethedoe.com
Pay What You Want eBooks: raethedoe.itch.io
Books: bit.ly/raethedoe
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Patreon: patreon.com/raethedoe
Mimi is standing with Mimi. Rae looks very happy. RAE: Mimi, there’s something I must admit. I have a crush on you. Mimi has her usual, neutral expression. MIMI: Rae, we’re literally dating. Rae looks VERY happy. RAE: So it’s mutual?! Cybil and Lottie are standing together. CYBIL: Sometimes I think you’re trying to misunderstand me. LOTTIE: What do you mean? EARLIER Cybil looks happy. CYBIL: Hi! Lottie looks nervous. LOTTIE: Hawaii?? A drawing of the Rae the Doe cast relaxing on a grassy hill. Text says "I love you, you gay disaster". The only colors used are shades of blue and pink. The cover of Rae the Doe: Third Time's the Charm. Illustrated by Jamie Sardo, the cover is a parody of Back to the Future: Part III's poster.
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this cold refuses to let me sleep 🤒🫩 i wake up in the middle of the night coughing. enough of this!! very rude, cold!!
January 18, 2026 at 8:46 AM
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sammgreer.bsky.social
Makes me feel insane to live in a world that's persecuting trans folk while simultaneously doing big billboards advertising gender affirming care to cis people???
A London Underground advertisement for testosterone for men
January 17, 2026 at 5:35 PM
olivebrinker.bsky.social
googled “best time to jump into watching AEW” and it auto-corrected AEW to WWE. nice try, buddy. you’re gonna have to work harder than that
January 17, 2026 at 5:56 PM
olivebrinker.bsky.social
we’ve been watching the monster anime for a few weeks now, and just finished it last night. definitely one of the best shows i’ve ever seen. peak, peak cinema

i’ve heard the antagonist is one of the greatest ever, but i think the true strength of the series is the protagonist and side characters
January 17, 2026 at 3:08 PM
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Rae the Doe - Draw Engine

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Cybil holds up a trading card with an illustration of greedy looking piece of pottery on it. CYBIL: CARDS THAT ALLOW YOU TO DRAW MORE CARDS INTO YOUR HAND ARE GREAT, BECAUSE IT GIVES YOU MORE OPTIONS FOR WHAT TO DO EACH TURN. THESE ARE CALLED "DRAW ENGINE" CARDS. Lottie looks confused. LOTTIE: ENGINE? IT'S A PIECE OF CARDBOARD THAT GIVES YOU PERMISSION TO HOLD MORE PIECES OF CARDBOARD. Cybil throws her head back and shouts so loud her entire mouth takes up her face. CYBIL: IT'S AN ENGINE!!
January 17, 2026 at 1:32 AM
olivebrinker.bsky.social
castlevania was right. rotisserie chicken IS healing. i’m still recovering from that nasty cold and immediately feel a little better after eating that for dinner
January 17, 2026 at 12:29 AM
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still dealing with a really painful sore throat from my cold. debating if i should have some hot sauce. it’ll either clear up my sinuses and make me feel better or send me to a dimension of pure pain and torment. maybe i’ll flip a coin
January 15, 2026 at 10:06 PM
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Rae the Doe - Any Last Words?

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We see a mad scientist blonde dog, wearing red goggles, a grey shirt, and white lab coat. He is stretching out his arms and shouting in a nefarious-seeming manner. MAD SCIENTIST: ANY LAST WORDS?!? We zoom out to see Rae sitting at a long wood table with the mad scientist. She’s holding a piece of paper and looking down at it. The mad scientist is behind a laptop and looks genuinely happy. RAE: ZYZZYVA, A GENUS OF SOUTH AFRICAN WEEVILS. MAD SCIENTIST: OKAY, GREAT. THAT MEANS WE'RE OFFICIALLY DONE WITH OUR VERY OWN EDITION OF THE DICTIONARY. YOU WERE RIGHT, RAE. THIS IS MORE FUN THAN BEING EVIL!
January 14, 2026 at 11:37 PM
olivebrinker.bsky.social
caught what seems to be a cold. hopefully not the flu. one like = one bowl of soup
January 13, 2026 at 1:50 PM
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lady bird but every time she argues with her mom it’s animated like a shounen fight scene
aelkus.bsky.social ae @aelkus.bsky.social · 5d
we often talk about “what anime would you adapt into a movie” but here is a reverse: what movies would you adapt into an anime?
January 13, 2026 at 12:37 PM
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dannyvegito.bsky.social
living in a world where the only two jobs are “gambling” and “murder” isn’t nearly as cool as Cowboy Bebop made it out to be
January 12, 2026 at 3:47 PM
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nicholasgrossman.bsky.social
America is now at the heavily armed secret police doing warrantless door-to-door house raids in search of undesirable ethnicities and/or political dissenters stage. The difference from well known historical cases is down to scale.
dominicervolina.com Dom Ervolina @dominicervolina.com · 6d
A video of ICE agents conducting door-to-door searches today in Minneapolis

The homeowner requests a warrant repeatedly, is told they don't require one, then is told they're getting it, then the agents storm in anyway

They also point a taser at her to try and disrupt filming
January 12, 2026 at 3:00 PM
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Rae the Doe - Ask Rae: Is it the Future?

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ASK RAE YESTERDAY'S COMIC ENDED WITH YOU AND MIMI STUCK IN THE YEAR 2126. IS THE REST OF THE COMIC GOING TO TAKE PLACE IN THE FUTURE? Rae looks excited as she explains the situation. RAE: OF COURSE NOT! TIME TRAVEL IS EASILY ACCESSIBLE IN THE FUTURE. WE'RE BACK IN 2026. PLUS, I TOOK SOME INSPIRATION FROM ONE OF MY FAVORITE MOVIES... Rae hold up a red book. RAE: CHECK IT OUT. I'M GONNA BE RICH! The book’s title is “SPORTS ALMANAC 1950-2000” and has a horse photo on the front.
January 13, 2026 at 1:21 AM
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dattoonie.bsky.social
idc idc, i really like this foul creature
January 12, 2026 at 9:42 PM
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kattenbarge.bsky.social
The issue with ICE is not training, the issue with ICE is that it fundamentally should not exist. The violence is the purpose
January 11, 2026 at 9:32 PM
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Rae the Doe - 8 Years of Bits FINALE

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Rae and Mimi are depicted in pixel art with only yellow and black. There is a black background and the ground they’re standing on is blue. There is walls of a maze next to Mimi. There is a trail of white pixel circles in the maze. RAE: OKAY, THIS LAST GAME IS AN ARCADE GAME, SO THE ONLY WAY TO BEAT IT IS BY COLLECTING THESE SCORE PELLETS. MIMI: WAIT, WON'T THAT TAKE FOREVER? THIS GAME'S KILL SCREEN IS ON LEVEL 256 OR SOMETHING! Rae closes her eyes. She looks nonchalant. RAE: EH, I'M SURE IT'LL BE FINE. HOW LONG COULD IT POSSIBLY TAKE? 100 YEARS LATER The comic is returned to its traditional hand-drawn art style. There is a bird dressed as an old timey newsy. He’s raising a wing and exclaiming. BIRD NEWSY: EXTRA! EXTRA! READ ALL ABOUT IT! VIDEO GAMES RISE IN PRICE YET AGAIN! GRAND THEFT AUTO XI WILL COST $200! Rae looks annoyed. RAE: AND HERE I WAS TRYING TO SAVE MONEY ON GAMES. SHEESH, GUESS I'LL GET INTO CHECKERS OR SOMETHING. Mimi narrows her eyes. MIMI: WAIT, WHY ARE THERE OLD-TIMEY NEWSIES IN THE FUTURE??
January 12, 2026 at 1:02 AM
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jackjenkins.me
At a church in Minneapolis that is hosting an anti-ICE singing vigil, which will later process through the neighborhood.

They sing: “This is for our neighbors who are locked inside, together we will abolish ICE.”
January 11, 2026 at 7:56 PM
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👏 👏 NYC turning up, standing up and showing up to say No Kings No War No ICE 🚫👑🧊

@riseandresist.bsky.social @socialists.nyc @handsoffnyc.bsky.social @50501newyork.bsky.social
@indivisible.org
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January 11, 2026 at 7:01 PM
olivebrinker.bsky.social
yesterday i got a gundam epyon figure as a belated christmas gift. i said “i love this mobile suit but i’m really hoping to not see it at my TCG tournament tomorrow”

i went 1-4 today and 3 of the losses were to epyon.
January 11, 2026 at 7:14 PM
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kirby air riders is fun but i think it is mathematically impossible for me to come in any place higher than second to last in air ride mode. i am a scrub
January 11, 2026 at 4:05 AM
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Rae the Doe - 8 Years of Bits #6

Sorry today’s comic is late- I was out all day today and lost track of time!

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Rae is dressed as a doctor- white lab coat, blue v-neck shirt, light dark blue skirt, and grey tights underneath- and is holding a very large medication capsule in her hand. She looks annoyed. To her left us a tall black box with four holes at the bottom. Small blue boxes below the holes say, in order: AM, PM, AM, and PM. The tall black box is full of a variety of pills. An antidepressant pill is in the process of falling into the PM box. This is a long-winded way of saying the screen resembles Dr. Mario or Tetris. RAE: UGH. THE ANTI-DEPRESSANT THAT GIVES ME NIGHTMARES IF TAKEN TOO LATE IN THE DRY IS HEADING FOR THE PM SLOT. I HOPE IT'S NOT THE CICADA DREAM AGAIN. Mimi is dressed as a ninja turtle- red mask wrapped around her face, turtle shell on her torso, and red cloth wrapped around her legs and arms. She’s also wearing her classic red bandana. She is holding a slice of pizza. She is standing on a city street. There’s a whole pizza on the ground in front of her. MIMI: I WOULD LOVE TO SAY THIS IS MY FIRST TIME EATING PIZZA OFF THE GROUND, BUT I'VE LIVED IN NEW JERSEY MY ENTIRE LIFE. IT KINDA JUST... HAPPENS.
January 11, 2026 at 3:13 AM
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hello everyone. i’m looking for album recommendations. any genre, era, or level of popularity. i’m trying to listen to an album a day and want a wide variety
January 10, 2026 at 4:39 PM
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Please donate to Keith Porter's family.
He was killed by an off-duty ICE agent in LA earlier this month.
January 10, 2026 at 5:54 AM
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Renee Macklin Good's wife, Becca Good, released a statement and it moved me to sobbing tears:

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First, I want to extend my gratitude to all the people who have reached out from across the country and around the world to support our family. This kindness of strangers is the most fitting tribute because if you ever encountered my wife, Renee Nicole Macklin Good, you know that above all else, she was kind, In fact, kindness radiated out of her. Renee sparkled. She literally sparkled. I mean, she didn't wear glitter but I swear she had sparkles coming out of her pores. All the time. You might think it was just my love talking but her family said the same thing. Renee was made of sunshine, Renee lived by an overarching belief: there is kindness in the world and we need to do everything we can to find it Where it resides and nurture it where it needs to grow Renee was a Christian who knew that all religions teach the same essential truth: we are here to love each other, care for each other, and keep each other safe and whole. Like people have done across place and time, we moved to make a better life for ourselves. We chose Minnesota to make our home. Our whole extended road trip here, we held hands in the car while our son drew all over the windows to pass the time and the miles, What we found when we got here was a vibrant and welcoming community, we made friends and spread joy: And while any place we were together was home, there was a strong shared sense here in Minneapolis that we were looking out for each other. Here, I had finally found peace and safe harbor. That has been taken from me forever. We were raising our son to believe that no matter where you come from or what you look like, all of us deserve compassion and kindness. Renee lived this belief every day. She is pure love. She is pure joy. She is pure sunshine On Wednesday, January 7th, we stopped to support our neighbors. We had whistles. They had guns. Renee leaves behind three extraordinary children; the youngest is just six years old and already lost his father. I am now left to raise our son and to continue teaching him, as Renee believed, that there are people building a better world for him. That the people who did this had fear and anger in their hearts, and we need to show them a better way. We thank you for the privacy you are granting our family as we grieve. We thank you for ensuring that Renee's legacy is one of kindness and love. We honor her memory by living her values: rejecting hate and choosing compassion, turning away from fear and pursuing peace, refusing division and knowing we must come together to build a world where we all come home safe to the people we love. E
January 9, 2026 at 4:40 PM
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Rae the Doe - 8 Years of Bits #5

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Mimi is standing on a grassy plane with a bottomless pit in front of her. Rae is standing on a taller plane on the other side of the pit. Rae is dressed in a pink shirt and blue overalls dress. Each antler has a pink hat sitting on it. Mimi is dressed in a pink princess dress. RAE: YOU GOT THIS, MIMI! JUMP THIS LAST GAP AND WE BEAT THE GAME! WAHOO!! Mimi plummets down the pit with a strong vertical motion blur. Rae looks surprised. We see Mimi’s life counter go down to 2. Mimi spawns back in. She looks shaken to her core. MIMI: I SAW THE DUCKS IN VIDEO GAME HEAVEN. THEY WERE NOT HAPPY WITH ME.
January 10, 2026 at 12:04 AM