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counterintuitive.bsky.social
Kimball and Laurel
@counterintuitive.bsky.social
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2 queer and disabled people making weird comics together.

https://www.patreon.com/counterintuitive/
https://outside-life.com/c/
https://laurellynnleake.com/
https://counterintuitivecomics.tumblr.com/
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More small birds. One more puffy little thing, and a sparrow rubbing into the ground. Little faint text explains: sand bath! And on one where the bathing bird is upside-down it says: not dead! Normal text reads: fears exaggerating other fears / imagining hate in the minds of others.
November 6, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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And the last three pages.
A flashlight appears in the darkness behind the glasses person as they get up. They enter the open gate. The flashlight projects the diamond pattern of the fence on the ground, and the glasses wearer sees it. O-oh, they say, and then say: guys? As they enter into the building. The building is even darker than outside, almost completely black. Their hands grope in the darkness. A light comes in through the window, and moves towards them. They run. They run, and run, and then trip and fall. When they sit back up they spot four figures in front of them. Guys? They say, and continue: there’s someone coming. They look at the group in front of them in this dark building. The glasses wearer asks: Jamie? Ryan? The group in front of them doesn’t respond. They say: are you even, but they trail off. In the dark the faces of the figures in front of them seem strange, nefarious, ever-changing. A figure with a flashlight appears behind them, aiming away from the group for now. The glasses wearer says: …I don’t know you, do I? The beam of light swings towards them, towards this group of strange silhouettes. And the comic ends.
October 31, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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And he couldnt as a woman either, he said, the text reads. Intersecting lines in the circles, a molten center. Text continues: and I knew it was because / people dont see trans women as soft or warm / transmisogyny and all that. Swirling lines suggest almost the feeling of light through a water glass, glinting and distorting forms. The writing reads: made me think / made me wonder if people do not see who I am / if it all gets lost under the discomfort. Swirls of color, and then a tiny colorful circle outside of the circle. Text reads: but some are kind / some truly do get it.
October 30, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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On this page theres only one panel, a nude self portrait which shows my body entirely. My hands are behind my back a bit bashfully, giving a feminine feel to the drawing. Text says: so I asked and got responses which / werent perfect / but were good / and generous / and maybe they got it.
October 16, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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post 2
Its all going through the motions, text says, not really understanding. Figures gather something, stand looking away, hold up a hand to the light. Text continues: not seeing you as you are. And if they get one thing, the text reads, they usually dont get the other. Figures move, and one stands kind of sadly and awkwardly. Text says: its lonely.
October 9, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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Orange and blue heart shaped leaves, fallen leaves, delicate leaves. Text concludes, its an act of destruction of your self / its rewriting former selves / its shame.
September 4, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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issue 15 part 3
Light spreads like cracks. It all swirls around a glimmering bright center.
September 2, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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issue 15 part 2
The light stripes across the wall, even parallel lines. The light flows like the surface of the water. Text says: like the light / I am here to / let you grow The light bends. A bright spot covers the bottom of the page.
September 2, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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Figures contemplate, communicate. Text says, I was trying to believe I was well. he hunched back of a sad figure. but I also was just / not as ashamed of myself as I used to be. A drawing of a hunched, sad figure. Text continues, not as ashamed of myself as I used to be. The swirls cover the face of a figure as the colored lines become harsher. Text reads, so I did / and he was gone / and it was just me left. The figure faces away as sharp colored lines pass through it.
August 28, 2025 at 2:45 PM