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Dana Simpson’s Treehouse of Horror 🎃

@danacorn.bsky.social

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Quasi-mythical pointy-headed being who makes comics, most notably “Phoebe and Her Unicorn" and "Ozy and Millie." Bestselling, award-winning, all that. PNW. She/her. Generally trying to be positive. Account just for book/art stuff: @danasimpson.com

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Dana Simpson’s Treehouse of Horror 🎃 @danacorn.bsky.social · 1d

Happy book birthday to Phoebe and Her Unicorn book 22, Galactic Unicorn, available at book dispensaries everywhere!

www.simonandschuster.com/books/Galact...

Galactic Unicorn

With lively storytelling and a sincere portrayal of friendship, this new collection ofPhoebe and Her Unicorncomics reveals how an extroverted and e...

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Dana Simpson’s Treehouse of Horror 🎃 @danacorn.bsky.social · 7h

It’s ugly.

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Dana Simpson’s Treehouse of Horror 🎃 @danacorn.bsky.social · 7h

I’m not interested in talking to you. You seem very unpleasant.

Dana Simpson’s Treehouse of Horror 🎃 @danacorn.bsky.social · 7h

It’s just…ugly, to me, how people relish getting to use slurs when they find a situation where that doesn’t seem to hurt anyone.

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Dana Simpson’s Treehouse of Horror 🎃 @danacorn.bsky.social · 7h

I don’t, and I haven’t.

Do you want to learn reading comprehension?

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Dana Simpson’s Treehouse of Horror 🎃 @danacorn.bsky.social · 7h

I don’t, and I haven’t.

Do you want to learn reading comprehension?

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Dana Simpson’s Treehouse of Horror 🎃 @danacorn.bsky.social · 7h

I told Peter I was trans the second time I got to talk to him at length, and he smiled and told me about another trans friend of his, who turned out to be a mutual. It was nice, just sitting with him in a quiet hallway talking about things (the previous time had been in the middle of a party).

Dana Simpson’s Treehouse of Horror 🎃 @danacorn.bsky.social · 7h

Don’t dismiss that possibility.

Dana Simpson’s Treehouse of Horror 🎃 @danacorn.bsky.social · 8h

Yes.

Dana Simpson’s Treehouse of Horror 🎃 @danacorn.bsky.social · 8h

“I need to hear how insulin will improve my life. The argument for it can’t just be just ‘not diabetic ketoacidosis.’”

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Dana Simpson’s Treehouse of Horror 🎃 @danacorn.bsky.social · 8h

“Democrats should have made a better argument for themselves!”

Without taking any position on that, why did they need to? The choice shouldn’t have been hard.

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Dana Simpson’s Treehouse of Horror 🎃 @danacorn.bsky.social · 8h

And glonzo

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Maia Kobabe @redgoldsparks.bsky.social · 10h

It's Banned Books Week. If you are an author, please join @authorsabb.bsky.social! If you work in the publishing industry, please join @pubprosabb.bsky.social! Canadian authors, you can now join Canadian Authors & Illustrators Against Book bans: linktr.ee/caiabb. Working together feels good! 📚✍️👏

The black and white cover of a zine titled Do you make books? Yes? I want YOU to join Authors Against Book Bans! By Maia Kobabe. The image shows author Maia Kobabe holding a stack of books and pointing at the reader

WHAT IS AABB?
A coalition of writers, illustrators, editors & other book creators, standing united against the unconstitutional movement to limit the freedom to read. We support the availability of diverse voices in our libraries, in our schools, & in our culture. We pledge to band together against the oppression of literature, to speak when our voices are silenced, to go where our bodies are needed, & to fight to ensure this freedom.

Our concern is not only for the books, but for the children, families, educators,
librarians, & communities who suffer when the freedom to read is challenged and taken away.

WHAT CAN AABB OFFER YOU?
- Regional groups working on legislation to protect authors & the freedom to read state-by-state
- Online trainings on digital security, public speaking, & how to counter book challenges in your community
-Affinity groups for BIPOC authors, queer authors, authors with disabilities, indie, nonfiction, romance writers & more
-Support if your book is challenged or your school visit is canceled!
-A very active discord community

Maia: I’ve been facing intense challenges to my book since 2021. Knowing that I am not alone in the fight against censorship is what keeps my spirits up!

Watching the folks in AABB share information, co-write legislation, show up to library & school board meetings, & speak up to publishers about the need to protect diverse books & minority authors has been amazing!

This is a weird & scary time to be an author, but you are not alone! Join thousands of us fighting for the freedom to read, the freedom to write, the freedom to teach, the freedom to learn, & the freedom to share our stories!
-Maia Kobabe, 2025

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Dana Simpson’s Treehouse of Horror 🎃 @danacorn.bsky.social · 8h

So why are we only finding that out now? And did Trump only recently learn this?

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Dana Simpson’s Treehouse of Horror 🎃 @danacorn.bsky.social · 8h

Why do you WANT to call AIs slurs?

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Dana Simpson’s Treehouse of Horror 🎃 @danacorn.bsky.social · 8h

Not a lot of them are interested in taking any either, of course

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Dana Simpson’s Treehouse of Horror 🎃 @danacorn.bsky.social · 8h

The American people as a group made an utterly terrible choice, and they had all the facts to know it was a terrible choice, and yes that’s their damn fault.

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Dana Simpson’s Treehouse of Horror 🎃 @danacorn.bsky.social · 8h

I had someone tell me that it was anti-democratic to blame voters for their decisions.

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Dana Simpson’s Treehouse of Horror 🎃 @danacorn.bsky.social · 8h

I’m not expressing any opinion about what his audience would do, but it’s clear there’s something in those files that’s scaring him.

Dana Simpson’s Treehouse of Horror 🎃 @danacorn.bsky.social · 8h

You’ll never believe this, but one of the biggest names in comics/kidlit of the last decade is a trans woman!

Jo 🏳️‍⚧️🏴🦕 @youjogirl.bsky.social · 18h

Every smartphone in the world contains a CPU descended from one designed by a trans woman in the 1980s. The Matrix is one of the most influential movie franchises of all time. Electronic music was pioneered and popularized by a trans woman. I could go on

Katie Tightpussy, Editor-In-Chief @katie.bzky.team · 1d

i think my favourite part about being a trans woman is how much of an impact we have on culture. a friend reminded me today about a popular meme format she created. another friend today casually told me about how she was the most notorious roblox hacker when she was a child.

just a day in the life!

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Dana Simpson’s Treehouse of Horror 🎃 @danacorn.bsky.social · 8h

Photographic evidence of him with an obviously underage girl?

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Dana Simpson’s Treehouse of Horror 🎃 @danacorn.bsky.social · 8h

The Access Hollywood tape was blunted by how they dumped a bunch of Clinton emails that same afternoon (I know that’s absurd), plus there wasn’t footage of him DOING anything, so he was able to dismiss it as “locker room talk.”

There are things that would be more damning. We’ll see I guess.

Dana Simpson’s Treehouse of Horror 🎃 @danacorn.bsky.social · 8h

Unless he dies.

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Dana Simpson’s Treehouse of Horror 🎃 @danacorn.bsky.social · 9h

Maybe he shouldn’t have campaigned on releasing them, and kept promising to as recently as this spring, then? It’s weird.

Dana Simpson’s Treehouse of Horror 🎃 @danacorn.bsky.social · 9h

You know it

Dana Simpson’s Treehouse of Horror 🎃 @danacorn.bsky.social · 9h

In Jan 2013, when my strip was new and obscure, I tweeted “there would be no Marigold Heavenly Nostrils without Peter S. Beagle.” I tagged Mr. Beagle.

He started tweeting back. This led to me being invited to participate in the upcoming Last Unicorn Tour, and Peter writing my first book foreword.

Dana with Peter Beagle at the Cinerama in Seattle, fall 2013

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