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Aja 💖️
@vanilleon.bsky.social
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Purveyor of cute creatures and handsome heroes. I write and draw True Magic, the Comic!

📜️ Website: https://true-magic.com
🔮️ Patreon: https://patreon.com/vanilleon
💬️ Hashtag: #TrueMagic
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Aja 💖️ @vanilleon.bsky.social · May 13
Happy #WebcomicDay !

I invite you to observe our heroes as they:
• dodge fireballs,
• make suspicious new friends(?),
• stumble face-first into eldritch machinations,
• and collect improbably cuddly creatures along the way.

🌟️ true-magic.com

(Content Advisory: May Contain Himbos)
True Magic (Adventure, Comedy): Oppressed villagers venture to the city in search of justice. What they find instead are insidious eldritch forces... who deeply resent being discovered.
vanilleon.bsky.social
True Magic, the Comic! Page 613:
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(For a given value of "chores"... sure.)

#TrueMagic #SpiderForest
Henry asks: "You got big plans today?" Henson answers: "Yeah!" "Fixin' to make yourself useful?" "Yeah!" "By gettin' a head start on YOUR CHORES?" "Y-- ...uh..."
November 27, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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mahoukarp.com
Rainbow dragon 🌈🐲
#art #dragons
Illustration of a dragon that is rainbow colored. There are rainbow stripes on the wings. The scales and spikes are also rainbow colored.
November 20, 2025 at 4:06 AM
vanilleon.bsky.social
What's your sign?
A large, friendly wooden sign reads: "You Are Now Entering A Stress Free Zone" A small metal sign below it reads: "Enforced By Sniper"
November 20, 2025 at 10:22 PM
vanilleon.bsky.social
True Magic, the Comic! Page 612:
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(Updated today!)

#TrueMagic #SpiderForest
Henson looks into a mirror, frowning at the bruise that Joe left on his forehead. Voiceover narration says, "To be honest, our first meeting left me... a little miffed."
November 20, 2025 at 10:15 PM
vanilleon.bsky.social
True Magic, the Comic! Page 611:
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(Updated earlier!)

#TrueMagic #SpiderForest
Henson says, "Ooh... I want to see him someday!" and Harriet replies, "Ha ha! No you don't, pumpkin."
November 20, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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mev0934.bsky.social
November 3, 2025 at 7:45 AM
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authorkaraj.bsky.social
I really love this Vincent Van Gogh quote:

"To do good work one must eat well, be well housed, have one's fling from time to time, smoke one's pipe, and drink one's coffee in peace."

No romanticizing the starving artist. Van Gogh said UBI all the way.
November 3, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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jordantyranny.bsky.social
Pesquet's parrot, also known as the Dracula parrot.
Dracula parrot
October 30, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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saskajanet.bsky.social
Count Grackula? 🧛🏻
Happy Hallowe’en! #birds
Black bird with iridescent blue head staring down into its reflection in a birdbath.
October 31, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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mirrutatep.bsky.social
Today is my BIRTHDAY!! 🎈🎁🥳

It would mean the world to me if you could enjoy and share my artwork to help celebrate 💜

#pixelart
A pixel art painting of a vibrant courtyard scene from a studio ghibli film called the boy and the heron
October 29, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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thelatestkate.bsky.social
A drawing of a sitting kitsune with many tails. The caption reads, "You are worth the effort. Your future is worth experiencing."
October 29, 2025 at 3:41 PM
vanilleon.bsky.social
True Magic, the Comic! Page 610:
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(In which the conversation turns to hypothetical royalty.)

#TrueMagic #SpiderForest
Henson gazes questioningly at a morose-looking Harriet.
October 29, 2025 at 2:47 AM
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mahoukarp.com
flying fish 🐟
#art #fish #dragons
Illustration of flying fish, I also turned one into a dragon. The colors are pink blue and purple with transparent flippers
October 27, 2025 at 3:06 AM
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davekellett.bsky.social
COMIC: IT'S EASY TO EAT HEALTHY!
PANEL 1: GRANP, an older bald man with a grey mustache, holds a bowl of something white, looking curiously at it. A big yellow starbust in the corner reads: It’s easy to east healthy! Text: Instead of mashed potatoes, mashed cauliflower! PANEL 2: GRAMP holds a bowl of green noodles, looking oddly at the fork he holds with floppy green noodles falling off of it. Text: Instead of pasta noodles, squash noodles! PANEL 3: GRAMP, eyes dilated, holds a yellow and green bag with flowers on it up to his mouth, pouring brown stuff in to his mouth. Text: Instead of chocolate, straight-up potting soil! Big Yellow starburst in the corner: TASTE MEANS NOTHING,NOW! ——— Want 5,000 more comics like this? Join us at Patreon.com/sheldoncomics for the *FULL* Sheldon archives, art giveaways, fun community, and more! Sheldon Comics copyright Dave Kellett. Colors by Beth Reidmiller
October 24, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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miluette.com
it's cooling down which is making me just wanna be cozy. vs when it was really hot and I wanted to stay in to cool off. 😴 bottom line, there's always a good reason to stay home
October 22, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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saskajanet.bsky.social
Blue Jay + Golden Hour = 😍
#birds
Bird with grey front, blue back, black neck ring and jaunty blue crest is perched in profile on the edge of a concrete bird bath. The water in the bath appears gold as it reflects the late afternoon sun.
October 22, 2025 at 12:43 AM
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csmfht.bsky.social
October 21, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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antlervel.vet
The world is so filled with beauty and wonder and I feel very strongly both that it should be a kinder place to live in and that it is within our power to make it as such
October 16, 2025 at 3:52 PM
vanilleon.bsky.social
True Magic, the Comic! Page 609:
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(No doubt this will prove to be a vital skill in a few years, when our heroes are fighting zombies.)

#TrueMagic #SpiderForest
Henson watches attentively as Harriet draws. She says, "So tonight, let's talk about fabric! A lot of people just draw random wrinkles all over the place. But if you understand WHY it folds and drapes like it does..."
October 19, 2025 at 1:29 PM
vanilleon.bsky.social
True Magic, the Comic! Page 608:
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(Harriet asks the important pumpkin-related questions.) 🎃️

#TrueMagic #SpiderForest
Harriet examines Henson's forehead, saying, "Somebody dented my sweet pumpkin?? Whodunnit!"
October 8, 2025 at 8:20 AM
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mikeachim.bsky.social
Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...
Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."
October 6, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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greyliliy.bsky.social
Happy 20th Birthday, Wiglaf and Mordred! Thank you for keeping me company for all these years, in both ups and downs!

#wiglafandmordred #art #webcomics
Group shot of the cast of Wiglaf and Mordred with Happy 20th Birthday text.
October 4, 2025 at 9:44 PM
vanilleon.bsky.social
Happy 20th(!) comic anniversary to Wiglaf and Mordred by @greyliliy.bsky.social ! Congratulations on the amazing milestone. 🎉✨

(Wish I had time to make new fan art, but here's an old favorite sketch. :3 Wiglaf is always fun to draw.)

#WiglafAndMordred fables.pro/a/series/the...
Wiglaf lounges in the grass, petting a cat.
October 4, 2025 at 7:51 AM
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pixelartjourney.bsky.social
All eight swords I did for Swordtember 2025! #pixelart
Which one is your favourite? 🤔
October 3, 2025 at 4:57 PM
vanilleon.bsky.social
True Magic, the Comic! Page 607:
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(In which Henson ponders an orb.) 🍎️

#TrueMagic #SpiderForest
Henson happily gazes up at an apple in a tree.
October 1, 2025 at 9:17 AM