Damian Alexander ✨

cartoonist & storyteller who likes miniatures 🏳️‍🌈 author of OTHER BOYS (@01FirstSecond). Repped by @eabennett4

[Damian Alexander ✨ @DamiAnimated]

I made this book thinking of my sad gay 12 year old self. I hope it makes someone out there feel less alone. Here are places you can get your own copy!🌈 https://t.co/hnvclUgH34
📕INDIEBOUND: https://t.co/tFKcyMmRDa
📙AMAZON: https://t.co/88be6ZiRBE
📘B&N: https://t.co/NGmmEM6mud

[Damian Alexander ✨ @DamiAnimated]

@RKL_PDX Omg thank you so much for sharing this! It means so much to hear :)

[Damian Alexander ✨ @DamiAnimated]

if you're not watching this series and you like fun fantasy cartoons with diverse lgbtq characters than you should

[Damian Alexander ✨ @DamiAnimated]

Sometimes you feel like just a fart blowing in the wind and sometimes a parent tells you how much your little book mean to their kid and everything is like ✨

[Damian Alexander ✨ @DamiAnimated]

LOOK AT THIS STICKER I MADE! https://t.co/RrfeDsPwJk

[Damian Alexander ✨ @DamiAnimated]

@beverlylove PEANUTS

[Damian Alexander ✨ @DamiAnimated]

Whenever I saw this in someones house I was like "oh, I'm in a rich peoples house"

[Damian Alexander ✨ @DamiAnimated]

These are some of my favorite pages from Other Boys cause they show how a simple act of kindness and acceptance can positively impact a kid 🌈✨ (enough that they illustrate it in a book over 20 years later) https://t.co/MEZoK9BOES

[Damian Alexander ✨ @DamiAnimated]

MICE is a really great indie comic expo in Boston if you're in the area!!! It's one of the things I miss the most since moving to the west coast lolol

[Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo @MassMICE]

Feast your eyes on our GORGEOUS festival poster by MICE Special Guest @SaraAlfageeh! We're over the moon with how it came out and can't wait to see them all over Boston!

If you're local and want to volunteer for the street team to help us hang them up, give us a shout!

[Damian Alexander ✨ @DamiAnimated]

@theryanlasala Dartvader farted

[Damian Alexander ✨ @DamiAnimated]

It's been a whole year since my little gay middle school graphic novel memoir Other Boys came out!!! 🌈✨💗 https://t.co/R4fxGhUEQg

[The Horn Book @HornBook]

July #BacktoSchool #NotesfromtheHornBook 7 Int/MG #comics https://t.co/GRIPCYZihe @DamiAnimated @01FirstSecond @MacKidsBooks @j_xmas @HarperChildrens @okie_elliott @BalzerandBray @pichikui @larkpien @Kathsby @mollybrooks @lgions @randomhousekids @tylerpage @joepi @RHKidsGraphic

[Sparkbird (updates only) @sparkbirdmusic]

Cute stickers and bookmark from @DamiAnimated! 🥰

[Damian Alexander ✨ @DamiAnimated]

Imagine if the Supreme Court cared as much about actual living children being shot in the face in their classrooms. Imagine if they voted on making things here better instead of worse :)

[Damian Alexander ✨ @DamiAnimated]

I'm tired of parents who think something shouldn't exist or be banned so that their kid doesn't see it. You could just... be a better parent and monitor what you do and don't want your child to see? Other people shouldn't be denied something just because you're bad at parenting.

[Damian Alexander ✨ @DamiAnimated]

Everyone saying Ryan Gosling looks too old never saw Ken in the 80s when he looked 45

[Damian Alexander ✨ @DamiAnimated]

I'm so honored Tom commissioned me to make this comic for Kirkus' Pride issue!!🏳️‍🌈You can check it out here ⬇️

[Tom Beer @TomBeerBooks]

I ❤️ comics, so I got a kick out of commissioning one from @DamiAnimated for the @KirkusReviews Pride Issue. He was a delight to work with, and the finished comic is fabulous—and super relevant.

[Kirkus Reviews @KirkusReviews]

“Is my book next?” For our 🏳️‍🌈 #LGBTQ+ #Pride Issue 🏳️‍🌈, @DamiAnimated, author of the graphic memoir OTHER BOYS, made a special comic about what the rise of right-wing #BookBans means for queer readers and creators. #LGBTQBooks #LGBTQComics #QueerBooks

[Damian Alexander ✨ @DamiAnimated]

@tylerlanecodes Awh that's so great to hear!! ❤️

[Damian Alexander ✨ @DamiAnimated]

I hadn't received a homophobic comment in a while but I just got bombarded with them on my Instagram reel and I deleted them cause like, that's super boring. Anyway, this is the stuff the queers deal with all the time and it's exhausting. 🤪

[Eytan Kessler @aTiredLibrarian]

A reminder that Pride belongs in libraries and should never be hidden