Paperboy 📝🎒

A little boy faces ableism in his own Special Ed class... and all the big, awful feelings it evokes. 🚀 [Run by @orange-ghost] 🌙

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Anyway, old animation update from a few weeks back. Still not done yet, though.

For those of you who are new here, you may need some context. Please press the read more button below.

["PAPERBOY" is an indie-webcomic about an artsy little disabled boy. Unfortunately for him, the Special Education staff at his school have not unpacked nor unlearned their ableist (and sometimes, frightful!) tendencies, making his environment nothing short of corrupt. If he does not leave the class within one year, he will die.

Knowing he can't stick around, Matthew Boston does his best to "earn" the right to switch out of there... and kickstarts several shenanigans in the meantime. 🎒📝🚀🌙]

The story is (& always will be) written & drawn by a disabled artist. It is heavily inspired by my experience in an NYC Special Ed program; primarily between the years of 2008 to 2017. It takes a deep look into the trauma ableism within disability spaces can cause, how internalized ableism manifests, and the toll this can take on developing minds.

Our story is not doom and gloom. The experience does wind up prompting Matthew to connect with the disabled kids around him on a deeper level. But be warned that PB is an emotional story; one that will discuss & portray various forms of ableism, abuse, mental health issues, and more, in as much depth as I can go.

Interested? Follow the page! 🐙

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Bugs when you lift up a rock

[oranghost]

GIRLS LIKE HER SHOULD ALWAYS BE SEEN.

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To those who think that this doll is "a stereotype," I sincerely doubt you will feel welcome on this page. If you want to stick around, you need to be willing to unlearn your ableism, and appreciating the design of this doll would be a good way to start.

[oranghost]

I'd be a lot more useful as an artist if I were just a liiiiittle less sensitive to certain things. I shoulda drawn way more than I did this year 😭

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Womp womp. If anyone has any advice for staying motivated and consistent, please let me know!

[oranghost]

THE PAPERBOY ADULTS ARE NOW ON ARTFIGHT! I'll post my card later, I still have some characters to upload. But hey! Here's some evil teachers and then some! Go Fossils!

Art Fight

An art gifting game

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When the school says "no rights" because you're disabled lol

(Unfinished preview of PB part 7! We are finally entering Storyarc #1-- "Imagining Things." Update will be released some point in July for Disability Pride Month!)

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PAPERBOY: PART 6

PAPERBOY - And Since That Day... (2/2)

A little boy faces ableism in his own Special Ed class. And all the big, awful feelings it evokes.

Will be reposting ALL of the comic pages in the near future. Likely in July for Disability Pride month?

Next update will also be sometime in July!

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UPDATE: MEDICAL EMERGENCY

PB'S NEXT UPDATE IS POSTPONED

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POSTING THE NEXT UPDATE TONIGHT!

...it may be technically at midnight of the 14th though instead; depends if my computer wants to cooperate!

Anyway, preparing the upload now!

[catchymemes]

The image captures the miraculous moment when the rays of sun hit a rare cloud called a pile cloud, and the angle and other subtle conditions are reflected in a divine rainbow color. (Source)

[ovrgrwn]

I’d believe god was talking to me if I saw that

[mckitterick]

A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.

OMG apparently this is a real phenomenon

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Well, well, well.

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BATTLE BETWEEN SCHOOLS?? It's more likely than you'd think!

An unfinished version of a PB panel. You'll get more info on this building. Just not in Chapter 1. 👀

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"Down on your luck?" ☘️

Panel preview for the next update. Rationalization leads to some pretty sad things...

Expect it around the earlier half of June.

[oranghost]

SCRAPPED Paperboy pages.

Changed because I had a better idea & wasn't a fan of the composition, but hey. Here's Andrea being a little shit for a good cause!

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Survival.

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propaganda.

[discombobulated-mermaid]

Happy autism awareness month to every autistic who:

Wants a cure for autism

Likes severity labels

Likes the term special needs

Likes the puzzle piece

Likes the light it up blue movement

Likes autism speaks

Likes ABA therapy

Likes to use functioning labels on themselves

Likes the levels

Likes support needs labels

Likes "autism moms"

Sees autism as a negative thing

Likes person first language

Doesn't care about any of this

And anyone else who has an opinion that differs from what "most autistic" (online LSN community) people think. I see your opinion.

I might not agree with some opinions but that doesn't mean you dont get to have your own opinion.You exist and your experience being autistic is valid and fuck anyone who thinks all autistic people think the same.