Aro Awareness Week Webcomics- 2018 Edition
Aces (Tapas)
Created by Taqi (Ko-Fi)
Summary: Ace Cheung is from a prestigious school in Singapore. He finds himself fascinated by a boy who plays sepak takraw like an angel. Despite their different backgrounds, the boys slowly become more than just normal friends.
Alphabet Soup ( @alphabetsoupcomic) (Patreon) ( Warning:Self Harm, Suicide)
Created by Emma Oosterhous, art also by Angie Yu ( @bearrrawr), Will Hernandez ( @willhernandezdraws), and Guus
Summary: This is a webcomic about YOU and your queer experiences. From coming out to romance to everyday struggles, we’re chronicling it all.
Always Human ( @alwayshumancomic) (Webtoons)
Created by Walkingnorth (Patreon)
Summary: This is a story about nanobots, genetic engineering, and two girls falling in love. No matter how technology changes us, we’ll always be human.
Angry Gays ( @angrygaycomic) (Tapas)
Created by Cassius ( @mothcry)
Summary: At St. Lucas, a school for super kids, explosions and bullets are the least of the students problems. Struggling with mental illness, trauma, and identity, they’re more comforted being blasted through a wall. This follows a group of students and staff members and explores these topics mixed in a universe with meta-humans
Blessings (Site)
Created by Knaishia Grover ( @neeshyart) (Patreon)
Summary: Wynn is struggling to survive when the Immortal Swigne gives Wynn their Blessing. The only explanation Swigne gives is that Wynn now has “Power”. Wynn meets people Blessed by other Immortals that can help guide them. In searching for knowledge of their new gift Wynn finds love, friendship and a more full sense of self identity. Wynn learns that being Blessed is a gift with a price tag of responsibilities and constant hunger attached, but the pay off is fantastic strength and the resources they’ll need to thrive in the world they live in. As long as Wynn keeps overcoming the challenges their new status brings them.
Butterfly Blues ( @butterfly-blues) (Tapastic) (Webtoons) (Patreon) (Warning: Blood/Gore, Death)
Created by Haley Wall ( @spoonychan) Devon McEowen ( @hideki16seiyuu) Aaron Rachwitz ( @yuurikatsudone)
Summary: A webcomic that takes place in a world destroyed by the Gods, following the journey of a homeless trio who takes on a job to help two brothers from a prestigious family hunt down an infamous terrorist group, Butterfly Blue.
Cirque Du Royale ( @cirqueduroyale) (Tapastic) (Smackjeeves)
Created by Brittany G. “Atomicbritt “ ( @atomicbritt) (Site) (Patreon)
Summary: A slice of life comic about the regular lives of the newly appointed royal clown family.
Demon House (Tapastic) ( @demon-house)
Created by Joanne Kwan ( @joannekwan) (Patreon) (Ko-Fi)
Summary: Tula is a student just trying to get through her senior year of college. Little does she know that her new rental is inhabited by demons. Juggling her social life and these new roommates should be no problem.
Dissent ( @dissent-comic) (Comic Fury)
Created by Lineart
Summary: A witch is involuntarily forced to help a prince break a curse- a curse a fellow witch set upon him. These complete opposites will have to set aside their differences to reach a common goal, and maybe gain each other’s trust on the way.
Griefer Belt ( @grieferbeltcomic) (Tapastic) (Comic Rocket) (Warning: Sexual Nudity, Blood/gore)
Created by Kalesbug ( @kalesbug) (Patreon)
Summary: Scott works for The Belt, a black market company that deals in harvesting and trading human organs. His boss and partner (in crime), Lars Van Allen is heir to the organization but lacks certain abilities to properly run a business.
Heartless ( @heartless-webcomic)
Created by Emily Griggs (Patreon)
Summary: It’s 1852, and Clara Adams has had her future planned out for her: find and marry a proper young man, then settle in for a life of quiet obedience and domestic bliss. She’s resigned to her fate, until a bout of curiosity leads to her untimely murder, and resurrection, at the hands of monsters that she’d never dreamed might be more than fictional. Death brings Clara unexpected freedom, along with new dangers and the sudden weight of responsibility. Thrust into unlife with no way back, Clara has to learn quickly, for her unique gift might tip the scales in the secret war against her murderer for control of all London!
Hellebore ( @helleborecomic)
Created by Melody A.C. ( @disgruntledmuffin)
Summary: Hellebore is an urban fantasy webcomic about a young witch trying to overcome some of life’s greatest obstacles: customer service, family drama, and making new friends. But something terrible is brewing on the horizon.
Heroes of Thantopolis ( @heroesofthantopolis) (Tapas)
Created by Strontium ( @strontiumsun)
Summary: Heroes of Thantopolis is a fantasy action-adventure comic about Cyrus, a young boy who was transported to the titular City of the Dead under mysterious circumstances. The conniving queen of the realm, Helene, taps Cyrus as her Champion and enlists him to fight against three wicked ghosts interested in taking over the city, in exchange for sending Cyrus home and getting his memories back. Luckily, Cyrus doesn’t have to do it alone. Along with his new ghost friends, Cyrus explores the afterlife, fights bad guys and unravels mysteries. Can Cyrus save Thantopolis? And is it really that his arrival in the city was random? Or is there more to Cyrus than it seems…?
Ignition Zero (Site)
Created by Noel Arthur Heimpel ( @noelarthurian) (Site) (Patreon)
Summary: Ignition Zero is an urban fantasy comic about a group of friends who get mixed up with faeries and spirits! It takes place in the fictitious city of Glory, Maryland in the fall of 2011, and covers the adventure Robbie, Orson, Neve, and Martin have with their friend, a spirit they call Ivory. Only Ivory–and those they’ve been defending her from–may not be what she seems. There isn’t always a clear right or wrong side to a story…
Kichawi Nzuri ( @kichawinzurithecomic)
Created by Addison Steele/The Jymaru Crew ( @tawaranotohta) (Patreon)
Summary: Deep within Nairobi, a plot to drain the people of their uniqueness and aspirations is underway. The only ones who can truly stop them are a group of young people known as the Spectrum of Hope.
Les Normaux (Tapastic) ( @lesnormaux)
Created by Knight JJ ( @theartofknightjj) (Patreon) and AI ( @alababwa)
Summary: Les Normaux follows the life of a bunch of supernatural beings living in Paris after a human wizard named Sebastien moved to the city. They each tell their own side of the story in their respective diaries.
Mistlands ( @mistlandscomic) (Tapastic)
Created by Laya Rose (Site) (Patreon)
Summary: Es, a half fey girl from a small New Zealand town, suddenly gets caught up in the world of the sidhe – which are a whole lot closer than she realised.
Niflheim ( @niflheimcomic) (Tapas)
Created by Rowan Procter ( @rowansketches)
Summary: Pun-loving teenager Claire Voyant wasn’t expecting death to be so confusing. Instead of peacefully moving on, she finds herself embroiled in underworld politics, with a new job that’s more dangerous than she’s ready for. Meanwhile, her brother Jared tries to make sense of his sister’s death and piece together his family’s legacy as he runs from the supernatural forces that want him dead.
No End (Hiveworks) (Patreon)
Created by Erlie ( @erlie) and Kromi ( @kromitar)
Summary: No End is a webcomic about a group of people struggling to survive in a post apocalyptic country ravaged by an unyielding winter and hordes of undead. Living amid a world of horror doesn’t erase the cast’s day-to-day worries about identity, family, friendship and betrayal, as they seek people they can trust, as well a legendary place called “Haven” rumored to be free of the cold and horror.Just as none of them are sure that it even exists, they aren’t sure what their place in their world is. But each step forward leads towards who they are, who they should become, and where they belong.
Oh Hana! (Tapastic)
Created by Puerti Hana ( @flowerbanana)
Summary: A comic about the awesome weird things that happen in my life!
Otherworldly (Site) (Warning: Alcohol, Gambling, and Biphobia)
Created by Becky Hopkins ( @beckyhop) (Site) (Patreon)
Summary: Five twenty-somethings have just found out they’re not human: they’re actually changelings, magical beings swapped with humans as babies. As such, they frequently venture into the magical Otherworld to figure out whoand what they are, while still tackling their life in the human world, and making new friends and foes along the way.
Patchwork and Lace (Site)
Created by Sooz ( @soozarts)
Summary: The adventures of a Lovecraftian Disney Princess mage and her flesh golem partner.
Placebo Zero ( @placebozero) (Tapas) ( Warning: Blood/gore, Mental illness, suicide, drugs/alcohol abuse, sex/prostitution)
Created by Edenerys ( @edenerys) (Patreon)
Summary: In Ark Hana, signa rule the streets after nightfall, but aren’t afraid to puff their chests in daylight, either. After a quick dance with death, Nicholas Morello finds himself in the arms of Leo Rothstein, who not only saves his life, but intends to stick around for the long haul. Becoming friends and eventual lovers, Nick and Leo discover more about each other than they know about themselves. The two are forced to cease contact when Nick is arrested on account of murder.
Nero, ruler over Ark Hana and Commander in Chief of Nightingale, the organization created to fight signa, offers Nick a job with him in exchange for his death sentence. No other way around it, Nick accepts, but when ready to confront Leo, discovers he’s disappeared.
Now burdened with newfound responsibility and power, Nick sets off with his appointed team to uncover clues about Leo’s whereabouts-discovering the Morello family’s sketchy past involving Nightingale along the way, and realizing Nick never was as normal as he strived to be.
Queer Diaries ( @queerdiariescomic) (Tapastic)
Created by Rivelu ( @riveluart) (Patreon)
Summary: Everyone has felt like the world is against them and for someone who has come to the realization that they’re queer it can be even more overwhelming. Experience the struggles of LGBT+ youth as they try to be themselves in a world that tells them they shouldn’t
Questables ( @questables) (Tapastic)
Created by Bilvy Jane ( @bilvyy) (Site) (Patreon)
Summary: Questables is a comedic fantasy webcomic following a dwarven monk, Robin, as she embarks on her first big quest! As she travels she meets plenty of folks on the road, and soon enough her one-woman mission turns into a tight knit family adventure. Questables is filled with good vibes and domestic moments, and pays homage to many classic tabletop RPG elements.
Radio Silence (Site) (Smackjeeves) ( @radiosilencecomic)
Created by Vanessa Stefaniuk ( @quietsnooze) (Patreon)
Summary: Hitting the road on a journey of self discovery and acceptance, this coming-of-age tale gives a backstage look at friendships and the plights of fame as experienced by a modern British rock band.On the fast track toward fame, the five members of the fictional British rock band, Radio Silence, enter into an exciting new life on the road with their best friends. As they tour across the United Kingdom, they excitedly embrace this new lifestyle and all the resulting challenges, including living in close quarters with each other with little privacy, and the overwhelming reaction of the public to their new-found success.
Rock and Riot ( @rockandriotcomic)(Tapastic)
Created by Chelsey Furedi ( @cheriiart) (Patreon)
Summary: Rock and Riot follows the tales of two opposing teenage gangs in the 1950s with an LGBTQ theme!
Saints’ Quarter (Tapas) (Smackjeeves) (Independent)
Created by LotMinx ( @lotminx) (Patreon)
Summary: Lucas Wen prides himself on being the most practical and realistic person you’ll ever meet. Which is why it’s a bit of a shock when he finds out not only that his cousin Robin is a witch, but he’s just taken a job in the most supernaturally saturated neighborhood in New York City.
Meanwhile, Roe, a young woman with a suitcase full of odd weapons and perhaps a few too many secrets, thinks things are finally going her way again when she finds a place to live other than her cousin’s couch in the form of Robin’s spare room.
Before either of them can get both feet under them again, the sudden disappearance of Robin’s girlfriend, Penelope, shakes them all. Lucas, despite his best attempts to adjust to his new fantastical reality, finds that there’s really only so much that even the most practical mind can take, and Roe fears whether their new troubles are something that followed her to the ‘Quarter, or were already there.
Seeing Starsigns ( @seeingstarsignscomic) (Tapastic)
Created by Elissa ( @boogeymadam) (Ko-Fi)
Summary: Deserters escape to the swamp from a soon-to-be cult and get involved in a dispute between the swamp’s magic inhabitants, who all seem to have ulterior motives. Has some violence.
Shoot Around (Webtoons)
Created by Susanna Nousiainen ( @suspucious) (Patreon) (Ko-Fi)
Summary: When a zombie apocalypse hits during the practice of a high school basketball team, it’s a whole new life for the coach, Jeff. The world’s turned upside down and the girls seem to be handling the changes way better than Jeff, who has troubles adjusting. A close-knit group of friends, the girls are eager to tackle this new world with its challenges!
Singmire Haze (Tapastic) (Warning: Sexual/Nonsexual Nudity)
Created by Nox.Fox (Patreon)
Summary: In the business-driven city of Singmire, jobless Finch quietly copes with life, until he gets to discover that his online boyfriend happens to be a changeling stuck in a childish body. As if it weren’t enough, aside from trying to cure himself, Soot also has plans to restore social justice in a decaying elven society…
Snug Orbit (Tapastic)
Created by Emrys Seren ( @emrysseren) (Patreon)
Summary: A slice of life autobiography about love somewhere between romance and friends, featuring a polyamorous household. :3
Start? (Tapas) (Warning: Blood/Gore, Abuse, Mental Illness, Death)
Created by Piamio ( @piamio) (Ko-Fi)
Summary: In this interactive comic you play the roll of a man who wakes up in a white room remembering not even his name. As the “game” goes on, you will have to choose between various options, and whatever you choose will be crucial to whether you can keep going or die. So, wanna play?
Valley of the Silk Sky ( @valleyofthesilksky)
Created by Dylan Edwards (Site) (Patreon)
Summary: Being legally dead is causing Razi some problems, and xer only chance of escape from bureaucratic limbo will involve a dangerous trek through wolfcat territory. Meanwhile, Halvanylila is supposed to be learning to hunt and fight, but it’s hard to concentrate when there are fascinating plants to be scienced at.Now they’re both lost in the middle of nowhere, and they’ll need each other’s help and unique expertise to find their way out.One problem: those wolfcats. Oh, wait, and a troupe of bandits? Two problems. But hey, as long as nothing else goes wrong …
Wandering (Tapas)
Created by Pearsfears ( @pearsfears) (Ko-Fi)
Summary: Walker is tired. Every night he dreams of wandering around the city and sees things that are happening while he’s asleep. Night after night his life seems to fall apart further and further, but it’s just a dream, right?
Yellow Hearts ( @yellowheartscomic) (Sparkler Monthly)
Created By Keezy Young ( @keezybees) (Site) (Patreon)
Summary: Three kids make an ill-advised (but well-intentioned) deal with a demon in the woods one day. Twenty years later, Levi, Rowan, and Alder meet again to find out their past has caught up to them. But a lot changes in twenty years, and they aren’t as innocent as they used to be.
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thanks a bunch for including Seeing Starsigns!
this dork here (Ryvia) is Aro :>
