[[A single long comic, read downwards, divided into 8 arbitrary pieces by this descriptor, in an attempt to make readability marginally easier. I hope I’ve succeeded.]]
1/8: [A large, rainbow Pride-flag ball with wide, white eyes looks at the viewer. Words to the right indicate it is speaking.] Hi friends! As pride month just ended, I’ve been seeing a lot of posts about what July should be
2/8: [Pride ball has turned their attention to the right, where three, smaller balls have entered the image. They are colored in the Trans flag, Lesbian flag, and Bi flag stripes, and carry a pitch fork, sword, and flaming torch respectively. They, and the words they shout just below them, are slightly blurred, indicating intensity.] QUEER WRATH MONTH!!!
3/8: [Pride ball’s attention has turned forward again.] Gotta say, I love the enthusiasm but July already has something... [below them, still clustered together and intensity-blurred, are the other three. Blurring (or not) of text indicates the speaker.] [bi ball says] does that mean no more sword? [pride ball says] Yes. [bi ball responds] awe damn.
4/8: [A new ball is in focus, surrounded by stars and lines, and words that read “July is Disability Pride Month“. This flag is black, with thin blue, yellow, white, red, and green lines running up-down at a left-right angle, in a lightning bolt pattern. Colors are read in this description left-right.]
5/8: [The trans, lesbian, and bi trio are at the top, have lost their blur, and no longer hold their weapons up. Trans says “wow”, lesbian says “oooh!”, and bi says “What flag is that?”. The new ball is below the trio and to the right, and tiny text around it’s right side reads, “It was made in 2019.” The rest of the text is on the left.] I’m glad you asked! This is the disability pride flag! It was made by a disabled woman named Ann Migall after an ableist massacre in Japan in 2016.
6/8: [This ‘panel’ is mostly a wall of text in 2 paragraphs, with representations of disability ball looking at the words while in the upper left and lower right of the text wall.] In Migall’s words, the black is for mourning those who have suffered Ableist violence, and for rebellion and protest. The zigzags represent how disabled people navigate barriers and are creative while doing so. They represent breaking free from authority and control.
The different colors of the stripes are for different kinds of disabilities; mental illness, intellectual and developmental disability, invisible and diagnosed disabilities, physical disabilities, and sensory disabilities. The stripes are parallel to show solidarity within the Disabled community.
7/8: [The trans, lesbian, and bi trio are at the top, and still have no blur. Either trans or lesbian (unclear) says “nice”. Bi says “that is very cool Disability but I do now have a sword and a lot of rage so if there’s not a wrath month, what should I do?” Disability responds, at the top-left of another wall of text, looking at the viewer.] Very good question, bi! Simple! Use that energy to be an ally to your Disabled friends! Did you know that Disabled people don’t have marriage equality in most parts of the world? Get mad about that! Disabled people make up an estimate 26% of the world’s population, we are the largest minority yet most spaces are inaccessible! Most don’t even know about our pride month! (not to mention the rampant ableism in the queer community...)
8/8: [The trio have blurred once more, and hold their weapons aloft again. All sport half-circle ‘angry’ eyes.] [Trans says] No marriage rights?! Here we go again! [Lesbian says] I’m angry again [Bi says] Disability rights!
