they’re in love and they have no brains

Happy Pride!! 🏳️‍🌈 It felt like the right time to finally draw the Dead Boy Detectives, which was long overdue considering I've been basically watching the show on repeat since it came out. Now to draw the Cat King....

Meet the DGD Zine Creators 💀🌈

Name: Caiden

Pronouns: They/them

Social Media: @sapphic-corgi on Tumblr, Corgi_loaf on AO3

Role: Artist

Favorite thing about DBDA: My favorite character is Monty and my favorite ship is catcrow. Dead Boys is one of my favorite shows, I’ve rewatched it a bunch of times and I’ve now met George and Josh.

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Name: wordsinhaled

Pronouns: they/them

Social Media: @wordsinhaled on Tumblr, wordsinhaled on AO3

Roles: Artist and Mag Team

Favorite thing about DBDA: DBDA's unapologetic queerness means so much to me. I adore Edwin and Charles and their entire dynamic, but I love all the other characters as well. It means so much to me how much empathy and depth the characters and their stories are given, so that we're able to continue discovering new ways to interpret and love them as time goes on. And I'm so very thankful for the friendships, self-discoveries, joy, and creativity that DBDA has brought into my life!

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Name: Newt

Pronouns: he/they

Social Media: @dont-offend-the-bees on Tumblr, DontOffendTheBees on AO3

Roles: Artist and Writer

Favorite thing about DBDA: I love the depth of consideration and thought that went into the costuming and production design of the show, the fact there's so much to be gleaned about the characters from a glance! And of course, I adore the Cat King; I started out mostly writing Payneland and was so excited to have the home advantage of writing Brit characters for a change, but I never expected the snarky cringefail American cat man to steal my heart! His pathetic manner and hedonistic ways have captivated me body and soul; never stop shooting yourself in the foot, baby, you're doing amazing <3

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Name: lucrow

Pronouns: she/her

Social Media: @dear-lucrow on Tumblr, lucrow on AO3

Roles: Writer and Mag Team

Favorite thing about DBDA: To me, Dead Boy Detectives is a show I wish my teenage self could've seen. Unapologetically queer, diverse, campy and open to creative interpretation due to layered characters and a narrative that can be funny and sad and heart-warming and gut-wrenching. I'm glad teens these days get to hear: It doesn't have to be Hell. Our stories matter.

Meet the DGD Zine Creators 💀🌈

Name: Anna

Pronouns: she/her

Social Media: @bitterdesert on Tumblr, bitterdesert on AO3

Role: Writer

Favorite thing about DBDA: I love how they permanently moved into my brain and I will never be free.

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Name: Artemis Adore

Pronouns: she/they

Social Media: @artemisadore on Tumblr, artemisadore on AO3

Roles: Artist and Writer

Favorite thing about DBDA: While there are many things to love about Dead Boy Detectives, I think the reason the show continues to resonate with me is that it is beautifully, camp-ily, unapologetically queer. As a result, it has given me so much, from the inspiration to create as an adult to a lovely group of people from around the world I now consider my dear friends.

Meet the DGD Zine Creators 💀🌈

Name: Nij

Pronouns: They/Them

Social Media: @onpointedfeetandbrokendreams on Tumblr, Nigg on AO3

Role: Writer

Favorite thing about DBDA: Dead Boy Detectives will always have a special place in my heart, it inspired me to go back to writing after many years, and it created an amazing community, I'm really grateful to be part of it.

Meet the DGD Zine Creators 💀🌈

Name: Nix

Pronouns: she/her

Social Media: @nix-nihili on Tumblr, Nix_Nihili on AO3

Roles: Artist and Writer

Favorite thing about DBDA: How queer it is! How diverse it is! How absolutely fun and devastating it is!

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Name: aj

Pronouns: she/her

Social Media: @tragedy-machine on Tumblr, tragedy_machine on AO3

Role: Writer

Favorite thing about DBDA: It's fun 👍

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Name: Dearheartdont

Pronouns: She/her

Social Media: @dearheartdont on Tumblr, dearheartdont on AO3

Role: Writer

Favorite thing about DBDA: I love Dead Boy Detectives for a multitude of reasons, but what first got me interested was the depth of the characters and the richness of the world they inhabit. And Charles, obviously. I adore him.

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Name: alex

Pronouns: she/her

Social Media: @tumblerislovetumblerislife on Tumblr, ObsessedWithFandom on AO3

Roles: Artist and Writer

Favorite thing about DBDA: dead boy detectives is filled with such a wealth of characters and relationships and potential. i love how much fic/art/gifs/meta has been created for it and yet there's still so much left to explore! i'm also so grateful for the communities we've built based on this amazing show <3

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Name: marcela

Pronouns: she/her

Social Media: @idliketobeatree on Tumblr, idliketobeatree on AO3

Roles: Cover Artist, Writer, and Mag Team

Favorite thing about DBDA: I like iced coffee, hot women and George as Edwin Payne. Kidding! My favourite things about DBDA are definitely the amazing, creative, deeply kind, gorgeous people I've got to know and meet. Thank you for watching these characters turn in a microwave with me. <3

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Name: j

Pronouns: she/her

Social Media: @carebeardean on Tumblr, cutevamp on AO3

Role: Artist

Favorite thing about DBDA: I love cussing cats, world weary heroes, giant talking mushrooms, and queerness even in the afterlife. I love thus show’s playfulness, even in its darkness, and that its never too late to grow, change, come out, make more friends, even after death!