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Happy Valentine’s Day to everyone!

This strip is meant to demonstrate that besides having a deep love for someone else, we can also love causes that drive us to do good and great things for others.

May all my readers find that the person they wake up for, is themselves.

It’s been over a year since I made my own comics. What a journey! I usually upload new comics every Wednesday because it’s NEW COMICS WEDNESDAY everywhere (especially at your local comics shops). Here’s a few things I was able to accomplish in my absence.

1. Complete Issue 2 of The Magic Glasses

2. Color the first issue of Heavens Bastards by Pierce Elliott and Donovan Peterson

3. Coordinate, edit, and crowd fund with Kickstarter for the first time to produce Queens Comic Anthology

4. Travel to Denver for the first time with nominations for comic zine awards

5. Travel to Amazing Con in Arizona for a free table

6. Commit to two rounds of group therapy

7. Start a Pinay Podcast called Bruha Baddies with Rosalina Trinidad

8. Run an annual Women’s Leadership College Program

9. Planning to attend two amazing leadership programs in the fall: Spark Women’s Retreat (where I get to be a leader) and Girls Leadership (attending on scholarship)

10. Plan and execute two Artist Spotlights at Alternate Reality Comics

11. Increase my mentor ships with high school students and adults

12. Help plan a Comic & Zines fest with activist colleagues Gina Parham, Nicole Espinosa, and Tiff Stiles.

13. Partner with a number of start up groups on getting the word out about their amazing goals like Womxn’s Coffeehouse, Snazzy Publishing, GALS Las Vegas, and NVTESOL.

Last year, I was really pissed off about the anticipated DC Comics marriage. I waited my whole childhood for them to be together. Most of the wedding issue between my two favorite fictional characters had supporting evidence of their awesome love, only to be shattered to sell more issues. As a long time fan and feminist indie comics artist, I wanted to write in a voice that we could believe from Selena’s perspective. Here’s my comic short parody called Catrimony that makes this pairing not some shitty setback, but a power combo/duo.

Enjoy my bat & cat friends.

I will be printing this for free distribution this week! You can pick it up at TIABI or Alternate Reality Comics. I’ll have some on hand if you’d like to keep a story where real love exists hahahaha.

rei! your voice is so different! lol