Kimball and Laurel

Back to How to Rest again! This one is about the ways inflexibility can make you reckless with your limits. Get a copy on my patreon $20 tier (or $1 discounted slots, while they are still there). I’ll catch you up on older issues too!

part 45 of 46 “Sketchbook Comic: Book 3” is my personal sketchbook, where I juxtapose my art with writing about my experiences as a non-binary, chronically ill person. re-releasing this in advance of a print run! read the rest on my website, or support my patreon - links in bio!

part 44 of 47 “Sketchbook Comic: Book 3” is my personal sketchbook, where I juxtapose my art with writing about my experiences as a non-binary, chronically ill person. re-releasing this in advance of a print run! read the rest on my website, or support my patreon - links in bio!

part 43 of 47 “Sketchbook Comic: Book 3” is my personal sketchbook, where I juxtapose my art with writing about my experiences as a non-binary, chronically ill person. re-releasing this in advance of a print run! read the rest on my website, or support my patreon - links in bio!

A one page piece I did for an art show once and it was all so fast that it never got scanned. My partner at the time must have seen it and had feelings haha. More How to Rest next month...!

part 42 of 47 “Sketchbook Comic: Book 3” is my personal sketchbook, where I juxtapose my art with writing about my experiences as a non-binary, chronically ill person. re-releasing this in advance of a print run! read the rest on my website, or support my patreon - links in bio!

This month has a zine about writhing about in bed! Rest mode, or just bad day mode. The days you want to forget about. But maybe there’s a wisdom in them too? Get a copy on my patreon $20 tier (or $1 discounted slots, while they are still there).

part 41 of 47 “Sketchbook Comic: Book 3” is my personal sketchbook, where I juxtapose my art with writing about my experiences as a non-binary, chronically ill person. re-releasing this in advance of a print run! read the rest on my website, or support my patreon - links in bio!

17 Sept

part 40 of 47 “Sketchbook Comic: Book 3” is my personal sketchbook, where I juxtapose my art with writing about my experiences as a non-binary, chronically ill person. re-releasing this in advance of a print run! read the rest on my website, or support my patreon - links in bio!

Joyful dancer marker drawings by Laurel, based on a @fugitiverabbit.com photoset via FatPhotoRef! I highly recommend Ruby's work - you can download her entire archive of excellent photo refs on a sliding scale on her page.

This is how they look on the page! These two are a matching set, drawn with the same blue ball-point and shaded with light blue, dark blue, magenta, and a touch of red on the hair. Plus a fair amount of white paint-pen touch ups on the glasses and dress folds.

And these ones all together! I was experimenting with which markers to use on this page so there's a lot more variety in the colors and the lines. This whole series always makes me happy so I'm glad to get to share it with more people now!

Did all these with a combo of felt-tip markers, alcohol based markers, blue ball-point pen, and white paint-pen on top on plain ol' printer paper.

In the original photos, she's actually wearing a light yellow dress with a dramatic spotlight behind her. Since most of my yellow markers had dried up I had fun with exaggerating the cooler colors and the contrast of the shadows.

10 Sept

part 39 of 47 “Sketchbook Comic: Book 3” is my personal sketchbook, where I juxtapose my art with writing about my experiences as a non-binary, chronically ill person. re-releasing this in advance of a print run! read the rest on my website, or support my patreon - links in bio!

10 Sept

Exciting news - we finally printed the 2026 edition of our free COVID science zine, including the French version! I can't thank the Translation Team (Eli, Neptune, Jibé, and @cerealeatingskull.bsky.social) enough. Anyone want free copies (inside the continental "usa") for distributing?

Also, the spectacular @sheerspite.bsky.social carries free copies of Why We Mask in both English and French! They're based out of Tiohtià:ke or "Montreal" and both publish and distribute a wonderful assortment of zines (including other free ones) so go support them: bsky.app/profile/shee...

sheer spite press@sheerspite.bsky.social

new free zine in distro: WHY WE MASK is an accessible primer on why people wear masks, & why you might wanna pop one on. How COVID is transmitted, & what it does in our bodies when we catch it, with illustrations featuring fat, queer, trans & disabled people of colour. sheerspite.ca/product/why-...

Just want to note that if you want to print your own copy, the files will work on a home printer! But they use a good amount of ink so heads up. I'd recommend using a photocopier if you have access to one (check local libraries as well as commercial printers) - it'll probably look nicer & cost less.

laurel-lynn-leake.itch.ioWHY WE MASK: IT'S NOT "JUST A COLD" by Laurel Lynn LeakeA Handy Scientific Guide To Surviving COVID-19 Together

If you just one want copy, you can print your own for free via my itchio! Both versions include A4 and Letter format printable PDFs, printing instructions, readable pngs & PDF, & transcripts. laurel-lynn-leake.itch.io/why-we-mask laurel-lynn-leake.itch.io/pourquoi-por...

laurellynnleake.comWHY WE MASK – LAUREL LYNN LEAKE

You can also just read the whole thing for free online! English version: bsky.app/profile/did:... laurellynnleake.com/whywemask/ French version: bsky.app/profile/coun... laurellynnleake.com/pourquoiport...

Kimball and Laurel@counterintuitive.bsky.social

Je suis tellement honoré d’annoncer l’édition en français de mon zine scientifique gratuit sur le COVID-19 ! L’équipe de traduction Eli, Neptune, Jibé et Alex a magnifiquement transformé WHY WE MASK en POURQUOI PORTER UN MASQUE : CE N’EST PAS 'JUSTE UN RHUME' ! #WorldMaskWeek #SantéPublique

Look how beautiful @cerealeatingskull.bsky.social's hand-lettering came out...! And the tiny Eiffel tower! Also, now you can enjoy my favorite character, Baby Who Loves Not Having COVID....en français.

Kimball & I just sent out copies for all our Get New Releases and Monthly Mailings subs (who also get How To Rest #8), so keep an eye on your mailboxes if that's you. Soon I will also do some bulk mailings for folks interested in distributing (priority to mask blocs/mutual aid groups).

part 38 of 47 “Sketchbook Comic: Book 3” is my personal sketchbook, where I juxtapose my art with writing about my experiences as a non-binary, chronically ill person. re-releasing this in advance of a print run! read the rest on my website, or support my patreon - links in bio!

Issue 6 in a series based on 20+ years experience as a spoonie, about rest and how hard it can be to accept that you need it. If you want a print copy, I send them out in my patreon monthly mailings before posting them here! I'll send old ones too while I have them! Link in bio.

27 Aug

part 38 of 47 “Sketchbook Comic: Book 3” is my personal sketchbook, where I juxtapose my art with writing about my experiences as a non-binary, chronically ill person. re-releasing this in advance of a print run! patreon link in bio - no pressure, but any little bit helps!

25 Aug

Sending How to Rest 8 this month! This one is about my own special little theory haha. It’s a play on the thing from pacing called “switching”. Get a copy on my patreon $20 tier (or $1 discounted slots, while they are still there). I’ll catch you up on older issues too!

20 Aug

part 37 of 47 “Sketchbook Comic: Book 3” is my personal sketchbook, where I juxtapose my art with writing about my experiences as a non-binary, chronically ill person. re-releasing this in advance of a print run! patreon link in bio - no pressure, but any little bit helps!

13 Aug

part 36 of 47 “Sketchbook Comic: Book 3” is my personal sketchbook, where I juxtapose my art with writing about my experiences as a non-binary, chronically ill person. re-releasing this in advance of a print run! read the rest on my website, or support my patreon - links in bio!

1 Aug

Issue 5 in a series based on 20+ years experience as a spoonie, about rest and how hard it can be to accept that you need it. If you want a print copy, I send them out in my patreon monthly mailings before posting them here! I'll send old ones too while I have them! Link in bio.

1 Aug

7 Aug

Here's a thread with the first 4 issues of "how to rest": bsky.app/profile/coun...

Kimball and Laurel@counterintuitive.bsky.social

The first issues are up to read for free online too. Here's "how to rest #1: your life has changed": bsky.app/profile/coun...