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Mae Grenade is querying

@maegrenade.bsky.social

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Comicker, graphic designer, science communicator, overall nerd. Demi 🖤🩶🤍💜 Currently: 🎮 Death Stranding 2 📖 Flip by @ngoziu.com 🎵 blink-182 Draws sillier things under @zakuromochi.bsky.social Portfolio: maegrenade.myportfolio.com

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Mae Grenade is querying @maegrenade.bsky.social · 7d

If you see this, post a vampire that isn’t Dracula

Mae Grenade is querying @maegrenade.bsky.social · 18d

Congrats!!

Mae Grenade is querying @maegrenade.bsky.social · 25d

Thank you so much for the like! I’m working on sending a query to you soon. Through your QT link I don’t see a genre that exactly fits from the drop down options. Should I try selecting something that is close enough since the selection is required? Thank you again!

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Mae Grenade is querying @maegrenade.bsky.social · 27d

Thank you so so much!!

Mae Grenade is querying @maegrenade.bsky.social · 27d

As a young demisexual with low self esteem, this is the graphic novel I wished I had growing up! FALSE START is a gentle story about second chances and learning about how to love both someone else and yourself.
💜🖤🩶🤍
#DVPit #YA #A #GN #LGBT #DVArt

Cover art for the graphic novel False Start showing a two girls faced away from each other and their hands almost touching.

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Mae Grenade is querying @maegrenade.bsky.social · 27d

Thank you so much!! I’m delighted to hear that! 🥰💕

Mae Grenade is querying @maegrenade.bsky.social · 27d

100% same!!! 😭 I’m making this for little me and other folks who maybe didn’t know, and in the present day let themselves look at the past and be like “oh yeah, that’s totally me!”

Mae Grenade is querying @maegrenade.bsky.social · 27d

For fans of Heartstopper and Bloom:
FALSE START follows demisexual Sera as she reconnects with Reese, the track star who secretly loved her in high school. A soft sapphic romance about discovering romantic feelings—and your own worth—for the first time.
#DVPit #YA #A #GN #LGBT #DVArt

Mae Grenade is querying @maegrenade.bsky.social · 27d

Thank you!!

Mae Grenade is querying @maegrenade.bsky.social · 27d

Thank you!! I love drawing emotions the most, so I’m happy to hear you say that 🥰

Mae Grenade is querying @maegrenade.bsky.social · 27d

I think we’re mutually craving more softness in our escapism 😭

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Mae Grenade is querying @maegrenade.bsky.social · 27d

FALSE START: A low-angst sapphic romance about second chances at first love. Introverted demisexual Sera discovers her popular track teammate harbored secret feelings for her in high school.
Mutual pining ✓
Reunion romance ✓
Self-discovery and love ✓
Soft yearning ✓
#DVPit #YA #A #GN #LGBT #DVArt

Mae Grenade is querying @maegrenade.bsky.social · 27d

Heartstopper x Only Yesterday
What if someone found you remarkable when you felt invisible? Introverted demisexual Sera discovers at her reunion that track star Reese secretly liked her in high school. A gentle sapphic #RomCom about second chances.
#DVPit #YA #A #GN #LGBT #DVArt

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Mae Grenade is querying @maegrenade.bsky.social · 27d

Thank you!! I’d love to see more soft romances like Heartstopper out there for people to read. Like a warm hug while having a bread bowl soup. At least that’s what I’m trying to go for with these girls ❤️

Mae Grenade is querying @maegrenade.bsky.social · 27d

I'll do my best to get it out there so you can!

Mae Grenade is querying @maegrenade.bsky.social · 27d

For fans of Heartstopper and Only Yesterday:
FALSE START is a gentle, second-chance sapphic #RomCom about discovering your worth. When introverted demisexual Sera learns at a reunion that track star Reese secretly adored her, she reconnects to find out what Reese saw in her.
#DVPit #YA #A #GN #LGBT

Two comic pages: one in watercolor style showing a flashback and a yellow girl handing a blue girl a keychain, then the blue girl blushing pink with a pink background forming. Voiceover on this page is the blue girl in presend day saying "Well... someone one picked me up off the floor and helped me when I was down." The second page shows present day in a more saturated, cell-shaded style. The blue girl continues saying " So I figure I should pay it forward." Next panel shows her waving at the yellow girl, saying "See you at the con!" Yellow girl waves responding "Yeah see you there..." The next panel shows the yellow girl with a pink background, blushing and clutching her chest. The last panel has her touching her face in surprise, saying "Woah! Why's my face so warm? And why am I all sweaty? I really hope I didn't catch something..."

Mae Grenade is querying @maegrenade.bsky.social · 28d

Thank you, me too! I think it’d be a lot of fun for people to read!

Mae Grenade is querying @maegrenade.bsky.social · 28d

#DVParty day 6: hype your next project

I’m working on a new illustrated kids book retelling of Natsume Souseki’s classic I Am A Cat (吾輩はねこである) so new generations can love this story as well ❤️🐈‍⬛🐈

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Mae Grenade is querying @maegrenade.bsky.social · 29d

DVParty day 5: playlist for your story

I wanted to fit all of the songs I have from my False Start playlist, but here are just a few of the songs that capture Sera and Reese’s story and feelings quite well ☺️

#DVParty #LGBT #YA #GN #RomCom #graphicnovel

List of songs for the graphic novel False Start including Love Me Anyway by Chappell Roan
Strawberry Blonde by Mitski
Sidelines by Phoebe Bridgers
Sarah Smile by Boyz II Men
Ain’t Together by King Princess
Honey by Kehlani
Mercury by John Murphy
Iris by Emily Rowed

Mae Grenade is querying @maegrenade.bsky.social · Oct 6

It’s so real 🥲

Mae Grenade is querying @maegrenade.bsky.social · Oct 5

DVParty day 4: False Start as a meme

Here are Reese and Sera as memes basically 😆

#DVParty #LGBT #YA #GN #RomCom #graphicnovel

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Mae Grenade is querying @maegrenade.bsky.social · Oct 4

DVParty Day 3!
My graphic novel script is written out in a different way than a book, so instead here’s a messy rough pencil draft of some of the first lines sketched out!

#DVParty #LGBT #YA #GN #RomCom

Panel 1
Wide shot, Sera Waters (27) stands against a wall, holding a cup, looking overwhelmed
Panel 2
Around the room, a high school gymnasium, there are a lot of other students dancing and drinking, music pumping loudly, a banner reading "CLASS OF 20XX 10 YEAR REUNION" is seen in the background
Sera (thought):
This is...
Panel 3
Close-up of Sera's face, exasperated, in almost-pain
Sera (thought):
The WORST.
SFX THUMP THUMP (from speakers)
Panel 4
Sera slides down the wall, slumping to the floor
SFX SLUMP
Sera (thought):
I hate crowds, I hate loud parties, I hate small talk... basically, I hate it here.
Panel 5
Close-up on Sera's face, eyes closed. She tries to block out the noise
Sera (mumble):
Maybe if I sit here, time will go faster. Einstein and relativity and all that.
SFX MUMBLE
Panel 6
hair beads CLINK as someone approaches
Sera (thought): Einstein I believe in you
Voice (off-panel):
Sarah? Sarah!
SFX CLINK CLINK
Panel 7
Voice (Off-panel):
Sera!
Sera’s eyes pop open

Mae Grenade is querying @maegrenade.bsky.social · Oct 3

Thank you so much!!

Mae Grenade is querying @maegrenade.bsky.social · Oct 3

You got it!! 🥰🥰

Mae Grenade is querying @maegrenade.bsky.social · Oct 3

DVParty Day 2: introduce your characters!

Meet Sera and Reese! They were track teammates in high school and reconnected at their ten year high school reunion.

#DVParty #LGBT #YA #GN #RomCom

Character sheet for Sera Waters. 27 years old, 5’5.5” height. Strawberry blond curly/wavy hair usually kept up in a half pony. Covers up freckles. Wears baggy clothes. Likes card, drawing, anime, cozy coffee shops, lavender, and horror moves. Dislikes small talk, distance running, overly sweet things, being perceived, and horror movies. 17 year old Sera depicted with poofy hair as her mom would often brush it, so Sera would put it in a ponytail to tame it.

Character sheet for Reese Lambert. 28 years old, 5’9”. Current hairstyle is a braided bob with gold beads. Has dimples. Cool black jacket, cool jeans, Cool boots. Yellow bracelet. Likes running, dogs, sweets, Sera, sunrises, trying new restaurants, Starlight Senshi. Dislikes early mornings and horror movies. 17/18 year old Reese wore longer tighter braids with three beads.

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