Keezy Young🌼
@keezyyoung.bsky.social
Eisner and Ignatz-nominated cartoonist! Gay, they/she, a ghost with a skeleton inside it. I write and draw mystery, horror, and love.
☀️ HELLO SUNSHINE ☀️ | SUNFLOWERS | TAPROOT http://keezyyoung.com | rep'd by Kurestin Armada
☀️ HELLO SUNSHINE ☀️ | SUNFLOWERS | TAPROOT http://keezyyoung.com | rep'd by Kurestin Armada
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Keezy Young🌼
@keezyyoung.bsky.social
· Sep 24
Hello Sunshine is a horror mystery GN about a boy who comes back from bible camp to find out that his secret boyfriend, Alex, is missing after a very public mental breakdown. #comics
Available now!! www.thenovl.com/titles/keezy...
Available now!! www.thenovl.com/titles/keezy...
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This was so creepy, it was heartbreaking, so tender and queer, and it was so deeply affecting (I cried HARD at the end).
Absolute 11/10
RIYL: supernatural teen mysteries, learning to heal generational trauma, a very good dog.
Thank you @keezyyoung.bsky.social , I needed this book in my life.
Absolute 11/10
RIYL: supernatural teen mysteries, learning to heal generational trauma, a very good dog.
Thank you @keezyyoung.bsky.social , I needed this book in my life.
December 2, 2025 at 6:59 AM
This was so creepy, it was heartbreaking, so tender and queer, and it was so deeply affecting (I cried HARD at the end).
Absolute 11/10
RIYL: supernatural teen mysteries, learning to heal generational trauma, a very good dog.
Thank you @keezyyoung.bsky.social , I needed this book in my life.
Absolute 11/10
RIYL: supernatural teen mysteries, learning to heal generational trauma, a very good dog.
Thank you @keezyyoung.bsky.social , I needed this book in my life.
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Tapping the sign again
November 25, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Tapping the sign again
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FINALLY reading Hello Sunshine from @keezyyoung.bsky.social
This... is... SO. GOOD.
The story, the art, the colors, the characters, the dog! I feel like SO MUCH has happened and I'm not even halfway through yet.
This... is... SO. GOOD.
The story, the art, the colors, the characters, the dog! I feel like SO MUCH has happened and I'm not even halfway through yet.
December 2, 2025 at 4:23 AM
FINALLY reading Hello Sunshine from @keezyyoung.bsky.social
This... is... SO. GOOD.
The story, the art, the colors, the characters, the dog! I feel like SO MUCH has happened and I'm not even halfway through yet.
This... is... SO. GOOD.
The story, the art, the colors, the characters, the dog! I feel like SO MUCH has happened and I'm not even halfway through yet.
in fairness I do have some bad news about gollum's custody of his precious. like. it's kind of a main theme you could make the argument
December 2, 2025 at 4:29 AM
in fairness I do have some bad news about gollum's custody of his precious. like. it's kind of a main theme you could make the argument
the comic is avengers academy Infinity comic btw!! it's very good for lots of reasons haha
for world AIDS Day I want to shout out @meakoopa.bsky.social and his collaborators for including a sexually active HIV-positive character and mentions of PrEP in a superhero comic than ran for a couple years (i.e. not just a one-off). fucking necessary stuff and we don't see it enough ANYWHERE dude
December 2, 2025 at 3:42 AM
the comic is avengers academy Infinity comic btw!! it's very good for lots of reasons haha
for world AIDS Day I want to shout out @meakoopa.bsky.social and his collaborators for including a sexually active HIV-positive character and mentions of PrEP in a superhero comic than ran for a couple years (i.e. not just a one-off). fucking necessary stuff and we don't see it enough ANYWHERE dude
December 2, 2025 at 3:32 AM
for world AIDS Day I want to shout out @meakoopa.bsky.social and his collaborators for including a sexually active HIV-positive character and mentions of PrEP in a superhero comic than ran for a couple years (i.e. not just a one-off). fucking necessary stuff and we don't see it enough ANYWHERE dude
"but is he gay though" obviously he's gay. but listen. even in a world without queer repression (he's from 1994) he would be still be pretty much a dick. gay people can be mean shitheads too and I am enthusiastic about exploring this
i decided to steal jason from myself and make another story with him in it. i'm not sure exactly what it is i need to say more outside of "this kid is an asshole" but i love him and 34 pages doesn't feel like enough. i want to explore...exactly how much of a dick he can be. i think it's more
December 2, 2025 at 3:13 AM
"but is he gay though" obviously he's gay. but listen. even in a world without queer repression (he's from 1994) he would be still be pretty much a dick. gay people can be mean shitheads too and I am enthusiastic about exploring this
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One of the things this book did was made me conscious of the fact that I now always read author's notes, afterwords, dedications and anything else that adds context to a work. I had to reread the epilogue after those final words. Impactful, stunning, haunting, gorgeous.
Hello Sunshine is a horror mystery GN about a boy who comes back from bible camp to find out that his secret boyfriend, Alex, is missing after a very public mental breakdown. #comics
Available now!! www.thenovl.com/titles/keezy...
Available now!! www.thenovl.com/titles/keezy...
December 2, 2025 at 1:52 AM
One of the things this book did was made me conscious of the fact that I now always read author's notes, afterwords, dedications and anything else that adds context to a work. I had to reread the epilogue after those final words. Impactful, stunning, haunting, gorgeous.
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One of my biggest regrets of being offline for so long is that I read Hello Sunshine in that time and could not scream about it.
Not only is it probably the best book I read this hear, one of the best YA I've read ever, but it also healed something in me I thought publishing had irreparably broken.
Not only is it probably the best book I read this hear, one of the best YA I've read ever, but it also healed something in me I thought publishing had irreparably broken.
Hello Sunshine is a horror mystery GN about a boy who comes back from bible camp to find out that his secret boyfriend, Alex, is missing after a very public mental breakdown. #comics
Available now!! www.thenovl.com/titles/keezy...
Available now!! www.thenovl.com/titles/keezy...
December 2, 2025 at 12:30 AM
One of my biggest regrets of being offline for so long is that I read Hello Sunshine in that time and could not scream about it.
Not only is it probably the best book I read this hear, one of the best YA I've read ever, but it also healed something in me I thought publishing had irreparably broken.
Not only is it probably the best book I read this hear, one of the best YA I've read ever, but it also healed something in me I thought publishing had irreparably broken.
i decided to steal jason from myself and make another story with him in it. i'm not sure exactly what it is i need to say more outside of "this kid is an asshole" but i love him and 34 pages doesn't feel like enough. i want to explore...exactly how much of a dick he can be. i think it's more
December 2, 2025 at 12:28 AM
i decided to steal jason from myself and make another story with him in it. i'm not sure exactly what it is i need to say more outside of "this kid is an asshole" but i love him and 34 pages doesn't feel like enough. i want to explore...exactly how much of a dick he can be. i think it's more
i'm making like it's funny but honestly. it's up there with dropping an ice cream cone
ultra devastating news: left my leftovers at the restaurant this afternoon
December 2, 2025 at 12:07 AM
i'm making like it's funny but honestly. it's up there with dropping an ice cream cone
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SOMA will always be a top ten horror game for me. Wonderfully existentially devastating.
SOMA is $1.49 on US PSN buff.ly/8zLhAcA
December 1, 2025 at 11:58 PM
SOMA will always be a top ten horror game for me. Wonderfully existentially devastating.
ultra devastating news: left my leftovers at the restaurant this afternoon
December 2, 2025 at 12:02 AM
ultra devastating news: left my leftovers at the restaurant this afternoon
we made my dad watch kpop demon hunters this weekend. 3 things to know about my dad:
- he's not at all into animated stuff, especially kids' cartoons
- he gets kinda weird about watching "girly" media**
- he hates basically all pop music from the last 25 years
the man had a *fantastic* time
- he's not at all into animated stuff, especially kids' cartoons
- he gets kinda weird about watching "girly" media**
- he hates basically all pop music from the last 25 years
the man had a *fantastic* time
December 1, 2025 at 11:42 PM
we made my dad watch kpop demon hunters this weekend. 3 things to know about my dad:
- he's not at all into animated stuff, especially kids' cartoons
- he gets kinda weird about watching "girly" media**
- he hates basically all pop music from the last 25 years
the man had a *fantastic* time
- he's not at all into animated stuff, especially kids' cartoons
- he gets kinda weird about watching "girly" media**
- he hates basically all pop music from the last 25 years
the man had a *fantastic* time
it was fun writing short comics this week but I'm excited to get back to drawing
December 1, 2025 at 7:23 PM
it was fun writing short comics this week but I'm excited to get back to drawing
lots of reasons this happened which my knowledge of is fairly limited but man. what a time to find out I'm not going to France next month haha
BREAKING: ANGOULÊME 2026 cancelled, Bondoux defiant
Angoulême 2026 cannot go ahead. In a message from his lawyers, Franck Bondoux places the blame for the festival’s cancellation entirely on public funders, and demands to have his company 9e Art+ remain as festival organiser for the 2027 event
Angoulême 2026 cannot go ahead. In a message from his lawyers, Franck Bondoux places the blame for the festival’s cancellation entirely on public funders, and demands to have his company 9e Art+ remain as festival organiser for the 2027 event
BREAKING: ANGOULÊME 2026 cancelled, Bondoux defiant
Angoulême 2026 cannot go ahead. In a message from his lawyers, Franck Bondoux places the blame for the festival’s cancellation entirely on public funders, and demands to have his company 9e Art+ remain as festival organiser for the 2027 event
www.comicsbeat.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:07 PM
lots of reasons this happened which my knowledge of is fairly limited but man. what a time to find out I'm not going to France next month haha
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Everyday the absence of those who should still be with us is present.
World AIDS Day. We remember.
December 1, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Everyday the absence of those who should still be with us is present.
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I. Absolutely. LOVED this book! @keezyyoung.bsky.social killed it with Hello Sunshine.
One of the things that stuck out to me was how she used the characters different approaches to organizing their thoughts through writing to depict their internal thoughts.
One of the things that stuck out to me was how she used the characters different approaches to organizing their thoughts through writing to depict their internal thoughts.
November 30, 2025 at 8:24 PM
I. Absolutely. LOVED this book! @keezyyoung.bsky.social killed it with Hello Sunshine.
One of the things that stuck out to me was how she used the characters different approaches to organizing their thoughts through writing to depict their internal thoughts.
One of the things that stuck out to me was how she used the characters different approaches to organizing their thoughts through writing to depict their internal thoughts.
[outside of the problematic similarity to Ava's Possession] would you be more enticed by a short comic called "Ava's Audition" or "Popcorn Girl"
November 30, 2025 at 1:18 AM
[outside of the problematic similarity to Ava's Possession] would you be more enticed by a short comic called "Ava's Audition" or "Popcorn Girl"
wrote out two new comic ideas this week. not bad
November 30, 2025 at 1:16 AM
wrote out two new comic ideas this week. not bad
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My AI anecdote is that I’m writing a story script for a high profile IP project featuring a virtual assistant and received the note: “don’t use the word ‘AI’ in the script because the word is toxic now, plus people will assume it’s giving bad info or evil.”
my “AI is over” anecdote is that my wife was hired over the summer to write scripts for a big tech company explaining how to use their AI tools and after many rounds of revisions, the latest notes said “we’re finding a lot of AI fatigue among our users” and to remove all references to AI
Anecdotally on twitter seeing a big shift the last few days from every AI slop account saying every other creative field is “over” and they’re in control now to now posting about how nobody likes them and it’s not fair and they’ll persevere and real artists respect and uplift eachother
November 30, 2025 at 12:59 AM
My AI anecdote is that I’m writing a story script for a high profile IP project featuring a virtual assistant and received the note: “don’t use the word ‘AI’ in the script because the word is toxic now, plus people will assume it’s giving bad info or evil.”
hell yeah. professional as fuck dude
November 29, 2025 at 10:26 PM
hell yeah. professional as fuck dude
@profanity.accountant oops forgot about my reply settings let's try this again haha
@profanity.accountant okay I generally try not to swear too much because of how I'm a YA cartoonist. how am I doing. is it. is it pretty bad
November 29, 2025 at 10:20 PM
@profanity.accountant oops forgot about my reply settings let's try this again haha
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you smile so wide, I can see the sides
November 29, 2025 at 5:01 PM
you smile so wide, I can see the sides