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Trung Le Nguyen
@trungles.com
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Minneapolis. Cartoon fellow. Author and illustrator of the award-winning OGN, The Magic Fish. Keeps hens. Tells fortunes. Is queer. I cannot tell if you're joking. He/him, They/them

Support my work: patreon.com/trungles
Links: https://bio.site/trungles
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Im finally home for good! I’m wearing a robe and grippy socks for the foreseeable future, and I’m taking the day to send out Christmas cards and possibly ignore all my emails
A snapshot of a Christmas card I’ll be sending out from my kitchen table. It’s a cartoon of me and my partner wearing Christmas sweaters while in a little gingerbread house decorated with marshmallows, candy canes, gumdrops, and frosting.
December 8, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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lol
Somebody came into my mentions to defend Gavin Newsom, so I’ve banished them lmao
December 7, 2025 at 3:17 AM
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Iconic
"They've hired this [she laughs] I don't know what to call Bari Weiss. I just don't know," she said before Maury Povich argued that it is yet to be known how her leadership will affect the brand.
December 5, 2025 at 6:54 AM
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The same way human beings stick googly eyes on objects and then develop an emotional attachment. The same way children love their stuffed animals. The same way readers make room in their hearts for imaginary people by reading their adventures by way of lines on paper. We are primed to do this!!!
A screenshot of a Mother Jones article entitled “Why do we trust ChatGPT?” Subheading: The science of how Al chatbots captivate, entertain, and influence us
December 2, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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What I mean is more in line with this if you’re curious 😆
December 1, 2025 at 4:22 AM
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“I treat every person online like a human Yelp page, I’m very normal and good, dearie sweetie honey.” Honestly, fuck these people.
A person posts: “IMHO by putting your personal struggles out for the whole world to see is inviting opinions, thoughts and pears. You expose yourself daily to other people here and then you're snarky if they post? Own it, dear one. Get over yourself.”
November 30, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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LOL I blocked the account this came from, but I’m saving this because the replies made me laugh. Thank you.
November 27, 2025 at 6:43 AM
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She licked my head (not my face, my whole head) for like ten straight minutes and then fell asleep demanding cuddles and scritches
The same dog is on my carpet, fast asleep, my hand under her still scratching her chest
November 27, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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My fluffy niece comes to visit for the holiday
A mottled Australian shepherd reaches out for cuddles on a couch
November 27, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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Noodling around with this Storm illustration for fun. I haven’t worked in this style in a while.
An image of Storm from the X-men, a Black woman with shock-white hair and eyes, weaves wind and lightning with her hands.
November 26, 2025 at 7:22 AM
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Hey I’m here at NCTE this weekend! I make a few appearances and have a couple signings, but my workshop is on Saturday evening! 5:45pm to 7pm. Check your programs!
NCTE graphic for 2025. It features colorful abstractions of trees and mountains against a starry night sky. It reads: NCTE. Dream Boldly. Denver 2025. Annual Convention. November 20-23. A graphic of me, smiling in front of my old garage and chicken coop, with the timestamp for my seminar on Saturday November 22, at 5:45pm until 7:00pm
November 22, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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Sometimes you’re just from when you’re from.
The Frieren meme where an inexperienced artist has trouble drawing Frieren, a silver-haired elven woman with pigtails and red earrings, from a difficult angle. I offer my own take on her based on how goofy anime from the 90s used to do it.
November 21, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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Anyway, we’ve all been there.
A greyscale drawing of a woman with dark hair staring up at a starry night sky. She’s wearing a long, plain dark robe and a pointed hat with a star on it. Her dog and cat scurry about her feet. She stands near a house, and the ocean is behind her.
November 21, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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Big Anthony
A greyscale drawing of Big Anthony (a tall awkward blond man with mussed hair) and Strega Nona (an old woman) in front of her house. There is a very large bunny there.
November 21, 2025 at 2:06 AM
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Ah I found a note I wrote my best friend when we were in second grade explaining why I had to miss her birthday party
A note hand-written in cursive: Dear Sophie, I’m sorry I couldn’t come to your birthday party because I was on vacation for six weeks and I met my grandparents and all my cousins for the very first time. Love, Trung
November 20, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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‘Tis the season (for a new pfp courtesy of my annual Christmas card)
A cartoon of me and my partner in what appears to be a gingerbread house. I am licking a fixture of the house that is probably a candy cane.
November 19, 2025 at 3:29 AM
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The big ladies are sunbathing
Three hens are lying in the dirt under a sunbeam among fallen leaves.
November 18, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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personally not super into Jonathan Bailey because he kinda looks like Chad-ified Jaq to me
A screenshot from the Disney animated film Cinderella where you see a mouse in a red cap and orange jacket appearing to make a rhetorical point to a character offscreen.
November 18, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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Oh I went in the opposite direction with protein bars that look like birthday cakes
Pure Protein brand protein bars of a Cocoa Pebbles persuasion
November 17, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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Megaman Zero came out when I was twelve, and Toru Nakayama’s designs blew my whole mind
November 17, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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Strega Nona fanart! I think more of us should draw fanart of our childhood faves. What were the kids’ books that you remember fondly?
A black and white drawing of an old woman in her kitchen, blowing three kisses over a pot of pasta.
November 16, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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I’m in a boyband mood
The cover for Mint Condition’s 1991 album, Meant to be Mint. The band members are all black men wearing the most 90s patterns and palettes anybody could imagine.
November 16, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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I don’t usually draw Per the Bear with a mouth but the little happy smile on them is pretty cute
A chibi-style black and white drawing of my comic book characters. A girl with long hair and a scarf is holding onto the arm of a bear with a crown and wearing a jacket with fancy epaulettes. I forgot to draw in the girl’s shoelaces for one shoe. It’s fine.
November 16, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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Hey, I’m Trung! I’m a comic artist and author. Here are my books! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/2192...
Angelica and the Bear Prince’s cover is blue featuring a dark-haired girl in a red cardigan and pink skirt holding hands with a blond non-binary person with short hair. The Magic Fish has a green cover fearing a young boy in tattered jacket reading a book. A mermaid is behind him.
November 16, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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The pal @heymolls.bsky.social made real life versions of the friendship bracelets from Angelica and the Bear Prince for the launch party tonight. I felt so special!!
Page from my comic where a girl undergoes a magical girl transformation sequence amidst a flurry of snowflakes and gold stars. She’s wearing a little bracelet of pastel beads and a moon charm. A photograph of my wrist over a wooden table. I am wearing a bracelet made by Molly Murakami modeled after the one in my book. It’s got pastel beads, a little moon charm, and a little bear! Molly hosts the talk for my book. We are seated in front of a television featuring my cartoon self and my book. (Apologies to Molly that this captured her in the middle of an impassioned question!) A reshare of an Instagram post from our host site, Moona Moono, a local Asian cafe, celebrating a full house for the event. You see me and Molly talking together at the far end of a crowd of seated attendees.
November 13, 2025 at 4:49 AM