Fighting Queer Censorship with Fieldmouse Press

A nonprofit comics publisher is bringing its Summer & Fall Season to Crowdfundr amid issues with its printer in Shanghai over queer content. Fieldmouse Press launched its new campaign through Crowdfundr on July 14th to help offset the printing costs of seven books after moving printing production to a North American printer. Help fight Queer Censorship and keep the presses rolling by checking out the campaign here and giving it a share on social media.

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Flea by Mara Ramirez

Flea is a young queer woman who simply wants to be heard. In a series of funny and sometimes harrowing vignettes, Flea must navigate her overbearing family, her clod of a boyfriend, and a world that sees her as invisible and insignificant. Alternating between expressive scribbles and naturalistic drawings, Flea grapples with her perceptions of herself and reality in an attempt to feel 'real,' and the results are both beautiful and horrible.

Cookies and Herb by Matt MacFarland

Matt MacFarland grew up in the Reagan years in small town California. The people who made up his life, like his elderly neighbor Herb, helped him feel understood in an indifferent, insecure world. With gentle humor and compassion, Cookies and Herb honors and memorializes those people who gave Matt support and care when he needed it most.

a root bound plant needs space to grow by Stacey Zhu

In this deeply intimate collection, Stacey Zhu combs through the clues left behind by romance, lust, family, and melancholia to answer a difficult but human question — what is love? What she finds in a root bound plant needs space to grow distinctly captures the paradoxes of love and acceptance in human life, and in our reading, we are forced to reckon with our own relationships, decisions, and desires.

A Strong Woman and Other Stories by Valentine Gallardo

Myth meets modern life in this collection of new and previously published short stories by Valentine Gallardo. Blending humor and fantasy with dreamlike palettes and lived-in dialogue, these surreal vignettes explore the contradictions of modern womanhood through tales of COVID lockdown parties, werewolves, deserts, and self-sabotage. Absurd yet comforting, A Strong Woman & Other Stories is a mirror for anyone who feels out of step with the world.

A Scientific Study of Transsexuality by Oscar Woodiwiss

Originally published as a part of the 2023 ShortBox Fair, an online digital comics festival, Oscar Woodiwiss' A Scientific Study of Transsexuality is a satirical fictional scientific journal that explores the expression of transsexuality in nature. Woodiwiss' moves deftly from the microscopic to the cosmic, interrogating cultural norms and affirming the sensual beauty of the trans body.

Unrest by Jurijs Tatarkins

Wry and uncompromising, Latvian cartoonist Jurijs Tatarkins meditates on the uncomfortable, nagging realization that modern life is rotting at its core; his poetic ruminations in Unrest are funny and at times heart wrenching. Tatarkins' work has been previously published by kuš! in their anthologies, and we're excited to bring a full collection of Jurijs' comics to the United States for the first time!

Double Take by Kat Foyle

People often speculate what it would be like if they had a doppelganger somewhere out in the world. If you had a doppelganger, would they be cooler than you? More successful than you? Would they imitate you at  the grocery store? Kat Foyle's Double Take explores this idea and all of the anxieties and irritations that would surely come with it.

About Fieldmouse Press

Fieldmouse Press is a nonprofit publisher of comics and literature, based in Grass Valley, California. Founded in 2019, Fieldmouse Press is committed to expanding the reach and appreciation of the comics arts.

Our goal as a publisher is to make comics that challenge and delight readers from all walks of life.

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