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August Special: Tapia And Beck

Picture this: 25 years in the future, the good citizens of the world have bravely fought back against the forces of bigotry and abolished fascism, opening up a new era of prosperity and discovery for all peoples and species. In a planetary society ruled by art and science, the denizens of Earth turn their eager eyes to exploration and appreciation of the vast universe.

Tapia and Beck lost track of one another after high school and for some tumultuous years thereafter, but were reunited ...

Lady Madonna

In which Mantiski and her mother Acee spend quality time together rocking out at the Paul McCartney concert. Based on a true story! This is a birthday present to my mom; think she'll like it?

And yes, Sir Paul is a stag beetle. What a dream boat!

When We Fly (c)Kae

BAAAAAND ON THE RUN... https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_...

WhenWeFly: Ch 1 Pg 1-3 (Sk)

I've been holding off on beginning the When We Fly graphic novel because I keep telling myself that I'm not prepared, not quite skilled enough, not ready. It has now occurred to me that I will never be ready, and who knows anything about tomorrow, so today's the day. I've decided to post the underdrawings as I go along, ideally in batches of three pages, followed eventually by ink and color. The underdrawing is messy and will be hard to read at first; just bear with me. You Patreon folks will...

Jungle Cruise

Rio Bianca beckons the friend group, and they answer via the Rileys and their little boat on the river. Riley was a professional wrestling hero in the early aughts, and she cleverly quit while she was ahead; now she and her spouse Ryleigh more or less do as they please. Her childhood friend Itzel, as well as Cass, Clem and Piggy Sue, are enjoying the spoils this fine carefree day.

Blink and you'll miss Mantiski Commons as we rocket on by. Acee Mantiski will be golly gosh damned if an...

Short Stories: Sous La Mer

Well let me tell you something, let me tell you so,
This could be the one thing that you really need to know,
You got to stop once in a while and shake off that face of yours
'Cause nothing comes easy, oh, it just comes free
You could sing it better if you'd sing it for me, oh sister...
Well, I cannot claim this advice as my own,
I learned it in the gutter one night, crawling home
She said "Don't you look ridiculous?"
I checked her out meticulously
And I would've st...

August Special: Mom's Birthday

August is as special as July, as it's the month of my Mom's birthday! In her honor, I say we draw some unlikely nextgens! Which couples (or throuples) would you like to see as mothers in the magical MLP sense? Let's get hypothetically adorable!

July Shout Out

I adore this community and I want to thank YOU so much for being here! Let's give an extra shout to our Friends Of Frog and up: Mulefoot, Nutjob, Tineid, unsingable_name, Anthena's Owl, Floydiana, Greypon3, Heartshine, Jonathan, Ludu, Swissair171 and Markus! I am SO glad you're all along for the ride!

Also Tumblr

Letting the good people know that I'm also on Tumblr now. With DA bumming me out, FA being good to me but too obtuse for some, and BlueSky being a little slow, I wanted another platform that wasn't Xwitter or Insta. Of course, Patreon is the NUMBER ONE BEST PLACE EVER for EXCLUSIVE Kae art, but if you want to come hang out in public, find me here: https://www.tumblr.com/kaemantis

A Lotta Locomotion

STARLIGHT EXPRESS! STARLIGHT EXPRESS! STARLIGHT EXPRESSSSS!

Haldis Grey plays the leading lady of the train show, and as a lightfooted little chameleon, they are well complimented by their leading "man", equally little Autumn Somers (not shown, sorry!). Haldis used to be called Ellis, but I changed it up because I have too many characters with the "el" sound in their names. Yes, Haldis is enby, yes, they are a chameleon, no, they can't mutate into other people and furniture and shit...

Get My Dinner From A Garbage Can

I recently watched a YouTube nostalgia bait video about Heathcliff and the Catillac Cats (sic). The Catillac Cats were a gang of rowdy felines who hung around a junkyard and got into soft-scofflaw misadventures. This was a Nickelodeon cartoon from the 80s and like much of the ilk, the character designs were better than the actual show.

Of course I can't leave well enough alone, so I've headcanoned the Cats as a dirty rockabilly band holding it together with fishnetting, hot glue and B...

Will She Still Love You Tomorrow?

"Out of all of us, she has the best shot at living a normal, safe little life. Once the novelty wears off, how do figure a young, ambitious bi woman, who could have any cishet man she wants, will choose to stay with a weird old lesbian?"

Ike has the unenviable task of asking the abrasive questions in WwF. This is because he has an abrasive personality; he's seen some shit, so he's got a trunk full of the stuff. Clem, for her part, responds to his inquiry in the most Clem-like way possib...

GUEST ART: Good Girls

My feathered friend @theowlgoesmoo created this adorable pic of my most delightful young bug and dart frog! Countdown to Itzel discovering them on the couch and yelling for them to get back to work.

When We Fly (c)Kae

Emotional Support Custodian

Piggy Sue and her food truck have a contract with the Corporate Center building that Clem upkeeps. If Piggy Sue is having an especially rough day at the waffle helm, the comfort of her special sow isn't too far away.

I was just re-watching The Great Food Truck Race (which in no small way inspired a chunk of WwF) and was reminded what a disaster life these chefs on wheels enjoy. Your handywoman girlfriend can fix your generator if it's down (and it WILL be down), but she can't fix the ...

Bringing Home That Bacon

I'm astounded that I never posted this, but better late than never! Piggy Sue's parents Piggy Lee and Sam were once young upstarts, busting tail to get their music to the people. As we know they were ultimately successful, but the crowds gravitated to charismatic Piggy Lee and less so her hardworking amphibious hubby. Also, if I had a nickel for every musically talented frog jamming on an electric guitar in WwF, I would have two nickels, so somebody give me two nickels. I've earned them.

Birthday Brats

One of my ride-or-dies was born on my birthday (I'm six hours older than she is) and this gave us a reason to strike up a friendship early in college. We were roommates for a while, which resulted in hijinks, which resulted in art. Her OC was Kender the halfling, and although humanoid mythologicals aren't WwF canon, I couldn't resist drawing her (from memory!) with a young adult Mantiski. Kender and Mantiski had lots of laughs, not to mention lots of birthdays. Cancerians represent!

July Special: Raven of 9 and Cap'n Jane Jacket

My Starfleet faves Kathryn Janeway and Seven of Nine won the month of self indulgence poll! Liz suggested that Sev be a raven, per the name of her family's ship. As for Kathy, a salamander and gecko were recommended and they were both good ideas, but fuck context, it's my birthday and I say she's a bug. A hardcore queen of the Voyager hive! Janeway the yellow jacket lives rent free on the holodeck coffee bar of my heart, along with borg borb Feathers of Nine. Let's get to trekkin' across...

GUEST ART: Piggy Sue's Prius!

My friend Ryoku is the go to guy for drawing vehicles, mech and muscles--freehand! I asked him to design Piggy Sue's little pink car, which happens to be one of the first things we'll see in the WwF graphic novel. I have no natural ability when it comes to drawing vehicles, so I've been cringing away. Ryoku filled the car's design with character and Piggy Sue style! Go visit him at https://bsky.app/profile/ryo...

Kae-Pop /Rat/ Hunters

Oh hey Boots, I love your new look. Very pulled-you-out-of-the-dumpster-chic.

I tend to avoid whatever pop culture is making the kids swoon du jour, but then inevitably someone drags me into a viewing and it grows on me. Even if I hate the style I can still enjoy a dose of good writing. You'd tell me if the writing wasn't good, right?...

Vix Gets Hitched

Local musical legend Vixen Grin (probably not her real name) enthusiastically married twenty-something guitar hero Kero-chan (probably not her real name), and nothing would come between the lovers...not even a few decades of age. Icy smells a /rat/, citing either a horny old sex pest or a heartless little gold digger, or perhaps a combination of the two. Unfortunately for Icy's otherwise assiduous nose, the reality is that Vix and Kero are in genuine, respectful love. DIABOLICAL!

Also K...

You Say It's Your Birthday??

Well it's my birthday too, yeah! July is International Kae Month, and we're gonna party like it's 1980. For Kae's mindless month of self indulgence, I'll suggest a few of my favorite characters from pop culture and have you choose who you'd like to see injected with WwF anthro magic! Since we're going to furry up these lucky devils, I'll try to keep the choices human, or at least humanoid. Ringo's humanoid, right?

Too bad I already designed RuPaul...better known as RuPaw. Branch ou...

June Shout Out

Our Patrons are everything and that's all there is to it. A shout out to YOU, yes YOU, and also our Friends Of Frog and up: Mulefoot, unsingable_name, Nutjob, Tineid, Athena's Owl, Floydiana, Greypon3, Jose, Heartshine, Jonathan, Swissair171, La Limule and Markus!

COM: Follow That Bird

Big boss Icy told Eloisa to keep an eye on Freddy while he pumps iron with his birb arms. And yet, Freddy is El's secret crush, and she almost kind of wishes he WOULD bust that wishbone...

To those following at home, no, Roughnecks is not necessarily a women-only gym. It is, however, a no-asshat zone. Welcome, all, but check any douchery at the door.

Scenario by @asuraludu, When We Fly (c)Kae

The House Band

This pic has nothing to do with When We Fly, but it does showcase the color technique I'm developing for the WwF graphic novel. Yes, that's a thing that will be completed sometime before I die, and to that end I need a quicker painting style that still looks rad. So for now please enjoy the sitar stylings of Komal the black leopard and his band: Kaarsch the roller bird on flute, Banceri the langur rockin' the shehnai oboe and Khari the gharial banging the hell out of the tabla drums. Sinh,...

June Special: The Artist As A Young Bear

Attend the tale of young Icy and Big Papa Urski..and the extended gay bear demographic of St. Charlies. Come on in, the porridge is juuuust right!

From the archives: TANG was an orange-flavored Kool Aid-esque drink popular in the 80s. Orange Julius, which may still be around, is another orange flavored beverage, usually found in mall kiosks of yesteryear. Apparently we really liked orange.

When We Fly (c)Kae

No lies detected, I would party so hard with these fine furry ...

Bobbing Up The Wrong Tree

Pauvre le jeune Bob, quel dommage. If it's any consolation, irascible Itzel has a pretty specific type: femme (nope) sloth (sorry) women (strike three!) who love /cats/ (Bob goes on to marry a dog).

Kathy is no longer Bob's wife, but she remains his steady wingman. Meanwhile Riley seems to be in her purple mullet phase. I feel like Kathy and Riley would hang out and do each other's manes and get absolutely fucking toasted like the extra-fluffy marshmallows they are. Might want to s...

COM: The Baaaad Baaaad Seed

Amirah Willoughby-Rōar is the daughter of Shah Rōar and Sherry Willoughby, the niece of Trissie and the much younger cousin of Melissa. Sheepy though she may be, she possesses small reminders that her daddy is a big strong member of family Fel. Amirah grows up to be the bad rich girl of Mercyfurs (Mantiski et al have long since graduated), accompanied by her loyal friend Gae Xiǎo kǎi huā, aka Xiǎo, aka (per Amirah) Zowie.

Xiǎo is a mysterious young pangolin on a mission to......

Super Bossanova Bros.

They're lean. They're green. And they've gotta get a gift, gotta get a gift, gotta get a gift for Splinter.

Leo is your hot friend with whom the wait staff and bartenders (of every conceivable gender variation) are always aggressively flirting, and he has no idea. Just no idea. He has thirty five blue polo shirts and one pair of khakis. He irons his BVDs.

Who's your favorite turtle and why is it Mikey? You're looking at one major party dude! Just ask his best friend and par...

June Special: Tales of PRIDE

It's PRIDE month, dudes, dolls and enby y'alls! For June's special, we'll have a sit down with one of our WwF heroes as they regale us as to how they first knew they were queer, and how those around them reacted. If applicable, what was your fledgling foray into club Rainbow? Mine was probably watching the Opposites Attract music video and realizing that I was more attracted to Paula Abdul than the cartoon cat, which no one who knew me saw coming.

May Shout Out

May was pretty awesome, art-wise. Your suggestions really MAY'd the difference! Tons of thanks to all of our Patrons, with a special shout to Friends of Frog and up: Mulefoot, Tineid, unsingable_name, Nutjob, Athena's Owl, Floydiana, Greypon3, Heartshine, Jonathan, Jose, La Limule, Markus as Swissair171!

THIS IS NOT A DRILL: I'LL BRING HOME THE BACON!

I present to you the first piece of official WwF multimedia: the single that started Piggy Lee's rise to stardom. With lyrical suggestions by yours truly, composition--including all instrumentation--by Tony K (AKA Grampa T) and Piggy Lee's vocals by his bandmate Emily Foht (AKA Emily C. Wiley), I'll Bring Home The Bacon has manifested into this country-fried banger that I truly hope you'll support on YouTube.

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