A cartoon sticker of a pigeon saying You are Loved
It’s a #bird, it’s a #comic, it’s a #sticker, it’s a #zine! It’s #pigeons of #encouragement (Because we could all use a little #love right now.) kelleyclink.com/shop-1
A line drawing of bad bunny smiling surrounded by hearts of different shades of red, and the words The Only Thing Stronger than hate is…
A line drawing of bad bunny holding his hands in a heart shape, shouting the word LOVE. Mucho Amor, Kelley (and Benito).
#BadBunny’s halftime show filled my heart. This #valentine is available as a PDF to print out at home for free. Please send it to everyone you love.
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#illustration #love #protest #hope
A five panel comic featuring two ice cream cones. The one on the right says “how are you?” And the one on the left says “oh, well, uh…, I’m okay, I guess?” While melting slightly as the panels progress. By panel 5 they are a puddle filled with ants, while they ask the ice cream on the right: “how are you?” The ice cream on the right says “good thanks!” And has not melted at all.
I’m not good, thanks. open.substack.com/pub/kelleycl...
#comics #chronicillness #chronicillnesscomics
A black and white five panel comic. The first panel shows a striped caterpillar crawling toward a group of flowers, six butterflies in the air overhead. The next panel shows the same butterflies and flowers but zoomed out, and next to them is a fresh grave with a headstone that reads Old Life. A drawing of me looking at the headstone is in the foreground, the caterpillar on my shoulder. Next panel is a counter with a weekly pill case, pill bottles, and scattered pills, the caterpillar crawling toward the next frame. This one shows an accessible parking tag hanging from a rearview mirror, the caterpillar clinging to the side of the tag. The last panel shows me at a desk or table, writing in a journal, the lines lifting off the page and forming into butterflies.
goodbye, 2025: open.substack.com/pub/kelleycl...
#comics #chronicillness #disability #acceptance
Some thoughts on goodbye season, a butt-ton of #polaroids, a #zine round up, and more!
#polaroidphotography #instantfilm #blogging
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For my #midlifecrisis, I’m turning into a #bear.
#fiction #fictionwriting #flashfiction #motherhood #parenthood #chronicillness #disabledparent
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A grid of 9 Polaroids of various fall scenes, including bright yellow trees, crabapple berries, silhouettes of branches, and prairie plants gone to seed.
Some seasonal #Polaroids and a #poem at extrasoftanimal.com
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A stack of zines fanned out. The cover reads “Fearfully Made: a chillingly incomplete tour of my chronically ill body, by Kelley Clink.” There are silhouette drawings of bats and rats.
I made a spooky #zine about my chronically ill body! Thanks to @crucialcomix.bsky.social and the chronic illness comics club. Open to trades!
#hallozine #chronicillness #disability #ehlersdanlos #heds
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A line drawing of a small frog saying “Hey.”
Same small frog, now joined by slightly larger frog, saying “You did it.”
A giant toad has been drawn behind the two small frogs, and they’re saying “Congrats.”
I did a thing I was proud of, so I made a little #comic to celebrate. Then I wrote a whole essay about celebration. TLDR: if you don’t do it, the fascists win.
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It’s Fitbit—I have a charge 5 that tracks a bunch of data. It’s very helpful for pacing. (When I listen to it 😂😭)
Whistling when ICE is about to kidnap someone for no reason is incredibly effective. They know what they are doing is wrong and will scatter in the wind when too many witnesses gather.
A screen shot of my daily readiness numbers falling from 100 to sixteen in a matter of 4 days.
Me, in early October: “Huh, I’m actually feeling pretty good this year!”
#OctoberSlide: ”Hold my beer…”
#chronicillness #chronicfatigue #chronicpain #disability #heds #eds #ehlersdanlos #neis #neisvoid
😂 it is a great song tho!
A photograph of a gray manual typewriter with a pink sheet of paper on which I’ve typed an essay and done some illustrations.
I turned my latest blog post into a newsletter #zine! #snailmail #writing #disability #chronicillness
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For those who don't do Substack, I am slowly dipping a toe into #Patreon. Please follow! Writing about #art #disability #chronicillness and everything in between. Posts are free. #eds #ehlersdanlos #chronicpain #cci #heds #neisvoid www.patreon.com/cw/ExtraSoft...
An illustration with the outline of the city of Chicago, the south and west sides covered in native wildflowers, and the words Re-Fund the Community
September’s “Something Good” is all about #community.
#resistance #art #writing #joy #chronicillness #disability #eds #ehlersdanlos #neis #neisvoid
#chicago
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New essay about #chronicillness and #suicidality for #suicidepreventionmonth. There are #possums involved.
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#suicideprevention #suicidesurvivor #disability #mentalhealth #disabledartist #chronicillnesscomics
Looking at you @govpritzker.illinois.gov
A piece of paper that has been typed on with a typewriter. There are several attempts to type the phrase “it has been hard to think lately,” and each attempt is full of mistakes. Two attempts have been abandoned.
Hello #brainfog my old friend...
#spoonie #chronicillness #neis #neisvoid #heds #eds #ehlersdanlos #pots
Thanks for the rec! I’ve been meaning to do it forever and keep forgetting 😭 #brainfog
An omron home blood pressure machine with a reading of 77/64, HR 111
I would like to take a shower, but I don’t think I actually can.
#spoonie #neis #neisvoid #heds #chronicillness #disability #disabled #ehlersdanlos #pots
“With more than thirty-thousand embryos of varying gestational age stored in Sanctora’s vaults across Alabama, Georgia, and Mississippi, it is crucial that more parents take advantage of early-stage pricing for implantation of their DNA in Vessels.”
A collage on a failed Polaroid. A large yellow sunflower takes up most of the frame. In the top left corner is the black silhouette of a sunflower, partially covering the yellow one. You can see sky and trees in the areas not covered by the flowers
Every month I write a letter to @margaretatwood.bsky.social. This month it’s about #sunflowers, existential dread, and refusing to give up.
#hope #writing #polaroid #instantfilm #instantphotography #collage
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A four panel comic that features pencil drawings of my body from different angles, and reads “reminder: your body is not a problem to be solved. It’s a home to return to, again and again.”
#chronicillnesscomic #disabilitycomic #disabilitypride #disability #chronicpain #eds #heds #ehlersdanlos #disabledartist #comic #comics #neis #neisvoid
A drawing of my shoulder, throat, jaw, ear and hair, with the words “reminder: your body is not a problem”
A drawing of my bent legs, hips, and stomach, with my hand resting on my stomach, with the words “to be solved.”
A drawing of my torso and head from behind, with the words “it’s a home to return to”
A drawing of my torso and lower face from the front, my hand resting gently on my chest. The text reads: “again and again”
Salonpas lidocaine cream on the occipital area helps me, as does cefaly and occipital nerve blocks. Good luck!
My side garden, squeezed between a brick wall and a hedge. Very tall purple bell flowers tangled with something yellow from the rudbeckia family, not sure exactly what.
A very small baby cotton tail rabbit, ears perked, next to some droopy upright prairie coneflowers (yellow)
Selfie of my legs, seated in a chair next to the garden. I’m wearing black compression leg sleeves and coral crocs
Photo of my garden. Purple coneflowers and lavender bergamot in foreground, more coneflowers and yellow brown eyed Susan’s in background.
An essay about #gardening (and #grief). Also: all these pictures of #flowers!
#nativegardening #wildflowers #suicideloss #suicidesurvivor #suicidegrief #griefrecovery
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😂😂😂
Looking for other #disabledartists and creators to follow! Drop a comment if that’s you.
#disabled #disabilitypride #disabilityawareness #disabilitypridemonth #chronicillness #chronicallyillcreators
