Allison Bannister

@basictelepathy.bsky.social

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Cartoonist, Teacher, Writer, Editor. Pronouns She/Her. basictelepathy.com

Two women hold hands, smiling at each other. The woman on the left has a child sitting on her shoulders, who looks a bit like her in miniature. The woman on the right is visibly pregnant. All three are characters in the upcoming chapter of the webcomic At the Inn.
A large tabby cat looks up at the camera with big green eyes. He has a large, carrot-shapped, catnip-filled kicker toy pinned under his front legs.
An image of a t-shirt with an inclusive pride flag on the shape of Kansas on the chest. Text reads "Support the LGBTQIA+ Community in KS. Hays Tees Pride Shop has Pride T-shirts available now! Every purchase helps fund initiatives for Transgender Kansans. Available in many colors, sizes, and styles." At the bottom of the flier is the rainbow sunflower logo of Hays Pride and the URLs https://haystees.printavo.com/merch/hayspride and https://www.hayskspride.org
A character portrait of a minotaur warrior, wielding a bec de corbin that has been used to shish kebab two stirges and smash a third to pulp.
A sample page from the webcomic At the Inn in which a panel 3 word balloon uses an inverted tail to indicate an off-panel speaker.
A hand holds a stack of index cards held together by a metal ring, which a tabby cat is attempting to bite. In the background is a laptop with a script document up; the beginning of a page layout has been sketched on the top index card.
A sample panel from the webcomic At the Inn, in which someone is adding an ingredient to a mortar and pestle filled with teal paste. A voice from off-panel says "Just a dash of powdered clove. You're doing great."
A 3x3 grid of images. The center image is a photo of the artist, wearing glasses and smiling in front of a colorful background. The other eight images are samples from illustrations and comics pages she drew in 2024, mostly scenes from her webcomic At the Inn.
A photo of a path leading toward the beach, with dried up thorns growing off the side of the path in the central focus.
Character portrait of a minotaur warrior holding a very large axe, a hammer strapped to her back.
Andreja and Markus emerge into an impressive wine cellar, with colorful bottles filling the shelves, barrels stacked along the center of the room, and books, bottles, baskets, and bags cluttering every corner, some neatly organized and some more chaotically arranged. Andreja asks "We have to count up ALL of this?" and Markus replies "I finished a few shelves last week, but yeah, there's still a lot." A step ladder is positioned at the shelf nearest to Markus; he stretches an arm over his head as he prepares for the task at hand. Panel 2 zooms in as Markus climbs the step ladder and begins checking the labels on various bottles. He notes "This shelf's got local wine, house mead, oh, and --" Andreja cuts him off. "Look, I'm sorry, but I'm a wizard. I just--" Panel 3 is a close-up on the back of Markus' head as he interjects "Shit." Andreja, startled, looks up at him in a close-up in panel 4 "What?"
A full-color page from the fantasy webcomic At the Inn.
A cat peers out of a paper grocery bag, where she is hidden.
A drawing of a young woman with purple hair, laying on a bench in front of a big window. The room is dark; there are stars in the sky outside. She's using a folded sweater as a pillow, looking out the window with a sad expression.