C.K. Carpenter 🏳️‍🌈🌻🍉

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Comics Writer/Editor | 2025 Negative Space Finalist | Aces & Aros (W) | unSEEN/unHEARD (E/W) | Ringo Award-winning Transphoria (W) | Down Below (W) | Disabled | Queer | They/them | Icon by Lane Lloyd Ckcarpentercomics@gmail.com

Image of Jubilee using her fireworks powers in the animated show X-men '97
A post from Claire Harrison: Breaking: Gov. Ivey just voided May 19 primary results and called a special election for Alabama State Senate Districts 25 and 26. A poster, Joe, responds with, "WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK. This is insane. Republicans are voiding elections that have already happened to change the maps to get the results they want. They're dismantling democracy."
A disability pride illustration featuring various people belonging to the community, surrounded by the text "Nominate Unseen/Unheard: Disability & Neurodivergence, Best Anthology, ringoawards.com"
A drawing of a group of disabled and neurodivergent people, draped in the colors of the Disability Pride flag. It says, "Nominate unSEEN/unHEARD: Disability & Neurodivergence, Best Anthology, www.ringoawards.com."
GIF of a religious woman from Game of Thrones walking down an alley, ringing a hand bell, as "Shame! Shame! Shame!" is chanted.
GIF of a young Marsai Martin on Blackish making a shocked face.
GIF of Tina Fey from 30 Rock giving a huge eye roll.
A brown and white Australian Shepard mix dog lying fully spread out on a tan couch, taking up all three seating spots.
Poster for Merrily We Roll Along, showing left to right Lindsay Mendez, Daniel Radcliffe, and Jonathan Groff. Below their pictures are credits for the movie.
A disability pride image featuring various people belonging to the community, surrounded by text such as "Nominate Unseen/Unheard: Disability & Neurodivergence, Best Anthology, ringoawards.com"
Trojan's shrine: a metallic blue urn, an ink paw print, an ink nose print, and a clay paw print.
A disability pride image featuring various people belonging to the community, surrounded by text such as "Nominate Unseen/Unheard: Disability & Neurodivergence, Best Anthology, ringoawards.com"
Angela Bassett in Waiting to Exhale, walking away from a car she has set on fire.
A blue heeler mix, a German Shepard mix, and an Australian Shepard mix wrestle in my back yard.
Last issue of FF by Jonathan Hickman, Nick Dragotta, et al. Reed and Sue Richards ask a future version of their son if they were good parents. "Did we do a good job, son?" Heart-wrenching.
2 panels of a distressed woman in a grocery store. Her service dog is standing in front of her, protecting her. Each panel has a caption box of the dog saying, "Guard!"
Cover of I Read Comic Books' "Totally Not A Cult" zine. It's covered in phrases and art from the show in a collage style, all in hues of red, orange, and yellow.
A Black person, Ash, lies in their bed, looking at their phone. Two pundits are talking to each other. The man says, "About damn time. There are only two genders!" The woman says, "Right, Jeff. Kids shouldn't hear about this stuff. It'll only confuse them." Ash rolls over in their bed and sighs. A white person is getting dressed in professional clothing, trying to tie their tie in the mirror. They're listening to the news on their phone, which is saying, "Alabama governor Kay Ivey has now signed into law two bills, one of which bans the discussion in schools of sexual orientation and gender identity deemed 'not age appropriate.'" Their husband, a Black man with glasses, approaches them and says, "Babe, you okay?" They respond, "Not really." Their husband helps them fix their tie, saying, "Here. Let me."
Picture of someone holding a copy of a comic called unseen/unheard. The colors of the Disability Pride flag are used (black, red, yellow, white, blue, green). A plethora of disabled and neurodivergent people appear on the cover protesting. Signs with "Disabled and Proud" and "Fix the System, Not Me" are being held.
Art depicting a white man with curly brown hair and brown beard shrugging, as if he is insecure about what he's saying. He's wearing a sleeveless jacket with various badges on it, including Black Lives Matter, an infinity autism symbol, and a gay pride flag. He's also wearing a sunflower necklace, the symbol for invisible disabilities.
Cover to the graphic novel The Fables of Erlking Wood. Blue and gold cover. Someone is walking through a wood with menacing creatures lurking in the trees behind them.
COMICS PAID GIG Looking to collaborate with an artist and colorist on a short comic for a horror witch anthology. The story involves a lesbian couple, so a queer female (or nonbinary person) is preferred but not required. If interested, please comment with your portfolio. Please include samples of sequential work.
Drag queen Mo Heart saying, "Facts are facts."
Picture of a brown and white Australian Shepard mix dog lying next to me on a couch with his paw on my leg.
Opening sequence of an old cartoon called Silverhawks, with 5 characters shown. Starting from the left, a young person in orange armor, then a man in a cowboy hat and holding a guitar, then a man in armor with a silver bird landing on his arm, then two other people in silver armor. The farthest right one is buffer than the rest.
Picture of me lying on the couch, with my Australian Shepard mix dog asleep, nestled between my legs.
GIF of Rebecca Ferguson as Juliette Nichols in the tv show Silo. She's wearing a sheriff's uniform and walking toward the watcher.
Cover to anthology, featuring various disabled and neurodivergent characters, awash in the colors of the Disability Pride flag.
A disabled woman holds her service dog tightly during a panic attack.
Cover to Ultimates #6. The Ultimate version of Bruce Banner sits amidst rubble, with Captain America's shield and Thor's hammer at his feet and Iron Lad's helmet in his hand.
Uncanny X-men #5 cover. Gambit, energized cards in hand, is in the midst of a fight and faces toward the viewer as three swords can be seen in the foreground. 3 hissing cats stand beside Gambit.
Cover to Uncanny X-men #3. Nightcrawler, sword in hand, is teleporting toward the reader, with his classic purple teleportation signature behind him. The words "Catch the Elf" are written.
Cover to The Ultimates #4. Doom's mask lies on the ground while 4 mice with the powers of the Fantastic Four (invisibility, fire, rock, and stretching) crawl on and around it.
Cover to Exceptional X-men #2. Kitty is pulling another mutant through the white border of the comic using her phasing powers.
Cover to Absolute Batman #2, with Batman and Jim Gordon fighting, a yellow circle behind them.
Cover to Batman and Robin #15, saturated in orange, with Batman and Robin in the foreground. The tagine says, "From the ashes of Batman's past, Memento rises!"
Cover to Ultimates #2, showing Iron Lad (a teenage Tony Stark) restraining Captain America.
Cover to the Smashing Pumpkins album Melon Collie and the Infinite Sadness. Against a background of stars and planets, a woman sits inside a golden star.
Monet St. Croix aka Penance. Shown are three images: Monet in her Generation X outfit, Monet in a more modern outfit, and Monet in her red Penance form.
Comic page describing the relationship between a dog and his human.
Image of the cast of the TV show Travelers. 2 women and 3 men stand in a warehouse looking at the camera.
Cover for Doctor Strange #18, featuring General Strange, Clea, Dr. Strange, Bats the ghost dog, and members of W.A.N.D looking off into the horizon, with the Sorcer Supreme's cloak floating above them.
Comic cover - a shining Promethea surrounded by various hieroglyphics, with the words, "If she did not exist, we would have to invent her." Promethea wears golden, Egyptian-inspired garb and carries a glowing staff.
List of things to describe about yourself.
Comic page. Two men are at dinner as one explains his legal blindness.
Comic book page. A kid is trying to read a book and is talking about how much easier numbers are than words. The letters are jumbled on the page. In the final panel, the letters fly off the page.
Comic book page. A man's mouth clicks, and someone has a car wreck. The man taps his fingers, and someone gets lost in the woods. The man plucks a hair from his face, and someone dies eating dinner.
A comic book page featuring a war where a tank is attacked and the man inside injured.
Art piece. unSEEN/unHEARD cover depicting a woman with ADHD and various things flying around in her mind: overdue bills, unread texts and emails, music, medications, a calendar with months blending together, etc.
Graphic that reads: Coming soon, unSEEN/unHEARD: Disability & Neurodivergence, a multi-genre comic anthology about the experiences of creators with disabilities and neurodivergence. We will be seeking OWN VOICE stories for this book. Submissions open June 1st. Submissions will include 2-, 4-, 6-, or 8-page scripts. Fully assembled teams are encouraged but not required. This will be a paid opportunity.
Cover for A Guest in the House, a graphic novel by Emily Carroll. A B/W woman is walking down the stairs, and a ghost in color trails along around her.