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It's basically like Patreon or Substack, but it's all mine and I don't have to worry about their rules or how many Nazis they have on their platform. To subscribe to the paid posts, check out the plans here. I'll be posting various essays, behind the scenes works in progress, things I find nifty. In turn, your support makes it possible for me to keep making art.


Magical Women Issue 3 Pages 19-22
If you can't think of any other reason to stay alive, consider spite. Don't ever do the fascists' job for them.
Ro Salarian
Dec 24, 2025
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Cruel Muse Chapter Five
It was foggy when they arrived for the first day of work, a thick, heavy blanket of vapor that obscured the narrow, winding road and made them late. Dorothea seemed not to notice the time, and greeted them at the door in a sweeping black nylon nightgown with a matching chiffon peignoir, her hair hidden beneath a gold turban that matched her slippers. There was not a thread out of place, not a wrinkle or tear or speck of dirt. So much attention was given to every detail of the
Ro Salarian
Dec 19, 2025
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Magical Women Issue 3 Pages 15-19
OMG y'all, I had no idea my buffer had run out! This pages were done ages ago and they were supposed to go out ages ago! Here's 4 pages today, and there will be another 4 pages next week. Then I'll resume the regular 2/week schedule. Thanks for sticking with me through this. Real talk: I have a part time day job again. Returned to the cheese shop, which I love, but which takes a lot of my time and energy. It's also the holiday season, so things have been bananas and I ended u
Ro Salarian
Dec 15, 2025
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Customers are getting meaner IRL.
I've been working for a small deli for over a decade. Mean customers used to be rare enough that we could go years between jerks darkening our doors. It's a weekly occurrence now. People come in looking for a fight, refusing to listen when we try to explain things, insulting us. It's going beyond the old adage that you can tell who's never worked retail/food service before. I'm surprised their arms even work with such a huge chip on their shoulders. My theory is that as peopl
Ro Salarian
Dec 6, 2025
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Magical Women Issue 3 Pages 13-14
Rose actually gets to ride in a car! A real treat!
Ro Salarian
Oct 15, 2025
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Transgender Dystopia Blues Part 2: Fix Your Heart Or Die
This is a follow up to my previous essay in which I wrote about one week of my trans life in 2025. This is about another week, one that went a bit differently. This was a week of taking power back, although it's not without loss as well. Just know that this essay gets to end in a positive note, unlike the last one. To recap, the local queer bar that is like a second home to me was threatened by a local man who is a self-proclaimed fascist as well as a pedophile. He was kicke
Ro Salarian
Oct 13, 2025
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Magical Women Issue 3 Pages 11-12
I don't know why this jalapeno farm has haystacks on it. It just seemed like a very "farm" thing when I was writing it.
Ro Salarian
Oct 8, 2025
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Magical Women Issue 3 Pages 9-10
I really really like page 9's shading a lot. That page was when I was like oh, yes, this is how we're gonna do it.
Ro Salarian
Oct 1, 2025
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Transgender Dystopia Blues
One especially dystopian week in the life of a trans person in 2025 USA. Things are getting worse.
Ro Salarian
Sep 29, 2025
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Magical Women Issue 3 Pages 7-8
I really love how Jane and Rose interact. eventually, there's gonna be a lot more characters in this comic and it won't just be the Jane...
Ro Salarian
Sep 24, 2025
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Magical Women Issue 3 Pages 5-6
I just wanna be clear that while Rose has a lot of internalized fatphobia, I do not share it. I am here to help her work through it. This...
Ro Salarian
Sep 17, 2025
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So. Yeah. (An explanation of what's been going on and why I haven't posted as much.)
First newsletter in a while. I'm gonna lay out what's been going on, because this is going to help me get unstuck from the situation, and I owe y'all an explanation for my absence.
Ro Salarian
Sep 7, 2025
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Magical Women Issue 3 Pages 01-02
Rose and her family move to the Greenhouse.
Ro Salarian
Sep 3, 2025
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Magical Women Issue 3 Cover
The third issue begins! Get ready for Rose's first fight in 20 years. I'm sure it's just like riding a horse, right?
Ro Salarian
Aug 27, 2025
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Magical Women Issue 2
So here's the whole issue and what Rose has been up to since she quit the flower squad. While rereading this myself, I got a bunch of fun new ideas for the future. This series may end up being longer than I thought! My sincerest wish is that by the time this series wraps up, fascism will be defeated in my country and we can see this story as just a story for fun.
Ro Salarian
Aug 20, 2025
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Magical Women Issue 2 Page 21-22
A magical transformation, and the first bit of color in the current day timeline. The last couple panels on page 22 are how I feel when I...
Ro Salarian
Aug 13, 2025
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Magical Women Issue 2 Page 19-20
Jane thinks it's so wild that nobody else thinks Rose the person and Rose the magical girl look exactly the same. And neither Rose nor...
Ro Salarian
Aug 6, 2025
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Magical Women Issue 2 Page 17-18
The company charges them 60% of their income for this shithole. Even though this takes place in another universe, Covid still happened,...
Ro Salarian
Jul 30, 2025
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Magical Women Issue 2 Page 15-16
For those who don't know, a company town is basically when an employer owns everything in a town, including the houses, stores, schools,...
Ro Salarian
Jul 23, 2025
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Magical Women Issue 2 Page 13-14
Neighbor lady, that's like the worst way to explain what's happening.
Ro Salarian
Jul 16, 2025
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