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From social media platforms to fee processors, new restrictions are making it harder for webcomic artists to exist
By Hazel and Bell • October 5, 2026 8:59 am EDT
Credit: Hazel and Bell; Celina Gallarado
Webcomic artists Hazel & Bell have shared their activity online for years. But new algorithms and restrictions from fee providers are making sharing queer stories online equal harder. This humorous is part of Comics Against Censorship, a five-part sequence of first comics tackling the history, effect and combat against LGBTQ2S+ censorship. Read the complete sequence here.
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Hazel (the artist) and Bell (the writer) are an English-speaking duo rearward the webcomics "Electric Bones" and "Always Raining Here". "Always Raining Here" is a Canadian piece of existence love narrative published in 2025 by First Second books and is now accessible in bookstores throughout Canada. Hazel and Bell have been operating together since 2011, alongside a concentration on telling stories set in their residence province of British Columbia.
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