Maebh McCurdy

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There Were No Signs

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An eight-page comic about the journey from boy to woman. First published in the pages of Rat World Issue Eight.

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Empathy for Our Past Selves

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A comic for Debate 2024 #12: Nostalgia.

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You Know I Can't Grab Your Ghost Tits

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A comic for Debate 2024 #6: Sex.

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Neglect Comics

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A 4-page comic about Neglect Comics, the wiki that I made as a database of independent comics in Aotearoa New Zealand. Originally published in SPECK #4.

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The Unclaimed Wastes

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A four-page comic based on my current D&D campaign, and my characters time-travelling backstory. Originally published in Debate Magazine 2024 #4: Green.

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F33L

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#6 of Rat World features a 6-page comic about creative block, deadlines, and having story ideas that you haven’t thought through – while I get berated by my own fictional characters again.

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Drawing Mixtumq: Week Four

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A 4-page comic detailing the fourth week of attempting to draw Mixtumq Vol. 1, in which I went on tour with the band Makeshift Parachutes. Originally published in SPECK #3.

Mixtumq

#2: People Plant Plans

Free with Gold

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So, Rat World Wants You to… Make a Graphic Novel

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#5 of Rat World features a 4-page comic where I struggle to decide which graphic novel idea to make, battle my high expectations for productivity, and argue with the protagonist about the content of her story.

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Neukriom

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A 4-page comic that I drew for SPECK #2, it follows on from Somnium #1 & #2, my old collection of autobiographical comics that have now been repackaged as "Misc. #1".

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Who’d’ve Thought Cam Had ADHD?

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A four-page detailing of my experiences pursuing an ADHD diagnosis and access to medication treatment in New Zealand. Originally published in Rat World Issue Four.

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Beep Beep

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A 4-page comic exploring my spiralling daily anxiety, and my aversion to looking at my phone. Originally publishedin Rat World Issue Two.

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Thyme

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A 4-page comic I made for the first issue of Rat World, repurposing pages from Transience #1 and an abstract page from a sketchbook that I had lying around. It became an exploration of how time hasn’t quite worked the same since the lockdowns in 2020.

Somnium (AKA Misc.)

Somnium Epilogue

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The epilogue to the Somnium comics.

Somnium (AKA Misc.)

Somnium #2

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Somnium (AKA Misc.)

Somnium #1

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The first collection of autobiographical comics that I drew from the 6th of July until the 7th of August 2018.

Transience

#1: Daze, Dog, Door

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A 24-page comic I made in 2020. An exploration of gender-identity in a post-apocalyptic, purgatorial desert-scape. The first chapter of The Transience Trilogy. It was first drawn as a storyboard for the animated film I made for my first year of my Bachelor of Animation course. It also wouldn’t be right not to credit @Tashi_Rd‘s Monster & Me diaries for the series’ initial inspiration.

Mixtumq

#1: Artois

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The Owl flies over the forest before popping out of existence - Artois Mixtumq has returned home dissociated and confident after a year spent gathering trauma and making deals with devils. Mixtumq hasn't changed, but she has.