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Illustrations & sequential art inspired by the words, wisdom, & deeds of revolutionary anarchists.

"Never be deceived that the rich will allow you to vote away their wealth." – Lucy Parsons, revolutionary anarchist. An illustration featuring a portrait of Lucy Parsons with those words arranged around her.

Never Be Deceived

“Here you will tread upon a spark, but here, and there, and behind you, and in front of you, and everywhere, flames will blaze up. It is a subterranean fire. You cannot put it out.” — August Spies, Haymarket martyr, revolutionary anarchist. Four panels arranged on a page. The progression through the panels shows a glimpse of a watch tower, of a wall with cracks and rubble, of flames blazing through a broken wall, and finally of a large structure with a watch tower engulfed in flames. Detailed descriptions of each panel are in the alt text and description of individual panels found at: CalendsOfApril.com/cannot

You Cannot Put It Out

"Anarchists know that a long period of education must precede any great fundamental change in society, hence they do not believe in vote-begging, nor political campaigns, but rather in the development of self-thinking individuals." – Lucy Parsons. These words emerge from with the seeds of a flower, travel through rain as seeds begin to germinate underground, emerge with roots and flower buds, and blossom into flowers in full bloom. The illustration is captioned: Excerpt from "The Principles of Anarchism" by Lucy Parsons. Illustrated by Calends of April. kolektiva.social/@CalendOfApril. CalendsOfApril.com/glowing. The flowers and seeds are red with sketchy black outlines, the soil is black, and the background is gray. The caption includes a circle-A for anarchism.

Glowing

Art for Liberation

Art for autonomy, liberation, & solidarity.

Solidarity means alt text. Hand-lettered message in bold uppercase framed by vines and flowers. The "A" in the word "means" is circled, forming a circle-A for anarchism. The circle-A is centered in the image. The frame illustration is made of simple line drawings of wavy vines with flower buds and leaves. The letters and frame are in white on a black background. The illustration is signed in a lower corner of the floral frame with the handle calends of april.

Solidarity Means Alt Text

goblin art

by of for goblins

A glowering octopus monster emerges from a kelp forest made of stars and nebula-like swirls of color. Her many tentacles resemble strands of kelp, and her glowing eyes emit shining blue stars, which also spark from the ends of her tentacles. Her gaze is intense and her intentions are far from clear. And what are all those glowing eyes and blue sparks from within the depths of the kelp bed? (She's brought friends.)

kelp pillars

Illustration of a pastel green fairy snake coiled around a nova. Her flowery wings flutter behind her and body undulates in an sinuous curve. Stars emerge from her wings and sparkle in her mouth. The large nova she is coiled around is white-hot in the center with rings of orange-red emanating from it. It is framed by pale yellow petal-like clouds. Her eye is a flower with a smaller nova glowing within.

snakes up

A large orange-red angler-fish creature emerges from the murky depths. Sprouting from her head are a multitude of tentacles with glowing ends. Her large mouth with many teeth is open to show a deep starry expanse within her maw.

she bites!

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