Xiomar Luna

A comic I made in fallow 2023 about (re) learning that arts and punk communities aren’t something that you age out of just because you now get sleepy at 10pm. In Sept/ Oct ‘23, I taught my first comics class, where I gave the assignment “make a comic about an important moment in your life”, and so I made ‘Never’ as a way of doing the assignment along with my students.

This is part of a collection of comics, the rest of which are from the last decade and about the same subjects. You can actually go and read all of those here on my site! Check out Blue-ish Colors (2012), Neuron (2014), Vox (2018), and Saturn in Aquarius #3 (2021).

‘Saturn in Capricorn Comix’ is an autobiographical comic about how my medical transition aligned with my Saturn return. Here are some pages from it! Sample pages are shown chronologically, from various points in the book to showcase some of my favorite moments and artwork. The first 3 pages shown are the introduction, followed by pages 8 &9, 15, 33, 43, 56 &57, 66, 77 &78, and finally page 82.

You can now by copes of Saturn in Capricorn Comix from my webstore! You can also buy copies from me at any festivals/ artist markets I table throughout the year, as well as a few bookstores around Minneapolis.

a selection of pages from the sixth and final issue of ‘Saturn in Aquarius Comix’. This one covers a period of about 6 months, from later September 2022, thru early March 2023. For the full book, including lists of shows I’m watching, a “Meet the Artist”, astrological transits, and more, visit my online shop, support me on Patreon, or email me to request a print copy and payment info :)

‘My Little Tiefling’ is a short and sweet comic zine about the one time I played DnD, and also a meditation on why DnD is so popular in the queer and trans communities.

A selection of pages from the fifth issue of my Saturn in Aquarius zine series. For more stuff like journal entries, lists of stuff I’m currently watching/listening to, non-alcoholic drink recipes, and astrological transits for this period, visit my web store, subscribe to my Patreon or just email me requesting a physical copy! $5 +shipping! :)

Some comics from the first half of 2022! Including my trip to Seattle and getting a new job, wow!

To read the whole thing, including journal entries, lists of shows I’m watching, and astrological transits for this time period, check out my Patreon or email me to request a physical copy! $5 plus shipping :)

A selection of some of the journal comics I made in 2021.

For physical copies, check out my webstore, Boneshaker Books in Minneapolis, or stop by any of the comic festivals/ artist markets I table throughout the year : )

A selection of journal comics from my comic zine, Saturn in Aquarius Comix. I started this series the week I got laid off at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, right when Saturn entered Aquarius in 2020.

You cn now buy physical copies of all six volumes of Saturn in Aquarius Comix from my webstore, Boneshaker Books (Minneapolis), as well as any festivals/ artist markets I table throughout the year : )

Collision Course chapter 9 (2017)

Pencils by Xiomar Luna, inks and font by Melissa Mariko Kieselburg, story co-written by both of us.

This is a sample chapter, originally printed in Collision Course vol.3, then in the first Collision Course Omnibus. Collision Course is an ongoing series about roller derby and queer romance. So far we have twelve volumes planned.

This comic was originally made for Plus Dog Collective’s 6th anthology, the theme of which was ‘kids’.

A zine containing two hourly comics: One about visiting my family during xmas 2018, and the other is my Hourly Comic Day pages from 2019.

Some journal comics done during 2019, mostly about my experiences with my first year on testosterone.

CW for medical use of needles/injection, talk of gender dysphoria and getting misgendered.

A collection of comics from 2017-2018, mainly about my feelings and struggles with my own voice.

A sketchbook comic documenting my travels with a friend.

A collection of sketchbook comics from 2015-2016 (aaand one from 2017, I think?). I didn’t know where else to put these. Most are regarding my gender and body dysmorphia, most of those focusing on chest binding and wanting top surgery.

CW: gender/body dysmorphia and body image talk, blood

A quick photocopier zine made during my horrible over-night job in 2015. CW for imagined self-harm/blood and alcohol use

My submission to the first Plus Dog Collective anthology. Based on a dream.

An abridged version of my second large scale journal comic.

In 2013, after spending a miserable year in LA with my then partner, I moved back in with my parents in the Midwest to intern to become a sleep technologist (and have a steady, well paying job). I also spent that year working part-time cleaning office buildings and re-closeting myself after just starting to come out as nonbinary.

CW: talk of depression/anxiety, gender dysphoria/body image talk, mentions of past physical abuse/domestic abuse/child abuse, blood, alcohol use, and some partial nudity.

An Intro~

Originally, ‘Blue-ish Colors’ was a challenge to get myself to draw more. I started by doing hourly comics during winter break of my junior year of college. The following semester, one of my professors encouraged me to keep making diary comics as an ongoing homework assignment (and then I continued long after that). What started as a drawing exercise grew into a documentation of being a 21 year old art student. It is never possible to remember something with complete accuracy, let alone get that memory down on paper. These comics were my attempt to be completely truthful. With this in mind, I’ve left a lot of the scratches, un-even panel borders, and crossed out dead names.

‘Blue-ish Colors’ was first self-published and printed as several issues of a zine, and later printed in a (very) limited run as a full anthology. This is a collection of the pages I think still hold up. This is (probably) it’s final form. -Xio

CW: talk of anxiety/depression, alcohol and drug use, partial nudity