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Erika Moen

@erikamoen.bsky.social

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Queer cartoonist publishing TMI comics online since 1999. Member of Helioscope. Co-created Oh Joy Sex Toy. she/her
• Free Patreon: patreon.com/erikamoen
• Graphic Novel: patreon.com/posts/letters-from-71578543

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@lubellwoo.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 6:15 PMReposted by @erikamoen.bsky.social

This weekend! Bring your burning questions and hard-won tips. We're gonna make long project endurance more bearable together.

@helioscopepdx.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 8:32 PMReposted by @erikamoen.bsky.social

Happy birthday to Zoe Lewis aka @quark-dynasty.bsky.social, a DELIGHTFUL artist we’ve had the pleasure of working with this summer!
Zoe posts great comics. Go give her a follow!

@erikamoen.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 9:30 PM

lol
old

(HAPPY BIRTHDAY, @quark-dynasty.bsky.social!!!)

@ohjoysextoy.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 6:56 PMReposted by @erikamoen.bsky.social

Are you going to be in Las Vegas on October 17th at 2:45pm? Are you interested in Relationships, Sexuality and Mental Health in the 2020s? Have we got good news for you:

@erikamoen.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 6:28 PM

LAS VEGAS:
Join Kelsey Darragh, Janet Hardy, and me at the Las Vegas Book Festival on October 17th at 2:45pm for our panel "Hard Launch: Relationships, Sexuality and Mental Health in the 2020s"

I'll have a signing at 3:45pm in the Frank Wright Courtyard afterwards!
lasvegasbookfestival.com

Saturday, October 17
La Vegas Book Festival
Historic Fifth Street School | Empowered Tent

2:45pm Panel: 
"Hard Launch: Relationships,
Sexuality and Mental Health in the 2020s"

This panel will explore the ways in which contemporary authors navigate the complexities of relationships, sexuality and mental health in the social media era. Non-fiction authors Janet Hardy, Kelsey Daragh and graphic novelist Erika Moen will talk about their own journeys with writing and how they have each illuminated this vital intersection of human experience in their works.
@hopemullinax.bsky.socialOct 6, 2026, 2:17 PMReposted by @erikamoen.bsky.social

Hien is out here making me cry on a Tuesday morning. The new OJST is all about the importance of preserving queer art, especially with the rise of AI. Only humans can tell human stories.

@ohjoysextoy.bsky.socialOct 6, 2026, 6:49 PMReposted by @erikamoen.bsky.social

By volunteering at his local center for archiving important queer Australian material, @hiencomics.com.au connects not only with his peers but with the generations of queer creators before him who documented their lives through flyers, posters, and even fabric.
www.ohjoysextoy.com/westpride-ar...

Hien Pham draws in a lushly rendered style that alternates between realistic illustrations and simplified chibi cartoons in textured pencil lines. He uses the full spectrum of colors. Hien himself is a bespectacled, dark-skinned, heavyset man with thinning hair pulled into a bun and a bushy beard. 

Narration: WestPride Archives is a not-for-profit volunteer-run organization dedicated to preserving queer materials of historical significance in Perth. 

A hand is seen turning a crank to slide a mobile shelving unit along a wall full of identical units that are only differentiated by the topics listed on their outer-facing walls. The categories include: Western Gay, Sapphic Women, Women's Lib, Feminist Papers, Marching Boys, Dykes with Pride, Dykes on Bikes. 

"Come have a look!" Calls the voice belonging to the hand turning the crank as the interior shelves are revealed. 
Narration: Started in the mid-90s, their collections are currently kept safe underneath the Murdoch University library.

"We have books, journals, full magazine runs, banners from the Freedom Center, outfits from past Pride parades..." Explains a young woman with long brown hair tied up in a ponytail, glasses, and wearing the rainbow lanyard that all the WPA volunteers sport around their necks. 

"Whoa!!!" Hien exclaims in delighted shock, reverting to his simplified chibi-form as he marvels in delight at the rows of books and assorted papers that fill the shelves that tower over his head. 
"That there is an entire computer we inherited from the Lespar Library of Women's Liberation with all of their digital databases!" Continues the first volunteer. 

"That's so cool!!!" Marvels Hien at the ancient technology. "Do you have any comics?!"

"Not here..." Answers another a middle-aged woman with short greying brown hair. "but we do have these cartoon postcards." She expertly lifts the lid from a box on one shelf, showing stacks of postcards and flyers inside. 

Read the rest on ohjoysextoy.com
@jpawlik.comAug 31, 2026, 2:37 PMReposted by @erikamoen.bsky.social

1/2
I was inspired recently after someone asked me about why I didn’t have an Instagram, to make a four page comic on why. I'm not going back to Instagram.

Maybe I can just hand this out if people ask me now.
#Comic #Autobio

@lubellwoo.bsky.socialOct 2, 2026, 7:43 PMReposted by @erikamoen.bsky.social

A week from Sunday I'm sharing hard-won secrets from my five-year wrestling match with drawing a graphic novel over on @crucialcomix.bsky.social! Sliding scale tickets ($0-$10), nerdy spreadsheets guaranteed, sanity debatable. www.crucialcomix.com/product/arti...

A poster for Staying Sane on long comics projects with Lucy Bellwood, featuring Spreadsheets! Strategies! Rituals! Routines! Sunday, October 11th 12pm-1pm PST / 3-4pm EST, Sliding Scale Cost: $0-$10, presented by Crucial Comix. Image is bright yellow and purple with two photos of Lucy brandishing finished pages of comics.
@erikamoen.bsky.socialOct 5, 2026, 6:14 PM

Be cool like @indigo-k.com 😎

@erikamoen.bsky.socialOct 5, 2026, 6:06 PM

:D

@ohjoysextoy.bsky.socialOct 2, 2026, 10:26 PMReposted by @erikamoen.bsky.social

As Jenny Wingfield said, “September showed up right on schedule, and lasted a whole month.” And you know what else showed up right on schedule and lasted the whole month of September? OUR SWEET COMIC UPDATES!
www.patreon.com/OhJoySexToy/...

September 2026
https://www.patreon.com/OhJoySexToy/posts/september-comics-114077527
Five vertical panels showing a preview of OhJoySexToy.com comics that went up in September 2026

1) Text: A UNI-Versal Experience by DarkChibiShadow
Image: A person looks excitedly at an assortment of enormous, colorful jewels

2) Text: Way of the Sauna by Hien Pham
Image: Two people soak in a hot tub

3) Text: Drawing Power From Femdom by Jo
Image: A woman pins a man to the ground in the foreground, while in the back she confidently holds a leash.

4) Text: Kissing Booth by Erika Moen
Image: Silhouettes of two faces lean in to kiss.

5) How to Organise a Munch by Dastardly_devil
Image: A crowded gathering of excited people.
@erikamoen.bsky.socialOct 2, 2026, 5:42 PM

I'm embarrassed to admit that this is the first I've heard of kinbaku! 😳

@ohjoysextoy.bsky.socialSep 30, 2026, 7:29 PMReposted by @erikamoen.bsky.social

Bonus Post for Patrons: How @erikamoen.bsky.social made her Kissing Booth comic!
www.patreon.com/OhJoySexToy/...

Comparison showing the rough pencils, inks, and final colored versions of a panel from the Kissing Booth comic by Erika Moen. It shows a crowd sitting at a table.
@nsousanis.bsky.socialSep 30, 2026, 5:48 PMReposted by @erikamoen.bsky.social

Last week was Matt Madden week in my intro to making course, where we talk constraints & look at Matt's brilliant 99 Ways to Tell a Story, and then Ss add their own additional page to the book! Some sweet ones from this class! Popup! Fisheye, contrast, diff style each pane, swapped w/water bottle

@erikamoen.bsky.socialSep 30, 2026, 5:51 PM

These are all great! Wow!

@erikamoen.bsky.socialSep 30, 2026, 5:45 PM

Gorgeous layout and inking, Les!

@srfeld.bsky.socialSep 30, 2026, 4:19 PMReposted by @erikamoen.bsky.social

I'm a fan of efficient writing but this is in fact too much to fit into one sentence.

@elfreckles.bsky.socialJan 21, 2026, 1:47 AMReposted by @erikamoen.bsky.social

🦊🏹

#comics #furryart #furry

Digital picture. Disney's Robin Hood fox character, looking concerned. A speech bubble comes out from him saying "If I was your first furry crush, it's time to take note of your cholesterol.
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@kibblesmith.bsky.socialSep 29, 2026, 10:23 PMReposted by @erikamoen.bsky.social

Occasionally need to repost this Astro Boy panel where Dr. Ochanomizu's butt looks like the Bernie Sanders logo.

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