Ma’at Crook

@maatcrook

Webcomic maatcrook.com/Demonstrative. D&D Adventurers League Community Manager, writer, artist, designer, sensitivity reader. Nonbinary, pan. Gutsy, ADHD, C-PTSD. Cancer, SA, & DV survivor. They. Pfp: me—white, glasses, shaved hair, coveralls, respirator

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Ma’at Crook@maatcrook· 19d

I drew certificate-vine-fancies and announced a gift of Jimothy to D&D Adventurers League players this morning and that all can think about! (The original pdf of this certificate is on discord.com/invite/dnd # al-news-updates)

Fancy fruiting vines border this certificate. But the vines on the right have missing fruit and fallen leaves. Two raccoon paw prints give a clue to who did the damage. Text reads, “D&D ADVENTURERS LEAGUE
SPECIAL EVENT AWARD
ADVENTURING WITH JIMOTHY
Jimothy, Beloved Cryptid (D&D Beyond, no claim necessary) joins you on your adventures! He may be your characters' familiar, companion, or other "Friend" (ALPG). Take him with you to any or all of your D&D Adventures League sessions, no matter which character you choose;
Event Awards are assigned to the player, not individual characters.
Special events are available to play for a limited time.
EFFECTIVE DATES: July 24, 2026 - September 30, 2026”

Ma’at Crook@maatcrook· 28d

Page 23 of my webcomic, Demonstrative, isn’t ready, yet. Here’s Mygael’s character design sheet and a little bit about why and how I imagined him as a kid! www.maatcrook.com/de... #ComicSky #ArtPost

Mygael is a guardian angel, a small bird inside the helmet of an astronaut suit. When he closes his visor many eyes appear on the orange glass. Text reads, “Mygael (he), guardian angel and angel of advocates. He chose to be Turkey's guardian angel. His helmet accesses a database, containing hindsight, insight, and foresight into Turkey's life.
Quirk: He needs to know the rules and follows them. But if a rule is unreasonable, he'll gleefully break it.
Habit: Repeatedly reciting 1st Peter 6-9
Internal Conflict: He is frustrated by not receiving answers to prayers, "bad things happening to good people"/children, and doubts a sentient god would make these choices. He's burned out by focusing on others without taking care of himself.
Mygael grows, questioning life-long beliefs and addressing social worker burnout".

Ma’at Crook@maatcrook· Jul 8

Page 23 of my webcomic, Demonstrative, isn’t ready, yet. Here’s Man’s character design sheet! www.maatcrook.com/de... #ComicSky #ArtPost

A transparent boy is dressed in an enormous men’s suit. Text reads, "Man (he) is one of Turkey's imaginary friends. He proudly takes on adult responsibility and takes in the grooming, victim-blaming, and myths around abuse. He grows, learning the truth about abuse and leaving behind the role he was born into."

Ma’at Crook@maatcrook· Jul 1

Page 23 of my webcomic, Demonstrative, isn’t ready, yet. Here’s Darling’s character design sheet! www.maatcrook.com/de... #ComicSky #ArtPost

Darling’s character sheet shows her to be a teal, 3.5’ Victorian child’s skeleton. Text reads, "Darling (she) is one of Turkey's two invisible, imaginary friends. She is the most goth of goths and not shy about voicing righteous anger. She grows, processing [her] anger and leaving behind the role she was born into."

Ma’at Crook@maatcrook· Jun 24

Page 23 of my webcomic, Demonstrative, isn’t ready, yet. Here’s Swindell’s character design sheet! www.maatcrook.com/de... #ComicSky #ArtPost

A character sheet of Swindell. He’s 5’ tall with purple hair and bowed legs, wearing a sleeveless shirt and yellow britches. Text reads, "Swindell (he) is the child of successful pirates (captain and sailmaker), calling a fleet of ships his home. He is the 22-year-old father of Turkey and husband of Dylla. He is well-liked and well-practiced at showmanship, manipulation, half-truths, and using martyrdom to avoid consequences with the law and others. Only we readers and those living in close quarters with him realize he is the abusive antagonist of this story. Not knowing this, he's a helpful friend. Turkey loves him but does not like what he does.” And "Red (f44b32) is used to acknowledge 'red flag' warning signs of abuse. Otherwise nothing more red than f08a7c should be used."

Ma’at Crook@maatcrook· Jun 7

Speaking of, my family’s home caught fire (humans & pets are A-OK). So I put Demonstrative on hold while I help them manage insurance & contractors. I won’t have a page to upload this week+. But if you see value in art (including financial), read www.maatcrook.com/demonstrative ! Donate &/or share!

The 1st page of Demonstrative is a double-page spread of a vast ocean. A giant cardinal-water-moccasin flies above it, carrying 3 passengers, “Does home look like you remember, Kittum?” Kittum replies, “Better! The colors look brighter!” Their brother gasps, “IT'S SIX IN THE MORNING!” Kittum knows, “And the ocean stretches so much further, even though I know it’s the same size!”

Title and credit text reads, “Demonstrative: Year 50, Prologue. Created by Ma’at Crook (script, art, lettering). Editor: Ethan Slayton. Consultant: Cleo Spencer, Training manager at Center for Community Solutions. Thanks to Tyler Crook. Self published at maatcrook.com, first edition: May 2025. Content Warnings: death, grief, manipulation, isolation, mentions sexual assault.

Ma’at Crook@maatcrook· Jun 7

www.maatcrook.com/demonstrative is my free webcomic. Years of work—writing and art, education, practice, lived experience, & professional expertise. I’ve pay consultants & an editor so I do a better job. Demonstrative hasn’t once fed, clothed, or housed me!

From chapter 1 of my webcomic, Demonstrative, Kittum stands on a log, spotlight shining down. They pose dramatically while Darling, a skeleton in a leasure suit, smirks and Man, a white man in a tuxedo tshirt looks up worried.

Ma’at Crook@maatcrook· Jun 3

New webcomic page for Demonstrative dropped! www.maatcrook.com/de... “We have to leave! We’re dangerous!" #ComicSky #ArtPost

Mygael is distressed, “We have to leave! We’re dangerous!"

Ma’at Crook@maatcrook· May 27

New webcomic page for Demonstrative dropped! www.maatcrook.com/de... “So, angel, when is Gabriel planning to blow his horn?" #ComicSky #ArtPost

A tiny bit of baby Turkey peaks up, trying to reach for Mygael’s hand.

Ma’at Crook@maatcrook· May 23

www.maatcrook.com/demonstrative is a fantasy autofiction webcomic, filled with pirates, monsters, magic, and adventure! A bi, trans nonbinary, neurodivergent kid—isolated by abusive pirates—makes friends with monsters & takes control of their life. It’s eligible for a Ringo Award nomination!

Ringo! The Mike Wieringo Comic Book Industry Awards
https://ringoawards.com/

Nominate your favorite 2025 comics and creators for a Ringo Award! Submissions end May 28th.

Demonstrative: Yr 5 (my comic) — Please consider nominating it for “Best Webcomic!”

In a panel from my comic, Kittum is surrounded by family and family friends, happy to reunite with them! Kittum didn’t think this moment would ever happen.

Ma’at Crook@maatcrook· May 20

New webcomic page for Demonstrative dropped! www.maatcrook.com/de... “Out of the goodness of our hearts!" #ComicSky #ArtPost

Reigna--wide eyed, worried, and guilty--slowly lowers her raised hand. She denies, “What? I’d never, Ustace!"

Ma’at Crook@maatcrook· May 20

Don’t forget to add alt text for your images! You wrote the post for it to be read by people, so include everything they need to read it. If you want Bsky to remind you to add alt text, follow the attached images.

On your Bsky mobile app (shown here on my iPhone), click the burger menu at the top left of your screen. You may need to scroll up and down a bit for it to show.

Third, in the Settings menu, click “Accessibility.”

And lastly, in the Accessibility menu, switch on “Alt text: Require alt text before posting.” If you want, you can also switch on the next option, “Display larger alt text badges.” Beneath the Alt text options is a Haptics option to “Disable haptics feedback.” Switch on to turn haptics feedback off (that’s a poor design choice).

Ma’at Crook@maatcrook· May 13

New webcomic page for Demonstrative released! www.maatcrook.com/de... “Their father is my father! I’m your family!" #ComicSky #ArtPost

Zinnia, in her petticoat skirt and pink hair standing on end, shouts “I’m your family!"

Ma’at Crook@maatcrook· May 6

New webcomic page for Demonstrative released! www.maatcrook.com/de... “If you don’t like it, you can..." #ComicSky #ArtPost

Zinnia (a white teen in a petticoat skirt) looks terrified and worried.

Ma’at Crook@maatcrook· May 2

Me and Tibbs the cat.

Tibbs, my torbie cat, is curled up on my lap with her eyes half closed. She looks very cozy and content.

Ma’at Crook@maatcrook· Apr 22

New webcomic page for Demonstrative released! www.maatcrook.com/de... “I have to ‘politely’ apologize to our community." #ComicSky #ArtPost

Zinnia’s dad (in cowboy hat, shirt, scarf, and boots) stands in front of a painted banner he’s working on. The banner is of a winged, long, curly-haired angel. An arrow points to the left, reading, “Angels among us” (partially obscured by Zinnia’s dad).

Ma’at Crook@maatcrook· Apr 15

New webcomic page for Demonstrative released! www.maatcrook.com/de... “The turtle-doves ate and the ghosts had their coffee." #ComicSky #ArtPost

A ghost drinks their coffee and a turtle-dove eats their pellets.

Ma’at Crook@maatcrook· Apr 8

New webcomic page for Demonstrative released! www.maatcrook.com/de... “I don’t like being the meanie." #ComicSky #ArtPost

Zinnia and Emy, the multi-headed cheetah, are picking up trash.

Ma’at Crook@maatcrook· Apr 5

I have a fantasy, autobio fiction webcomic maatcrook.com/demonstrative! A nonbinary kid raised by pirates and isolated by abuse befriends monsters, explores secret passageways to other worlds, escapes into fantastical dreams, and takes control of their life!

Kittum is surrounded by family and family friends they haven’t seen in ages.

Ma’at Crook@maatcrook· Apr 4

Here’s my OCs being comforted/comforting, and a picture of my cat, Tibbs’ cute snoot.

Kittum (shaved head) lays their head on Theadore’s (Frankenstien-ed sea monster) lap. He’s comforting them while they cry. A translucent blorb-y critter rests on the back of the couch. From maatcrook.com/demonstrative

Tibbs, a torbie cat, sleeps with her face covered. Only her rose-colored nose, cleft cat lip, and fuzzy chin poke out.

Ma’at Crook@maatcrook· Apr 3

RingoAwards.com submissions are open! I’m an abuse survivor, using fiction to tell my life story and celebrate survival skills, with kind monsters, magic, and a pirate kid taking control of their life. Consider writing in "Demonstrative: Year 50 maatcrook.com/demons...” for “Best Webcomic.”

"The Mike Wieringo ‘Ringo' Comic Book Industry Awards! RingoAwards.com (QR code included to the left-top of the image). Nominate your favorite 2025 comics!"

Characters celebrate in a panel from my webcomic, Demonstrative: Year 50. “MaatCrook.com/Demonstrative (QR code included at the left-bottom). Demonstrative: Yr 50, please consider nominating it for “Best Webcomic."

Ma’at Crook@maatcrook· Apr 2

Give my webcomic a read and share if you like it! Maatcrook.com/Demonstrative

The first page of the current chapter is a double-page spread that overlooks church ruins on a tiny island, cast in purple moonlight. A tiny figure asks for someone inside to respond if she’s ok. She whispers, no.

Ma’at Crook@maatcrook· Apr 1

New webcomic page for Demonstrative released! www.maatcrook.com/de... Still falling. #ComicSky #ArtPost

The carnival workers are worried. A feather falls.

Ma’at Crook@maatcrook· Mar 30

The newsletter for my maatcrook.com/demons... webcomic comes out tomorrow! - A recap of March's page releases. - Behind the scenes updates - A spotlight on some cute reference Sign up at maatcrook.com/newsle...

Demonstrative: Year 1’s first page overlooks a temple ruin on a small island.

Ma’at Crook@maatcrook· Mar 29

Tibbs is usually my shadow. But since I got back from the hospital, she hasn’t liked how I smell/that I’m hurt. It took 28hrs for her to overlook it all and curl up on my lap. I’m in heaven!

Ma’at Crook@maatcrook· Mar 27

My surgery went well and I just arrived home!

Me (white, shave head, glasses) giving a thumb’s up (my knuckle tattoo says “SELF” and the unseen hand says “CARE”).

Ma’at Crook@maatcrook· Mar 26

This is my first time looking at the instructions for my favorite mask and these illustrations totally look like me!

GVS Elipse P100 mask instructions. It looks like they drew me putting on my mask.

Ma’at Crook@maatcrook· Mar 25

I help my husband, watercolor cartoonist @mrtylercrook.bsky.social, manage his store www.mistercrook.com/store! -Harrow County, Out of Alcatraz, BPRD (and more) original art -Commission slots open (a rare opportunity) -Coming soon: watercolor original art sketches

An Out of Alcatraz double-page spread of everyone being pensive on the beach.

Ghostbusters: Deadman’s Chest cover. A ghost ship sails down NY streets, chasing Ecto-1.

Harrow County, Hester’s corpses drags Kammy down into the mud.

Ma’at Crook@maatcrook· Mar 25

I design and illustrate #DnD adventures, featuring misunderstood monsters, opportunities for kindness, and 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️♿️! www.dmsguild.com/en/browse?ke...

“Memento Motus: Seance for the Lost” is an adventure and coloring pages. On the cover, a muddy cat monster wipes away the tears of a goth haunted doll.

On the cover of “Protege of the Trampling Forest” shadow creatures and awakened trees stare at a d8-shaped techy meteor, casting blue veins of light on them.

On the cover of “Vacant” an art deco cat has voids for spots. In one, their eyeball and nerves float.

A crowd tosses a giggling baby in the air in “Bleeding Gate: Pandemonium.” This is part 1 of a trilogy (which I plan to add to in the next year or 2).

Ma’at Crook@maatcrook· Mar 25

New webcomic page for Demonstrative released! www.maatcrook.com/de... You could hear a pin (or someone) drop. #ComicSky #ArtPost