Magical Boy Basil

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🌈 LGBTQ+ webcomic about undercover teenage magicians who fight monsters. That, and boys who hold hands 💫 www.magicalboybasil.com

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Magical Boy Basil@magicalboybasil· 20d

Feeling cute today~🎀

A pastel colored illustration of cute stylized stuffed animals gathered together on a bed with pink pillows and pink and white striped sheets.

The center animal is a grumpy orange and black striped cat, Spindle. To her right is a silly bobble headed dog with different colored patches, Ravel. To her left, the grumpy purple platypus, Loom. On Loom's back is a floppy blue bird beanie baby, Twill. The last plushie to the left is the weasel, Fray, sitting on her hind legs.

To the left of the illustration are the Japanese Kanji for the word 'Kawaii' because, well, this is pretty dang cute!

Magical Boy Basil@magicalboybasil· Jul 21

Digging deep into the rest of Chapter 10 right now! Here's a peek at my thumbnailing process, specifically. I couldn't decide on a more vertical or horizontal centered architecture so I tried out both!

Magical Boy Basil@magicalboybasil· Jul 3

Happy birthday, Riley Harris! A true summer girl ☀️

A half body illustration of a blonde haired blue eyed white girl named Riley. She is throwing a peace sign over her face with a hand near her hip. Her magical outfit resembles a white and red marching band uniform with gold trim. She has freckles across her cheeks and is making a playful expression at the camera.

Magical Boy Basil@magicalboybasil· Jun 30

It may be the last day of Pride month but that doesn't mean we'll ever stop celebrating who we are! Be proud, be magical, magicians- we love you just the way you arw ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

An illustration of two teens smiling joyously while holding and wearing different Pride flags. Basil, to the right, is a white Jewish boy with black curly hair in a teal and white dress holding up the gay male pride flag which contains different shades of green stripes, a white stripe, and stripes of varying shades of blue.

Eli, a Black teen with a patterned buzz cut and rainbow glasses, is wearing a long Progress pride flag like a boa and the Achillean flag like a sash around his waist. The Achillean flag has two light blue stripes surrounding a single white stripe with a stylized green carnation at the center of the white stripe. His outfit also reflects the colors of the gay male pride flag.

There is an emblem in the upper left corner that reads: 'Be Proud, Be Magical'.

Magical Boy Basil@magicalboybasil· Jun 23

It's still Pride so of course we have to showcase one of our favorite queer indie comics: Hot Knight by @alaynasketch Why do we love it? Uhh, Hot Knight is hot and Gorm is Bae of course. But truly, it's got shenanigans, great art, and enbies both hot and goblin- literally perfect 👌

A photograph of a purple platypus, Loom, plush sitting on a reading chair with a round pillow behind him. He's holding a red comic book with another red comic beside his foot with a title reading 'Hot Knight: Book 2'. There is a hot enby Knight and two cute goblins on the cover illustration.

Magical Boy Basil@magicalboybasil· Jun 12

Our final Pride color is here: Pink 💖 On the flag this stripe represents our sexuality, our physical expression of love and/or desire.

A photograph of a collage of art prints, a patch, and an enamel pin featuring illustrations that have an emphasis on the color pink, all laid over a pink paper background.

The center print features Basil, a white Jewish magical boy wearing a teal dress in a stylized illustration of different moods. He's sitting and gazing dreamily upward where a smaller version of him is running along a streak of magic after a fushia platypus, above that is a bust shot of Basil gasping in gay panic.

In the lower right corner is a heart shaped patch featuring Basil and Aaron, another white magical boy in a knight costume with their foreheads together, holding hands.

Beneath that is a print with a pink border that is mostly cut off but we can still see Basil's arm and dress as he leaps off screen.

To the lower left corner of the center print, a stained glass style illustration that is also partially cut off. It clearly features Basil princess carrying Aaron against a pink background, with Twill- a blue Jay familiar- and Spindle, a cat familiar as decorations on the right side. On top of that is an enamel pin of a living baseball smiling and surrounded by a swirl of magic. It reads 'I support magical boys 2021'.

In the upper left corner, there is a cut off illustration of Basil and Aaron having a quiet moment under the blossoming cherry trees.

The final print in the upper right corner is a pink pencil drawing on a white background of a white magical girl, Riley swinging her hammer with her weasel/ferret inspired familiar Fray beside her. It has a thick pink frame around it with swirls of magic and a cut off of her hammer.

Magical Boy Basil@magicalboybasil· Jun 11

Today's pride color is Violet 💜 On the flag, it represents Spirit. In this case, queer resilience, spirituality, and pride!

A photograph of a collage of art prints and charms featuring the color purple, all laid on top of a purple paper background. The center print features an Indian magical girl, Sanjeet, who has long purple black hair. She's smiling and swinging a dowsing pendant with her left hand.

To the lower left corner of the center print is a small charm of a purple purple platypus named Loom with a word bubble behind him that has symbols implying a censored curse word. In the top right corner is a larger Loom charm with a grumpy Loom sitting on top of a big yellow star.

The print in the top right corner is mostly cut off with a purple starry sky and magical kids walking just out of sight. The print to the right is Sanjeet again but in bright neon colors- she's back to back with Aaron, the knight magical boy, but we don't see his face.

Beneath the center print is colored pencil art of Basil, a white Jewish boy in a dreamscape looking concerned.

In the left corner of the image, the print is of Loom with Noah, a white nonbinary magician who is smiling at Loom as Loom talks to him. There are emojis conveying what they're saying.

The final print in the top left corner is partially cut off like the rest but it looks like Loom in a partial magical girl outfit in a 90s anime style. Spindle, the cat familiar, looks on dramatically.

Magical Boy Basil@magicalboybasil· Jun 10

We're blue (da ba dee, da ba di) today 💙 Given production costs, Gilbert Baker eventually condensed the Indigo and turquoise stripes into a royal blue. Both Indigo and Blue on the flag represent Harmony and Serenity. Harmony within ourselves, our community, and serenity to make it through.

A photograph of a collage of art prints and charms featuring the color blue, all laid out on top of blue paper.

The center print features a group of magical boys and girls free falling in a blue sky. In the center of it is Basil, a white boy with curly black hair in a teal dress tangled up with Aaron, another white boy with blonde hair in a white and gold knight outfit with blue accents. He has a sword at Basil's neck and Basil's raised hand has magic at Aaron's face. Sanjeet, an Indian girl with long black hair, is falling to the right, Riley- a white girl with blonde hair and a manic grin, has a magical hammer at the ready to the left. Eaton, a Latino boy with short wavy hair and a mad grin, is behind Basil and Aaron with lightning magic spiraling from his hand.

There is a blue and white bunny enamel pin in the top left corner of the center print that reads 'I support magical boys 2022'. In the bottom right is a charm of Aaron swinging his pen sword.

The top print covered by the center art is clearly of a beach and clear blue skies- two figures are running, partially unseen. To the right, Basil is in a different magical outfit, somberly reaching out to ghosts just out of sight.

Beneath that is a print mostly unseen with a star of David pattern around the frame and Mace , Basil brother, with a yarmulke almost out of view.

In the lower left corner, we see a sliver of a black, white, and blue Clary Caraway's face and a hand holding a pocket with magic rising from it.

Above that we see a foul print of Basil, with his face partially obscure, in a teal magical outfit. He's holding his hands cupped around a magical baseball tangle that's smiling at the camera. Magic swirls all around.

Magical Boy Basil@magicalboybasil· Jun 9

Turquoise is today's color! 🎨 On Gilbert Baker's original flag, this color represents Magic and Art. Art IS magic and to be queer in all ways is magical in and of itself.

A photograph of a collage of art prints, stickers, charms, and pins featuring the color turquoise and similar shades all set on top of turquoise paper.

The center print features a magical boy, Basil who is white with curly black hair, wearing a white and teal magical ensemble that invokes a water theme complete with shorts and different length white cloth boots with turquoise trim. He's holding a decanter from which water is magically pouring, kicking his legs out toward the viewer.

There are two Basil charms on top of it- one to the top left corner and a smaller one to the right of the print. In the upper right corner is an enamel pin with Basil that says 'Gay, magical, and panicking.' At the bottom of the print is a sticker with a pocket watch with text that says 'Always time for Magical Boys'.

Beneath the center print's lower right corner is stained glass style art of the pocket watch from the sticker.

To the lower left corner is art of Eli, a young Black boy, smiling as he vogues.

In the upper left corner, we see part of an image of a pride party where Basil and Aaron, a white blond boy, are dancing in gay and demisexual themed outfits.

The print in the upper right corner is a stylized illustration of Basil, Eli, and Aaron, and others at a renn faire. They're dressed up in fantasy costumes and laughing with each other.

Magical Boy Basil@magicalboybasil· Jun 8

Green is today's color 💚 The green stripe on the pride flag represents Nature, our connection to the natural world- how we love, our community, is rooted in the same existence as everyone and everything else.

A photograph of art prints featuring the color green laid out on top of a green paper background. The center print features an ink wash painting of a nonbinary magician, Noah who is white, in a Peter Pan-esque ensemble, they standing by a tree trunk overlooking a field and are holding a thyrsus in their left hand, surrounded by a frame of daffodils with the thyrsus repeated on the right and a wooden bracelet in the left bottom corner.

An acrylic charm of Noah lays to the lower right corner of the print. An enamel pin of a car monster with the words 'I support magical boys 2023' in its mouth rests to the upper left corner.

Most of the right side of the image is a cut off print of Noah in the magical outfit again. To the bottom right corner is a cut off print of what appears to be an abstract park and a young man's head, Mace, barely peeking into frame.

The lower left corner print features a sliver of a baseball field and a bit of Noah again, peeking out around the center print on top of it.

In the upper right corner of the image, we see part of a marker drawing of a white oak on a hill with a dirt pathway leading up to it.

Magical Boy Basil@magicalboybasil· Jun 7

Today's color is the effervescent yellow 💛! On the original Gilbert Baker flag, yellow represents Sunlight. The hope, optimism, and warmth of our queer community.

A photograph of a collage of art prints and charms all featuring the color yellow and laid on top of yellow paper.

The center print features a Latino boy, Eaton, smiling happily as he cuddles Ravel, a familiar that looks like an Australian cattle dog. In its top corner are two acrylic charms of Eaton in his magical boy outfit and Eli, a Black boy, with a set of photographs. In the bottom corner of the center print is an acrylic figure of Aaron, a White boy in a knight themed magical outfit looking up Eaton on the print.

At the top of the center print is an upside down print that is partially cut off- it features Eli to the left and Noah, a white nonbinary teen with blond spikey hair. We see Noah's eyes looking toward Eli.

To the right of the center print, we see the portion of it that features Eli in a yellow shirt and shorts excitedly taking pictures of something covered by the center print. It's clearly nighttime.

In the lower left hand corner of the photo is a cut off print. We can see some chibis on a yellow background but not much else.

To the right of the center print is part of a print where we can see Aaron falling, dressed in a white and gold outfit with parts of that outfit on the side of the print.

Magical Boy Basil@magicalboybasil· Jun 6

We're showcasing the vibrant, energetic color orange 🧡 today! On the pride flag, the orange stripe represents Healing. Celebration, for example, is a form of communal healing for queer folks~ Also, come by our table at Danbury Pride in CT today at 1pm to 5pm EST- we'd love to see ya'll.

A photo of a collage of art prints featuring the color orange, all set on top of orange paper. The center print features an orange cat with black stripes unraveling into strings on a white background. There is one acrylic charm of the same cat, Spindle, to the bottom right corner. On the print itself is also an 'I support magical boys' enamel pin featuring Spindle as well.

Beneath the center print, in the lower right corner is an art deco style illustration cut off. We see an orange evening sky and a silhouette seated at a table. To the lower left corner, a monochromatic orange and purple illustration of two figures- Eli and Noah- is also partially cut off. We see them smiling among the leaves.

Above that in the top left corner, we have Basil's body, face unseen, walking in front of an orange background. Above all that is a print that has an orange balcony but the rest is cut off.

The final illustration is Spindle again, in the style of famous Le Chat Noir poster.

Magical Boy Basil@magicalboybasil· Jun 5

Today's color is red ❤️ This stripe on the Pride flag represents 'Life'. It's a color of passion, strength, and love. It says 'we're still here.'

A photograph of a collection of art prints featuring the color red. The center print is of a smiling magical girl- a blonde white girl named Riley- marching along with a magical hammer lifted in her hand and a ferret-like familiar grinning beneath her. Her magical ensemble is a red skirt with gold trim and a white jacket with a red accent panel down the middle and red cuffs reminiscent of marching band uniforms. There is an acrylic keychain charm chibi version of Riley lain on top of the print to the right and just beneath her hammer.

In the lower right corner is a print partially tucked under the center print. This one has Basil, a white Jewish boy with slightly curly, wavy black hair, passing through a copy of himself in a magical transformation. The version on the left is civilian clothing- a jacket, long sleeved shirt, pants and boots- and the version on the right is the magical ensemble that we can't quite see. Both versions of him are wearing a red scarf.

To the left of that is another print, partially cut off in the photo. It features Basil again but in papercraft, wearing a dark gray jacket with a red fur lined hood. He's recoiling away from a flame.

Next to that, in the lower left corner is a cut off print of a brick building with a magical bunny posed in front of it. We see the words 'old Clover mi' on the print.

Above that, the top left corner print is cut off but we can see a red string drawn as a border on the print and some black and white hands tying a red string bracelet onto a waiting wrist.

The final print beneath that is to the upper right. It features black silhouettes of tangles and a grinning magical boy on a background gradient that fades from red to yellow.

Magical Boy Basil@magicalboybasil· Jun 4

Never forget who we lost.

An old photo of my uncle David. A young white man in his 20s, making antlers with his fingers, smiling, and wearing big ol' blue blocker shades. He looks a little too thin here as he was already affected by AIDs when this was taken.

Magical Boy Basil@magicalboybasil· Jun 4

Black is today's color, so let's take a look at what it means on Daniel Quasar's Progress Pride flag. While the stripe did appear on the Philadelphia flag and a Seattle variant, it maintained its symbolic representation of the POC within our community but furthermore has an additional meaning.

A photograph of a collage of art prints that are black themed, sitting on top of black paper. The center print features Eli with a camera pointed up at a silhouette of a platypus- it's a parody of the I Want to Believe poster from the X Files.

To the right is a dark print featuring Aaron, a knight magical boy with dramatic dark shadowed rendering. To the lower left corner is a black and white pencil sketch of Aaron and Noah though it's hard to see the specifics. To the top left is a black and white image of an empty street with a swirl of gold magic running over it. To the top right, is a portion of a black and white cross hatched drawing of a car turned into a mechanical monster.

Magical Boy Basil@magicalboybasil· Jun 3

Today's Pride flag color is brown~ In 2017, the Philadelphia flag first introduced both black (more on this tomorrow) and brown stripes to represent folks of the global majority- indigenous folks and people of color. It's meant to highlight the issue of racism that still

A photograph of a collage of different art prints featuring the color brown, overlaid on top of brown construction paper. The center illustration features three teens- a Black boy, Eli, and two White boys, Noah and Basil- trying on clothes at a thrift shop.

There is an antique camera sketch in the lower right corner. A boy pouring coffee for a platypus in the lower left corner. An expression sheet of platypuses in the upper left corner and a corkboard with Polaroid of two friends, Eli and Basil, in the upper right.

There is also a small acrylic charm of Eli with a modern digital camera in his hands in the upper left corner of the center art print.

Magical Boy Basil@magicalboybasil· Jun 2

We're kicking off Pride month by celebrating each color of the Pride Flag! And we're starting here with the baby blue, white, and light pink which represents the trans folks in our community. For those who may not know, the trans flag was designed by Monica Helms in 1999.

A photograph of a collage of art prints on top of baby blue, white, and light pink paper. The center image is of teens reading comics together with two animal familiar, a cat in the center and a platypus on the right draped over Basil and Aaron's laps respectively.

The right side of the image is rendered completely and as it progresses to the left, it transitions to inks, then to pencils and blue line just like the steps for traditional comic making.

The prints beneath the center image feature more blues on the blue side and are heavier on pinks on the pink side. They're not the feature so it's just hints of figures in different illustrations.

Magical Boy Basil@magicalboybasil· Jun 1

Happy Pride, ya'll! Whether you're closeted or out, we hope some queer joy finds you this month. 🌈🌈🌈

A photo of a pile of colorful, spread out Pride prints featuring illustrations of the queer boys, girls, and enby from Magical Boy Basil. The central print has the full cast in their magical ensembles with their pride flag colors- Basil in rainbow, Aaron in demisexual/ace colors, Sanjeet in lesbian colors, Noah in Bi colors, Eli in gay colors, and Riley in a rainbow as she is still discovering herself- on their outfits all surrounding a diamond shaped heart that says 'Be Proud, Be Magical.'

Magical Boy Basil@magicalboybasil· May 27

Someone's not paying attention 🤭

A photo of an open laptop under a desk lamp. There's an illustration of a purple platypus, Loom, staring intently at a cellphone drawn onto the left side of the photo. He's clearly not paying attention to what's written on the screen which is detailed in the next photo on this post.

A close up of the screen in the previous photo. In the upper left corner it reads: Noah Vaughn
Mrs. Jane Goodman
Social Studies
1 April, 2015

The heading reads: A Stitch in Time: The History of The Clover Hill Textile Mill

The body of the paper reads: Though the tapestry of small town Tanglewood's rich history was first woven around the town founding in 1781 by Amadeus Serge, it was the establishing of the Clover Hill Textile Mill in...that lead to the development of the Tanglewood we know today.

Words words I'm just going to keep typing until Loom notices I'm not actually writing this paper words words words. Words words words.

Magical Boy Basil@magicalboybasil· May 18

It's that time of year again, huzzah! We'll be at- and for some, hope to be at- the following events this year! Your support at Pride keeps us going in more ways than one so we hope to see ya'll there. And if there are any events local to the CT, NY, or even Jersey areas we'd fit at, let us know!

A graphic detailing MBBs pride schedule for the year with chibi Jordan and chibi Beck at the bottom. The text on the image says:

May 30th- Bethel CT Pride, 12pm to 5pm
June 6th- Danbury CT Pride, 1pm to 5pm
June 14th- Westport CT Pride, 12pm to 3pm
TBD June 27th- Milford CT Pride, 12pm to 4pm
August 15th- Meriden CT Pride, 12pm to 5pm
TBD August- New London CT Pride
October 3rd- Madison CT Pride, time TBD

Magical Boy Basil@magicalboybasil· May 12

Happy birthday to Rosemary Caraway, Basil's mom! A lover of tea, sunny days, and creative handy projects, Rosemary has a quiet strength and a whole lotta love to give.

A bust illustration of a white Jewish woman, Rosemary Caraway, with her head tilted up slightly, eyes closed, a serene smile on her face. Her hair is long, black, and wavy. There's a soft, sunny, ambient light surrounding her.

Magical Boy Basil@magicalboybasil· May 6

Magical Boy Basil@magicalboybasil· Apr 23

Come catch up with us! Page 20 of Chapter 10 is now up on our website and Tapas :) (With 22 now available on Patreon) www.magicalboybasil.com

Magical Boy Basil@magicalboybasil· Apr 14

Just another quiet afternoon ❤️

A graphite illustration of Basil, to the left, tying a red string bracelet around Aaron's, to the right, wrist. Both characters are white. The image is surrounded by a red bracelet that acts as a frame.

Magical Boy Basil@magicalboybasil· Apr 12

See a couple, post a (slow burn) couple 💫

An illustration of two magical boys kissing, backlit by light through a tall window.

An illustration of two magical boys, Aaron the boy in a knight costume on the left and Basil the boy in the dress on the right, look lovingly into one another's eyes as Aaron shows Basil golden magic between them.

There is a gold frame of flowers surrounding them.

Magical Boy Basil@magicalboybasil· Apr 10

Sent out our compendium cards to our Patrons! This month's was a lovely number based off the US National Parks posters. Neat! #magicalboybasil #nationalparkposterstyle #artprint

The image shows a short stack of three art prints featuring a textile mill and a magical rabbit landing on the ground in front of it. The text reads 'The Old Clover Mill' and the whole illustration is done in the style of a US National Parks poster.

Magical Boy Basil@magicalboybasil· Apr 1

Happy birthday to Tanglewood's resident mischief maker, Eaton Guerra!

A bust illustration of a Hispanic magical boy, Eaton, smirking at the camera. There is a lightning bolt lacing through the black background behind him. His outfit is dark Grey with yellow accents.

Magical Boy Basil@magicalboybasil· Mar 25

Just your average night in Tanglewood 😘

An illustration featuring a Black teen with glasses and dressed in yellow and orange in the foreground, Eli, who has his camera out to capture the fight on the street in front of him between two living streetlamp monsters and Noah, a White nonbinary magician. The camera angle is a somewhat dramatic upshot of everything.

Magical Boy Basil@magicalboybasil· Mar 17

Chapter 10 pages ❤️ For those who don't know, Beck lines pages by hand before coloring digitally which leaves these goodies left for us to enjoy~

Magical Boy Basil@magicalboybasil· Mar 10

Magicians of days gone by... Our highest tier on Patreon is the Magical Kid tier and those patrons have a special illustration done in their honor every year. 2025 saw us with three awesome folks who helped keep us going through some especially hard times. Thank you, friends, it means the world <3