Platform and payment rules squeeze indie webcomic artists
Original title: Online censorship is crushing indie webcomics
The piece profiles Hazel and Bell, whose 2025 romance Always Raining Here is sold in Canadian bookstores.
A culture article says new restrictions from social media platforms and payment processors are making it harder for webcomic artists to keep publishing. It focuses on Hazel and Bell, English-speaking creators of Electric Bones and Always Raining Here, a Canadian slice-of-life romance issued in 2025 by First Second. No cybersecurity incident is described.
- Hazel and Bell have collaborated since 2011 on stories set in British Columbia.
- Always Raining Here was published in 2025 by First Second.
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From the original article
1 min read at xtramagazine.com
From social media platforms to payment processors, new restrictions are making it harder for webcomic artists to exist Hazel (the artist) and Bell (the writer) are an English-speaking duo behind the webcomics "Electric Bones" and "Always Raining Here". "Always Raining Here" is a Canadian slice of life romance published in 2025 by First Second books and is now available in bookstores across Canada.
By Tomte · xtramagazine.com
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