after coming out as trans, Tom mete is hoping for a fresh start at the mainland art school TWST.
There he finds himself sympathetic To the toils of Maroon Antony, a troublemaker who just so happens to be the daughter of international art thieves.
Together they discover clues that bring them closer to locating the masterpieces her parents stole, as well as uncovering the dark secrets of their beloved island home.
Welcome to the Marooniverse!
Who are we?
Pen Write is a Cartoonist and Illustrator with a BFA in Comic Art from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design ('21), currently based in the Twin Cities.
Magenta Malone is a writer and editor currently based in the Twin Cities.
Pen and Magenta have been making stories together since they were 10 years old.
In 2020 when the pandemic first anchored them to their house, they found themselves up late one night reminiscing over the really bad comics they'd created as preteens. In a school notebook from 2011, they came across something very interesting... A story about a girl named Maroon.
Even though it had been drawn before either of them knew what a "Gay person" was, 'Maroon' carried with it an undercurrent of confusion, frustration, and longing that they instantly recognized.
"Holy shit," they remarked. "This entire story is about being queer." But like, only subtextually. And that would need to be changed. So they got right to work.