#beetle & the hollowbones

[alizalayne]

I've made a present for you, an icon/character maker for Beetle and the Hollowbones! Since these are halloween books but the next one comes out in spring, I thought it would be nice to still have something to play with in the halloween season!

BEETLE AND THE CHIMERA CARNIVAL the sequel to BEETLE AND THE HOLLOWBONES will be available NEXT SPRING, APRIL 2025.

✨You can preorder the book here!✨

✨Book Trailer✨

[nia1sworld]

Finished all of the characters from memory

From series:

Beetle and the Hollowbones: @alizalayne

Hooky: Míriam Bonastre Tur

The Accursed Vampire: @tomb-of-madeline

Ghost eyes: Mr. Circus Papa

Creepy Cat: Cotton Valent

[gami-gang-gay]

hello!!

i’m ghost, i’m a trans gay guy and i use he/him pronouns :D

using this blog to just post and reblog fandom or just stuff i like, so i don’t flood my main blog with fandoms people don’t wanna see.

tags: #my post | #my art

i’m not one to make a dni, but just in case:

- no terfs

- no nazis

- no zionists

- no bigots of any kind :)

[haveyoureadthiscomic-poll]

[retropineapple]

Some funny scenes from Beetle and the Hollowbones. It's a really funny graphic novel.

[bluebellcandies]

where are the beetle and the hollowbones fans at (yes the bg drawing is not good but you know I see nobody posting fanart of this so I'm taking matters into my own hands LMAO)

[lemonofthevalley]

top 5 books :?

okay I refuse to rank books in any particular order because I Can't pick favorites but I will list 5 that I really like JDJDJDKD

on a sunbeam by tillie walden

laura dean keeps breaking up with me by mariko tamaki

the girl from the sea by molly knox ostertag

beetle and the hollowbones by aliza layne

snapdragon by kat leyh

[kittymaine]

I just read Beetle & the Hollowbones by Aliza Layne. It's a graphic novel that follows a young goblin girl, Beetle, who is training to be a witch and her best friend Blob Ghost, who is trapped in a mall. Maybe things aren't great, but they're having fun together when a girl from Beetle's past shows up at the same time that they find out the mall might be demolished! Now Beetle has to race against time to find a way to release Blob Ghost from being confined to the mall before it's destroyed!

This was such a cute and heart warming read. The art style is both cute and beautiful at the same time. Beetle makes great expressions and the fantastical colors and background colors make everything feel magical. It's a great coming of age story with loads of magic. It also has good LGBTQIA rep, which was a nice surprise!

Id recommend this to anyone who enjoys magical fun teenagers. It really reminded me of Little Witch Academia, so I think if you are a fan of that show you should really give this book a read.

[alizalayne]

I’ll use my magic to make people happy!! ✨

[notmushroomleftontheshelf]

It's spooky season! 🎃

[starwarspurgefan]

So I decided to show you guys my fanchild of My favorite characters from arcadekitten and other underrated media.

Emily Oakvale olive:daughter of ryo and embry

Fun fact:she a scarecrow like her father.she is made of hay and lock of Ryo and embry hair by her grandfather.Her hair look like vanne.but she a scarecrow.she was a baby after she was made by her grandfather and then later age like normal human been.

Hair color:black

Clothes:a scarecrow clothes like his father.

Age:12

Edward Oakvale olive:son of Ryo and embry.

Fun fact:he is a older brothers of Emily.he is overprotective to his sister.his hair is like his mother embry.

Hair color:purple

Clothes:his mom old clothes from inmimb.

Age:15

Tyler:son of necrotary and sunny

Fun fact:he and Emily had a crush on each other.his hair is like his mother.

Hair color:cyan and white.

Clothes:a mix of both of his mother.

Age:13

Jason Oakvale:son of Ingram and Pam

Fan fact:he is the older kid he like to help his family.his friends and his siblings.

Hair color:black and orange

Clothes:mix of her mother and father clothes.

Age:16

Lily Oakvale:daughter of Ingram and Pam

fact:she is sometimes shy she like to have fun with her family and her siblings and her friends.

Hair color:orange and black

Clothes:a mix of her mother and father clothes.

Age:14

Peppermint:daughter of pepper and Arachne

Fun fact:she is the oldest sister of tarantula.she is shy sometimes.she has a crush on Edward.she like to hang out with her friends.she like to baking cupcakes with her mother.she like to play video game with her dad.she like to hang out with her uncle rascal and her aunt Pollypick .

Hair color:black and red

Clothes:long sleeve like her father.

Age:15

Tarantula:son of pepper and Arachne Fun fact:he is the young.he like to fight.hanging out with his best friends Emily.and his parents. (Note he didn't has a crush on her.he have zero interest to be in a relationship for now)

Hair color:magenta

Clothes:his mom old clothes but as a boy version from spider's web

Age:11

Ralph.star blast:son and daughter of dj and gina

Fun fact:Ralph is the oldest.he like to kick ass.like to hang out with his friends.he do whatever he want.

Fun fact:Star blast also like to hang out with her friends.she like to training with her mother and her uncle hilo.

Ralph:15

Clothes;gray jacket and blue jeans

Star blast:13

Clothes:purple t shirts.lime jackets.and pink pants.

Sally lewin:daughter of sunny and Ryan

Fun fact:she like to hang out with her friends.help her family.she love creepy stuff.she has a creepy doll name Ann.she get embarrassed when Jessica's call her adorable and cute.

Hair color:yellow sunshine

Clothes:her mom old clothes.

Age:14

Jessica:daughter of tyler fett and deb

Fun fact:she has a crush on sally.she always like to embarrass sally because she thinks her blushed is cute.she and sally would later ending up together.

Hair color:brown.

Clothes:her mom old clothes.

Age:13

Katerin:son of kat and rat

Fun fact:he is the oldest brother.he like to hang out with his friends.he like to race with his sister and his friends.he is a master of combat.

Age:18

Hair:brown

Clothes:his clothes look like the boy version of his mother.

Korea:daughter of kat and rat

Fun fact:she love to race like her mother.she like to hang out with her friends and her family.she like to play with her friends and her brother.she is sometimes shy.

Age:14

Hair:black

Clothes:her father dao old clothes.

flower Reginald anta:daughter of mary anta and reginald tetra

Fun fact:she is brave and smart.she is sometimes shy.she like to hang out of the cemetery and flowers garden,she love reading books about creatures and ghosts.like her father she is sometimes crazy but her friends still like her.she also has autism.

Age:13

Hair color:yellow and red.

Clothes:blight orange shirt.light red hooded.and shorts jeans.

ray Reginald anta:son of mary anta and reginald tetra

Fun fact:he is the oldest.like his sister he is brave and a fighter.he is also good at science because his father taught him well.he also loves to kick someone ass if he or she bullies him or his sister.he is also a fan of music.he also had glasses.

Hair color:red and yellow:

Clothes:white coat and black jacket.

Age:15

Credit to toaddoestheinternet.

Cody corvuson deerlington:son of crowven corvuson and vasilis deerlington

Fun fact:he is a edgy rock and roll fan like his father.but he also like other music that isn't rock and roll like vocaloid.electric.and other.he also love to do epic dangerous things like fighting against bullies.defense himself.he is also a goth's.also he is the oldest.

Hair color:dark blue.

Clothes:black jacket.dark t shirts.and gray jeans.

Age:16

Vanessa corvuson deerlington:daughter of crowven corvuson and vasilis deerlington

Fun fact:she is sometimes shy.she love edgy rock and rolls and anime like her brother does.she is trying to get her brother to above getting in trouble.she has a crush on jack after he kick the bully ass for broken her project that she spent all of her hard work on it.

Hair color:dark light black

Clothes:blue jacket.light t shirts.and black pants.

Age:13

Jack sophio:son of Twyla sophio and nova

Fun fact:like his mother.he is always bossy and a brave boy.he does care for his friends and parents but doesn't care for dumbass.he is also very serious.one time he got bully but then after his mother twyla telling him to be brave and don't let those jerk being mean to him.he decided to listen his mother advised and kick his bully ass so hard that he didn't want to bully everyone again.despite the fact that he got in trouble for that but he didn't care.he also had a crush on Vanessa but doesn't want to admit it.except for Vanessa.he can get annoyed when someone is bothering him.he also has anger issues when someone is annoying him or embarrassing him.his mother is sometimes being hard on him but she still care and love her son and want him to be brave and ready to fight against everyone who hurt him.

Clothes:white gym shirt.blown jacket and gray pants.

Hair color:purple and orange.

Age:14

[ilikereadingactually]

Beetle & the Hollowbones

Beetle & the Hollowbones by Aliza Layne

I LOVE THIS BOOK SO MUCH. it has everything i want. best friends, magic, chosen family, queer kids, adults who help them and love them and protect them from adults who are awful, incredible art!! i love precious goblin girl Beetle, i love sweetie pie Blob Ghost who talks in pictures, i love skeleton girl love interest Kat, i love badass Gran!! the stakes are small but personal, the emotions are tender and sincere. i'm a sucker for a story about finding your power and using it to help the people you love.

some other things i love about this book: the introduction of a romantic interest doesn't break up the central friendship! it feels rare and precious to encounter stories where friendships are just as or more important to the plot than the romantic element. it's less hard to find in children's lit just because of the target age group, but still! also i LOVE Blob Ghost's picture-speak, it's like a graphic novel inside the graphic novel, incredibly charming and always clear even without any words. also also!!! i won't spoil the ending, but i love the resolution of the tension between Beetle wanting to be a beautiful sorceress doing flashy magic and the more grounded, homey goblin magic her Gran is teaching her.

also i'm realizing belatedly that none of this really explains the plot at all, but i went into this book knowing nothing and had a great time, so

the deets

how i read it: i read a physical paperback copy (and then wrapped it up to give to my best friends and bought myself another copy).

try this if you: like a spooky-themed town, miss hanging out at the mall, cry when characters express sincere emotions, are into magical girls, dig a small story with big magic and bigger love

some panels i really liked: "We used to write FAN FICTION together!"

[ineffable-gallimaufry]

my ❤️ list at the library is also really stupid. why is only volume 3 of heartstopper on there. i know i probably liked the rest. so why only volume 3

[bluebellcandies]

About to read this series, i have a feeling a new hyperfixation is coming up

[redgoldsparks]

Hi, I just read your book gender queer and wanted to tell you that i have never felt more seen by a book in my life (or any media for that matter). Im also genderqueer and somewhere on the aro/ace spectrum and your book put into words alot of things I’ve never known how to express. Thank you for putting yourself out there!

(also do you have any other comic book recommendations?)

Hello anon! Thank you for this kind message! I very much do have comic book recs. In no particular order, here are some favorites. Not all of these are books are queer, but many are. If you want queer specific recs, here are some other asks I've previously answered- books about nonbinary identities, nonbinary mostly fiction

Memoir/Nonfiction 

Fun Home by Alison Bechdel

Relish: My Life in the Kitchen by Lucy Knisley 

March Trilogy by Senator John Lewis, Nate Powell and Andrew Aydin

The Best We Could Do by Thi Bui

Fetch: How a Bad Dog Brought Me Home by Nicole Georges 

You & a Bike & a Road by Eleanor Davis 

Tetris: The Games People Play by Box Brown

The Called Us Enemy by George Takei, Justin Eisinger, Steven Scott and Harmony Becker

Feeding Ghosts by Tessa Hulls 

Hey Kiddo by Jarrett Krosoczka 

Almost American Girl by Robin Ha 

Dragon Hoops by Gene Luen Yang 

Dancing at the Pity Party: A Dead Mom Graphic Memoir by Tyler Feder 

Banned Book Club by Kim Hyun Sook, Ryan Estrada and Ko Hyung-Ju 

Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton 

Homebody by Theo Parrish 

The High Desert by James Spooner 

Fiction

Prince of Cats by Ronald Wimberly 

This One Summer by Jillian Tamaki and Mariko Tamaki

Skim by Jillian Tamaki and Mariko Tamaki

Seconds by Bryan Lee O’Malley 

Nimona by ND Stevenson 

The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang 

The Hard Tomorrow by Eleanor Davis

On a Sunbeam by Tillie Walden

This Was Our Pact by Ryan Andrews

Grease Bats by Archie Bongiovanni

The Chromatic Fantasy by H.A. 

Salt Magic by Hope Larson and Rebecca Mock

Beetle and the Hollowbones by Aliza Layne

Kiss Number 8 by Colleen F Venable and Ellen Crenshaw 

Finder Library Vols 1 & 2 by Carla Speed McNeil

Castle Waiting: The Lucky Road by Linda Medley

The Deep and Dark Blue by Niki Smith

Across a Field of Starlight by Blue Delliquanti 

O Human Star by Blue Delliquanti 

Snapdragon by Kay Leyh

Cyclopedia Exotica by Aminder Dhaliwal 

Woman World by Aminder Dhaliwal

The Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen 

A Frog in Fall by Lisa Sterte 

Thieves by Lucie Bryon 

The Great Beyond by Lea Murawiec

Short Stories

The Amazing Screw-On Head and Other Curious Objects by Mike Mignola 

Other Ever Afters: New Queer Fairy Tales by Melanie Gillman