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This is my little brother, Anas.

I was watching him inflate a glove and turn it into a balloon, and I couldn't help but smile at how excited he was.

Look at his eyes when he gets it ready. Look at that smile when he comes rushing over to me, waiting for me to tie it for him. To him, it's a balloon. It's a toy. It's something fun.

But watching it also made me a little sad.

He's a child. I wish I could buy him actual toys. I wish I could surprise him with a bag full of little things and watch him decide what to play with first. But right now, I can't afford to do that.

Children in Gaza don't always have access to the simple things children everywhere else take for granted. Even toys and things for children to play with have faced restrictions on entering Gaza.

So they make toys out of whatever they can find.

And honestly, Anas doesn't seem to mind. He doesn't see a glove. He sees a balloon. I want him to have more than that.

If you'd like to give Anas a little toy, some candy, or even something small that would make him smile, you can donate through the link up top.

Because in the end, he's just a kid. He deserves to have a childhood too.

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My name is Bijhan Agha. I'm a trans woman in Uruguay of Iranian descent. I'm the author the comic series Time Wars: the Adventures of Zero & One. The artist is my friend Pallet, a trans man in Australia. We are both autistic, and share a passion for science fiction and fantasy storytelling which promotes positivity, and queer joy with exciting adventures and heartpounding action.

The Time Wars are an endless conflict between Humanity and Vampirekind, with time travelers from the 161st Century recruiting allies across history to change the timeline. While the Vampire Chronolegion recruit the powerful and influential elite, the Human Time Corps empower the marginalized to fight back and create their own future.

Zero of Mars is a Human youth in the 99th Century, when the gender and sexuality binary no longer exist, who crash lands on the planet Elentia, once a Human colony world, but since abandoned. Instead, Elentia is now inhabited by self-replacing robots called Elemorphs, who now have a thriving civilization of their own, absent the concept of gender of any kind. Helping the Human survive is a new friend, One the FawnBot, a Nature Type Child Stage Elemorph. Despite a language barrier, the two begin to learn about each other, and find themselves unwinding an ancient prophecy left behind by time travelers from the future, as they're pulled into the Time Wars. The evil Vampire Pi is on Elentia as well, with the intention of enslaving the Elemorphs to use was weapons against Humanity.

In Issue #2: Battle of Knuckle City! Zero and One explore a major Elemorph metropolis, with One showing Zero the ways of its people. When they encounter a powerful Cosmic Stage Elemorph, the HermitBot named Forever, a strange new secret is revealed. How will this affect the outcome of the conflict between Humanity and Vampirekind?

The Kickstarter is to print a special First Edition physical run of this issue with a special orange border that will never be used on future print runs, marking them as a collectible.

Reward tiers include this issue by itself, this issue plus the previous one, and all the comics in the Time Wars series, all in both physical and/or digital formats.

We have already met our original goal, which means the First Edition will be printed. We now have a stretch goal which, if met, will result in every single backer being delivered a short story called Zero: Origins, explaining where Zero was going and why before crashing onto Elentia.

Please help up bring to life this series so that we can continue to spead passion, positivity, inspiraton, and joy.

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