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AKHTS Jrep 🇫🇷💛🇺🇸

@akhtsjrep.bsky.social

Author of/Auteur de "No One Can Know I Don't Like Sex" @ Webtoon & Tapas & "6+6+6+6" @ Ono. Co-owner of @burgerinthestars. Discord/IG: AkhtsJrep Tumblr: bloggingboutburgers akhtsacchan@hotmail.fr https://akhts.carrd.co/

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AKHTS Jrep 🇫🇷💛🇺🇸@akhtsjrep.bsky.social · 6d ago

Aaaand the events of this story are already almost 11 months old. I know I'm most likely one of the lucky ones there, but yeah, overall my experience of #usimmigration has been a lot of very stressful moments capped with anticlimatically quick and easy resolutions. Here's hoping that continues.

A comic titled "Immigration is fun (5)". It opens with a drawing of the narrator (a French person with an outfit with the colors of the French flag) and her spouse (a USAmerican with an outfit with the colors of the US flag) sitting in a government waiting room which consists of a bunch of large chairs far apart for one another. Two other people are seen waiting on other chairs nearby. Next to the French person and her spouse, another person is seen reading through documents big enough to hide their face.
A narration bubble comments: "A merciful 4 months after getting married, we got summoned for the green card interview. We had to wait in one of those rooms with chairs super far apart." An arrow points to the person reading, indicating with a caption: "This time, our attorney was with us." The narration continues: "We arrived at the scheduled time and got called in after about 3 hours of waiting. The tone of the interview itself was pretty friendly."
We then see the French and USAmerican spouses sitting in front of an officer who we only see the back of. The officer says: "I saw the wedding pictures you submitted – they looked adorable! Do you have photos printed here today?" The USAmerican spouse produces a small photo album, answering: "Yes, right here!" The officer responds: "Great! Then, I'd like you guys to pick a few from different dates, and tell me more about the story and memories behind them." Both spouses respond: "Sure!" in unison.

A continuation of the comic in the previous image. The two spouses sitting at the officer's desk are now seen from more of a distance, in a shadow puppet-like manner with silhouettes blacked in. They are commenting on the pictures in a very animated and disjointed manner to the officer whose facial expression looks a bit overwhelmed. Comments include: "So this one is from a time we hanged out with my brothers!" "This one was with my grandparents!" "I helped finish the bottle of wine that night!" "This one was from the Paris Olympics!" "This is the time you learned to chant 'Allez les bleus'!" "This was right at the end of our wedding! My mother-in-law accidentally threw her flower petals right in my face!" "This was at IHop the morning after our wedding!" "My eyes are puffy 'cus we cried a lot the previous night..."
Coming from out of frame, the attorney's voice interjects: "Um... Guys? I think that's enough. This officer has a packed enough schedule as it is..." Looking embarrassed, both spouses silence themselves, while the officer, while still a bit overwhelmed, smiles sympathetically with their eyes.

A continuation of the comic in the previous images. The French and USAmerican spouses are seen sitting in front of the officer again, smiling nervously. The officer, who we only see the back of once again, declares: "Well, I think I have everything I need! You should expect a decision in the near future. I can't promise an exact date though. It could take anytime from one day to two weeks." An arrow pointing to the French spouse, who looks extra nervous, comments: "Not knowing what to expect at all."
In the final panel, a narration box opens with "Less than 24 hours later." The French and USAmerican spouses are seen checking the former's phone with an impressed facial expression. The French spouse says: "Holy shit, honey... We did it. I got my green card." The USAmerican spouse responds: "That was so fast... Do you think it's 'cus we yapped a lot?"

AKHTS Jrep 🇫🇷💛🇺🇸@akhtsjrep.bsky.social · last wk.

"It's not hurting anyone" until it is, y'know Obligatory "not all people" and "not all situations" yadda yadda yadda, but also, I don't feel like watering this one down into oblivion. You know what I mean. #asexual #aromantic #aroace #erasure

A comic featuring a character wearing a hoodie with the colors of the sunset aromantic-asexual flag.
At first she looks angry, shaking her index finger at the fourth wall, saying: "If you keep shipping asexual and aromantic characters at all costs, I swear I'll... I'll..."
Then her face grows dejected with a bit of a thousand-yard-stare, and she continues: "...Keep internalizing that as a sex-repulsed and romance-repulsed aroace, I don't really deserve to exist, since any possible depiction of my experience in fiction just HAS to be fixed into "sex/romance actually".
She starts turning away from the fourth wall, waving her hand in a 'shoo/shoo' or 'nevermind' motion. She mumbles: "But uh, it's probably convenient to you if I do, huh. So nevermind. Carry on I guess."

Burger In The Stars @burgerinthestars.bsky.social · 2w ago

New shop additions following Little Shops Village! We've expanded our range of badges 🩵💚💜(Aaaaand with all of that we haven't started playing Chapter 5 yet 🥲) Look up "badges" in our online shop (link in bio) 👀 #deltaruneㅤㅤㅤ #ガンバレ中村くん #goforitnakamura

AKHTS Jrep 🇫🇷💛🇺🇸@akhtsjrep.bsky.social · 2w ago

...And even then my "broke" is French broke, which arguably isn't bad compared to many other brokes in the world. But yeah. It still hits different. #unitedstates #france #economy

A comic depicting a character wearing a hoodie with the colors of the French flag, listening to two people wearing T-shirts with the colors of the United States flag talking.
One says: "I'm just so broke, though, so..." and the other one responds "Yeah, me too..."
The French person thinks to herself: "Yeah... I can relate, sadly. I guess some experiences are universal..."
A third person with a T-shirt with the colors of the United States flag joins in on the conversation, holding their phone up to show something. They exclaim: "Guys! Wanna go to that comedy show next week? It's $100 per person!" One of the other United States people replies: "Sure!" and the last one replies: "I'm in!"
The French person recoils in shock, thinking: "$100? Doesn't that set you back for the whole month?"
A narration bubble at the bottom of the comic concludes: "One lesson quickly learned: California's casual use of "broke" hits very different from France's."

A comic continuing the one on the previous image. A narration box starts by stating: "Later down the line, after I got my green card and a job."
The French character is sitting in front of a laptop with their USAmerican spouse. The spouse happily states: "There we go! We booked the plane tickets to visit your family this summer!" The French character looks very distraught, muttering: "Oh god, oh god, oh god, oh god... We just spent so much money at once..." The USAmerican spouse points out: "But, honey, split between the two of us, that's only one week of your pay..." The French character, calming down, replies: "Huh. You're right. That'd have been the whole month back there..."
A final narration box comments: "Money-wise, I still think with my European brain. (And my unmarried brain.)"

AKHTS Jrep 🇫🇷💛🇺🇸@akhtsjrep.bsky.social · 2w ago

I don't know why this stuck with me this much exactly. Probably the sheer absence of a "so" or a "but" or anything like that. I've never seen this person again and I hope they wouldn't be mad at me drawing this, but it makes me smile to this day. I hope they're doing OK. #asexual #ace

A comic showing a character with long hair and a tank top sitting at a table, raising their hand with a smile, exclaiming: "I have a question! I really like sex..." They pause, then just conclude "That's it, that's my question", still with a smile and a carefree shrug. The framing zooms out to show they're sitting in front of a character wearing a hoodie with the colors of the asexual flag, as well as another character with a nondescript outfit, who both burst into laughter. The asexual character notes: "Good for us both honestly!"
A subtitle at the bottom notes: "One of my favorite reactions I ever got to explaining my orientation."

AKHTS Jrep 🇫🇷💛🇺🇸@akhtsjrep.bsky.social · 4w ago

Welp, this is kind of a nothing sandwich, and the history behind that "birthday" is a can of worms I'm not approaching with a ten-foot pole, either past or present tbh, so just for the sake of saying something that DOES have meaning... Hurray for Belgium. #unitedstates #france

A comic depicting a character wearing a hoodie with the colors of the French flag, sipping from a party cup, deep in thought under banners made of U.S. flags.
The French character thinks: "So, the U.S. turned 250, huh... Always feels weird to be in such a young country. To think in less than 15 years, my country will celebrate the 250 years of its RE-birth..."

Burger In The Stars @burgerinthestars.bsky.social · last mo.

THEY'RE COMING BACK TOMORROW THOOO Anyone else excited? #polaropposites #seihantai #youandiarepolaropposites

Burger In The Stars @burgerinthestars.bsky.social · last mo.

Making business cards 👀 Reminder that we'll be at SJMade - Little Shops Village in Sunnyvale, California, on July 10th and 11th! #smallbusiness #smallartist

AKHTS Jrep 🇫🇷💛🇺🇸@akhtsjrep.bsky.social · last mo.

My part in @jab50yen.bsky.social 's Rhythm Heaven Medley YTPMV collab!! So honored to have been a part of this TwT Please do check out the full thing if you haven't already!

Jab @jab50yen.bsky.social · last mo.

TONIGHT 6:30 PM PST/9:30 PM EST ⬇️⬇️⬇️PREMIERE LINK BELOW⬇️⬇️⬇️

Burger In The Stars @burgerinthestars.bsky.social · last mo.

Burger In The Stars will be tabling at @sjmade.bsky.social - Little Shops Village in Sunnyvale, California, on the late afternoons of July 10th and 11th! Find us at booth A23. More info (map, inventory, etc.) coming soon! #artistalley #smallbusiness

AKHTS Jrep 🇫🇷💛🇺🇸@akhtsjrep.bsky.social · last mo.

I know there's asterisks to everything. At the end of the day as long as people are healthy in the way they conduct their lives and live with others I don't think there's much to fear. And personally I could also just've kept living on my own just fine. But still, nice to think about. #queerplatonic

The first page of a comic titled: "Being in a queerplatonic marriage with a nonbinary person who's afab like you"
Two characters are seen wearing matching outfits with the colors of the queerplatonic flag. They're first looking at a text box to their left. The box says: "Cons: People may question the legitimacy of your marriage because you don't have intercourse and you love each other but not romantically."
They then turn to another box that says: "Pros: You don't have to worry about "keeping the spice alive" in your marriage over time to feel fully content." They rejoice and exclaim "Yay".

The second page of a comic titled: "Being in a queerplatonic marriage with a nonbinary person who's afab like you"
The two characters from the previous image of this post (first page) are now wearing different colors : one is wearing the colors of the asexual flag, the other the colors of the nonbinary flag. They're first looking at a text box to their left. The box says: "Cons: You're at risk of, at best, being mistaken for genders and orientations that aren't yours, and at worst, facing homophobia for it."
They then turn to another box that says: "Pros: You don't have to worry about the insidious effects of traditional gender roles and expectations within your marriage." They rejoice and exclaim "Yay".

The last page of a comic titled: "Being in a queerplatonic marriage with a nonbinary person who's afab like you"
The two characters seen in the first two pages of the comic (previous images of this post) are now wearing neutral purple outfits. They're first looking at a text box to their left. The box says: "Cons: Just like everyone else, who the hell knows what the future has in store for you."
They then turn to another box that says: "Pros: This is something you chose, on your terms, that allows you to live happily the way you truly are." They both smile a peaceful smile.

AKHTS Jrep 🇫🇷💛🇺🇸@akhtsjrep.bsky.social · last mo.

Forgot to post this one here for way too long Anyway, by and large this is definitely the kind of thing where I'm pretty much just an ungrateful asshole, but... Eh, it is how it is sometimes. And documenting things raw-ish can help me cope sometimes. #unitedstates #cultureshock #european

A comic titled "An out-of-context and possibly controversial collection of things I found myself saying since moving from France to the U.S. (1/2?)". The comic features a character wearing a hoodie with the colors of the French flag, shown saying the following :
1- (Looking unamused) "Oh, so it's a scam. And everyone just goes along with it. OK then."
2- (Looking terrified) "Everyone's right-wing here... Even those who think they're left-wing are right-wing."
3- (Shedding one tear with a sad smile) "I miss old buildings. I miss places that have a history."
4- (Looking confused) "Where is everybody?" (Someone off screen reponds:) "What do you mean? The road's crowded!" (The French character replies:) "I don't mean cars, I mean people."

Jab @jab50yen.bsky.social · last mo.

07/01/2026

Burger In The Stars @burgerinthestars.bsky.social · last mo.

Anyhoo we made tiny star keychains with butts and they're our pride and joy #spacecore

Burger In The Stars @burgerinthestars.bsky.social · last mo.

Happy summer solstice 🌻 #summer #summersolstice

Burger In The Stars @burgerinthestars.bsky.social · 2mo ago

#WIP 👀 So in addition to the Winds and Waves keychains we have available now, Civi's been playing Pokemon Red and eyeing at making art of their team in the future 🩷 (This is the tank btw. Powerful girlypop you don't wanna piss off. We love her.) #Pokémon

AKHTS Jrep 🇫🇷💛🇺🇸@akhtsjrep.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Idk I guess it's obvious to us by now but it IS kind of the baseline of the struggle huh #aromantic #asexual #aroace #pridemonth

A comic featuring a character with her hair in a bun, and another character wearing a hoodie with the colors of the aromantic asexual sunset flag.
The character with the bun is deep in thought with her arms crossed. She says: "It must be so hard to be aromantic and asexual." The aromantic asexual character awkwardly replies: "Eh... It is what it is... But I guess it CAN be a lot sometimes."
The character with the bun elaborates: "I mean, not being able to fall in love, not getting to that level of intimacy... That's all just so sad, right?" The aromantic asexual character stares in disbelief, then the image's color goes slightly darker and the aromantic character is shown squinting in confusion and thinking: "...No, but like... It's comments like this that are hard to deal with... YOU're the hard part."

AKHTS Jrep 🇫🇷💛🇺🇸@akhtsjrep.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Yeah, I know on the grand scheme of things it isn't anything. Kinda like how onigiri are called "rice balls" even though they're not ball-shaped. And it doesn't take away from the joy of having it here and it still tasting good. But yea... #france #unitedstates #painauchocolat

A comic depicting two married characters, one wearing an outfit with the colors of the French flag, and one wearing an outfit with the colors of the United States flag. A narration box starts: "One of California's greatest strengths is the variety of foods from different cultures it has to offer."
As the two characters pass by a bakery stall in the first panel, the French character excitedly points to it, exclaiming: "Honey! A French bakery! They even have kouign-amann and Paris-Brest!" The USAmerican character replies: "Let's check it out!"
The scene continues with them in front of the attendant. The USAmerican character asks: "Two pain au chocolat, please!" while the French character waits excitedly. The attendant replies: "Two chocolate croissantes, got it!" The French character's excitement disappears into a sad smile as she starts desintegrating into dust. A narration box concludes: "Welp, close enough."

Burger In The Stars @burgerinthestars.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Lore time 👀 This ace character was originally co-created by both BITS artists, then used by Akhts to represent Civi in their comics. This keychain (available via link in bio) was a stretch goal while crowdfunding the print version of said comics! #asexual #pridemonth

AKHTS Jrep 🇫🇷💛🇺🇸@akhtsjrep.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Just to be perfectly clear, none of those things is hugely egregious or problematic on its own (the 'LGBT' acronym especially, I've seen a fair amount of 'Q+' people that associate with it just fine), it's just a lot of little things that tend to pile up over time. #aroace #pridemonth

A comic featuring a character wearing an outfit with the sunset aromantic-asexual (aroace) flag colors, talking to a nondescript faceless character. The faceless character says: "All this talk about not feeling sexual or romantic attraction... Let's be real, it's just 'cus you wanna feel special, right?" At first, the aromantic-asexual character says nothing, but a thought bubble appears next to her head, leading to a few images flashing.
The first image shows a few people holding a "LGBT solidarity" sign. Behind them are an intersex person, a pansexual person and the aroace character, now wearing the asexual flag colors. The three of them look slightly faded.
The second image shows a faceless character stating: "Having sex is a perfectly normal aspect of life. It's healthy, it's what makes us human!". The aroace character, still wearing the asexual flag colors, is listening behind, looking a bit worried and a bit more faded, blending more into the background.
The third image shows a new character pointing at the aroace character, who is now wearing the aromantic flag colors. The new character says: "Oh, her? She's just a friend." The aroace character, looking a bit sad, is now half-transparent. An arrow pointing to her gives a bit of context as follows: "experiences friendship as the best of the best a bond with another person can ever get".
The fourth and last image shows another faceless character proudly stating: "Everybody wants to experience their perfect love story someday." The aroace character, still wearing the aromantic flag colors, is listening behind, looking bewildered and practically invisible, with very muted lines and colors.
The thought bubble closes. The aroace character, reflecting on all this, simply says: "I dunno... I feel like there's gotta be a better way to 'feel special'."

Burger In The Stars @burgerinthestars.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Anyone else looking forward to seeing these little guys again in S2? TwT Spinner keychain available in our Burgerinthestars online store, check out link in bio and look up "polar opposites" 👀 #Polaropposites #Seihantai #正反対な君と僕

AKHTS Jrep 🇫🇷💛🇺🇸@akhtsjrep.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I guess it's just THAT baked into the system. Glad we didn't actually get that question fr. #unitedstates #capitalism

A comic titled "Immigration is fun (4)", featuring a character wearing a hoodie with the colors of the French flag, and a character wearing a T-shirt with the colors of the United States flag, looking at the latter's phone for information.
The US character explains: "So for the green card interview, they'll ask us questions to see how well we truly know each other, like "What's the color of each other's toothbrushes?" or "What's each other's coffee order?"".
The French character, bewildered, asks: ""Coffee order"? Like, how we like our coffee prepared?" The US character explains: "More like, if we ordered coffee at a coffee shop, what we'd order." The French character replies: "Oh, so coffee you buy, not coffee you make at home?" The US character concludes: "Pretty much."
Looking dejected, the French character mutters: "Fucking capitalists." Not knowing what to answer, the US character just mutters back: "Well, y'know."

Burger In The Stars @burgerinthestars.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Timing's gotta timing 🫣 Late happy #pridemonth and all Obvi we have those stocked all year round though. Set available in our online shop (link in bio).

AKHTS Jrep 🇫🇷💛🇺🇸@akhtsjrep.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Updating my pinned post AGAIN since it's #pridemonth I guess... Anyway I make thingies with my partner and sell them on @burgerinthestars.bsky.social , follow us there if you like 🙏 #asexualartist #aromanticartist

AKHTS Jrep 🇫🇷💛🇺🇸@akhtsjrep.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Shooting my proverbial "does anyone else experience this" shot Anyway happy #pridemonth #aromantic #asexual

A comic depicting a character wearing a hoodie with the colors of the aromantic asexual flag.
The character is sitting deep in thought, asking herself: "OK, but... AM I asexual and aromantic though? What if I'm just like... "Weird"? What if I'm just overreacting to my life experiences? Maybe what I describe myself as is just too outlandish..."
She then stops her thinking dead in her tracks and slaps both her cheeks, with a loud "SLAP" sound effect. Then, angrily, she waves her finger disapprovingly at herself, affirming: "NO. Stop it with that. Just because people can't fathom something they can't relate to doesn't make it any less real." She then mutters, more calmly: "'Sides, you already tried pretending to be like everyone else and that failed miserably." A narration text at the bottom, in brackets, concludes: "It'd be easier if I didn't have to have this talk with myself as often."

Burger In The Stars @burgerinthestars.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Double-sided little guys designed by Civi! What's your go-to type? (1/3🔥, rest in thread!) #Pokemonㅤㅤㅤ #Pokemonartㅤ (Available on Burgerinthestars under the "Pokemon" search tag➡️)

AKHTS Jrep 🇫🇷💛🇺🇸@akhtsjrep.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Thank you so much for the shoutout 🥰 (and sorry for the late reply!!) Yes, you CAN mix and match the star expressions, they're designed to be attacheable to each other in any way one wants èwé (Each expression has its own dedicated butt out of 4 possible butts though. We decided that painstakingly.)

Jill (she/her)@nerdjoy.social · 2mo ago

One of my favorite #ace cartoonists has opened a little store with their queer-platonic spouse. Comics, stickers, keychains STARS WITH BUTTS! SO CUTE! 🤩 and you can mix and match the star expressions? 🤩 @burgerinthestars.bsky.social burgerinthestars.com/products/sta...

AKHTS Jrep 🇫🇷💛🇺🇸@akhtsjrep.bsky.social · 2mo ago

A conversation that genuinely happened several times in the months that lead up to me getting my green card #usimmigration #immigration #ice

A comic with minimalist coloring, depicting two characters standing side by side. At first, the only colors visible are the character's clothing: the one on the left is wearing a hoodie with the colors of the French flag, and the one on the right is wearing a T-shirt with the colors of the United States flag.
Panel 1: A speech bubble coming from an unseen interlocutor asks the French character: "So... You're still waiting to see if you green card is approved?" The French character responds: "Pretty much. Can't do much."
Panel 2: The off-screen interlocutor reacts: "Must be nerve-wracking to be in the middle of an immigration process in 2025. Aren't you afraid ICE might come after you?"
Panel 3: The French character and the USAmerican character look at each other awkwardly. The French character mutters: "I mean..."
Panel 4: The characters are now fully colored, revealing that the French character is white and the USAmerican character is latino, of darker skin. The French character awkwardly concludes: "They're probably come after you first, huh..." The USAmerican character, dejected, responds: "Yeah...", while an arrow pointing to them states: "Actual citizen."

Burger In The Stars @burgerinthestars.bsky.social · 2mo ago

"Face reveal" time – aka drawing ourselves in our respective styles posing amongst the specific Burger In The Stars pieces we designed. To see each specific skrunkly that each of us designed, look up "Civi" and "Akhtsjrep" on our online store (link in bio) #smallbusiness #independentartist