After a mix-up with their leases, two Lesbians, Jaden and Riley, must learn to share a small, one-bedroom apartment. Friendship, and eventually romance ensues.
*** This is my story, Lease Bound. A webcomic for lesbians, about lesbians, by a lesbian. ***
Disclaimer: The current Russian translation of LeaseBound was in the works long before the Russian invasion of Ukraine happened. The translator in no way supports the actions of the Russian government and opposes the war and discrimination of Ukrainian people.
59 thoughts on “Lease Bound Cover”
BillDidntReadPastTheFirstPage
Looks like shit
rustyhearts
Into judging books by their covers I presume?
Comix4Me
I love the design of your two main characters! You’re so careful to make each character an individual, no same-face syndrome in sight (or same body-type), and this comes across with your main characters from the very start. Seeing representation of what average butch lesbians look like must be so encouraging for young lesbians today! When was the last time we got to see TWO butch lesbians in one piece of media? Keep up the great work!
Beans
Oh how I long to rest my head against the luscious thighs of Jaden’s lap.
Red Rose
I like how the short one looks like a pug got its face caved in with a frying pan
rustyhearts
i dislike how your defense of women of colour is highly performative.
Peach
Comic is absolute shit and with a sucky art style made my vile creator don’t bother reading
rustyhearts
And how would you know when you also clearly haven’t bothered to read it, lmao?
Peach
Read some realized the art was shit which makes since for who the creator is 🤞🏻But thanks anyway
rustyhearts
Die
Cringey ass creator is a open transphobe while being apart of the lgbt community. A open hypocrite
rustyhearts
Cringey-ass commenter sees sexuality as a political identity, and hasn’t dropped the T and every abomination strung on thereafter U_U
Delete yourself
None of your arguments make sense you need therapy. All the shit you say sounds like the calls coming from inside the house. Your not helping women or lesbians so cut the shit your not a feminist. My sexuality isn’t a political identity and neither is being trans. Stay tf away from any pride since you can even stand with the WOMEN who started pride and fought for the right for us to even be alive. Your disgusting. The fact you’ve been around so long and your account and comic is still shit isn’t a flex it’s proof. Calling being trans a mental illness makes u the same as everyone who calls being gay one. Sounds like a bunch of self hatred. You can’t even come up worry valid arguments your no better then any homophobe full of idiotic hate. Maybe this shit would slide in 2018 but it’s not now grow tf up and realize we’d be nowhere without trans people.
rustyhearts
Fred Sargeant, one of the founders of pride and a person who was at Stone wall is literally still alive. He has said there were no trans people invovled in founding. Marsha P Johnson did not found pride, nor was he present at Stonewall – which was also not the start of campaigning for homosexual rights. He also said himself that he is a man, and a dragqueen, days before he died.
Being homosexual is not a mental illness. Experiencing extreme distress at your birth sex/your body, aka dysphoria is a mental illness. There are dysphoric people who aren’t trans, and trans people who aren’t dysphoric. Being trans is literally just people saying so. It’s entirely faithbased like religion, and requires people to play pretend with you to be sustained.
I don’t owe trans shit heads anything. Even if your lies about stonewall and pride were true, those were AMERICAN events, you absolute dumbass. The rest of the world has it’s own LGB history, pioneers and protests. shut the ever loving fuck up.
Dworkin on it
BASED QUEEN
HarpysChild
Stormé DeLarverie was the butch lesbian who first sounded the call to action at the Stonewall Riots. There was no T – & those misrepresenting the situation & TransWashing History are liars.
Stonewall itself was an LGB organization which had no mention of the T in any of their older literature; subsequently coopted by the TQ agenda.
The LGB owes nothing to the TQ, which has acted as a parasitic, infiltrating hate-group undermining LGB rights through forced teaming while actively engaging in “woke homophobia’ & ‘woke misogyny’.
Mentally ill (antisocial personality disordered; paraphilic), misogynistic, &/or sexually predatory males do NOT represent women nor should they be allowed to dictate or control the discourse around female centered advocacy or liberation movements. Neither should they be given carte blanche to violate our collective female boundaries or infiltrate our spaces. Female Representation Matters. Female Boundaries Matter.
The misogynistic attack on Female Sexual Boundaries, & Women And Girls as a SexClass says everything about those ultimately pushing the genderkoolaid & driving this astroturfed gender craze mass psychosis MKULTRA style irregular warfare- grooming vulnerable women & children into the meatgrinder of SexistMcFrankenScience; RainbowGenocide via WokeConversionTherapy irreparably harming, mutilating, sexually disfiguring, & sterilizing GNC women and girls en masse; while erasing the status of women as a protected sexclass, along with gatekeeping safeguards intended to protect women, children, & same-sex attracted people from patriarchal exploitation, violence, & oppression. 10 Stages of Genocide (Women as a SexClass)
De
There’s a reason ur comic still isn’t doing well lmaoo
rustyhearts
define well? (not like you define woman, though.)
Also fyi i can see your IP address is the same on all your comments. No need to pretend with the different emails.
kris
k¥s 💜
GOGKAGO
anyway transphobia sucks, doodoo brain 😾😾😾😾😾😾
GOGKAGO
LGBT+ rights and all that stuff, especially this month!!
rustyhearts
Hell yeah, LGB rights!!
GOGKAGO
Uhhh you may have missed the T+ at the end
rustyhearts
they won’t be missed tho
Sly Fawkes
Uh-oh, they called you a Doodoo Brain! How ever will you counter such a clever and mature critique? They be much smarty!
GOGKAGO
Depicting yourself as the chad wojak is pretty goofy
rustyhearts
spamming copypasta’s is pretty goofy, but to each their own, breastie <3
tk
Just discovered your content and keep it up!! I hope the hate isn’t getting to you, I know I’d crack with everyone writing the comments they are to you :(. It’s sad to see the (western/American) world in this state. As another lesbian, I’ve actually tried dating a few transwomen and I couldn’t! I was too uncomfortable!! They just can’t listen to us.
LaneC
Rusty, sending much love. I should’ve been prepared for the tsunami of lesbophobia this month, but it just didn’t occur to me. Of course, they tell on themselves every time they post.
rustyhearts
Truly! But lesbians will persist <3
LaneC
Just so, we always do.
nini
don’t listen to the haters. they don’t like to think with their brains lol. keep it up
link link
Aaah the cover is so cute I’m excited to read it, ignore all those rude comments they arent worth the trouble
Sly Fawkes
I’m a straight woman, but I love a good story. You have created not only a good story but adorable artwork. Ignore the ass clowns. Even if they do come up with super clever insults like Doodoo Brain.
A couple of hashtags I used before being banned from Twatter for saying men can’t become women and shouldn’t be allowed in women’s changing rooms:
#StraightWithTheL #DropTheTQ (and the rest of the mess that comes after it.)
Hi
This story has been shocking (in a good way). I’m the only lesbian I know irl in my age range (18-25) who calls themself a lesbian. I havent met anyone else. Everyone is non binary, and likes women and other non binaries (the female ones, shh) . Just because they dont want to be women doesnt mean theyre not women. Because of this, I don’t know much on actual lesbian culture and its cool to hear about! I just finished chapter 4 or so. Going great so far, and thank you for putting in so much effort ♡
rustyhearts you are the coolest
thank you so much for your work! the world needs more stories about women, stories that openly express gender criticism, and you described Riley’s thought process on the topic so accurately! i’m so sorry that you had to face hatred in the comments because of this, i hope it doesn’t affect you too much and you feel well. all the characters turned out so alive, watching how they interact with each other is such a pleasure. i’m really looking forward for new chapters, and i hope to see even more different media from you someday. your art matters 🙂
Woman who has not ventured beyond the title page says
Weirdly transphobic. I’ve seen better art in a Kindergarten classroom.
Absolutely ABHORRENT writing, no real person talks like this. It’s almost impossible to read this without visibly cringing. Read through the whole thing and I can safely say the only reason anyone would bother reading this is to make fun of it for a quick laugh, which is very easy to do.
Overall waste of time and space. This comic literally has nothing going for it.
rustyhearts
I’m sure that’s why you commented on the front cover with generic critique, rather than on the pages you actually took issue with.
All ears if you ever change your mind. Genuine critique is always appreciated as I always want to improve as a creator.
Flabbergasted
Feel like that guy holding on to a pizza in the room of fire meme image reading some of these comments holy shit..
Left-Handed Lesbian
Hi! I have a question for you, if you don’t mind answering: What is your opinion on females, that are born a female and identify as a female (cis), but use they/them pronouns? I saw your opinion on trans people, but because this hypothetical female is technically cis, do you think that counts? I’m not talking about me, I’m a she/her, cis-Lesbian, but I just wondered
rustyhearts
Short answer:
Same circus, different clown, basically.
Longer answer:
It’s all misogynistic garbage to me, including the notion of being “cis”. False dichotomy.
Similar to how religious folks might categorize you as either a believer or a sinner. The notion that you simply do not follow the rules of their beliefs doesn’t occur to them.
And in the same way good people can fall under “sinner”, the idea of cis or trans suggests that women hold power/privilege over men if said men call themselves transwomen.
Men oppress women on the basis of our sex. They exploit women’s reproductive capabilities through rape, getting women pregnant to trap them into financial dependence, limit abortion access ect ect.
It’s not about every man doing this, it’s about NO woman having the capacity to do this to men. No amount of gender identities will change it.
Women cannot identify out of experiencing misogyny, and men cannot identify out of perpetuating it.
Women and girls who call themselves nonbinary are just “not like other girls” to the extreme. It makes sense that some wind up down that path because we all grow up surrounded by woman-hating on all sides. We are taught women are vapid, stupid, shallow, exist to serve men, are nothing without children and a husband.
Many women go through a phase of believing that because they have deep thoughts and feelings and passions, that they are the exception to the rule, instead of recognizing the rule itself is absolute SEXIST GARBAGE.
So often women who call themselves nonbinary will say “I’m not a women. I’m just a human.”
What the fuck does that say about other women ? We are ALL humans with complex thoughts and emotions. Its downright insulting.
And that’s not even getting into the homophobia aspect. The idea that you can identify into someone’s consent (see: trans people having the audacity to call gay men and lesbians genitial fetishists for not being attracted to the opposite sex) is so disgusting it drives me to wretch.
You’d do well to stop insulting other women by ditching the need to mention pronouns and the word “cis”.
Left-Handed Lesbian
ohh, okay, yeah, I wasn’t really trying to use the word cis, I just wanted to make it extra clear with all the information and stuff, so I get where you are coming from, and that was just a way to make sure that you knew exactly what I meant, but thanks for answering!!
rustyhearts
No worries. I understand. I’ve definitely felt the temptation to use it before it hopes of being understood by my detractors.
No hard feelings ❤
Crpty
I recently sat down and read this whole comic and decided I’m gonna go through and leave some comments I’ve been holding in for forever.
Anyways! Seeing your recent cover followed by the first page and just how much your style had developed is very inspiring!
rustyhearts
Omg yes I loooooove getting play by play comments! Thank you so much for reading and welcome aboard🥰 more improvement to come 💪💪
A flower
I am so sorry about the abuse you’re getting just for being a lesbian, and not catering to selfish, delusional men. I wish I could own a hard copy of your first issue. I am big fan of radical ramblings💜. As another banned everywhere lesbian, I can relate a lot. It doesn’t make me feel so alone. Anyway I hope you continue.
rustyhearts
Thank you for your kind words – rest assured I am not going anywhere! All the attempts gender ideogues have made to silence me, only motivate me to be louder. 💪
Re: the first issue hard copy – I hope to be releasing another run of it this year, along with the second volume 🥰
I’m also a big fan of radical ramblings! So glad she’s reached so many women!
fullofhate
Why are one of the MCs 280 lbs at 5’5?
rustyhearts
>attacks a female characters weight because you think a woman’s worth is tied to how appealing she looks to you. Do you think there aren’t stunning brave FAT trance women? 😱😭 What if they read this?! Some ally 😩😩
>long whiny paragraph pleading to “just be nice to twans ppl we are so oppressed” right after.
Also neither of these characters are 5’5 or 260lbs. Their weights aren’t even listed on the Cast Page.
You waffle on about assumptions but you’ve done exactly to me what you claim I’m guilty of about trans people. Instead of making accusations based on what you’ve heard, why don’t you actually read the comic?
Best way to know your enemy is to know what they actually said/did.
fullofhate
I need Rusty to look at trans people for more than five seconds, and then come up with a conclusion on how trans people act.
You have zero idea what you’re talking about lol, I’m not saying there’s nobody in the trans community that acts like this, because 100% there is. What you’re doing is taking a generalization and making an inflated idea of an entire group of people and using it as a copout for a subplot.
If you’re writing a lesbian comic, go ahead and write one. Romance with more representation is great, I’d never knock a person for that. But what was the need for throwing oversaturated stereotypes of trans people in your comic? Was it funny, some sort of comic relief?
People don’t get mad at things for no reason, maybe look at yourself and your beliefs for a moment and use some critical thinking. Infighting doesn’t help anyone in the LGBT community.
If you really think you’re in the right here, then fine, you’re too far gone. But damn, pull your head out of your ass and write characters, not stereotypes. It’s not rocket science.
rustyhearts
No demands on the front page, miss. Read the comic and get back to me.
Also I don’t need your permission on what to write.
Norm L. Esbian
crazy how plenty of lesbians (self included) have experienced some of this shit you say “doesn’t happen” but ok
Norm L. Esbian
like… you went from “LOOK FOR MORE THAB 5 SECONDS THIS ISNT A THING” to “maybe some of them…” you can’t even keep your own shit straight 🤨
BootChan
You don’t have to hate tranners cuz, we are your allies and want to support you, and most of us just want to take our hornome pills and survive.
rustyhearts
Do you think lesbians can like dick, yes or no?
BootChan
No I don’t think that. What else do you want me to say?
rustyhearts
That’s transphobic. Trans people and their supporters have been telling us so for years.
BootChan
Because one shitter said that that means all tranners believe it? Riley Dennis is a meme who everyone shitted on even back then, normies like Blaire White or even that libshit Natalie Wynn would agree that there’s nothing wrong with lesbians not wanting dick, and they’re both exponentially larger than the moronic person you chose to cite. I guess because libfems label themselves ‘feminist’ that means you agree with them on everything right? Also why can replies only go 3 deep?
rustyhearts
I chose RJD as an example of the extended length of trans people + trans supporters homophobia. You know very well it is a commonly supported belief among trans activists. You yourself even believe men can call themselves lesbians.
Re: replies, I’ve not run into this issue before. There is some discrepancy between mobile and desktop use though.