Saint Casper
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Casper Cendre is the Co-Founder of A.B.O. Comix, Teleway 411 & Abolition Inc, nonprofit projects that collaborate with queer/trans artists in prison. With a penchant for satirical biographies, Casper most enjoys the artistic aspect of the human experience.  He is often mistaken for a friendly ghost and part time owner of mattress stores & hot dog stands. Since 1990, Casper has been covertly studying the human race from the shadows in an effort to understand the concept known as "existential crisis." He has dedicated his afterlife to documenting and sharing the stories of other misunderstood Homo sapiens in preparation for the next plane of existence.

Inspired by the wacky adventures of Frankenstein's monster, Casper began the experimental process commonly referred to as gender transitioning in 2015. He lives somewhere in the nebulous realm between masculine and feminine and in a dimension roughly pinpointed at latitude 37.81 and longitude -122.26. Casper was adopted by two cats named Binx and Felix who help catch the bugs in the haunted 3-story former-cinema that now functions as A.B.O. Comix HQ. He enjoys alternating between states of consciousness and unconsciousness, 10 fl oz juice pouches with 4.5% alc/vol, galaxy projectors, and hanging out with his wife, the beautiful and talented mortician at Never Mortuary. ​
Education
  • 1990-Present / Lifelong Student of Planet Earth
  • Foster Elementary - Proudly Displayed Honors Student Bumper Sticker
  • Lewis Middle - Minimal Disciplinary Reports
  • Patrick Henry High - Reluctant High School Graduate
  • Grossmont College - Associate Degree in Paying Attention
  • San Diego State University - Bachelor's Degree in Byronic Romanticism
Awards
  • 2025 Galaxy Leaders Fellowship
  • ​Sainthood Status bestowed by The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence
  • East Bay Innovation Awards Nominee
  • Alicia Kester LGBTQ Creative Award from the Stonewall DC)
  • YBCA 100 Honoree
  • Gotham/Variety Audio Honors
  • Prism Comics Award
  • Ignatz Outstanding Anthology Nominee
Articles
  • ​​Variety Magazine
  • Gotham Film & Media Institute
  • Scalawag Magazine
  • Horizons Foundation Grantee Stories
  • The Comics Journal
  • Nerdist
  • East Bay Magazine
  • KQED Arts
  • Future Ruins
  • Razorcake #111
  • Streetwise Vol 27
  • Street Sheet April 2019
  • The Abolitionist Vol 29 & 33
  • Slingshot Issue 131
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Interviews
  • Pride in Panels: SF Queer Zine Fest
  • Gender Reveal Podcast
  • ​Prism Comics
  • The Letterhack Podcast
  • Conversations Official
  • BellaV TV
  • Justice Arts Coalition Artist Spotlight
  • 2x2 Podcast
  • Art of Abolition Podcast
  • Out in the Bay
  • AK Press WWIII Magazine
  • Women Write About Comics
  • Long Arm Stapler Podcast
​Panels & Workshops
  • SFPL Night of Ideas Panel (Trans Voices and Reentry After Incarceration with ABO Comix)
  • Stanford Week of Abolition (Tour of A.B.O. Comix Gallery)
  • CSU San Marcos Gender, Sexual Identity, and Incarceration Guest Lecture
  • Stanford University Graphic Novel Project Guest Lecture
  • San Lorenzo Public Library Queer Comics Expo (A Discussion of Local Comic & Book Stores as Queer Spaces)
  • Creative Mornings Lecture (What is Justice?)
  • Across Prison Walls (Building Community Through Letterwriting)
  • One City, One Book
  • SFPL Prisoner Letter Writing 101
  • Seeking Liberation Through Art
  • SFPL Summer Stride
  • TGIJP Social Justice Summer
  • Rotary Club of Oakland Lecture (Prison Abolition)
  • Howard Zinn Book Fair (Breaking Headlines: The Role of Newspapers in Organizing Across Prison Walls)
  • Teachers 4 Social Justice (Abolishing Prisons One Letter at a Time)
  • Feelmore Gallery (Envisioning a World Without Cages)
  • Patrick Henry High School (LGBT Panel)
Projects
  • A.B.O. Comix, Co-Founder/Director
  • Teleway 411, Founder/Conductor
  • Abolition Inc, Co-Founder/Chief Executive Officer
  • Flying Over Walls, Black & Pink Leadership Team
Endorsers
  • Mellon Foundation
  • Galaxy Gives
  • Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence
  • California Arts Council
  • Horizons Foundation
  • Resist Foundation
  • Tegan and Sara Foundation
  • Black and Pink​
  • Borealis Philanthropy
  • Center for Cultural Innovation
  • Knight First Amendment Institute
  • Queer Cultural Center
  • Trans Justice Funding Project
  • YB Center for the Arts
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Amidst the canvas of life, brushstrokes raw and true,
We are unfurling buds of vibrant hue,
Works in progress, a palette yet to blend,
A composition growing until our souls transcend.
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Each passing day, our forms take new shape,
Adding depth and texture to this life we create,
A mere fragment of an infinite design,
A masterpiece in progress, with each stroke divine.
Though the final image may not yet be clear,
The Artist’s guiding hand frees me from fear.
For every drop of ink, every stroke of paint,
Propels me closer to the Eternal Saint.
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