#jackson king

Happy Pride Month!!

AND Happy launch day of my Summer Discord Event

I can finally show off the full Cherry Beach Jackson drawing, so think of this as my fruity gift to the public. 🍒🍒

Stormwatch at Clark's Bar

Shen's character demolition is a tragedy to be studied. When SW transitioned to the Authority, all of her character was just left in the dust.

Like, how did she feel about her only remaining comrade, Jack, and his growing ego after the death of Sparks— through her eyes, did a part of him die with Jenny? How does it feel to be caught in a revolving door of conflict where every person is eons more powerful? How does it feel to live in a sentient lunch box that can eat you at any moment?

THE HUNTSMEN

After coming out my transformation was palpable. Not much was different on the outside beyond a boyish haircut and an ever-so-slightly flatter chest (there’s only so much a binder can do when you’ve got an H cup). But on the inside I’d been resurrected. I was showing up fully in my life for the first time. Small moments like having a Starbucks barista call me by my new name in a crowded coffee shop were euphoric. And as one of the lucky few trans people to have accessed medical transition healthcare in the UK, the more my body has masculinised, the more my contentment has grown.

Let me be clear: I love women. My intellectual heroes, political role models and most beloved artists are women. When submitting my deed poll after coming out as trans, I chose a middle name that would honour the women in my family who’ve made me who I am and taught me how to show up in the world with love and strength. I love femme women, butch women, trans women, cis women, and all the women who show the diversity of and push the boundaries of womanhood. But, dear reader, I am not a woman.

To transphobes, I have become the social failure I was warned about as a child. They see me as a quitter, a social abnormality, an abomination even. Because in refusing to have my gender determined by my genitalia I’ve chosen not to accept my fate. And they are correct: compulsory cisgenderism, and therefore compulsory womanhood, is a narrative I’ve rejected. I’m glad I made that choice, and I stand by it. What’s so scary about the possibility of choice or autonomy when it comes to gender? As the David Carrick case shows, men do not need to cosplay as women to cause harm.

Where'd you first encounter this character? Put it in the tags!

Out this week: Waller vs. Wildstorm (DC Black Label, $24.99): 

DC collects this well-regarded miniseries by Spencer Ackerman, Evan Narcisse and Jesus Merino into one volume. It combines elements from the DCU and Wildstorm, as Jackson King and Amanda Waller battle for control of the agency known as Checkmate.