#transcomic

TW: Transphobia

And nobody is ever gonna bring me down💚

Had this idea for a mini comic ever since I caught Wicked Part 1 in theaters last fall! It had suddenly occurred to me that I had I deeper connection to this story than I remembered…btw did I mention I am from Kansas?😂 Happy Wicked Weekend y’all 💚💖

After spending most of yesterday numb, angry, and terrified, I took the time to think about how I both want and NEED to move forward.

For months, I've been pondering if it’s time to move on from my semi-autobiographical webcomic, “Finding Dee”, for a few months now. I wrote a whole blog post about it, and I’ve even been working on some potential new ideas for new comic strips. All kinds of fun stuff. I’ve been considering that when I had enough material for one more trade… about 40 weeks of strips… I might put this comic to bed and move on. Then, I woke up yesterday morning to the election results and have spent most of that day feeling like I’ve been repeatedly kicked in the stomach. That feeling hasn’t really gone away and likely won’t for a while, but like a lot of chronic pain, I’m learning how to function with it being ever-present. Whee.

As such, it was important to me yesterday afternoon, after I finished with work, to immediately draw THIS. To put these thoughts out there in my chosen medium of expression, doing the thing I love to do the most: make comics Now, another factor in my concerns over whether it was time to end “Finding Dee” came down to the election, and the promises contained within Project 2025. 

The incoming regime has promised that in their new world order, being publicly transgender can become a punishable crime. Telling transgender stories will be flagged as porn, and porn will be made illegal as well. I will be branded a sex criminal for telling what can quantifiably be called the LEAST sexy webcomic ever. Because Republicans needed a boogeyman to terrify their ignorant base, and we were RIGHT THERE.

But, after a lot of thought and consideration, I decided that I am not ready to retire this strip just yet. Maybe if something cool happens and I decide to move on, but like I said in the strip here… I want that to be MY choice. Not the government.

🏠AT MY MOTHER'S HOUSE🏠

This started as a poem, but I am not good at poems, so I made it into a comic.

All the wonderful quirks of my mum's house.

The ways I am loved.

The ways I am seen.

And the ways I am not seen.

Maybe your mother's house is a little like mine.

Even if she doesn't see you...

I see you. I love you.

I drew a trans Cuphead comic slip cause I can and I’m heavily stressed.

So many people have decided to be stupid lately and I just wanted to draw something like vent but I ended up with a trans Cuphead braincell which is rare for me so take it at it’s full brunt I guess.