Remember that auction up in wellington I was talking about in an earlier post? Well, I did an original piece of art for it, and some prints of old stuff. Well the night ended up raising over $3000! And all my pieces got sold, woopwoo! Anyways, I thought I’d pop the original up here.
TRANSCRIPT:
Panel 1:
Younger Sam: (A person with chin length hair, who is wearing a scoop neck, long-sleeve grey shirt, is looking directly at the viewer. One eyebrow is raised and mouth is closed, with the corresponding edge slightly upturned. One arm is bent up at the elbow, its hand open, palm facing the viewer, fingers bent forward a little, and thumb sticking out. There are a couple of slightly curved lines to either side of the hand, indicating movement.)
(The background behind Younger Sam is black, speckled with white, the rest of the background is white. Next to Younger Sam, there is symbol which consists of two interlocked circles, with plus symbols attached to the bottom of each one. Above it, is a small love heart shape, and above that, is a caption, which reads:) So I came out as a lesbian…
Panel 2:
Younger Sam: (A person with long hair, tied up in a ponytail, and a fringe, who is wearing a scoop neck, long-sleeve white shirt, is looking directly at the viewer. Eyebrows are pushed together slightly, and mouth is open, with very slightly downturned edges. Both arms are bent up at the elbow, hands are open, palms facing the viewer, and fingers are spread. There are two sets of parallel lines on either side of each hand, indicating movement.) Boys? Girls? Nah!*
(The background of the panel is all black. Below the panel there is text, which reads:) *Books are way better.
(Above Younger Sam’s speech bubble, there is a caption, which reads:) after not really feeling attracted to anyone for a while.
Panel 3:
Younger Sam: (A person with short, messy hair, who is wearing a grey and white, horizontally striped, long-sleeve, collared shirt, is facing the viewer, but has closed eyes. Eyebrows are raised, and slightly pushed together, mouth is open, with upturned edges. Arms are bent up at the elbows, bent back at the wrists, and bent forward at the knuckles.) Oooh Rufus Wainwright!
(The background behind Younger Sam is black, speckled with white, the rest of the background is white. Little love heart shapes are all over the background. There is a caption above Younger Sam’s speech bubble, which reads:) Then I started liking guys, but only in a gay way…
Panel 4:
Younger Sam: (A person with short, messy hair, who is wearing a white hoodie, and is facing the viewer, but looking slightly down, and slightly to the side. Eyebrows are raised, mouth is small, closed, and one edge is downturned. Younger Sam has a thought bubble, the text in which reads:) Girls can become boys?!
Sam: (A person with short, messy hair, who is wearing a white, collared shirt, and a black vest, is looking directly at the viewer. One eyebrow is raised and the other lowered, mouth is closed, with one slightly upturned edge.)
(The background just above Sam is black, speckled with white and the rest of the background is white. There is a lightbulb drawn above Younger Sam’s head, with lines surrounding its top, indicating that it is lit. There is an arrow pointing from Younger Sam to Sam, and there is a caption above Younger Sam, which reads:) So I started questioning my gender. Now I identify as a transman,
Panel 5:
Joe: (A person who is wearing a black undershirt and a white v-necked shirt, is facing the viewer, but looking at Sam. Mouth is closed, with slightly upturned edges.)
Sam: (A person who is wearing a white, collared shirt, is facing the viewer, but looking at Joe. Mouth is closed, with slightly upturned edges.)
(The background is all black, there are white love hearts between Joe and Sam, one of which is medium sized, with six smaller ones surrounding it. There is a caption above Joe and Sam, which reads:) and I’m the boyfriend of a trans/ genderqueer/ boy/ person.*
(There is text below the panel, which reads:) *who says he’ll wear more dresses when he starts testosterone.
Panel 6:
Sam: (A person who is wearing a grey, collared shirt, is looking directly at the viewer. One eyebrow is raised and mouth is closed, with the corresponding edge slightly upturned. One arm is bent up at the elbow, its hand open, palm facing the viewer, fingers bent forward a little, and thumb sticking out. There are a couple of slightly curved lines to either side of the hand, indicating movement.)
(The background behind Sam is black, speckled with white, the rest of the background is white. Next to Sam, is a symbol which consists of a love heart shape that has an arrow, which is pointing away from the heart, attached to its right curve, a plus symbol attached to its point, and an arrow plus sign fusion attached to its left curve, which is also pointing away from the heart. There is a caption above the symbol, which reads:) Queer is a good word for me.
Discussion (12) ¬
Very cool Sam!
Congrats on the sales, your first?
Wish I’d pinched one of your napkin doodles now – they’ll be worth a fortune soon enough!!
Thanks chris! Kinda first sales, I’ve done some small scale commissions before, but that was the first showing 🙂
Haha I’m sure there’ll be plenty of more opportunity for napkin swiping in the future. You are coming back here eventually, right??!
Not too sure really – perhaps around the festive season I may dally on down to visit, but I am kinda hoping to venture off into the big wide world for a bit.
We shall see – if I’m back I’ll sure be on the look out for a napkin though!
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Ya Ya I saw this up in Wellington and it made me very excited! I’m also excited to have found this awesome blog,thankyou! I grew up in Dunedin but have come out as trans up here in Welly so its nice to here of some trans boys down in my homeland!
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Oh hey, that’s really cool, glad you found it too! I would love to live in Wellington, it’s on my next places to live list 🙂
Just found your blog, your comics are making me smile so much.
I’m queer too. I don’t really know what that means, but I know my sexuality and gender isn’t what it’s ‘meant’ to be. I am a pretty femme girl dating a (mostly) butch guy, but that’s only what it is from the outside! I don’t know that I could put the rest of it into words, because it’s mostly about how all my little internal boundaries that require labels have crumbled away. Hoorah!
I’m so glad I found your comics 🙂
I’ve only recently acknowledged my queer, gender-queer self, and I’ve… been struggling with my confusion; struggling with feelings of being ‘fake’ and wondering if I’m possibly fooling myself into this. I mean, how did I go for 23 years before I started thinking about and realising something that seems to be so intrinsic to others? But then, I look back and I can see that I’ve always been ‘me’. I’m still figuring it all out, but slowly, I’m accepting that there’s nothing wrong with me or my journey. It’s hard to fully convey my jumbled thoughts right now, but I just want to thank you; to know I’m not alone is… well dammit, it brings tears to my eyes 🙂
Yay, it’s awesome for me too, to know that there are other people like me out there. I really don’t think I was ready to know about myself until I did – I think it was always just buried beneath the surface, until I felt ready to realise it… if that makes sense??
I first realised I might be a trans*boy when I started fancying guys in a gay way.
Love the comic,
A queer trans* pansy boy.
Hi from the US! Just found your comic and this page is the story of my life. I still identify as a girl but I’ve talked about the switch with my friends and bro. Super supportive. Got any tips about dealing with parents? Also what was the first steps u took to be trans? I’m a little lost.
Love the comic and best of luck!!<3
Love your comic! I too used to think I was a lesbian, then found myself drawn to men – but not as a woman, in “a gay way” as you put it. For the moment I use the term genderqueer about myself, which for me for some reason is easier to be open about than transman.
… and then when I finally get to start on T (waiting to get my appointment, but it will probably be a long time before I get it, *sigh*) I’m probably going to be the kind of man to learn how to use make up. Something I’ve never bothered with before… Even before I realized I was trans, I used to think that “if I were a man, then I would learn how that eye liner thingy works” 😀
Anyway, great comic. I’m so glad I’m only in the beginning of reading this, as it means I have many, many more ahead of me 🙂