Thanks for enjoying them! :D
Updates are actually every Monday.

I appreciate your comment and concern, but my personal experience with trans men has not been that they will take on whatever masculine stereotypes they can to feel like “real men.” Rather, they behave and present in a way that is congruent with how they identify, which is unfortunately often interpreted by folks outside of the transsexual male experience as fake or stereotypical. Even though Mel likes some traditionally “male” things, he’s not exactly the paragon of rugged masculinity either. As a queer activist I’m all for variant gender identity expression, but there are still differences among groups of people that can be shared and discussed. Also, as a work of comedy, this comic explicitly pokes fun at gender roles and masculinity, so I hope that part isn’t lost on you :)

I hope you see where I am coming from with this, and I hope my wording isn’t problematic. I do very much like what you’re doing with this as a whole, but this is something that concerns me as a person who identifies outside the gender binary.

Well, the comic is personal in many respects, but it also aims to portray shared experiences among folks in the trans male community. Mel is just one representation of a guy, and he isn’t always perfect or right, but I’m hoping that people will relate to some of the thoughts, insecurities, and experiences he goes through. I want to introduce other ideas and characters later on that show more diversity, but that’s gonna take more time and ink. Try to enjoy Mel’s endearing naivité in the meantime :)

i am loving this as a personal story, but when that subtitle gives it undertones of being a universal experience, it kind of makes me less excited about it.