TIL Real Life Comics didn’t end in 2015. I kept that bookmark for years hoping for a new post, but gave up eventually, which was apparently slightly too soon.
Same! The early transition comics are crazy, she tells her wife and then they have a second kid together!
(The trans stuff starts about here btw)
Honestly it’s artistically remarkable to see a woman articulate the progression of her transition in this like, 00s-era Penny-Arcade webcomic art style.
I binge-read it last night after making that previous comment. As a cis guy, I particularly enjoyed this comic about her being excited about surgery, and particularly, Dave’s reaction to it. I also wish there were more comics exploring Liz’s feelings about her marriage turning into a same-sex relationship without her orientation necessarily changing, as well as Harper’s reaction to it (she’s depicted still calling Mae “daddy” and I feel like there might be some subtext there). I’m happy for her that things have been [depicted as] working out well, but also a little worried since there haven’t been any comics since April 2024, ya know?
OKAY I didn’t read through much of it so I wasn’t sure if either of those were ever addressed!
It’s almost unreliable narration the way Liz is presented, I’m sure that was super tough for her but what’s shown in comic is ultimately just the positive stuff. Maybe that’s for tone reasons but, yeah, definitely leaves an incomplete picture, made more incomplete by her not posting for long periods 😅
It’s almost unreliable narration the way Liz is presented, I’m sure that was super tough for her but what’s shown in comic is ultimately just the positive stuff.
To be fair, there was a whole story arc where immediately after Mae told her, she had a panic attack and was involuntarily committed.
The trouble is that it then goes into a “trapped in the psych ward” plot, resolves nothing (explicitly showing Liz as indignant that she didn’t actually get any therapy while she was stuck in there), and then pinballs between them planning to have a second baby before Mae starts HRT and “normal” comics about video games and whatnot, with Liz appearing fully-adjusted and supportive. It’s hard not to think there wasn’t significant drama left out.
TIL Real Life Comics didn’t end in 2015. I kept that bookmark for years hoping for a new post, but gave up eventually, which was apparently slightly too soon.
Same! The early transition comics are crazy, she tells her wife and then they have a second kid together! (The trans stuff starts about here btw)
Honestly it’s artistically remarkable to see a woman articulate the progression of her transition in this like, 00s-era Penny-Arcade webcomic art style.
I binge-read it last night after making that previous comment. As a cis guy, I particularly enjoyed this comic about her being excited about surgery, and particularly, Dave’s reaction to it. I also wish there were more comics exploring Liz’s feelings about her marriage turning into a same-sex relationship without her orientation necessarily changing, as well as Harper’s reaction to it (she’s depicted still calling Mae “daddy” and I feel like there might be some subtext there). I’m happy for her that things have been [depicted as] working out well, but also a little worried since there haven’t been any comics since April 2024, ya know?
OKAY I didn’t read through much of it so I wasn’t sure if either of those were ever addressed!
It’s almost unreliable narration the way Liz is presented, I’m sure that was super tough for her but what’s shown in comic is ultimately just the positive stuff. Maybe that’s for tone reasons but, yeah, definitely leaves an incomplete picture, made more incomplete by her not posting for long periods 😅
To be fair, there was a whole story arc where immediately after Mae told her, she had a panic attack and was involuntarily committed.
The trouble is that it then goes into a “trapped in the psych ward” plot, resolves nothing (explicitly showing Liz as indignant that she didn’t actually get any therapy while she was stuck in there), and then pinballs between them planning to have a second baby before Mae starts HRT and “normal” comics about video games and whatnot, with Liz appearing fully-adjusted and supportive. It’s hard not to think there wasn’t significant drama left out.
i haven’t read it before so i checked in a few weeks before that post for context and – yeah editing reality’ll do that