it's hard to present myself on the web: how to package myself. i'm not interested in being consumable, but i do want to share myself, through my art, and part of that sharing is contextualizing.
i'm a transqueer disabled abolitionist. i write often about miscommunication, which i'm fascinated by--the ways in which we can fail to understand each other even when we're doing our best. i often draw from my own life, though i wouldn't claim anything i make is fully autobiographical. i love writing romance. i love writing romances that don't work out. my favorite songs are sad breakup songs. i love tragedies and ambiguous endings. when i make a story, my first thought is "how much can i get away not saying?"
my undergraduate degree is in illustration, with a minor in creative writing. i work primarily digitally but enjoy oil and gouache painting and drawing from life. i like texture and playing with texture and composition within the page. a friend once said of my work, "i may not always know what's going on, but i do know i'm having a great time." i like that.
i dream of a world that exceeds the limitations of the one we live in. i'm influenced by poets and political activists. by zinesters and self-published critics.
film is my second love after comics. you can follow me on letterboxd and see how many times in a year i will re-watch cats (2019). i also edit and write for hyperreal film club; i love them with all my heart. i also love making movie posters, and am always open to movie-related gigs.
i am currently working on a dissertation entitled "a prayer for something better": trans world-making strategies in comics and zines. in this i am exploring the artistic, political and community-building work trans artists do through self-published and small-press comics and zines.
i co-host the podcast drawing a dialogue with cathy g. johnson. we share research related to comics & comics-adjacent topics. you can listen to us wherever you listen to podcasts.