''CISN'T'' -comic
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''CISN'T'' is an autobiographical comic of my life (2022)
I'm a transgender man who selfpublished a zine called ''Don't Assume I'm Cis'' (this one https://surkea.itch.io/daic-comic) just at the beginning of 2020, which was about my experience of identifying as nonbinary.
That comic was drawn while I was still partly stuck in the closet, and lacked support and space to be honest with myself, and I wasn't strong enough to overcome my inner transphobia. So much happened after that comic was out, and I wanted to make a sequel to DAIC that would also be readable to those who didn't have a chance to buy DAIC while it was still available.
CISN'T is 68 pages long (incl.covers) and during it I visit some past memories, but I mostly focus on my transition process with its ups and downs. The comics overall mood jumps from serious to funny every now and then, and the cartoony style softens even the roughest parts of it. There's lots of emotions in this comic. Vulnerability, anxiety, desperation, disappointment, but also hope, happiness, and even some gender euphoria! If you enjoy reading comic diaries, you're probably going to enjoy this comic too. Even if you're not trans, you might learn a thing or two from CISN'T.
Thank you for your support! CISN'T is so far the longest comic i've made on my own, and i've put so much effort into making it.
DO NOT REPOST ANY OF THE PAGES ONLINE!
You can find me elsewhere from surkea.cardd.co
-Viima (he/him)
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really good comic!! thank you for sharing so many interesting details from your transition. there's a lot of personal stuff in here that i'd feel scared to share myself, but it's sharing that kind of stuff that helps people understand one another c:
it's always comforting to see folks talk about the parts of transition that can be Really Rough, too. like i absolutely hated wearing a binder, but it's not like i was gonna tell people about that because i didn't know if they'd be like "then just stop and give up". feels freeing to read things like "yeah not gonna miss that" haha
also wow!!!! all the garbage with the trans clinic pisses me off so much!!!! i'm not really surprised to hear it but wow!!!!! glad you found alternate paths even if you shouldn't have had to ugh
just read this after your 2019 comic but woag!!all of that is so great, congrats! <3 i had roughly the same experiences on hormones, surgery, etc and it's nice to see that in your comic! :-) it had me reflecting on my early days on HRT, diy HRT and then eventually surgery. ty for submitting your comics to the queer bundle <3
thank you for reading my comics and getting the queer bundle! it sucks we had to rely on diy HRT, but thankfully things are slowly getting better!♥ your comments cheered me up today
of course!! i love your art style, and the tone in your comics just hits really well. i'm glad i picked it up. :-)
and that's true, it sucks that we have to go to such lengths when our supposed medical/support/etc systems work against us like this. i'm glad that we can come out of it even stronger, though <3
good luck with everything, and i hope that things continue to get even better!