Double Incised Vol 1 is a 40-page comic following a young trans couple and the changes in their relationship as Gem recovers from top surgery. This is the first volume of a longer story I’m in the process of creating. Drawn in graphite and risograph printed in black and fluorescent orange ink.
Gem is a non-binary person in their twenties recovering from top surgery with the help of their girlfriend, Sloane, a trans woman. Double Incised follows their relationship and eventual breakup coinciding with Gem’s recovery, flashing between past and present in order to explore themes of care, co-dependency, how trauma manifests in the body, and heartbreak. As the two come into their own trans identities and gradually become estranged from one another, Gem and Sloane are forced to contemplate questions like how to grieve the lives, bodies and love they once had while inhabiting their true selves.
Double Incised Vol 1 is a 40-page comic following a young trans couple and the changes in their relationship as Gem recovers from top surgery. This is the first volume of a longer story I’m in the process of creating. Drawn in graphite and risograph printed in black and fluorescent orange ink.
Gem is a non-binary person in their twenties recovering from top surgery with the help of their girlfriend, Sloane, a trans woman. Double Incised follows their relationship and eventual breakup coinciding with Gem’s recovery, flashing between past and present in order to explore themes of care, co-dependency, how trauma manifests in the body, and heartbreak. As the two come into their own trans identities and gradually become estranged from one another, Gem and Sloane are forced to contemplate questions like how to grieve the lives, bodies and love they once had while inhabiting their true selves.
