New Beginnings

Hello friends!

I don’t think I need to inform anyone that Covid-19 has done spectacular damage. 2020 was supposed to be the year I set work on my third and final comic book aside to focus on dancing and teaching dance, try to go back to school, close off my music journey by performing in Europe, and go HAM with exploring my queerness. Things were looking up: I really enjoyed TAing dance, I was pleasantly surprised at how prepared I was for the school application process, I was psyched to perform in Europe with my friends, and I was looking forward to checking out all the queer places and activities. Honestly, I was actually a bit stressed figuring out how I could balance all these various exciting prospects in my life.

Then struck the corona-virus, and suddenly there was no dancing, no going out to see/meet people. That was okay; I returned to drawing, hopped onto and started many video calls with an online group of gaysians, and focused on my applications.

I still don’t know how I feel about the way 2020 turned out. I’m really bummed I don’t get to have the clean finish to my music journey that I wanted, and I am sad that the momentum in my dance journey is gone. Yet, there were many secret blessings that came with the extra time I gained like befriending so many wonderful queer ladies around the world and getting closer to some of my friends who have become invaluable to me. With both dance and work stolen away from me, I also ended up spending much more time drawing than I’ve ever had.

A year ago, I thought I knew what the next decade of my life looked like. I look back at 2020 and am in awe as to where life has taken me: I’m actually starting school for Speech-Language Pathology, a dream I’ve had for years. But I’m not here to gush, I’m here to talk about the start of my third and final book, Assimilation: Finding Closure. To reiterate, work on this comic was supposed to be cancelled, but because of Covid, ended up being the bulk of my efforts this year. As a result, I now have the pleasure of releasing pages of my webcomic that I’ve worked on since I was 18 with my first day of classes, as I did 7 years ago. To those who have been there for me since the beginning and after, thank you. To those of you who are maybe taking a look for the first time, I’ve worked really hard to make it so you can just start with book three. I hope you’ll enjoy.