This was a hard comic to make. I had originally planned to make a comic called “I Guess I’m a Woman” for Rat World Issue Seven, but I wasn’t ready. At that point I hadn’t even started taking HRT. When Jenn told me that the eighth issue would be a collaboration with Auckland Pride, the pressure mounted. Oh shit, it’s the queer issue, this better be good, I thought. I couldn’t do it, and I ended up not making a comic. I wrote a short story called “I Made a Comic That Turned Me Trans” about my comic/animation Transience, beginning with the line “I’ve been drawing myself with tits since 2020”.
This time around, for Rat World Issue Eight, not only have I been on HRT for so long that I have breasts, but the idea behind “I Guess I’m a Woman” had evolved into something far less depressing. The title “There Were No Signs” is a joke based on something a family member said to me after I came out. There were so many signs, I’ve always been an absolute fruitcake. Anyway, I hope that this comic can be the end of my “Cam only makes comics about transness” era, and I can go back to making fictional stories – but I did just finish a whole album about transness, and the rollout for that music is going to be my main priority for 2025 – so…nevermind.
Without further ado, the longest comic I’ve made for Rat World so far.
Content warning: Full dong, implication of self-harm, syringe full of blood, guitars drawn without strings or knobs.
