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NEW ZINE – TrannyToons Presents: Annotated Trans Comics of the Early ’00s

NEW ZINE – TrannyToons Presents: Annotated Trans Comics of the Early ’00s published on

TL;DR: You can now snag a copy of my new zine from my Ko-Fi shop! Neat!

Cover art for the zine edition of TrannyToons Presents: Annotated Trans Comics of the Early 00s by Dylan NDR Edwards

I first started making trans comics over 25 years ago, and while some have seen publication in anthologies here and there, I didn’t actually have any kind of collected print version of my very earliest works. I don’t even have them on my website anymore; I’d taken them down when I streamlined this site to be more of a portfolio and less of a giant dump of literally every comic I’d ever created. The art style of these early comics doesn’t reflect my current style, and over the years the topics I’d covered in them have drifted out of contemporary relevance.

But I’m a strong believer in archiving artifacts of marginalized communities. Jokes about binding from a quarter century ago might not be relevant to a young trans person’s experience today, but it might well be of historical interest to a young trans person who wants to know more about what trans folks of previous generations had navigated.

So I decided to put together a zine of those old comics, but with annotations to offer more context for those now-outdated topics. Explanations of deprecated terminology, cultural practices that have fallen by the wayside, and why I was mad at Norah Vincent in 2001.

photo of an interior spread from TrannyToons Presents: Annotated Trans Comics of the Early 00s by Dylan NDR Edwards, showing black-and-white comics with lots of text explaining cultural artifacts of trans culture from 25 years ago when these comics were originally created

You can now obtain a copy of this zine for your very own self! It’s available in my Ko-Fi shop, and, of course, at any show I’m tabling at. Hooray!

Cheers,

Dylan

New stuff in the works!

New stuff in the works! published on

I have absolutely fallen off the wagon as far as updating my website goes, but I am indeed working on new things and have slowly begun sharing them on my Patreon. I’ll add the new Taxonomically Unbound comics here as well just as soon as I remember how to do that (it’s complicated here under the hood).

I’ve also been working on a new zine, a collection of my earliest trans comics, with annotations to note the ways trans culture has shifted and changed in the quarter century since I came out. This zine will debut at Pride in Panels, a queer comics convention with free admission being held at the San Francisco Public Library’s main branch on February 15, 2026. Here, for your edification, is the cover of the new book (whose contents I am still refining down to the last typo):

book cover for TrannyToons: Annotated Trans Comics of the Early 00s, by Dylan Edwards

ANYWAY. Sorry about the radio silence. 2025 was kind of a lot, as you may perhaps be aware if you know anything of what has been going on in America, which probably you do. It’s been hard to focus on things like “remember to update website.”

But I’m very much looking forward to the Pride in Panels show, and will try to remember to add other shows to my events calendar as they get confirmed!

Cheers,

Dylan

OUT FRONT Magazine – Sept 2023 – Digital Queerness

OUT FRONT Magazine – Sept 2023 – Digital Queerness published on
Out Front Magazine - September 2023 issue - Digital Queerness

The September issue of OUT FRONT Magazine is all about digital queerness! My comic takes a look at how online spaces give us access to information about queer and trans identities, info that was often very difficult to come by in the pre-internet world.

Read the whole comic on the OFM website, or pick up a print copy at one of their drop locations! You’ll find me on page 6.

Cheers,

Dylan

OUT FRONT Magazine – June 2023 Pride issue

OUT FRONT Magazine – June 2023 Pride issue published on

My comic for this month’s edition of OFM takes a look at some of my international encounters with trans people. One thing I’ve definitely found to be the case, especially in our modern internet-enabled era, is that there’s a lot of solidarity amongst trans folks across the globe, even to the point of transcending (pun intended) language barriers.

You can find the comic on page 44 of the online mag!

Cheers,

Dylan

New Comic: OUT FRONT October issue

New Comic: OUT FRONT October issue published on

I have a new comic in the latest issue of OUT FRONT Magazine, and it is a very fine comic if I do say so myself.

Pick up a free copy in the Denver metro area at one of their drop locations, or read the issue online here: https://www.outfrontmagazine.com/october-2021-power/

Cheers,

Dylan

Be Gay Do Comics wins an Ignatz and gets a starred Kirkus review!

Be Gay Do Comics wins an Ignatz and gets a starred Kirkus review! published on

The new anthology of LGBTQIA+ comics from The Nib and IDW publishing is officially out, and has already snagged some honors!

Read the starred review in Kirkus 

BGDC wins Ignatz Award for Outstanding Anthology 

Be Gay, Do Comics is filled with dozens of comics about LGBTQIA experiences, ranging from personal stories to queer history to cutting satire about pronoun panic and brands desperate to co-opt pride. Brimming with resilience, inspiration, and humor, an incredible lineup of top indie cartoonists takes you from the American Revolution through Stonewall to today’s fights for equality and representation.

Featuring more than 30 cartoonists, including yours truly!

How can you acquire this fine comics volume? Simply buy it from your preferred bookseller, or snag a copy from The Nib’s online store!

Cheers,

Dylan

New comic on The Nib, Denver Zine Fest this Sunday

New comic on The Nib, Denver Zine Fest this Sunday published on

Gender and Transition comics on The Nib

I have a new comic up on The Nib, alongside several other awesome trans cartoonists! This link right here is what you wanna click to read the whole comic and see the rest of the set.

And yes, this very Sunday, June the 24th, I will be tabling at Denver Zine Fest. The event runs from 10-6, and is at the McNichols building in Civic Center Park.

And.

AND.

Admission is FREEEEEEEEE.

Come to the thing, and get yourself some zines!

Cheers,

Dylan

We’re Still Here Kickstarter is live!

We’re Still Here Kickstarter is live! published on No Comments on We’re Still Here Kickstarter is live!

We're Still Here trans comics anthology

My current project is my comic for the all-trans We’re Still Here anthology, and you can back the Kickstarter for it even now!

This 300+ page tome is, believe it or not, the first (that we know of) comics anthology dedicated exclusively to trans comics and trans creators. And there are a ton of great folks included: Melanie Gillman, Sophie LaBelle, Sybil Lamb, Ajuan Mance, Annie Mok, L Nichols, Ronnie Richie, Bishakh Som, Scout Tran-Caffee, and tons more.

Added bonus: both of the editors (Jeanne Thornton and Tara Avery) are trans, and the publisher, Stacked Deck Press, is trans-owned and operated. So every penny goes to support trans folks!

I’m doing an autobio piece about my trip last fall to a Japanese trans guy bar. Folks who pledge a dollar or more a month to my Patreon are being treated to work-in-progress images.

So if you wanna peep some process pix, put in a pledge!

And don’t forget to back the Kickstarter and help make this book a reality!

Cheers,

Dylan

No Straight Lines is here!

No Straight Lines is here! published on No Comments on No Straight Lines is here!

With this contributor copy I shall rule the world

I just got my contributor copy in the mail, and as you can see I am somewhat enthused by this turn of events.

This is, in case you don’t know, a giant hardcover tome, published by Fantagraphics, that surveys the last 40 years of queer comics and presents unto us a selection thereof. I’m quite excited to have three of my cartoons included (one Outfield, two Trannytoons).

The book includes work by a number of utterly delightful comic peeps. You can see the full roster, read some excerpts, and maybe buy? said book from the Fantagraphics website. Hopefully your local bookstore is awesome enough to have No Straight Lines in stock, but if not, well, the internets are here to help you out.

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