Logline: Sometimes inappropriate, violent, and boring. Square Hole is an exploration of identity through through vignettes of "Kel", a queer freelance photographer stumbling through work, dating, and life.
Quote: "What I want is to be seen."
Tell us what creating series means to you as a woman in the webcomic/webnovel industry.
I never dreamed I'd write a webcomic. I picked up a pencil to write Square Hole less than a year ago, and never looked back. I felt sick of reading webcomics that were about cliche heroines who were basically boy-characters with an image swap, but also stories about girls putting in hard work to be recognized in a world with absolute justice. As a queer LGBTQIA+ woman of color, I was initially frustrated and then eventually inspired to write Square Hole with the goal of subverting the idea that women have to be perfect (intelligent, hard-working, selfless, kind, etc.) and instead provide a deconstructed narrative for the messy, complicated, painful, and deeply rewarding day-to-day explorations of gender identity and femininity.
I have rarely see this done, especially in the webcomics industry, where genres like action, sci-fi/fantasy, and romance are king, but knowing I have a different message -- the reality of being a woman -- is really empowering. I've heard feedback from trans, gender non-conforming, and cis folks alike that either this story deeply resonates with them or helped them really understand the struggle in exploring one's gender identity. I've also gotten a lot of negative comments that this character's identity is "disgusting" which, as a woman artist is even more empowering to keep disrupting the status quo. I love the fact Square Hole is providing a platform to voice what many women identify with but have never read in a webcomic. I've heard my comic feels like a breath of fresh air to so many of my readers in having their voices and true experiences heard.
