Like many queer folk, as a teen Julian Gray was a fan of the Batman comic – because it was about “big, burly men”.
Eventually, he lost interest in such stories as “they’re so far removed from my experiences as the person that I am”.
“I’m trans, queer, disabled, a person of colour, neurodivergent,” Gray, now a comic book artist in his own right, tells PinkNews. “There’s not many things that kind of resemble me in the media and particularly when it comes to things that are fantastical.”
When Gray began creating his own comics, there wasn’t ever a chance they’d follow the cookie-cutter mold.