GENDER QUEER creator Maia Kobabe opens up about hard conversations with eir aunt on GRAPHIC NOVEL CLUB

An in-depth conversation with nonbinary and asexual cartoonist Maia Kobabe about eir incredible memoir

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The Beat is a proud sponsor of Comix Experience’s Graphic Novel of the Month Clubs, which bring comics fans a curated mix of the best of new release graphic novels and conversations with the creators who make them.  Each month, the staff of Comix Experience votes on two sets of upcoming books they are most excited—one gets presented to adults and another to middle readers. Each club provides schwag like original signed custom bookplates for adults or buttons and magnets for the kids (in this case, the former, to support the featured book, Gender Queer).

Gender Queer Cover

Most excitingly, the Graphic Novel Clubs bring in the creators of selected books to talk exclusively to GNC members in interviews conducted by Comix Experience owner Brian Hibbs, who brings 30 years of experience in comics to the table. These talks are livestreamed to members all over the country and are a fun and informative mix of conversation on craft and form, as well as on the business of making comics. The Graphic Novel Clubs make a point of being inclusive, inviting creators from a wide variety of age, race, sex, and cultural perspectives to speak to members.

Membership is what propels these conversations, so if you like what you see, please support these discussions of comics, and the creators who make them, by joining the club.

Today: Brian Hibbs sits down with Maia Kobabe to talk about eir memoir graphic novel, Gender Queer. The comic chronicles eir journey to come to terms to eir nonbinary identity. It tackles the awkward feelings of eir teenage crushes and struggle with how to come out to friends, family, and the world at large.

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