- Nele Peer Jongeling (Germany)
- Publisher
- L’employé du moi
- Year of publication
- 2024
Emil, née Emilia, has never felt like a woman. This young trans man makes a decision to get a mastectomy so they can feel at ease in their own body at last. They have never felt any doubts about this decision until they meet their new roommate Lisa who, despite the impression she gives off as a confident, good-looking woman, thinks her own breasts could use some minor enhancing. Between Emil’s excision and Lisa’s augmentation, who is most deserving of surgery? Through this very immediate experience, Nele Peer Jongeling spins a half-fictional, half-autobiographical comic about the journey that is transitioning, as well as the possibilities of detransitioning and a fresh start. Structured as a series of intimate reflections on gender dysphoria, but also discourses well aware of the realities lived by members of the LGBTQI+ community, Emil·ia is a story of uncertainty, choices, dreams, and sensitivity. The stripped-down layouts, the evocative, symbolic, and ironic power of this young German artist soften the lines of its harsh narration.
164 pages
Full color
17.00 x 24.00 cm
Hardcover
ISBN : 978-2-39004-116-0
20.00 €
Sold rights: Germany