The team up team of Nicole Maines, Rye Hickman, Bex Glendining, Rusty Gladd and Sara Miller has given us a little teaser of the upcoming graphic novel Bad Dream: A Dreamer Story in today’s DC Pride (2023) #1 anthology. These few pages pose a tension between Nia Nal’s nightmares and her childhood, and transmit so much into the reader’s mind. It’s obviously chilling to see a trans kid dealing with nightmares in a world that everyday becomes more of a nightmare for kids like the kid I once was, but it’s more chilling (and in a good way) that I know the story that Nicole, Rye and the team are teasing here will not only show a trans superhero, but push against the multiple false narratives that dehumanize us. Some would say I hope too much of a graphic novel, but with the horror of these few pages and the hope I know plagues Nia Nal’s future, I’m already excited for what’s to come.
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Author: Duna Haller
https://dunahaller.pb.studio/I'm a writer, musician, collagist, and more generally a very nerd grrrl. Some of my favorite comics are New Mutants, Jem and the Holograms, Snotgirl and Monstress. I have also been published in different poetry books, anthologies and zines, and with a short story in '99% Chance of Magic: Stories of Strength and Hope for Transgender Kids'. You can follow and contact me at @dunahaller on Instagram and Facebook.