Welcome to Saturday Morning Cartoons, a segment where four artists take turns delighting you with their whimsy, facts and punchlines on Saturday mornings! Our esteemed cartoon critters are Cameron Glavin, Anna Bongiovanni, Megan Prazenica and Yao Xiao. Today’s cartoon is by Yao!
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Yao Xiao is a China-born illustrator based in New York City. Yao Xiao creates artwork depicting a poetic visual world where complex concepts and human emotions are examined, amplified, and given physical form. Her work has helped people all over the globe connect at unique moments, from the celebration of the 20 Year Anniversary of the SXSW Interactive Festival, to the grand release of pop singer Katy Perry's single 'Dark Horse.' She has created deeply emotional and beautiful graphics for editorial print publications, pop music record covers, concert posters and book covers. Yao Xiao's serialized comic Baopu currently runs monthly on Autostraddle. It is an original comic exploring the nuances in searching for identities, connections and friendships through the fictional life of a young, queer emigrant. Baopu stands for 'holding simplicity,' a Taoist ideal of wishing to return to a simpler state. Find her on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Etsy or her website.
Yao has written 135 articles for us.
I fond it very true in reality, I like it , thank you =)
I think the hardest part about telling my immigrant mother I was a bisexual person (with a steady girlfriend!) is that she understood it as me telling her I was going through a phase thanks to Western influence.
It took years before she finally got that this was an important part of my identity.
Wow, people can be so judgey. I hope some of your friends were supportive. Another great cartoon, but kind of sad, too. I love your stuff.
Is anyone else having a problem with it being cut off at the bottom or is that just me?
I have come out to my family but I haven’t come out to my friends because, I feel like it wouldn’t go well.
I feel this. I’m dealing with this right now.