Will Betke-Brunswick is a cartoonist and a recent graduate of the California College of the Arts MFA in Comics program. Will’s work has appeared in the new print edition of “Trans Bodies, Trans Selves”; “How to Wait: An Anthology of Transition”; and the websites INTO and Autostraddle. A former high school math teacher, Will lives in Boulder, Colorado.
SunLit: Tell us this book’s backstory. What inspired you to write it? Where did the story/theme originate?
Betke-Brunswick: The book opens with a story about a fifth grade peer getting a ride to soccer with a cooler classmate who listens to the radio in the car. My mom and I always listened to audiobooks. This was the first piece I wrote for the book, and it was part of a comic about growing up and trying to make friends with the popular girls. Even though it was about friendship, it was really about…
