Year One

Ramsey Beyer’s Year One (2012–present) is a deeply personal autobiographical comic that chronicles the artist’s first year of transition as a transgender woman. Published as a single issue, it distills a pivotal, vulnerable period of self-discovery and change into a compact, intimate narrative. Beyer writes and draws the entire work, lending it an unbroken, firsthand authenticity that has made it a resonant touchstone in queer comics. Its importance lies in its candid, diary-like documentation of a milestone many readers share or witness, told with warmth and without sensationalism.