This strip is so adorable it leaked aedorableness all over the burger king where I am having breakfast.. Not only Claire's respnse, but also just the idea of bubbles calling her "small friend."

Speaking from the standpoint of a father with a trans-daughter, I think you are doing an excellent job of showing Claire as just another loving and lovable person in the world. She, like most of us, have issues they are dealing with, albeit a little more complex at times than the average person.

Just also putting it out there as a Trans woman as well.. like the others have said, the handling of Claire and the transgender issue/life has been fantastic. At times a bit wishful for many of us (relationship-wise) but the matching of things as well as keeping "the trans" not to be her primary character aspect is fantastic. And that face in the last panel just oozes a "squeee!" :)

I probably wouldn't be interested in this strip if you DIDN'T go out on a limb now and then. What makes it enjoyable is that you do it so well.

Happy to see more of Claire. And as a man of 5', I Also love being a small friend (not to change the trans talk).

Also trans and continuing to enjoy Claire as a character and appreciate your portrayal of her. Maybe you know this already but a lot of trans people find that dysphoria can get worse before it gets better as they plan and take transition steps. Just something to bear in mind.

For whatever this is worth, I am a trans woman, and I cannot think of a single time that your portrayal of Claire has made me roll my eyes and think "dear Lord, please save me from the well-intentioned clueless cis people". Which, um, is a thing that happens to me on a fairly regular basis.

aaaa why is Claire so adorbs =D

I'm married to a trans* person, and thus far I've enjoyed Claire. I mean, she obviously doesn't represent The Universal Trans* Experience, because there isn't one, but she seems like _a_ plausible trans* person.

I've always thought that you've written Claire incredibly well, and you've done a wonderful job avoiding any misinterpretations or stereotypes about her experience of being trans. Plus you've made her a properly three-dimensional character, which is WAY more important and WAY more than we usually get as far as representation goes. I also think that if you're working on a strip and feel like you're getting into kind of unknown territory, it's really worth asking for feedback from real trans folks (if you haven't been already? I haven't seen you mention it in your commentary, but I also may have missed something earlier. If you're already doing that, yay!!). You're obviously already skilled at writing diverse characters respectfully, and it's also totally still worth it to seek out input when it's not something you experience firsthand. :)

You're "a straight white dude"? Well, so are many trans men. =) But I get what you're saying.

I know a few trans people personally, and in my experience, they'll gladly tolerate a few mistakes in how a writer writes trans people as long as the writer's clearly making an effort to do a good job and be respectful.

Not many creators could go from threatening robo-violence to a scene full of feels like this. Well done sir.

-ships-

Awwww!

I love it when Bubbles blushes.

This is great! Also typo in panel 3, "thannk"

This is great and you're doing fine

This made me smile.

This is beautiful.