TG Life - By Jennileigh Love
Cartoons about the lighter side of gender!


19941995  | 1996  |  1997  | 1998  |  1999
This Month's Cartoon (June 1999)


TG Life Banner    I first began editing the Tennessee Vals newsletter back in September of 1994.  Our newsletter had a long tradition of clipping transgender theme cartoons from the local newspapers and magazines and reprinting them in our newsletter.  I felt the cartoons gave our publication a little something extra besides the normal articles and columns.

     I have always been a compulsive doodler and a big fan of the comic strips, comic books and animation.  I thought since I was editing the newsletter, and had free reign of its content, I would start drawing my own cartoons.

     At first the cartoon strip had no name and it wasn't included in every monthly issue of the newsletter.   I finally settled on the name TG Life (Transgendered Life) for lack of a better name.  The subject of the cartoons were always something in the transworld that I found humorous. The cartoons have also lampooned popular culture with a crossgender theme.

   My cartoons were featured in the book Transcriptions 1996 published by the Gender Identity Clinic of Colorado.  The were also the subject of an art show at The Center in Nashville in April of 1997. I've seen the cartoons reproduced in many TG group newsletters around the country.

    I have found a lot of humor in the transgendered community.  You will see a lot the humor of these cartoons comes from actual experiences I've had or people I've known. 

     Beginning in October of 1997, I began a recurring storyline, starring two crossdressers and their mistadventures in society.  I was inspired by an Australian cartoon strip I saw about two gay men.  I thought if that guy could do that many strips about two gay men and make it that funny, that I could easily do one about transgendered people.

     Honestly, my artwork probably isn't first rate, but most cartoonists aren't premier artists.  Their skills lie in their ability to tell a story, or a joke.  Since I began this strip, I've discovered that the art is important, but the script, joke or punchline is what really drives a cartoon.

     I hope you enjoy them as much as I like to draw them!  Keep checking this web site for regular updates.

Jennileigh Love

1994

September 1994 (apologies to Gene Roddenberry)

1995

August 1995 (apologies to Mike Judge)
September 1995
October 1995
November 1995
December 1995

1996

January 1996
February 1996
March 1996 (You Might Be a Crossdresser if...)
April 1996
May 1996
June 1996
July 1996 (Olympics cartoon)
July 1996 (Dennis Rodman)
August 1996
September 1996
October 1996 (apologies to Charles Schutz)
November 1996
December 1996 (Christmas Cartoon)

1997

January 1997
February 1997(apologies to George Lucas)
March 1997
April 1997
May 1997
June 1997(Pick -Up Lines Cartoon)
July 1997
August 1997
September 1997(Apologies to Bill Keane)
October 1997 (Recurring storyline begins)
November 1997
December 1997

1998

January 1998
February 1998
March 1998
April 1998
May 1998
June 1998
July 1998
August 1998
September 1998
October 1998
November 1998
December 1998 (in full color)

1999

January 1999
February 1999
March 1999
April 1999
June 1999
 

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