"Gay Balls of Fire" started out in 2001 as a concept for a flash animated comic called "Linus Goes".

The three characters in Linus Goes was Linus, a goth guy with girl issues; Greg, the sex-maniac who was actually a virgin and sexually ambiguous; and Teejay the funny, quiet guy with the witticisms. Celine was Linus' lesbian sister who was angsty, never smiled, and who was always tense.

I was able to animate only one half of the first episode, but I wrote 4 episodes all in all. I quit the project because it was stupid, nothing new, and very heterosexual except for Greg's ambiguity.

In other words - it wasn't me.

 

I liked the "Linus Goes" universe, but somehow, something was wrong with it. It was Linus.

See, at that time, I was a very confused girl who thought that the only way I can get girls to like me is to be a guy. Since I never wanted to be a guy, I thought I could live vicariously through the fictional character of Linus and carry on with my woman-loving ways. Except, Linus wasn't my voice. Celine was.

In the summer of 2004 I got bored, and decided to go back to making comics. I didn't know what comic to make, but I turned on my computer, held onto my mouse and started drawing.

"Gay Balls of Fire" was born, almost spontaneously. Teejay and Greg came back, with the same clothes, but different hairstyles. I also gave Celine a new face - one which closely resembled me.

I've been out since I was 13, but I wasn't so vocal about it. I didn't want to be "just gay".

The funny thing is, I am "just gay".

Aren't we all?