Crystal Frasier

Crystal Frasier is an American artist and game designer known for her work on the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game.[1][2] She was also the author of the webcomic, Venus Envy, with a trans woman as a protagonist, which ran from 2001 to 2014.[3][4][5] She is a trans woman and is intersex.[6][7]

Crystal Frasier
NationalityAmerican
Alma mater
New College of Florida
Art Institute of Seattle
Notable work
Pathfinder Roleplaying Game
Venus Envy

Early life

In her early life, Frasier grew up in small town in Florida, spending time watching television, reading, and playing with her Ninja Turtles or stuffed animals.[8][9] In elementary school, she started writing stories and drawing comics, continuing this in junior high school where she drew comics for the school's newspaper. In high school, she wrote a Sailor Moon fan fiction, began running a gaming blog, and her first paid article was in a gaming magazine.[8] She later graduated from the Art Institute of Seattle and the New College of Florida.[10]

Career

In December 2001, she started the webcomic Venus Envy under the name "Erin Lindsey."[3][11][12]

Frasier worked in the art and layout department of Paizo Inc. from 2009 to 2014.[13] In 2015 she rejoined the company as a game developer.[14] In 2016 she also became the Line Developer for Mutants and Masterminds, the flagship RPG game from Green Ronin Publishing.[1] Her adventure design credits include The Harrowing and In Hell's Bright Shadow.[2] She also created Shardra Geltl, the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game's first transgender iconic character.[15] She also worked on comic books based on Pathfinder, like the Spiral of Bones and Dynamite series.[16][17][8][18]

In June 2015, she and Jenn Dolari also received notice for the creation of a meme featuring transgender people based on the Vanity Fair cover featuring Caitlyn Jenner.[19]

In 2016, Frasier was announced as a Gen Con Industry Insider Featured Presenter.[20] In 2018, she left the Paizo game developing team to "focus on her freelancing career."[21]

In August 2019, Frasier participated in the game designer panel "Playing with Identity: Tabletop Role-Playing Games and the Queer Power Self-Definition" at Flame Con about the impacts of queer identity on game design and play.[22]

In January 2021 Oni-Lion Forge stated that in August 2021, a graphic novel, Cheer Up!, written by Frasier and illustrated by Val Wise, would be released[23] The graphic novel was described by Barnes & Noble as a "sweet, queer teen romance perfect for fans of Fence and Check Please!."[24]

In February 2021, it was announced that she was one of the writers for the Love Is a Battlefield special by DC Comics, working with Juan Gedeon on a story where Wonder Woman and Steve Trevor have a "date night that inevitably takes a superheroic turn."[25][26][8] In March 2021, she was noted as a co-writer of a comic series titled Gamma Flight for Marvel Comics with Al Ewing.[27][28][29] Lan Medina would be the illustrator.[30][31] Frasier had previously worked for Marvel in 2020 on a comic about The Immortal Hulk.[32] She is one of the authors of the upcoming Dungeons & Dragons sourcebook Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft (2021).

Personal life

Frasier came out as a trans woman while working for Paizo, after going "stealth" following her transition, as she had no community to connect with, and wanted to help other trans people at that point.[7] In November 2020, she tweeted that she was also intersex.[6]

References
  1. "About Crystal Frasier". Green Ronin. Archived from the original on January 22, 2021. Retrieved March 28, 2021.
  2. "Queer as a Three-Sided Die Panelists". Tabletop Gaymers. Archived from the original on December 2, 2020. Retrieved March 28, 2021.
  3. Crystal Frasier (a). "MTF Nightmare No. 36" Venus Envy 2 (December 1, 2001), Official website of Venus Envy (webcomic)
  4. Crystal Frasier (a). "Untitled" Venus Envy 2 (January 30, 2004), Official website of Venus Envy (webcomic)
  5. Frasier, Crystal. "About the comic". Official website of Venus Envy comic. Archived from the original on February 26, 2021. Retrieved March 28, 2021.
  6. Frasier, Crystal [@AmazonChique] (November 28, 2020). "I mean, I'm trans and intersex, and I want my perspective to be considered. Trans people are valid and socialization arguments are 99% bullshit" (Tweet). Archived from the original on November 29, 2020. Retrieved April 29, 2021 – via Twitter.
  7. Frasier, Crystal (April 14, 2020). "Time Travel, Punching Klansmen, And The Queer RPG Agenda: A Chat With Crystal Frasier". The Fandomentals (Interview). Interviewed by Dan Arndt. Archived from the original on January 20, 2021. Retrieved April 29, 2021. ...I'm not proud of it, but I went stealth for a long time after I transitioned...I ended up coming out when I was working for Paizo.
  8. Frasier, Crystal (February 2021). "An Interview with Crystal Frasier" (online). Pop Culture Beast (Online). Interviewed by Aiden Mason. Archived from the original on February 18, 2021. Retrieved March 28, 2021.
  9. "Crystal Frasier". Simon & Schuster. Archived from the original on March 29, 2021.
  10. "Crystal Frasier". OrcaCon2019. Archived from the original on March 29, 2021.
  11. Frasier, Crystal [@AmazonChique] (February 12, 2018). "No, I'm _THE_ Erin Lindsey" (Tweet). Archived from the original on March 28, 2021. Retrieved March 27, 2021 – via Twitter.
  12. Frasier, Crystal. "Crystal Frasier". RPG Geek. Archived from the original on September 27, 2020. Retrieved March 28, 2021.
  13. Fraiser, Crystal (September 15, 2009). "They appreciate my mastery of fire..." Paizo.com. Archived from the original on March 29, 2021.
  14. Frasier, Crystal (March 9, 2015). "They Still Appreciate My Mastery Of Fire". Paizo.com. Archived from the original on March 28, 2021.
  15. Fraiser, Crystal (July 31, 2014). "Meet the Iconics: Shardra Geltl". Paizo.com. Archived from the original on July 31, 2014.
  16. Wickline, Dan (May 30, 2018). "Writer's Commentary – Crystal Frasier Talks Pathfinder: Spiral of Bones #3". Bleeding Cool. Archived from the original on January 25, 2021.
  17. "Crystal Frasier at Outsider Comics in Seattle, WA on Wed March 21, 2018, 5–7 pm – Seattle Readings & Talks Events Calendar". The Stranger. March 21, 2018. Archived from the original on March 29, 2021.
  18. Frasier, Crystal (February 2021). "RICH INTERVIEWS: Crystal Frasier Writer for "Pathfinder: Spiral of Bones"" (online). First Comics News (Online). Interviewed by Richard Vasseur. Archived from the original on February 18, 2021. Retrieved March 28, 2021.
  19. Eleftheriou-Smith, Loulla-Mae (June 5, 2015). "Trans people are sharing #MyVanityFair covers in celebration of the community's diversity". The Independent. Archived from the original on March 29, 2019. Retrieved October 12, 2018.
  20. "Industry Insider Featured Presenters for 2016". Gen Con. Archived from the original on July 31, 2016. Retrieved July 21, 2016.
  21. Daigle, Adam (July 3, 2018). "Farewell to Crystal". Paizo.com. Archived from the original on September 17, 2018.
  22. Sendaula, Stephanie. "Highlights from Flame Con 2019". Library Journal. Archived from the original on March 22, 2023. Retrieved March 22, 2023.
  23. Kaplan, Avery (January 28, 2021). "Exclusive Preview: In August, prepare to CHEER UP!". Comics Beat. Archived from the original on February 24, 2021. Retrieved March 29, 2021.
  24. "Cheer Up: Love and Pom-Poms by Crystal Frasier, Val Wise, Paperback". Barnes & Noble. Archived from the original on March 29, 2021. Retrieved March 29, 2021.
  25. Stone, Sam (February 9, 2021). "DC's Love Is a Battlefield Special Superbly Showcases Romance Across the DCU". CBR. Archived from the original on February 15, 2021. Retrieved March 29, 2021.
  26. Casey, Conor (February 10, 2021). "DC: Love Is a Battlefied #1 Review: Many Heartfelt Stories Make for a Lovely Anthology". ComicBook. Archived from the original on February 10, 2021. Retrieved March 29, 2021.
  27. Johnston, Rich (March 18, 2021). "Crystal Frasier, Al Ewing, Lan Medina Launch Gamma Flight From Marvel". Bleeding Cool. Archived from the original on March 18, 2021. Retrieved March 29, 2021.
  28. Lovett, Jamie (March 15, 2021). "Marvel Announces Hulk Spinoff Gamma Flight". comicbook. Archived from the original on March 16, 2021.
  29. Kaplan, Avery (March 15, 2021). "New GAMMA FLIGHT series lands this June!". Comics Beat. Archived from the original on March 16, 2021.
  30. "New Gamma-Powered Series Spinning Out of Al Ewing's 'Immortal Hulk'". Marvel Comics. March 15, 2021. Archived from the original on March 24, 2021.
  31. Jennings, Collier (March 15, 2021). "Gamma Flight: Marvel Announces Immortal Hulk Spinoff Series". CBR. Archived from the original on March 19, 2021.
  32. Sava, Oliver (March 2, 2020). "Immortal Hulk is the unstoppable ruler of superhero comics". Polygon. Archived from the original on April 15, 2020.
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