Work in Progress opens, protagonist Abby has found that life has gotten in the way of her plan to end hers. She’s still seeking the perfect therapist, has let best friend Campbell move in with her, and is trying to atone for having shouted the deadname of the transgender man she was recently dating.And it’s all pretty damn funny.It’s not funny at the expense of people with mental health issues or of LGBTQ+ people, but self-described “masculine queer dyke” Abby McEnany and her co-creator, Tim Mason, find ways to make the characters’ everyday struggles and triumphs funny, touching, and totally relatable.“It’s a very real telling of a life that is messy,” says McEnany, who notes that the character of Abby is based on herself, but loosely.