Ro Salarian, formerly known as Megan Rose Gedris,[1] (born June 12, 1986) is an American cartoonist, writer, and publisher whose comics include YU+ME:dream and I Was Kidnapped By Lesbian Pirates From Outer Space.

The two begin a secret relationship, however, while they are attending a school dance, Fiona discovers that the past few months have merely been a very long dream while she was in a coma.

The Dreamworld sequences employ a number of different art styles, including collage and clay modeling, to portray different realms of the imaginary world.

The webcomic won the second Queer Press Grant from Prism Comics which allowed Salarian to publish the first collected volume of the series.

The lesbian pirates are a race of Amazonesque beings who come from a planet referred to as "Lesbos-1," named after the Greek island of Lesbos.

[9] Renowned for its many sexual puns, Darlin' It's Betta Down Where It's Wetta chronicles the misadventures of Pearl the mermaid, who only understands human genitalia as it is told through legends.

This book centers around teenage Jackie Monroe who is suffering from "small town boredom" in her city of Middleville, which is under a curse thanks to the fact it was built upon an Indian tribe's stolen land.

Moira has been through a lot of positive and negative things, making Jackie constantly switch between idolizing and then hating her because of her own insecurities about being awkward and indecisive.

In Spectacle, published 2018 by Oni Press, Salarian shares the story of Anna, a pragmatic engineer who despite working as a psychic at the Samson Brothers Circus, is completely skeptical of the supernatural.

The webcomic won the second Queer Press Grant from Prism Comics which allowed Salarian to publish the first collected volume of the series, YU+Me:dream.

They have also said they enjoyed reading yuri manga but at one point received the impression that the stories became predictable and so Salarian decided to create their own comic.

[19] Salarian is very active on social media and occasionally shows little tidbits from their life in between uploading art and informal comic strips on several of their profiles.

Salarian has indicated that they identify as nonbinary or genderfluid,[20] and uses "they/them" pronouns, describing their personality as "made up of several districts who all vote on what our overall identity will be on any given day.