Lgbt Comics Archives

September 14, 2020 1 min read

The following is excerpted from The Contradictions (Drawn & Quarterly), a heartfelt fictionalized coming-of-age story by cartoonist Sophie Yanow. About...

‘On a Sunbeam’ by Tillie Walden

Andrea Crow

Young Adult

September 22, 2018 3 min read

On a Sunbeam continually asks the reader to reconsider what is trivial and what is meaningful Read More

‘Condo Heartbreak Disco’ by Eric Kostiuk Williams

Cathy Camper

Illustrated

May 17, 2017 2 min read

Williams’ surrealist line art curves and meanders like psychedelic paisley, reflecting the true absurdity of the capitalist transformation of our cities. Read More

‘Wuvable Oaf: Blood & Metal’ by Ed Luce

Cathy Camper

Comics Illustrated

November 7, 2016 2 min read

This collection is a visual smorgasbord, packed with one-page wrestling matches, posters, fake ads for Oaf hair care products, and…paper dolls Read More

Navigating Sex Parties and Pride: A Week in the Life of Cartoonist Jeremy Sorese

Parrish Turner

Opinion The Banal & the Profane

August 14, 2016 24 min read

"[...] I wish Pride could be something closer to Publishers Clearing House, where someone shows up at the door of a closeted teen living in some oppressive Middle American state with an oversized check and whisks them away." Read More

‘Long Red Hair’ by Meags Fitzgerald

Sawyer Lovett

Comics Illustrated

December 5, 2015 1 min read

Long Red Hair by Meags Fitzgerald is a graphic memoir about growing up and coming out. Read More

‘The Fifth Beatle: The Brian Epstein Story’ by Vivek J. Tiwary with Illustrations by Andrew C. Robinson and Kyle Baker

Cathy Camper

Comics Illustrated

May 29, 2014 2 min read

Vivek J. Tiwary’s graphic novel (a finalist for a 26th Annual Lambda Literary Award in the graphic novel category) recognizes Brian Epstein as the fifth band member–a silent partner, the brains behind the Beatles’ concept. Read More

‘100 Crushes’ by Elisha Lim

Cathy Camper

Comics Illustrated

May 12, 2014 1 min read

"Though we might have made lists, few of us could craft descriptions (or drawings) as deft as Lim’s." Read More

‘Anything That Loves’ Edited by Charles “Zan” Christensen

Cathy Camper

Comics Illustrated

January 5, 2014 2 min read

Anything That Loves (Northwest Press) points out another scientific myth many of us bought into: that sexuality is binary, and anyone between gay and straight is just confused, horny or immature. Read More

‘The Lengths’ by Howard Hardiman

Cathy Camper

Comics Illustrated

November 17, 2013 2 min read

Though Hardiman’s graphic novel examines a specific underground culture (gay male escorts in London), the questions it asks and the feelings it explores are universal. Read More

Reviews

Unearthing Queer Archive in Early 1990’s West Palm Beach, Florida

The Mars House: Science Fiction and the Hazards of Imagination

Maps of Belonging: Italian Trans Geographies

Random

‘Beyond Binary: Genderqueer and Sexually Fluid Speculative Fiction’ edited by Brit Mandelo

Features

Unearthing Queer Archive in Early 1990’s West Palm Beach, Florida

Maps of Belonging: Italian Trans Geographies

Dreaming up a Hopeful Future: A Conversation with Grist authors on queer climate fiction

Interviews

Bonds & Boundaries: A Conversation with Dale Corvino

Dreaming up a Hopeful Future: A Conversation with Grist authors on queer climate fiction

“What if it was both and all of the above?”: An interview with CJ Hauser

Excerpts

An Excerpt from Sleep Tight Satellite: Stories by Carol Guess

Read This! Excerpt from the delicacy of embracing spirals by mimi tempestt

Read This! Excerpt from American Gospel by Miah Jeffra

Youthful High Jinks and Political Angst! Read Sophie Yanow’s The Contradictions

‘On a Sunbeam’ by Tillie Walden

‘Condo Heartbreak Disco’ by Eric Kostiuk Williams

‘Wuvable Oaf: Blood & Metal’ by Ed Luce

Navigating Sex Parties and Pride: A Week in the Life of Cartoonist Jeremy Sorese

‘Long Red Hair’ by Meags Fitzgerald

‘The Fifth Beatle: The Brian Epstein Story’ by Vivek J. Tiwary with Illustrations by Andrew C. Robinson and Kyle Baker

‘100 Crushes’ by Elisha Lim

‘Anything That Loves’ Edited by Charles “Zan” Christensen

‘The Lengths’ by Howard Hardiman

Unearthing Queer Archive in Early 1990’s West Palm Beach, Florida

The Mars House: Science Fiction and the Hazards of Imagination

Maps of Belonging: Italian Trans Geographies

The High Stakes of Young Adulthood: A Review of Idlewild by James Frankie Thomas

People Collide by Isle McElroy: A Review

Reviewing Bad Gays; or how we use the past to shape the future

A Review of Cassandra Khaw’s The Salt Grows Heavy

If property is theft, then what is a photograph? A Review of The Unintended by Monica Huerta