Bio: Charles "Zan" Christensen is the Publisher of Northwest Press, a publishing imprint devoted to providing the highest-quality lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender graphic novels and comics collections. Northwest's first published book was Jon Macy's Teleny and Camille, a graphic novel adaptation of the anonymous Victorian erotic novel Teleny, attributed to Oscar Wilde and his circle of poets and writers. The book debuted at the 2010 Comic-Con International in San Diego.

Zan is also a comics writer, currently co-creating the series The Mark of Aeacus for Class Comics and Northwest Press. The second issue of MoA, jointly published by the two companies, debuted at the 2010 Comic-Con as well.

In 2003, Zan was also the founding President of Prism Comics, which was formed when a group of gay comics fans and professionals got together and decided to take their passion for the medium and work to level the playing field for other queer comics creators. In its short existence, Prism Comics has surpassed all expectations and become a force for positive change in the industry, providing a strong presence on the web, highvisibility at conventions, and an annual grant program that has given thousands of dollars to LGBT creators to publish and promote their work.

Zan continues to be active with Prism as their Web Chairperson.

RECENT PRISM COMICS FEATURES

PRISM COMICS’ QUEER PRESS GRANT PANEL AT SAN DIEGO COMIC-CON!
[News, Posted 8/8/10]
At Comic-Con, Prism Comics presented a panel on the Queer Press Grant (QPG), announcing that the deadline for the grant has been pushed up to September 15. So get your application together now! The QPG was established to encourage the publication of more (and more and more) comics with LGBT characters and themes. The panel was moderated by Roger Klorese, one of our mainstays at Prism and currently acting as Publications Chair, with three past QPG recipients on the panel--Steve MacIsaac, Ed…

GAYS IN COMICS: YEAR 23 AT SAN DIEGO COMIC-CON 2010!
[News, Posted 7/10/10]
Andy Mangels has just announced the line-up for this year’s Gays in Comics panel at Comic-Con: Howard Cruse, Geoff Johns, Marjorie M. Liu, Daniel Way, Jim McCann, Charles “Zan” Christensen, Dan Parent and Tim Fish! See the full details below: Saturday, July 24, 5:45-7:15 Gays in Comics: Year 23! - This all-star panel examines the rising diversity in the comics world today as the long-running "Gays in Comics" panel continues into its third decade at Comic-Con! As mainstream…

IPAD PUBLISHING NO SAVIOR FOR SMALL PRESS, LGBT COMICS CREATORS
[Spectrum, Posted 5/24/10]
Anticipated as a potential savior of the comics industry, distribution of digital comics through Apple's iPhone and iPad is proving not to be the magic bullet many had hoped for. Format issues, pricing concerns, and censorship of content are hindering many creators, particularly those making lesbian and gay comics, from taking full advantage of this new outlet for their work.

WONDERCON 2010: WUVABLE OAF AT PRISM COMICS
[Spectrum, Posted 4/1/10]
I'll be bringing a very limited number of the brand new Wuvable Oaf: Ultimate Sacrifice / Muddy Buddy Special to Wonder Con 2010, April 2 - 4 at Moscone Center in San Francisco! Come visit me at the Prism Comics booth (#715), Friday from 5:00 - 6:00 pm and Saturday from 2:00 - 3:00 pm to score a copy before its official online and store debut this May!

GOT A TIP FOR PRISM?
[Spectrum, Posted 3/31/10]
Attention comics creators and comics fans! Charles "Zan" Christensen, Prism Comics' Web Chair, here to share some tips on how to suggest articles, interviews and news features from around the web to Prism to include on its front page, in Twitter, and in Facebook!

RECENT OFFSITE FEATURES

GRAPHIC NOVEL REVIEW: TELENY AND CAMILLE BY JON MACY
[Source: OutPersonals, Added: 8/25/10]
Teleny and Camille works as an introduction to the glorious, flamboyant, coded world of the aesthete that Wilde and his cohorts invented and reveled in. You are slowly drawn into the beautiful,...

REVIEW: TELENY AND CAMILLE
[Source: ComiXtreme.com, Added: 8/25/10]
The art is high contrast black and white, beautifully lined, and Macy varies the style from very representational to somewhat surreal as the scenes and situations call for it. Camille being...

COMIC-CON 2010: DIVAS AND GOLDEN LASSOS (VIDEO)
[Source: YouTube, Added: 8/14/10]
Prism Comics presents Divas and Golden Lassoes: The LGBT Obsession with Super Heroines— Why do LGBT comic book fans, especially gay men, worship female superheroes? Going beyond just collecting the...

DIAMOND PICKS UP TELENY AND CAMILLE
[Source: The Sebaceous Funk, Added: 8/13/10]
Not only are they carrying the book but it is a featured item. This is beyond all expectation and a huge thrill.

TO COMIC-CON AND BACK
[Source: Loose Cruse, Added: 8/7/10]
I got home from Comic-Con International in San Diego a week and a half ago. How was it? The short answer is: I had loads of fun. Want more details? Sigh. Maybe later. This week I’ve been swamped....