Bio: Robert Kirby is a Detroit native, now living in Minneapolis with another boy and a dog. He began his cartooning career in the early 90s contributing to dozens of queer zine titles like Holy Titclamps, and his comic strip, "Curbside", first appeared in the gay and alternative presses in 1991.

The first book collection, Curbside, was published by Hobnob Press in 1998 with the aid of a grant from the Xeric Foundation. it is now an out of print collectors item, selling for outrageous prices on Amazon and other booksellers. So hold to your copy - it's like gold, man.

The second collection, Curbside Boys, was published in October 2002 by Cleis Press, and there a Spanish edition available from Ediciones La Cupula in Barcelona. Robert ended the strip in 2008 to concentrate on new projects.

Robert is the founder of the gay boy comics anthology Boy Trouble which he co-edited with fellow cartoonist, the talented and effervescent David Kelly. The fifth issue, an 80-page trade paperback, was released in 2004. In the Fall of 2006, Green Candy Press of San Francisco published The Book of Boy Trouble, a book collection reprinting highlights from the first four issues, alongside lots of brand new work by both veteran contributors and newcomers alike.

In September 2008, the sequel, The Book of Boy Trouble, Volume 2 , again from Green Candy Press, greeted the world, with all-new, all-color comics from all the Boy Trouble favorites, as well as a couple of fresh new faces.

Robert's next project, THREE, will debut in summer 2010, with the first issue containing 3 new comic stories from 3 different creators: the lovely Joey Alison Sayers, the very debonair Eric Orner, and Robert himself.

Issue #2 of THREE will feature a trio of comic collaborations from 3 pairs of cartoonists: Jon Macy illustrating a piece by Sina Shamsavari; Jen Camper and Michael Fahy alternating panels in a romance comic with a difference; and David Kelly and Craig Bostick teaming up once again for their devoted fans. So stay tuned for all of that, and visit the new website too.

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Boy Trouble
Curbside Boys
Curbside
Los Chicos de la Acera de Enfrente
The Book of Boy Trouble Volume 2
The Book of Boy Trouble

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