Email: sinasham@gmail.com
Websites: BoyCrazyBoy.com, www.myspace.com/sinasham

Bio: Sina burst onto the underground queer punk scene in London at the age of 16 with the queer teen zine Concerned Muthers, going on to create and self-publish small-press comics such as the gay superhero saga Atomic Love and the intensely personal and highly acclaimed BoyCrazyBoy.

His autobiographical comics also appeared in zines including Holy Titclamps and Robert Kirby's Boy Trouble, and have recently been reprinted in The Book of Boy Trouble, edited by Robert Kirby and David Kelly.

Sina's passions include drawing, writing, an eclectic taste in films, comics, books and music. He is currently working on a PhD about queer alternative comics (either self-published or released by independent comics publishers) at London's Goldsmiths College, and invites creators to contact him with information about their work.

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