Bio: Ed Luce's first comic book project, Wuvable Oaf, is a "fairy" tale chronicling one big, scary lookin' dude's search for romance in a city that looks suspiciously like San Francisco. Ed and Oaf were recently nominated for a 2009 Ignatz Award in the "Promising New Talent" category.

Currently the star of his own ongoing series (issue #2 is out right now, available at wuvableoaf.com and in the Prism Shop!), Wuvable Oaf has also made appearances in Prism Comics: Your Guide to Comics 2008 and 2009/2010 editions, 100% BEEF magazine, Pride Magazine '09, The San Francisco Bay Guardian, The Book of Boy Trouble 2, UK's Gay Times magazine, Italy's PISSZINE, Instinct magazine, and White Crane Journal. He can also be fleetingly glimpsed on the chests of hunky dudes n' sassy lasses all over the world, in the form of his very own t-shirts.

In May 2009, the flagship "Wuvable Oaf Boutique" (featuring all manner of Oaf-related merchandise) opened in Goteblüd, a vintage zine store in the heart of San Francisco's Mission District. Check out goteblud.com for more info!

While currently pouring his energy into the comics world, Ed also leaves a lengthy trail of art debris behind him, including published features in Bearflavoured artists' catalog and LA gay men's health magazine Corpus. His paintings have been exhibited in galleries, museums, store windows and bathrooms from San Diego to Buffalo to Paris.

RECENT PRISM COMICS FEATURES

STAN'S SOAPBOX: HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE!
[Queer Eye on Comics, Posted 11/8/09]
Stan’s Soapbox Hey True Believers! It’s David “Stan”-ley here, you ever lovin’ Editor-In-Chief of “Queer Eye on Comics” with the first Spectacular LGBT Comics Holiday Gift-Giving Guide ever to come out of Prism's House of Ideas with only the latest and greatest recommendations from Yours Truly! What, you say? You have it all and besides, only Irving Forbush shops this early? Bah-Humbug! In the past year, we’ve been clobbered with lotsa new product you haveta get! Roberto…

GO APE WITH PRISM COMICS! PRISM APPEARS OCTOBER 17-18 AT SAN FRANCISCO’S ALTERNATIVE PRESS EXPO! UPDATED!
[News, Posted 10/15/09]
Join Prism Comics this weekend at the Alternate Press Expo (APE) in San Francisco! Expanding its presence this year with two tables, Prism will feature creator signings throughout the weekend along with hosting the “Queer Cartoonists Panel”, moderated by Justin Hall. APE will be held at The Concourse, 620 7th Street, in San Francisco, California.

ED LUCE AND JOEY ALISON SAYERS NOMINATED FOR 2009 IGNATZ AWARDS!
[News, Posted 8/27/09]
Small Press Expo 2009, otherwise known as SPX, hosts the thirteenth annual presentation of the Ignatz Awards, a celebration of outstanding achievement in comics and cartooning. The Ignatz, named after George Herriman’s brick-wielding mouse, recognizes exceptional work that challenges popular notions of what comics can achieve, both as an art form and as a means of personal expression. The Ignatz Awards are a festival prize, the first of such in the United States comic book industry. The…

DAVID'S SUPER-LAZY COMIC-CON WRAP-UP PART II: JOHN BARROWMAN FLIRTS!
[News, Posted 8/6/09]
Okay, here's the pooper scoop! We were like any self-loathing, err self-respecting queens, hoping John Barrowman, the bisexual va-va-voom of Torchword would grace Prism Comics with his presence, but of course we thought to ourselves that we're just a small nonprofit at a humongous convention and that he's too big of a star to bother--then he came! Not in that way! Of course, I missed it. How could I miss it? John came by--while I was out--just walking the floor with his handler. …

DAVID'S SUPER-BELATED COMIC-CON 2009 WRAP-UP PART I!
[News, Posted 8/4/09]
Having finally recovered (physically, at least--who knows if I shall ever recover mentally) from my whirlwind experience at San Diego Comic-Con Int'l 2009, I'm ready to present my final wrap-up report. Yes, I know the world's moved on, as it should, but I'm feeling nostalgic about it now, so let's take a look back through the mists of time to a couple of weekends back. Continuing from my initial Con report, I arrived back at the Con on Friday morning in time for Prism's second panel, "True…

RECENT OFFSITE FEATURES

CCW GUEST REVIEW: WUVABLE OAF #2
[Source: Comic Culture Warrior, Added: 12/17/09]
The big scary guy with the heart of gold. Gay guys who own a metric ton of cats. They’re all here. And a quick word on that cats. If anyone has ever had a cat walk all over their face at 6 in the...

WUVABLE OAF #2
[Source: Gay League, Added: 12/16/09]
Luce is clearly in love with his characters, making Wuvable Oaf one of the best comics this year, and well worth any wait between issues.

WUVABLE OAF: A COMIC BOOK "FAIRY" TALE
[Source: Golden Gate [X]press, Added: 12/15/09]
Ed Luce, artist and creator of Wuvable Oaf, illustrates the life adventures of a guy misunderstood by a community that lusts after him, yet untaken by the advances of those who want a persona of...

NEW YORK ART BOOK FAIR BUSTLES AT P.S. 1 ARTS CENTER IN QUEENS
[Source: The New York Times, Added: 10/2/09]
For collectors of gay material, there are several specialists to consult… Goteblüd of San Francisco is a central supplier for all manner of vintage zines — rave zines, punk zines, low-rider...

INTERVIEW WITH ED LUCE, WUVABLE OAF
[Source: BearPodcast, Added: 9/15/09]
Ed Luce joins us to talk about his first comic book project, Wuvable Oaf. Ed and Oaf were recently nominated for a 2009 Ignatz Award in the “Promising New Talent” category.