Email: peacefulwarrior20012001@yahoo.com
Websites: Houston Comics, www.myspace.com/houstoncomics

Bio: shane patrick boyle (better known as “shane”) is a writer, artist, cartoonist, publisher, editor, journalist, event organizer, retail sales clerk, student and ex-homeless person living in the Montrose area of Houston.

shane started his first zine, Astrozine while in high school. Since then, he has created, published or contributed to over two dozen zines with various themes ranging from science fiction fandom to comics, literature and poetry to anarchist politics.

During his college years, he founded the Writers And Artists Group At the University of Houston (WAAGAUH!), brought Allen Ginsberg to campus, wrote a newspaper column with a "queer anarchist" perspective, spent a lot of time homeless and eventually dropped out, but didn't stop writing.

Later he returned to his first love (comics) when he published and edited a comics anthology magazine called Shorts. The first issue was printed on newsprint with a glossy color cover and distributed by Diamond. The second and final (so far) issue was photocopied with a hand-colored cover and sold locally.

His current publishing project is a minicomic called shane. This began in 2003 when he first started drawing. Each issue in this ecclectic series has a different theme and style. One of the most popular is issue 6, a sketchbook comic titled Scenes from Gay Bars.

shane is also a frequent contributor to Shiot Crock and a one page strip of his appears in Mark Todd and Esther Pearl Watson's book, Whatcha Mean? What's a Zine? His character, Walking Man, has also appeared in advertisements for Walk-On Houston (a non-profit group dedicated to encouraging normally car-dependent Houstonians to walk more and drive less).

His main talent, however, is organizing projects and events (often with little or no budget) that bring creative people together.

shane is the founder of the Houston Area Comics Society and in 2004, he started the Houston Comix and Zine Festival which led to his being named as one of Outsmart Magazine's people to watch in 2005.

Recently the Houston Comix and Zine Festival began partnering with the Westheimer Block Party (an outdoor art and music festival that is the latest incarnation of a 30-year tradition) and will now be held twice a year in conjunction with the Block Party.

Upcoming projects from shane include a new zine called shane's world, a follow up to Scenes from Gay Bars, and an anthology of work from other cartoonists and zinesters.

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