Bio: Robert Kirby lives in Minneapolis. His books include Curbside, (funded with a 1998 Xeric grant), Curbside Boys (Cleis Press, 2002), The Book of Boy Trouble Volume 1 (Green Candy Press, 2006) and The Book of Boy Trouble Volume 2: Born To Trouble (Green Candy Press, 2008). In 2011, Robert received the Prism Queer Press grant for his all-color anthology series THREE, which was also nominated for an Ignatz Award. His new solo comic Snack Pak will debut in spring of 2013, and he is the editor of a forthcoming comics anthology from Northwest Press called QU33R, which will feature all-new work from 33 cartoonists.

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[News, Posted 8/10/12]
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[News, Posted 10/2/11]
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[Source: Lambda Literary, Added: 10/24/11]
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[Source: Read About Comics, Added: 10/17/11]
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[Source: RobKirbyComics.com, Added: 8/25/11]
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