A very British queer cartoonist chronicling all our glorious follies and foibles (serious and comic) since 1975. Shenton has been our comforter when we can't keep up the pose anymore, offering weekly solace in the guise of the classic 4-frame strip in practically every gay publication in the UK. Five books and a cartooning career in the national press later, he's back to his pervy roots, shoving his own stuff on his very own website, DS Comics.  [More...]

Hi, I’m AKNATON, (A. Carrasco) a chilean artist. I was born in 1975. Now I live in Santiago were I studied graphic design and design of internet pages. I’m working with Chuck McKinney on his webcomic From the Cellar, and I've published some of my work with Bruno Gmünder, Los Chicos. I love the movies, playing piano, writing songs, meeting new friends, and, obviously, drawing, painting and all about the comics. Hola amigos, yo soy AKNATON, (A. Carrasco) un artista chileno. Nací en Linares, una pequeña ciudad del sur de mi país, en 1975 (Acuario). Ahora vivo en Santiago, donde estudié Diseño Gráfico y Diseño de Páginas Web. He trabajado con Chuck McKinney en su webcomic From the Cellar. En el 2010, la editorial alemana Bruno Gmünder, publicó Los Chicos, un ArtBook con una recopilación de mis mejores ilustraciones. Me encanta el cine, tocar piano, escribir canciones, juntarme con mis amigos y conocer otros nuevos, y por supuesto, dibujar, pintar y  [More...]

Randall Kirby, comics gadabout. He earned his Bachelors of Fine Arts degree in Sequential Art from the Savannah College of Art and Design. He is the writer and primary artist behind BopComics.com, as well as working on Hayseed and Disco Ninja with Brian Douglas Ahern and Young Bottoms in Love with Tim Fish. in addition, Randall often produces many fine mini comics starring his character Flying Snowman. Randall is also a talented amateur actor, and has portrayed such roles as Petruchio, Falstaff, Nick Bottom, and King Henry II. He won the Wizard magazine Halloween costume contest twice, and dabbles in model photography as well. He has also worked in hardware retailing for close to twenty years, which often influences his work.  [More...]

Narvasa , A Publisher, Designer & Artist. I created LO-FI comics and entertainment magazine. I started out as an illustrator wanting to draw comics; I didn't have the "IT" factor or consistancy, but I found a niche where I was computer coloring for comics for a few years. That eventually left a bad taste in my mouth so I left the comics idustry even though DC/Wildstorm offered me a colorist job. This led into a bunch of insane jobs, the worst and oddest of which was as a door-to-door salesman selling coupon promos for oil changes and resturants. Then dreadfully I went back to an old job, took sh*tty pay for about six months and then dramatically broke out from there and started BAD MUNKIE PRESS, my own design company. Six months later, LO-FI came to fruition, a month later issue #1 was in my hands February 2003. After eight issues the plug was pulled but the publisher in may 2006. ABOUT LO-FI magazine LO-FI comics & entertainment magazine has been  [More...]

C.Edwards is a New York based animator whose top 10 list, "30 Rock's Gayest Moments" was recently featured on Out.com. He is the creator of the comic strip, "Abel Boddy", a fantastic comedy about a hedonistic guardian angel and his perpetually frustrated ward. The comic, now in it's sixth year has been featured on Queerty.com and syndicated in Ion Arizona magazine. His work can also be seen on his sketchblog, Meatcute, which is the home of his 3 year old, mini-webcomic, '12" Roommate', a homoerotic comedy of errors chronicling the rocky co-existence of three roommates living with one big secret.   [More...]

Minneapolitan Robert Kirby has been drawing and publishing comics for over 20 years. His self-syndicated comic strip “Curbside” (1991-2008) was collected in two books: Curbside, published with the Xeric Grant in 1998, and Curbside Boys (2002, Cleis Press). His queerboy comics zine anthology Boy Trouble debuted in 1994 and there were two book collections from Green Candy Press: The Book of Boy Trouble (2006) and The Book of Boy Trouble Volume 2: Born to Trouble (2008). The first issue of Robert’s new all-color queer comics anthology THREE debuted in 2010 and was nominated for two Ignatz awards, including Outstanding Anthology or Collection and Best Story (for Eric Orner’s “Weekends Abroad”). In 2011 Robert published a second issue featuring 3 comics collaborations: Sina Evil with Jon Macy, Jennifer Camper and Michael Fahy, and Craig Bostick with David Kelly. In October 2011 Robert was announced as the 2011 recipient of the Prism Queer Press Grant for THREE. The third issue  [More...]

I'm a Thai artist living in Bangkok, Thailand. At 19 I was published in ThaiComics Magazine for “View’s Fish Story” in 2000. After graduating with a bachelor’s degree of Fine and Applied Arts from King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang in 2004, I went on to work for high profile Thai fashion magazines and publications as a photographer and graphic designer. I'm currently working freelance in web design, graphic design, photography and comics. I published a well known comic strip on a local gay website. I'm currently looking for publication internationally with people who find his unique Thai perspective interesting. For more on my artwork visit me at CKfolio and my PHOTO & ILLUSTRATION facebook page Contact me on facebook : CHATURON KONGHIN  [More...]

Gay American artist of Asian decent looking to make a mark in the world. Have a big interest in comic books, comic strips, animation and writing. Been drawing since I was a wee tyke but I have also written (but not published) a novel—campy, romantic, gay fiction - it is finished in the sense that the story is no longer moving forward but I know I need to do more revisions - I imagine they'll tell me: 'It needs more sex!' My current project is Little Rainbow Comics — a comic strip about three kids growing up gay in elementary school. Check it out! LRC is also on the 'TOP WEB COMICS' contest - please go to: http://topwebcomics.com/vote/13820/default.aspx Please VOTE - Thanks for your Support!  [More...]

Dave is 27, grew up in Los Angeles, and went to school in Georgia. His inspirations are science fiction, human relationships, and shenanigans. He graduated in 2007 from the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), with a B.F.A. in Illustration. While at SCAD, Dave served as Editorial Cartoonist/Comics Editor of the student paper - DISTRICT - as well as organizing the quarterly "Comixtravaganza" insert, and running two weekly comic strips during his tenure. In 2006, he received the Impact Award for Best Editorial Cartoonist from the Georgia Collegiate Press Association. He's also had short comics published in three SCAD Sequential Art Anthologies (2006: Science, 2007: Discovery, 2009: Biography). Dave is currently living in Los Angeles after working on An Elegy for Amelia Johnson, a graphic novel set to be published in March 2011 by Archaia  [More...]

Howard Cruse is the creator of Wendel, the 1980s comic strip about a circle of gay friends that is collected in its entirety in The Complete Wendel, published in 2011 by Universe. His 1995 graphic novel, Stuck Rubber Baby, won both Eisner and Harvey Awards in 1996, and has since won awards in England and Germany. Re-issues of the Italian and German translations of SRB were released in 2011 along with a new Polish edition, and DC Comics, the novel's original publisher, itself issued a 15th anniversary edition in 2010 under its Vertigo imprint. Spanish translations of both SRB and Wendel were published in 2006 and 2004-05 respectively (the Wendel compilation being published in two separate parts).Stuck Rubber Baby's French edition won the Prix de la critique at the Angouleme comics festival in 2002. Many of Howard's underground comix were compiled more than a decade ago in the books Early Barefootz and Dancin' Nekkid With  [More...]

kd diamond is a queer, erotic comic artist who fuses art with politics, graphics with sex, and education with visuals as a method of altering societal norms and breaking down preconceived notions of gender and sexuality. Her work throughout New England, and across the country at large, has been called “imaginative,” “ambitious,” “fresh,” and “creative.” Her dogmatic approach to comics and art as a transformative experience sets her apart from other artists. Diamond’s comic-art has been published in Gender Outlaws: The Next Generation (ed. S. Bear Bergman and Kate Bornstein, Seal Press, August 2010). In a creative collaboration with queer vaudevillian cohort Johnny Blazes, Diamond's comics move to the story-telling level to aid Blazes' story of genderqueeritude and self-discovery. Purchase GO:TNG here. In April 2010, Diamond decided to embark on a mission to fill a need in the queer feminist community – by creating the queer feminist sex magazine,  [More...]

I am a 27 year old MTF transsexual at the beginning of my transition and have a BA in English from Humboldt State University. Though I am looking to be a teacher, my passion is in writing. Why didn't I just get a degree in Creative Writing? I thought the teacher track would be more realistic. The fact that I am without a credential and working part-tme at a family-owned business makes me wonder about the logic of that thought. Why am I posting my bio on here, amongst distinguished comics creators? Well, a while ago I created a webcomic called Comfortably Numb, inspired by Venus Envy. Sure, it's a debacle and I know conclusively from it that I should not draw, but I still have a desire to return. Since that comic, I have focused on writing superhero comics. My superheroes are be something I've labored over for years, developing the characters since at least fifth grade. They've definitely evolved since, many changing their names and attributes, and I have a vested interest in  [More...]

Jai Sen is the author of The Malay Mysteries series of books, including the Eisner-nominated, Xeric Award-winning Garlands of Moonlight. Subsequent books in the series include The Ghost of Silver Cliff, Island of Glass and Ashes, and the newly published fourth book in the series, Island of Glass and Ashes. Jai also wrote the critically-acclaimed graphic novel The Golden Vine, an epic alternate history of the empire of Alexander the Great described by Out Magazine as "one of the most beautiful books published in 2003." Jai grew up in India and Indonesia, and is mostly based in New York. His current projects include a graphic novel set in London in the 1930s, continuing work on The Malay Mysteries, and a new story he is developing that takes place in India.  [More...]

Sam is a transman living in the New Zealand, drawing comics about life. He's been drawing since he was a little girl, and found it the only bearable way to get through his university degrees. He did a weekly strip in his local uni magazine for a couple of years and has since started a new strip to concentrate on more queer stuff. Sam is extremely excited to be featured in Kate Bornstein and S. Bear Bergman's new anthology, Gender Outlaws: The Next Generation!  [More...]

Allan Neuwirth is a native New Yorker who writes, creates, develops, produces, directs, and designs animated TV series, screenplays, books, a syndicated comic strip, comic books & graphic novels, games, music videos, and award-winning animated TV commercials. In 1998, with illustrator/writer Glen Hanson (designer of MTV's Spy Groove), Allan co-created the popular comic strip Chelsea Boys, which has been syndicated in dozens of publications and websites all across the U.S., as well as Canada, Spain, and the UK. In 2003, Alyson Books published the first bound Chelsea Boys collection, which was nominated for a Lambda Literary Award for Best Humor Book. 2006 saw the release of their second collection (this time in hard cover & full color) from Bruno Gmunder Books: Chelsea Boys: Steppin' Out. Some of Allan's current/recent projects: writer of Hallmark's new stop-motion animated Christmas TV special, "Jingle All The Way"; story editor and writer of the new hit  [More...]

Tenderloin Socialite turned Pop Whore, Illustrator, designer, homo, a lot can be said about Diego Gómez, but usually not to his face, unless you've got a gun and you're not afraid to use it! After graduating from San Francisco's fabulous Art Institute, Diego hired a squad of death-trannies to help him rise to power as the Lord of the Tenderloin. Perched atop his royal toilet Diego spews fourth whimsical imagery chock full of gratuitous breasts, counterintuitive fairy tales, and plenty of awkward moments of silence. Thanks to his mad skills and a verbocity that could cut a bitch like a Lee Press-On Nail, Diego is adored by all, except for the people who hate him. If the wailing sirens on the SF fire department don't rob him of his hearing, surely his loud outfits will! But fear not evil doers - at the ripe & juicy age of 30, he's only getting younger by the day & sassier by the moment! Contact me at DesignNurd@gmail.com or visit me at DesignNurd.blogspot.com or  [More...]

Sean Seamus McWhinny is a cartoonist and writer living in San Francisco. He did a weekly webcomic called Diary of a Catering Whore, that was updated every Tuesday. It's based on his experiences as a catering waiter/bartender in high society in San Francisco. It's now been collected into one volume for the first time, including new material, published through Northwest Press available on Apple's iBook store. Past work includes a story called Head Trip about his father's Alzheimer's. Currently, he illustrates online games and is at work on a graphic novel about his experience as a mall Easter Bunny, called --- what else? --- Bunny Man: My Life as Mall Easter Bunny. Chapters will be posted online as they are completed: www.seanseamus.com/comics.html Head Trip is available in print through Prism Comics.   [More...]

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.   [More...]

Yves Navant is a writer and artist based in Denver, Colorado. Born and raised in the United States, Yves is the 13th and youngest of a European family. Coming of age in the night time, pop culture warzone of late 20th Century America, Yves honed his craft while falling in love, destroying things, breaking hearts and drawing beautiful women, handsome men, gods and monsters. Against all odds, Yves survived a dangerous and cinematic adolescence before embracing academics. Leaving behind a fledgling music career with his band Divine Reich (material available on iTunes and Amazon.com), well-intended promiscuity and a fondness for extreme behavior, Yves enrolled in a private art college, and as testimony to his characteristic intensity and ambition, completed an entire Bachelors of Fine Art program in just over two years, graduating Magna Cum Laude. Yves' advertising and editorial illustration work has appeared regularly in various periodicals, including Out Front Magazine. Under  [More...]

Tommy was born in Seoul, South Korea, and raised in Columbia, South Carolina. He attended Harvard as an East Asian Studies concentrator with a particular interest in the ethnic and sexual minority communities of Japan. He's currently studying Afrikaans, a Dutch-derivative language spoken primarily in South Africa and Namibia. Together with artist Brian Ponce, Tommy released his first comic book, "Pride High," in San Francisco on September 29, 2006. Pride High follows the adventures of a gay-straight alliance at a school for super-powered youth. Issues 1-6 of the 36-page, full-color comic are available online and on the shelf at Whatever, the comic shop in the heart of San Francisco's Castro District. Pride High #1 is also available in Braille, Dutch, French, Japanese, and Spanish. For the positive portrayal of a blind lesbian teen, Tommy was awarded in 2007 with a lifetime membership in BFLAG, a national organization serving the needs of LGBT individuals who  [More...]

Born 1957. An Australian transgendered Artist/Writer. Laura began her gender transition in 1994, and after a drastic move from Perth, Western Australia to Lake Macquarie, New South Wales in 1996, studied at Newcastle University. She has a Bachelor (Hons) in Visual Arts, and Laura's "Queer Stuff" and "Apocryphal Tales" strips has appeared both in Out Now and Polare. Laura is also a neo-pagan, a modern Gallae of Cybele, and her web comic series Tales of the Galli (n historical drama) reflect this. Her interests include philosophy, film and music, Forteana and virtual reality. Laura is the current custodianship of the Transgender Day of Remembrance Webcomic Project. She is currently working on two graphics novels as part of her Masters in Fine Arts: Real Life Trips and Gender Transition for  [More...]

William O. Tyler (formerly known as Lynx Delirium) is a self-published artist whose work can be seen in his creator-owned Carabosse Comics. The company debuted in 2004 with the one-shot The Goth Queen Needs a Mate which was listed as one of the best indy buzz-books of that year in Wizard Edge Magazine. Since then, he has also published the comic Fairies Tell, Che, and the sketchbook I'm So Vain. As well, he has an art print series focusing on the male form, Pinup Boys. Williaof edited a couple issues of the annual gay anthology book Queerbait which was published under the imprint Carabosse Comics Presents. He is also an accomplished colorist, having worked with various other creators including Tim Fish and Tommy Roddy and has spoken on panels at various conventions including Comic Con International in San Diego and the Alternative Press Expo (APE) in San Francisco. Under the name Lynx Delirium, he has also done work that has been  [More...]

Jeff Krell created the groundbreaking comic strip Jayson, which debuted in the Philadelphia Gay News in 1983. By 1985 Jayson had achieved national prominence in Gay Comix, where the strip was named Most Popular Feature. Jayson then became a staple in Leyland Publications' Meatmen series of gay male comics anthologies, gracing nearly twenty volumes. In 1990 Jayson debuted in national syndication. Krell collaborated with singer/songwriters Ron Romanovsky and Paul Phillips to produce an off-Broadway Jayson musical at The 45th Street Theatre, which The New York Times praised for its "tart, keenly observed humor." The show ran for 10 weeks in the summer of 1998. Krell's first collection of Jayson cartoons, Jayson: A New Collection (1997), contained all of the stories that inspired the musical. In 2005 Krell published two well received retrospectives, Jayson: Best of the 80s and Jayson: Best of the  [More...]