Being able to make comics with that representation gives me power. I’m from a tiny little village in the Finnish countryside and that’s why I didn’t see other LGBTQ people at all. Hanna-Pirita Lehkonen shares, “When I was a teenager I really wished to see more people like myself. The story of two women - Hazel, struggling with an English degree, and Jamie, her buxom and fun best friend.Īn action-adventure modern fantasy story with an entire cast of queer characters, starring a gay trans girl and her weird friends! Two unlikely friends, George and Johnny, hang out and tell bad jokes, go to high school, have sleepovers - and romance. It has always been a goal of mine to create stories that give voices to the voiceless.”Ī Spanish webcomic featuring gay men, sex, friendship, and dating (NSFW). When I was a kid, I identified with comics about outsiders and anti-heroes that didn’t fit in. Matt Doyle shares, “It’s a good feeling knowing that I can bring another perspective into the comic book world that hasn’t always been heavily represented. Two cyberpunk hackers in a post-80s techno future team up to chase down a mysterious conspiracy.
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Surprises are around every corner when Kenya gets a new - really cute - roommate.Īutobiographical webcomic, including a series on explaining being queer to her younger self.Ī lighthearted look at life, live and sports through the eyes of Casey Wilkes, a young gay man in his late 20’s, living in New York City.Įric Bittle is in college, gay, and an ice hockey player, having to navigate a crush on Jack, the Team Captain! When you’re a biracial and bisexual person growing up, you come to realize that the two have more things in common then you would think…. This is the story of their rivalry… and attraction. Honey Hart leads The Candy Hearts and Turpentine leads The Sourballs. Louis is an eleventh-grader, struggling with his sexuality, when he meets Daniel, and it turns his geeky life upside down. You can find a print copy here: Amazon, Ĭharlie is a queer 13-year-old girl who finds herself stranded in an all-white Christian youth backpacking camp. With hundreds of possible comics out there, this list barely scratches the surface - but in honor of wrapping up Pride Month 2017, here we present 40 webcomics doing the LGBTA community proud!Ī coming-of-age story with magic, gems, and swords, Agents of the Realm stars five women who become super-powered sword-fighters, all while trying to get to college class on time!Ī story about nanobots, genetic engineering, and two girls falling in love and determined to always be human. Andy Mangels edited issues #14 to #25 and a special issue featuring Barela Mangels changed the title to Gay Comics starting with issue #15, in part to divest it of the “underground” implications of “comix”.Įxcerpts from Gay Comix were included in a 1989 anthology titled Gay Comics.We’ve talked about indie comics and what they are doing for the LGBTA community of fans… but what could be more independent than webcomics? Often the product of a single cartoonist, webcomics offer a unique opportunity to showcase the queer community in all its glory. The first four issues were edited by Cruse issues #5 through #13 were edited by Triptow. Kitchen Sink Press published the first five issues of Gay Comix thereafter it was published by Bob Ross, publisher of the Bay Area Reporter gay newspaper. Lee Marrs and Trina Robbins, two of the original members of the Wimmen’s Comix Collective. Syndrome, Satyr, and the cover of issue #3 Robert Triptow, editor of issues #5 through 13īurton Clarke, creator of Cy Ross and the S.Q. Howard Cruse, editor of the first four issues
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Roberta Gregory, who created Dynamite Damsels (1976), the first lesbian underground serial comic book, and the character Bitchy Bitch Mary Wings, creator of the first one-off lesbian book Come Out Comix (1972) and Dyke Shorts (1976)Īlison Bechdel, who created Dykes to Watch Out For and whose graphic novel Fun Home was adapted into a Tony Award-winning Broadway musical All three editors made a deliberate effort to feature work by both women and men.Īrtists producing work for Gay Comix included It is generally less sexually explicit than the similarly-themed (and male-focused) Meatmen series of graphic novels. The contents of Gay Comix were generally about relationships, personal experiences, and humor, rather than sex. Gay Comix also served as a source for information about non-mainstream LGBT-themed comics and events. Autobiographical themes include falling in love, coming out, repression, and sex. Much of the early content was autobiographical, but more diverse themes were explored in later editions. Created by Howard Cruse, Gay Comix featured the work of primarily gay and lesbian cartoonists. Gay Comix (later spelled Gay Comics) is an underground comics series published from 1980–1998.