i really wish v for vendetta (both the movie and the graphic novel) hadn't become associated with deeply irritating (and often reactionary) online political subcultures bc it really does slap so fucking hard
So I just spent this new year (Jan. - Feb.) sending daily uploads of panels from the prelude to HoCo. Many I created years ago when this project began.
This begins the first in a series of THREE graphic novels I'm working on. This is panel 001, when Shoo the bird (who has yet to get a name) portals into the scene.
Dead City books are HERE and up in the Topaz Comics shop!
The complete story of Dead City is here in a big and beautiful omnibus. The book is a remastered version of the finished webcomic with new lettering and bigger pages. Now with 19 extra pages of concept art, short comics, sketches and extra art.
Trapped in a hostile city full of danger, can two men overcome their differences and stay alive? How will their feelings develop when all they can rely on is each other?
A zombie apocalypse has hit Toronto and Mikael and JP are alone in the city and struggling to survive. While they’re searching for food and shelter they fine something else as well.
A heartwarming romance about two very different men learning to work together. As their time together grows so do their feelings in this slow-burn, slice-of-life comic that flips the common apocalypse story on its head.
Special thanks to @byelacey & @bigbigtruck for their wonderful quotes on the back of the book!
Yesterday was trans visibility day! It hasn’t been revealed in the story yet but Bashir is actually a transgender woman! So here’s a post commentating transgender people!
Global history is not just significant events on a timeline, it is also the ordinary, mundane moments that people experience in between. Graphic novels can capture this multidimensionality in ways that are difficult, and sometimes impossible, in more traditional media formats, says Stanford history professor Tom Mullaney.
Today: Other Ever Afters: New Queer Fairy Tales by Melanie Gillman
*sigh* I’m back, trying to stay back. This book is awesome.
Other Ever Afters is a graphic novel that groups together comics originally published online. They are all female-centric queer fairy tales that twist the stories usually told to young girls. They center community over royalty, and the “monsters” are often on the protagonists’ side.
Melanie Gillman is an award-winning artist who has worked on a number of queer comic books, both original fiction and as parts of a franchise. More importantly, you know her stories from social media. What first caught my attention in this book was that it contained two stories I’d seen shared around on Tumblr.
Queer Media Monday is an action I started to talk about some important and/or interesting parts of our queer heritage, that people, especially young people who are only just beginning to discover the wealth of stories out there, should be aware of. Please feel free to join in on the fun and make your own posts about things you personally find important!
I spent eight hours on buses over the course of this weekend and then had a hotel room to myself for three nights so guess who binge-read seven books worth of Rivers of London.
"Arnold Kai, a man with a shady past as a scam artist, wakes up naked in a field, unaware of who he is or where he is. Upon finding an existential guide, Arnold has to relive the events, harsh relationships through past versions of himself, and the consequences that led to his death. Arnold now has a big decision about what he wants to do after his journey through what is called Wait Space."
PRŌPOSITUM is a mixed-media graphic novel project filled with action, drama, death, and existential crises (and a little bit of queer attitude here and there). With morally complex characters who feel like real people amongst the abstract nature of the environments they're subject to, this comic is one for the senses and the mind.
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This comic is intended for, but is not explicit to, mature audiences. This comic contains elements such as non-sexual nudity, death, strong language, gun use, and eye-straining colors.
In the Nimona comic everyone is much more morally ambiguous and Ballister and Ambrosius' relationship is far more complicated. It's a different beast then the movie. You should check it out!
that sounds really interesting! i definitely want to check it out.