These are Hopey and Maggie, the protagonists of Jaime Hernandez’s comic Locas. Ever since I was 13, I loved reading their stories. They’re hilarious, rebellious, and smart. They are both bisexual. So am I. National Coming Out Day means different...
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These are Hopey and Maggie, the protagonists of Jaime Hernandez’s comic Locas. Ever since I was 13, I loved reading their stories. They’re hilarious, rebellious, and smart. They are both bisexual. So am I.

National Coming Out Day means different things to different people. For some of us, it reminds us of a single proud moment when we were true to ourselves and our loved ones for the first time in our lives. For other people, like me, who did it over a period of months or years, it represents a collection of moments. Like seeing people in books or movies who look and act like you do. Like expressing those feelings through art or fashion or activism. Like being honest with people, one at a time.

Everyone’s journey is different. My journey happened through comics. Last month I sold my LGBT-themed book at SPX, where Jaime Hernandez was a guest of honor. Hopey was on my exhibitor badge. It was one of the proudest moments of my life.

Guys! Guys! If you’re a fan of LGBTQ comics and scifi stuff, and you’re local to the Twin Cities, have we got a convention for you! This year, Gaylaxicon is being held at the Doubletree Minneapolis Park-Place, and I will be sharing a table with the...
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Guys! Guys! If you’re a fan of LGBTQ comics and scifi stuff, and you’re local to the Twin Cities, have we got a convention for you! This year, Gaylaxicon is being held at the Doubletree Minneapolis Park-Place, and I will be sharing a table with the very kind and talented Diana Nock! I’ll have O Human Star stuff, and she’ll have Intrepid Girlbot stuff, so if you want some books about robots looking for love, we’ve got you covered. Sadly, we won’t have any copies of Smut Peddler in time for the convention, but we’re more than happy to talk about it and bring you guys up to speed!

October 5-7! Dealer’s Room! Fun times!

tonybreed: “ Come find me at SPX this weekend in Bethesda! I’ll be sharing table I5 with Jonathan Baylis. I’ll have all three Finn and Charlie books, a minicomic called SnOMG, and (I hope) some prints for sale. SPX is an exciting show for me because...
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tonybreed:

Come find me at SPX this weekend in Bethesda!

I’ll be sharing table I5 with Jonathan Baylis. I’ll have all three Finn and Charlie books, a minicomic called SnOMG, and (I hope) some prints for sale.

SPX is an exciting show for me because it feels like everyone is there. There are so many awesome people coming, I couldn’t even begin to tell you who to see!

But maybe you are specifically interested in LGBTQ creators and stories… well, there I can help you.

Here are some creators who will be there, who are either L, G, B, T, and/or Q, or write stories with LGBTQ themes:

Blue Delliquanti (W31B)
Kris Dresen (G10)
Ned Hugar & Johnny Sand (J4)
Robert Kirby & MariNaomi (J6)
Eel Mok (W63)
L. Nichols (I8)
Bill Roundy (E14B)
Chad Sell (E8)
Jeremy Sorese (D11)
E.K. Weaver (H3)

(I am most excited to see L. Nichols’ book Flocks, which is coming out on Retrofit.)

And here are some publishers you might be interested in:

Fantagraphics, publishers of the anthology No Straight Lines (W40-W44)
2nd Cloud, publishers of Little Heart, which benefits marriage equality in Minnesota (W61)

(As you may know, I’m in the Fantagraphics anthology. Buy a copy and swing by my table and I’ll sign it for you!)

This list is not exhaustive, I’m sure. I just don’t know everyone! There are too many people for me to know. It’s unreasonable of you to think I even might, sheesh. But anyway, this list is a good start. Stop by all these booths and say hi!

That reminds me, gotta talk to Tony this weekend! So many people I know are gonna be at this thing - will I even have time to sell my super-gay books?

Crazy comics pitch brought to you by a dream I had last week: After a freak cosmic anomaly destroys a spacecraft carrying humans from one colony planet to another, only 5 escape: a cerebral biologist, a tough retired space marine, her moody adopted...
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Crazy comics pitch brought to you by a dream I had last week:

After a freak cosmic anomaly destroys a spacecraft carrying humans from one colony planet to another, only 5 escape: a cerebral biologist, a tough retired space marine, her moody adopted 11-year old daughter, and an energetic 7-year old boy who is orphaned in the disaster and was led to safety by his pet sheepdog.

Aboard a cramped escape shuttle and lost in uncharted space, their prospects seem bleak until they run into a seemingly derelict ship floating in space.  They find that they can restore life-support systems to the ship, but also find out that it has its own occupants: a friendly two-headed alien who has been lost in space for years, with no idea of how to get back home.

They all agree to combine their ships’ resources (indeed, they combine their ships) in the hopes that they can somehow find themselves back to civilization. In the meantime, though, there’s a lot of exciting adventures that can happen to the oddball family on-board.

TL:DR - think “Lost In Space” meets “Modern Family,” with a dash of all those kid-friendly Canadian sci-fi shows from the early 90s. Give me money to draw this, please!