On Sunday, October 5th, during the San Francisco Castro Street Fair, the gay owned and operated proudly comic shop "Whatever..." will be hosting the third annual Queer Comic Signing at their store located at 548 Castro Street in San Francisco, California. "Whatever..." says they are “proud to support local gay writers and artists, whose dream it is to create comics. Knowing what it feels like to have your dream come true, we are more than excited to help these up-and-coming creators by inviting them to a Queer Comic Signing.” Among those presenting their work for the first time will be Kenne Morrison and Sean Freitas, who will be unveiling their new crime noir meets urban fantasy story, "Night Patrol." Desmond Miller will be presenting some previews from his new stories "Agents of  [Continue reading...]

It's "Queer Comics Weekend!" in California this weekend - September 27 and 28 - with Justin Hall and his gang at Folsom, Yaoi Con in San Francisco (http://www.yaoicon.com) and Prism Comics presenting a booth and a panel at the 7th Annual West Hollywood Book Fair Sunday, September 28 10 am - 6 pm West Hollywood Park Prism Booth D21 (on the basketball courts) 647 San Vincente Blvd between Santa Monica and Melrose West Hollywood, CA 90069 http://www.westhollywoodbookfair.org Free parking at the Pacific Design Center across the street - enter off of Melrose (How can you resist? Where else can you find gay people and free parking in LA?) Prism will present creator signings throughout the day (see below) and a panel on "The Rise of LGBT Graphic Novels" 2 - 2:45 pm Queer and  [Continue reading...]

Hard To Swallow #4, the latest in the line of gay erotic comics from Dave Davenport and Justin Hall, debuts in a big way during San Francisco’s Folsom Street Fair this weekend! The release party will be held at the Isotope Comics Lounge at 326 Fell St. (at Gough) from 7-11p.m. on Friday, September 26th. “Isotope is known for throwing the best bacchanalias in the comics world,” says Justin Hall. “Their store will be full of raunchy comics, booze, loose men and brash women, weak-willed cartoonists, and the saucy tunes of DJ Bearzbub.” On Sunday, September 28th, Justin and Dave will head to the Folsom Street Fair, where they will be selling Hard To Swallow #4, along with many other “indecent comics and art”, at their booth at Folsom’s Artists’ Alley on 10th  [Continue reading...]

The world of Brian Andersen’s So Super Duper has gone stereo with the announcement of a SSD theme song, created by RD Mauzy. Check it out on the So Super Duper MySpace page. Says Brian, “I totally have my very own THEME SONG (by the talented RD Mauzy)! I do! It's utterly cute and fabulous and I loves it!” You can now wear So Super Duper. Brian has made T-shirts available with four designs, as Brian puts it, “for those of you who want to plaster your chest and boobies with my comic book art”. Go to zazzle.com/sosuperduper to get yours now. Comic blogger J. Caleb Mozzocco writes about the back-up story he created for the latest issue of So Super Duper plus his reactions to Psyche’s first kiss on his blog, Everyday Is Like Wednesday. Check out  [Continue reading...]

In the predominantly hetero-male world of on and offline gaming, sci-fi and fantasy, the homosexual gaming and sci-fi enthusiast has often been left to feel ostracized, isolated and even, particularly through the lawless, anonymous world of the internet, victimized by homophobia. iGaymer.com has launched by harnessing the power of social networking to become a safe online haven for both LGBT and LGBT-friendly gamers and geeks to get together, talk, laugh, and interact in a friendly, bigotry-free environment. iGaymer.com allows users to sign up for free individual profiles where they can upload pictures, write personal bios, list personal preferences and connect with other members. iGaymer.com also has an active forum covering topics such as SciFi, comics, anime, and gaming systems ranging  [Continue reading...]

"Jayson" creator Jeff Krell will be onhand at A Different Light bookstore in West Hollywood on Friday, August 29th, signing copies of his new book, Jayson Goes to Hollywood. Jayson: Best of the 80s and Jayson: Best of the 90s collected classic installments of the Jayson strips, but this third volume is an all-new, 96 page Jayson story. From the A Different Light website: Jayson takes on Tinseltown in this brand-new adventure! Can Jayson and Arena track down Ed before Arena's sister lays claim to his sperm? Or will a close encounter with megastar Kevlar DuPont put a royal kink in their plan? Meanwhile back in Philadelphia, Bertha gets the shock of her life on the set of Robyn's latest film. For more information about the signing and other events at A  [Continue reading...]

On Saturday, August 2, Ivan Velez, Jr. (Tales of the Closet, Ghost Rider) and Planet Bronx Productions hosted “Sticky Pages 3: Oso Oro”, a unique and innovative multimedia event, part social gathering, part performance and part art class at the GLBT Community Center in Manhattan. The free event, open to anyone 18 and over, was the biggest “Sticky Pages” event yet, offering a comfortable space for people of different cultures to get together, as an alternative to the bar scene. According to organizer, Ivan Velez, “This is an experiment, an attempt to create a new format of social event that will bring together artists, cartoonists and pop culture enthusiasts to celebrate gay, bear, and global culture." Why "Oso Oro", which focuses on getting bears together with the  [Continue reading...]

Planet Bronx Productions—a new publishing imprint and social network that specializes in inclusion of different cultures and mythologies with an urban twist—is holding the third event in their "Sticky Pages" series. Sticky Pages 3: Oso Oro will take place on Saturday, August 2nd at the GLBT Community Center at 208 W. 13th St. in New York City from 8-11pm. The free event, which is open to anyone 18 and over, will center around figure drawing from live models—from bears to musclebears to cubs to Amazons. Some notable artists such as Phil Jimenez, Robert Walker and Jennifer Camper have signed up to be on hand to showcase their skills, but no previous art experience is needed to participate. Art supplies and snacks will be provided free of charge, and the event will also feature music,  [Continue reading...]

Brian Andersen of So Super Duper has made Prism Comics' "Emerging LGBT Voices" panel available here on YouTube. The panel, held on Saturday morning at the 2008 San Diego Comic-Con International featured Andersen along with Tommy Roddy (Pride High), Mari Morimoto (Naruto), Joveth Gonzalez (Pink Kryptonite), and Ariel Schrag (Awkward and Definition) and was moderated by Prism's own Charles "Zan" Christensen (Mark of Aeacus). The panelists shared their personal stories of working within the comics world while attempting to develop their own voices and carve out a niche for themselves and other LGBT creators. Prism Comics created the panel as part of its ongoing efforts to promote emerging LGBT talent within the comics  [Continue reading...]

True Non-Believers Unite! This is David again, bringing you my Comic-Con report for Saturday at the San Diego Comic-Con International which was ground zero for anyone and everyone who loves comics! Even Plastic Man, who somehow strode above it all (as realized by one of the amazing guys at surgeofpower.org). I have to say it was truly a fun day--which is surprising for me to say as I'm usually stressed out by the Saturday crowds. But it seems the Con purposefully limited the numbers of tickets they sold to concentrate on making it the best experience for the people who did buy tickets early enough. Although...I did nearly get trampled by salivating straight guys when a phalanx of slave girl Princesess Leia's draped themselves over Jabba the Hut... and when Red Arrow appeared  [Continue reading...]