Gay link comics

Last week, I gave a talk on s lesbian comics to a packed room of art students at Ringling College of Art and Design in Sarasota, FL. Following the talk, their questions quickly followed a theme&#;they wanted to realize where could they locate these comics and where they could read gay comics today. They&#;re fortunate in that Janelle Rebel, the head of unique collections at Ringling (who invited me to donate the talk), has spent the past 7+ years gathering together a super impressive array of contemporary LGBTQ visual artifacts, including artists books, zines, and comics at Ringling!

Expanding on the answers I gave to the students&#; questions, I figured a publish would be helpful. This guide is not meant to be exhaustive, but, rather, a starting indicate. If there are resources that you think would be worthwhile including, execute share them and I&#;ll credit you if I add them!

1. Historically, LGBTQ cartoonists most often published in the grassroots press. In his introduction to No Straight Lines ()&#;a magisterial collection of four decades of queer comics that&#;s skillfully worth checking out&#;editor Justin Hall perfectly sums up the historic queer comics publishing

   15 Best Gay Comics And Graphic Novels Of All Time

   Gay Comics, is a genre of media that features homoerotic and sentimental relationships between male characters.
   

   
   Much like gay anime usually, it looks like a series of picture panels. Dialogue, narration, sound effects, and other information can be indicated through text-based tools such as speech balloons, subtitles, and onomatopoeia.
   
   Which story might it be? Regardless of whether it is a admire story or a friendship, we will undoubtedly adore it as long as it is gay.
   
   Other than a standard comic, certain writers &#;clearly those who are part of the LGBTQ+ family&#; broadened their imagination, resulting in the creation of the FURRY COMIC, GAY COMIC, and many more, and this results in another entertaining experience and story to which gays can undoubtedly connect!
   
   Here is a list of the Best Same-sex attracted Comics that have something for everyone, from coming-out tales to love triangles and more.
   
   

   Bloom by Kevin Panetta and Savanna Ganucheau

   19 volumes
   

   Ari, a recent high school graduate with aspirations of moving to the big city to pursue a career in music, is the main character of Bloom, a love story that takes place in a
   
   

   If you&#;re reading this, you&#;re probably some kind of nerd or geek or both. And if you&#;re a nerd or geek or both, you probably have at least some passing knowledge of The Legend of Zelda. It&#;s one of the most popular, successful and epic video game franchises ever. Personally, I&#;ve only played Link&#;s Awakening on the Gameboy, but I still like the atmosphere around the game. I love a lot of the characters, the design and the lore and legends of Hyrule. If you&#;re already a fan, someone with a light love for the games, or someone who&#;s never even mind about Link, Zelda and the rest, The Legend of Gay Zelda will capture your attention and drag on your heart with its adorably nerdy stories of queer love between video game characters. The Legend of Gay Zelda is now available for download, it&#;s pay what you want and all proceeds go to the Trevor Project.

   Cover art by Natalie Riess

   This zine is totally full of artists that I love and that I&#;ve featured here in Drawn to Comics. It&#;s got Sara Goetter, Natalie Riess, Aatmaja Pandya and Carey Pietsch. The book also includes great artists Alison Wilgus, Caitlin C, Hannah Fisher, Noella Whitney, Genue
   

   LGBTQ+ perspective on BL/GL (+lgbt comic promos)

   Not gonna lie, most of the only instances of good LGBT representation I've seen where from people who were actually in the LGBT+ community themselves (She-Ra, Steven Universe, Twelve Forever and no I'm not referring to Vickerman, I'm referring to the other showrunner/writer who's transitioned, etc.). With a limited exceptions from like, actual straight people making fine rep (Rick Riordan's books recently, like for fuck's sake, there's a genderfluid person in Magnus Run after, how rare is that?), like hello, I treasure that cuz it's uncommon. All other instances of attempted good LGBT voice were from cishet people, many of whom reek of the mindset of "hey if we include gay people, people will stop bugging me about representation!" (fuck you, Voltron and A court of mist and fury. I hate you both with every fiber of my being. Also Disney)

   I don't quite understand the abhor towards BL/GL and Yaoi/Yuri as of late. I kind of get for earlier BLs/GLs and Yaoi and Yuri (like, preceding s yaoi and yuri anime were pretty fetishistic and very problematic) but recently, I've been observing that BL/GL and Yaoi/Yuri media have gotten Better? Maybe it's becau
   

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