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The newsletter is curated by brassyreporter. The first issue covers some awesome Hellos and Goodbyes in queer/feminist comics: 

kellysue and valentinedelandro's Bitch Planet #1, released on December 10th. 

gailsimone's Secret Six reboot, featuring some of DC's great queer characters. Catman is looking fierce, and we're talking about the series' potential, Scandal Savage, and weird sex on the couch. 

The Finale (Dec 7th) of koricomics' queer comic Prince of Cats, and an interview with the creator Kori Handwerker. 

Teahouse Comic's cancellation 

The end of Nimona's digital release by gingerhaze. Preorder the book here! 

And some more goodies and links! 

Along with main/news content, every newsletter features highlighted comic kickstarters or patreon campaigns for queer creators, along with advice or resource links for creators and any current calls for submissions for queer writers and artists. 

You can submit your ideas for the newsletter here or tweet quotes you'd like to see in it to @queercomics or @audreyredpath. 

If you're interested, I'll see you there! 

[queercomicsblog]

Who are your favorite queer/lgbt characters?

Traditional comics or webcomics, we want to know. Who do you most closely relate to (or love to hate), or who would you love to see come out as queer/lgbt? 

[marianascosta]

i thought a lot abt what would happen to marie if she didnt die and i came to the conclusion that shed get married to a cool ex-criminal and adopt several children. also shes an airline pilot

[queercomicsblog]

This is almost too cute to measure! Cute cute cute. 

[ladyinmarvelred]

Julie & Karolina + flying together

[qmjourney]

People have been cool enough to recommend Q-Jo, and I would be remiss if I didn’t pose some similar recommendations:

What’s Normal Anyway?—A classic in trans comics; transman coming-of-age story; includes French lesbians and a cat named Dr. Skateboard

Rooster Tails— Autobio comic featuring a transman living la vie bohème with his partner; strikes the perfect balance between cute and cathartic; Bert and Ernie in New Zealand 

Manic Pixie Nightmare Girls— A transwoman’s autobio comic; super snarky and clever; I am in love with the style!

Knights Errant—I AM JUST GETTING INTO THIS BUT I AM IN LOVE. KNIGHTS. NON-BINARY KNIGHTS.

Transgirl Next Door— Cute one-shots from a transwoman’s everyday life; wins the Consistently Coherent and Hilarious Despite Having a Multi-Day Update Schedule Award

Eth’s Skin—Mystical, mythical tale set in British Columbia. Non-binary characters and selkies. Sweet baby seals. Have you seriously not clicked this yet

Go Get A Roomie— (Occasionally NSFW; non-graphic sexytimes and boobs) Queer hippies in love; there is a bar and a Viking bartender with axes. Also cats

GQutie— Genderqueer shenanigans! (* quietly covets outfits and gradient skills*)

Girls With Slingshots— Talking cacti; queer ladies; positive portrayals of open relationships; disgruntled writer-type protagonist: A+

Also, Cucumber Quest just introduced a translady character and I am beyond excited to see where her legend is going.

Thanks for reading!

—RT

[ethsskintownship]

Eth’s Skin continues! Thank you for reading my comic.  Click-through on the image or click here to check out the start of chapter 2 of Eth’s Skin (or click here to start reading it from the very beginning).

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[erikamoen]

I’m beyond honored to have such a lovely article about OJST appearing on WIRED today. Thank you so much to Laura Hudson for interviewing me and writing such an in-depth piece on my work!

[marianascosta]

My current comic is very grey and muted, so I guess I wanted to see if I could do something full of bright colours! I came up with this little story a week ago for a minicomic. The premise is basically there are fairies and witches and they battle it out in stories but the fairies always win, because of course they do. I thought it’d be an interesting concept to develop and I gave myself a short time limit so I wouldn’t overthink it.

I’m actually pretty fond of these characters, though, I hope you like this teeny tiny comic. And if you do, consider taking a look at my webcomic. 

[theuniverseisfinite]

It’s time for another update of Transhuman Resources! Intrigue is setting in quickly. Can you guess what’s going on? 

Don’t forget to preorder the graphic novel, if you haven’t! This book is going rock! 

[queercomicsblog]

[queercomicsblog]

New design ahoy!

[la-biblioteca-verde]

Queer representation in comics is important, and absolutely necessary, because society needs to be shown that queer people can absolutely save the world too. 

[madchenmarchen]

Not exactly a selfie but…

The issue I heard raised most about Constantine being portrayed as bisexual is that it’s not his sexuality that defines him.

He’s not defined by his sexuality. But his sexuality is a part of him.

I do not see myself in his occult adventures. I don’t share any features with him. But I am bisexual, and having characters taken from me because it shouldn’t matter hurts.

No, it shouldn’t matter. So why should it matter to anyone that he is a bisexual protagonist?

[teacupnosaucer]

can i just say:

men dominate queer activism. they style themselves as the voice/face of queerness. their issues are held up as the most important issues within queer spaces. outside of queer spaces, they’re the experts called upon and trusted to speak about queerness. they make up the largest representation of queerness in fiction and media except for in porn for straight men.

but if a queer woman dares express her queerness using male characters suddenly we are the usurpers and the appropriators and our stories are fetishizing and othering and it’s totally acceptable to say “I am automatically suspicious of or outright don’t even read any m/m fiction by women regardless of their sexuality” 

like, what the fuck IS that? you benefit from a world that puts you on a pedestal, where male/male depictions of queerness are more accepted, more plentiful, more profitable … but if queer women internalize that or plain old try to profit from that, you fucking throw us under the bus?

:raspberries forever:

[bisexual-books]

If you’re not already following bi-characters then you should probably run over and do that now.  Because seeing their posts on my dash is quickly becoming one of my absolute favorite things!

- Sarah

[queerbookclub]

Queer books out in July 2014. Know any others?

Fat Gay Men: Girth, Mirth and the Politics of Stigma by Jason Whitesel

A Queer Capital: A History of Gay Life in Washington D.C. by Genny Beemyn

Heiresses of Russ 2014: The Year’s Best Lesbian Speculative Fiction edited by Melissa Scott & Steve Berman

Climbing the Date Palm by Shira Glassman

Like They Always Been Free by Georgina Li

Sexual Futures, Queer Gestures and Other Latina Longings by Juana Maria Rodriguez

The Cruising Diaries by Brentez Purnell & Janelle Hozzig

All I Love and Know by Judith Frank

The War Within by Yolanda Wallace

Wilde Stories 2014: The Year’s Best Gay Speculative Fiction edited by Steve Berman

[shiraglassman]

I am on a thing! I’m excited about some of the other books on this list, too.

[thephooka]

Hey guys! I talked about doing a Patreon for White Noise just a little while back, and now I’m going through it it! Here’s the scoop.

I just finished moving to Portland, OR. I mentioned in a previous post that I would be working fewer hours once here and would need to make up the income difference somehow. Well guess what!

My job is letting me go in about a month, if that. They kindly let me know this as soon as I signed in on Monday. So I really, really need your help.

Please, if you like my comic, consider supporting me right here on Patreon. If you have never read White Noise, I just finished Chapter 3 and Chapter 4 should be ready to start in September, so give it a read!

The Patreon includes all kinds of goodies—sketch commissions, a Monster of the Month subscription, a look at the sketches and thumbnails I never post anywhere else…even a couple of extra side comics! I’m really excited about the side comics. One’s about Yoshi’s mother (the coolest lady) and the other one’s about Teige!

So please let me do some work for you! Please take a look at my Patreon and consider supporting it—and reblogs will really help me too! I’ll be seeing you in September!

[thephooka]

Reminder! Thank you to the people reblogging and signing up for the Patreon—it’s a big help!

Remember, you don’t actually get charged unless I upload a new page, so you have some time before any charges are made or any rewards go out!

[noelarthurian]

I finally caught up on Chapter 3 and MAN such a good comic, y’all need to read this and support it on Patreon. Amazing worldbuilding, diverse cast, fantastic monster designs. 

Also I just love Teige so muchhhhhhh ~