Mar 20, 2020
This is an illustration I made last year for Paige S. Allen’s story in @marginscomics Dates 3. I still like it a lot, so I thought I'd share a sweet moment from a Roman morning with you in these trying times.
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This is an illustration I made last year for Paige S. Allen’s story in @marginscomics Dates 3. I still like it a lot, so I thought I'd share a sweet moment from a Roman morning with you in these trying times.
DEBUTING AT TCAF 2018 - QUEER LOOKS edited by Zora Gilbert & Cat Parra
QUEER LOOKS is a fashion illustration zine that celebrates a selection of iconic aesthetics and symbols used by queer folks in the west over the last 150 years! With 13 illustrations from 7 amazing illustrators, the looks span from carnation codes in the 1890s to the queer blues divas of the 1920s and 30s, and even to the denim and pins of the present day.
Exhibiting Creator: Zora Gilbert (editor/designer) Publisher: Margins Publishing Price: $7 CAD
I don't know about you, dear reader, but I am a firm believer in the idea that there need to be more happy stories about queer people. Thankfully, certain creators seemed to agree, and back in 2015, I was able to buy Dates Volume 1, an anthology of queer historical fiction. While it was created through Kickstarter, I didn't back it at the time... because I didn't know it existed until my at-the-time comics shop held a release day party. However, I've got a second chance to help out this awesome team, and that's why my web crush this week is Dates Volume 2, and their currently active Kickstarter.
Margins Publishing, the creative team behind the comic, describes their mission for the Dates series thusly:
Every queer person knows how hard it is to find ourselves in fiction, and how much harder it is to find fiction where our stories don’t end tragically. And of course, it’s particularly difficult to find happy queer characters in historical fiction. We wanted to work towards evening the score, and the result was Dates 1: a 176 page celebration of queer identities of all kinds, across the world and throughout history. We were thrilled by the reception to Dates 1, and we knew people still had more stories to tell, so we decided to do it all again. And just like last year, there are no tragic endings. [emphasis theirs]
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VAMPIRE EMMY AND THE GARBAGE GIRL
VAMPIRE EMMY AND THE GARBAGE GIRL
Robyn Hood fans rejoice! VAMPIRE EMMY AND THE GARBAGE GIRL came to me completely by accident. We are big fans of Robyn Hood and its creative team and were pretty bummed when the series recently ended (or did it?) so imagine my surprise when I saw copies on a table at Eternal Con last month. Looking up at the table’s occupant I saw this pleasant dude that I was sure I knew. I even recognized the…
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A painting I did for the Dates Anthology book last year featuring the amazing Frida Kahlo dancing with death as her partner.
Our Dates Anthology interview is now up on YouTube! Arcsis co-creator Satvika Neti talks with Dates editor Zora Gilbert about the project, amongst other things. It’s well worth the 17-minute watch!
You can learn more about Dates Anthology at their website, and once you’re convinced, head on over to their Kickstarter to back the project! From the Kickstarter page:
Dates is an anthology of queer historical fiction stories. We’ve gathered over 30 creators together to create almost 30 stories and illustrations about queer people living life throughout time and across the world. Dates has over 170 pages of brand new content with beautiful full-color comic covers and illustrations, black and white comic pages, and even two short prose stories (Arcsis note: one of which was written by Satvika herself)! The art is all ready to go, but we need your help to fund printing and pay the artists and writers!
It’s such a cool project that they reached their goal in just 6 days, but the fundraiser’s still running! It ends on October 14th, though, so back it while you can to get one of many available (and incredible) reward packages.
While you’re watching the interview, don’t forget to subscribe to our YouTube channel, and if you just can’t wait to start reading queer stories, you can always check out Carnalis: The Aqueous Solution!
Special thanks to:
Kaytie Nielson - Director and Camerawoman
Jamie Warren - Video and Audio Editing
Katie Groves - Title/End Card Design