FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Ryane: What are some of your favorite queer spec fic comics/manga/webcomics? What hooked you about them?If linking: Please provide only legal links. Writers: This is a reader chat – you are welcome to join it, but please do not reference your own works directly. Thanks! Join the chat: FB: http://bit.ly/1MvPABVMeWe: http://bit.ly/2mjg8lf
FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Kari Trenten: Do you like comics? What are some of your favorites? Favorite comic characters? For the sake of argument, we’ll include traditional comics, graphic novels, anime, and web comics in the discussion. Writers: This is a reader chat – you are welcome to join it, but please do not reference your own works directly. Thanks! Pictred: “The Young Protectors,” by Alex Woolfson and Adam DeKraker. Join the chat
FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Hank T. Cannon: “Comic books, graphic novels, web comics: what kind of non-prose SF&F works are you into? Do any of them have a particular QUILTBAG focus? Share!” This topic is the perfect lead-in to our Graphic Novel Week, coming in October – we’ll be announcing our week-long line-up of interviewees soon! Writers: This is a reader chat – you are welcome to join it, but please do not reference your own works directly. Thanks! Join the chat
The Interview With Arshad Ahsanuddin at 8 AM Pacific will take place at our Facebook Discussion Group. :) Arshad will talk with moderator WT Prater about his graphic novel Pact Arcanum, and the process of converting an existing novel to graphic format. Arshad has set up a Createspace discount code of 63YMAX3C, which gives you a 15% discount ($12.75 instead of $14.99). It’s a beautiful graphic novel – I got to see an advance copy at RC! https://www.createspace.com/5609895 Join the discussion!
Hey all, The long-awaited graphic novel week is here! Today’s topic – Breaking Into Graphic Novels: Two more days left in our graphic novel week. Today we’ll talk about the process of getting started with graphic novels. We invite anyone in the group who has done one (or more) to talk about how you break into this particular part of the LGBT fiction market – tools, tips, and more. Join the discussion. We have a great line up this week, including six topics and four special events: Saturday, August 29th: All Day: Breaking into Graphic Novels Sunday, August 30th: All … Read more
Hey all, The long-awaited graphic novel week is here! Today’s topic – Superheroes: Superheroes were long solely the province of (mostly white) heterosexuals. But that’s slowly beginning to change. Queer as Folk (the US version) famously featured Rage and JT. Saturday Night Live spoofed them with the Ambiguously Gay Duo. And we’ve had a number of other characters come out in the Marvel and DC universes. But now we’ve got some of our own, including The Young Protectors, a great LGBT series done by the fabulous Alex Woolfson and the great illustrator Adam DeKraker – we’ll have both of them … Read more
Hey all, The long-awaited graphic novel week is here! Today’s topic – Yaoi: Yaoi (properly [ja.o.i], informally /jaʊi/), also known as Boys’ Love (BL), is a Japanese genre of fictional media focusing on romantic or sexual relationships between male characters, typically aimed at a female audience and usually created by female authors. Are you a Yaoi fan or a Yaoi writer? Come talk with us about your favorite books, the rules and expectations of the genre, and where it may go from here. Join the discussion. Tam Ames will be moderating. We have a great line up this week, including … Read more