8” x 10”
Watercolors, gold paint, and decorative papers affixed to a hangable wooden panel.
Photo by Dwam moments after I finished gluing down the figure.
They are the fabulously talented and hardworking artists Lucy Knisley and Nora Renick-Rinehart portraying the Saints of Creativity and Cats.
See more detail shots over on my blog :)
Oh my goodness, I’ve been really blown away by the responses to my Queer comic. Seriously, I’ve gotten teared up over the heartfelt emails from my fellow queers who have gone through the same experiences as I have <:) The love and support I’ve received for it mean the fucking world to me.
I’ve also been asked about making the comic available as a print! So, hey! That is a thing now! (For a limited time)
The smallest size I could make it and still retain its legibility was a whopping 8.5” x 24”
That’s, like, two feet long :O
So yeah! That is my update. Uhm, hope ya had a good weekend?
Queer (English Version)
Alright friends, I got the English version online! I just wanted the first day’s worth of hits to go straight to Projet 17 mai, since they’re the ones who asked me to contribute, y’know? /:)
DISCLAIMER: Since this comic is addressing sexual identity, I only included sexualities under the Queer umbrella— although, obviously, queer also encompasses many gender identities as well.
As I said in my post debuting the French version,
Projet 17 mai contacted me several months ago about creating a comic on the theme of homophobia, and though it is definitely something I’ve experienced (being denied service in shops, having people throw garbage, being followed by howling gangs of men, etc. just for holding my girlfriend’s hand), I actually have been more hurt and upset by the biphobia I’ve experienced from the LGBT “community” for falling in love with and marrying a cisgender man. Even bisexuals have been needlessly mean because I feel the term “queer” is a better fit for me instead of “bi” (it’s totally cool if “bisexual” is the term that works for you!! It’s just not the one for me).
Basically, the Identity Police have been very hurtful to me (and others who are attracted to multiple genders), so that’s what I did my comic on.
Queer (French version for Projet 17 mai)
I’m so excited that I can finally share my new comic with you guys! Many, many thanks to Dwam for correcting my original (hilariously bad) translation and turning it into something readable in French.
Projet 17 mai contacted me several months ago about creating a comic on the theme of homophobia, and though it is definitely something I’ve experienced (being denied service in shops, having people throw garbage, being followed by howling gangs of men, etc. just for holding my girlfriend’s hand), I actually have been more hurt and upset by the biphobia I’ve experienced from the LGBT “community” for falling in love with and marrying a cisgender man. Even bisexuals have been needlessly mean because I feel the term “queer” is a better fit for me instead of “bi” (it’s totally cool if “bisexual” is the term that works for you!! It’s just not the one for me).
Basically, the Identity Police have been very hurtful to me (and others who are attracted to multiple genders), so that’s what I did my comic on.
If you can read French, go ahead and read the whole comic, or wait another couple days for me to get the English version uploaded on my site.
Lesbian Comics You Should Know
- Dykes to Watch Out For - Alison Bechdel’s syndicated strip about lesbian and gay life (full strip now available in one book)
- Girly - A comic about love
- I Was Kidnapped by Lesbian Pirates from Outer Space - Just what the title says
- Jane’s World - Paige Braddock’s comic strip
- simply sarah - Award winning slice-of-life comic about love relationships and growing-up. Contains lesbian themes and a transgender character
- DAR - DAR! chronicles the six year long autobiographical story of Erika Moen, a lost 20-year-old lesbian artist-wannabe in college who falls in love with a boy in England and the evolution that her sexual identity undergoes before winding up marrying him as a queer 26-year-old full-time cartoonist
Aw man, that is some good company my comic is in :)
Girl and Crab now available for sale!
Each of these 20 prints were silkscreened by hand by Erika Moen with magenta ink onto lush Arches paper.
Until May 16th, ALL orders from my store come with a free minicomic.
Silver Jellyfish
10” x 10”
Limited edition of 30
Silver ink screenprinted onto indigo blue 98lb, acid free, Canson paper
Until May 16th, every single order from my store comes with a free copy of #IsawU, the minicomic Brendan Adkins and I made for Stumptown.
For one week (May 8-16, 2012), I am giving away a free minicomic / screenprint with every purchase in my store!
-EVERY order will come with a free copy of #IsawU, the minicomic Brendan Adkins and I made last month.
-A Free Jellyfish Mini-Screenprint (while supplies last) will come with every Super Pack order. These hand-pulled silkscreen prints are around 8.5″ x 8.5″, though sizes will vary, and are in a limited edition of 30.
Plus I am releasing two new screenprints!
The Silver Jellyfish is a limited edition print of 30 copies that is silver ink on deep indigo blue 10″ x 10″ Canson paper, while the Girl and Crab is a limited edition of 20 prints that is magenta ink on 11.5″ x 15″ Arches paper.
Remember, the freebies only last from May 8-16, 2012 (or while supplies last, in the case of the screenprint). Hope you enjoy!
Erika made this and then fucking GAVE IT TO ME. NOT KIDDING, THIS IS A REAL THING THAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED
Happy birthday, Brendan!
Cricket Quills, a local dancer and painter, was the inspiration, though this is more “based on” rather than a super accurate portrait /:)
Progress shots of this painting coming together are over on my blog!
