How to Start a Webcomic and Not Die

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Webcomics are an awesome method to practice skills and build an audience, or launch your magnum opus for your eventual domination of the comic industry! Muahahaha!  Let’s go. Self-Hosting or Third Party? 

“To Strip the Flesh” Cuts to the Bone

To Strip the Flesh is an anthology by author Oto Toda collecting several of her short works together. It includes several stories of varying lengths about love and being yourself and features a wonderful headlining story about a transgender character titled “To Strip the Flesh”.

Boys Run The Riot Runs The Manga Section

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Boys Run the Riot is an LGBT manga series with a transmasculine lead written and drawn by Keito Gaku (and team). This introductory volume to the series is a poignant and hilarious romp through gender discrimination, high school, punk philosophy, following your dreams, and how fashion is often a double-edged sword for queer people.  Basically, […]

Kicks from Scholastic Graphix

Kicks is a contemporary quest story with themes of family, friendship, and queer romance that features a pair of Black siblings and their best friend, who must travel and battle their way through the five boroughs of NYC to recover items stolen from their family’s magical tailor shop. Kicks will be published by Scholastic/Graphix in […]

Lunar Room is a good time for hottie werewolf fans!

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I just read the Lunar Room debut and it’s awesome! Reminiscent of TV dramas that appeared on the CW or WB when I was younger, the punchy tone and stylish accents and dialogue keep a naturalistic and modern feeling to a classic monster. The dark setting, leather-clad hottie main character, and anti-institutional themes are perfect […]

3 hot tips 🔥 for working with comic artists

This article was orginally published on Ko-fi on Nov 4 2021. So! You have a comic idea, and you’re ready to turn it into the next big hit that gets picked up by Netflix and whisks you away to Hollywood and turns you into the future generation’s Stan Lee! There’s only one problem! You don’t […]