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Jon Macy
Jon Macy is a gay American cartoonist. He is best known for his graphic novel ''DJUNA: The Extraordinary Life of Djuna Barnes'', a biography of the beautiful and irascible Modernist author. His graphic novel ''Teleny and Camille'' won a 2010 Lambda Literary Award for Gay Erotica. Early life Jon Macy was born on September 11, 1964, in California. Career Macy's first series, ''Tropo'', was part of the early 1990s black and white alternative comics boom. It was followed by the erotic horror series ''Nefarismo'', published October 1994 – October 1995 by Eros Comix. These stories contained dark and surrealism, surreal motifs, mixing eroticism with hallucination and death/Regeneration (theology), rebirth, a common theme in Macy's personal works. Throughout the 1990s, Macy contributed to queer comics anthologies ''Meatmen (comics), Meatmen'' and ''Gay Comix, Gay Comics'', and gay skin magazines such as ''Steam'' by Scott O'Hara, ''Bunkhouse'' and ''International Leatherman''. Hi ...
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Teleny, Or The Reverse Of The Medal
''Teleny, or The Reverse of the Medal'' is a pornographic novel, first published in London in 1893. The authorship of the work is unknown. There is a consensus that it was an ensemble effort, but it has often been attributed to Oscar Wilde. Set in ''fin de siècle'' Paris, its concerns are the magnetic attraction and passionate though ultimately tragic affair between a young Frenchman named Camille Des Grieux and the Hungarian pianist René Teleny. The novel is one of the earliest pieces of English-language pornography that focuses explicitly and near-exclusively on homosexuality (following '' The Sins of the Cities of the Plain'', published in 1881). Its lush and literate, though variable, prose style and the relative complexity and depth of character and plot development share as much with the aesthetic fiction of the period as with its typical pornography. History of publication Wilde's authorship, while unproven, is claimed by erotic bookseller and pornographer Charles Hir ...
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Lambda Literary Awards
Lambda Literary Awards, also known as the "Lammys", are awarded yearly by Lambda Literary Foundation, Lambda Literary to recognize the crucial role LGBTQ+ writers play in shaping the world. The Lammys celebrate the very best in LGBTQ+ literature. The awards were instituted in 1989. The program has grown from 14 awards in early years to 24 awards today. Early categories such as HIV/AIDS literature were dropped as the prominence of the AIDS crisis within the gay community waned, and categories for bisexual and transgender literature were added as the community became more inclusive. In addition to the primary literary awards, Lambda Literary also presents a number of special awards. Award categories Current Notes 1 In both the bisexual and transgender categories, presentation may vary according to the number of eligible titles submitted in any given year. If the number of titles warrants, then separate awards are presented in either two (Fiction and Nonfiction, with the Ficti ...
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Robert Kirby (comics Artist)
Robert Kirby (; born 1962) is an American cartoonist, known for his long-running syndicated comic ''Curbside'' – which ran in the gay and alternative presses from 1991 to 2008 – and other works focusing on queer characters and community, including ''Strange Looking Exile'', ''Boy Trouble'', ''THREE'', and ''QU33R.'' He has worked alongside critically acclaimed queer artists including Diane DiMassa and Alison Bechdel. Background Robert Kirby was born in Detroit, Michigan in September 1962. He lived in Manhattan, New York City, New York for a while, during which he worked on ''Curbside Boys: The New York Years.'' He attended the University of Minnesota. Kirby began publishing comics with ''Strange Looking Exile,'' a zine published in the early 1990s, and grew popular through his long-running comic ''Curbside Boys.'' Kirby was married in October 2013, after same-sex marriage was legalized in Minnesota in May of that same year. He and his spouse John live in St. Paul, Minnesot ...
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Negative Burn
''Negative Burn'' is a black-and-white comics anthology, anthology comic book published beginning in 1993 by Caliber Press, and subsequently by Image Comics and Desperado Publishing. Edited by Joe Pruett, ''Negative Burn'' is noted for its eclectic range of genres, mixture of established comics veterans and new talents, and promotion of creative experimentation. Publication history The first volume of ''Negative Burn'' ended with issue #50 in 1997. Revived by Image and Desperado in 2005 with two seasonal specials, ''Negative Burn'' returned to a monthly format in 2006. The first eleven issues of the new volume were published by Image, while the final ten issues were published by Desperado. A typical issue of ''Negative Burn'' might include a number of stand-alone stories; a new chapter of a longer, serialized piece; recurring features such as Brian Bolland's "Mr. Mamoulian"; and a sketchbook section. The sketchbook featured studies, rough drawings, and never-before-seen artwork by ...
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Gay Comics
''Gay Comix'' (later ''Gay Comics'') is an underground comics series published from 1980 to 1998 featuring cartoons by and for gay men and lesbians. The comic books had the tagline "Lesbians and Gay Men Put It On Paper!" Much of the early content was autobiographical, but more diverse themes were explored in later editions. The contents of ''Gay Comix'' were generally about relationships, personal experiences, and humor, rather than sex. It is generally less sexually explicit than the similarly themed (and male-focused) '' Meatmen'' series of graphic novels. Its editors each made a deliberate effort to feature work by both women and men. Development The idea for ''Gay Comix'' came from Denis Kitchen, a publisher of underground comics through the company he founded, Kitchen Sink Press. In 1979, after realizing underground cartoonist Howard Cruse was gay, Kitchen asked him to edit an anthology of gay comic artists. The two had worked together previously; Cruse's comic ''Barefo ...
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Four Decades Of Queer Comics
4 (four) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 3 and preceding 5. It is a square number, the smallest semiprime and composite number, and is considered unlucky in many East Asian cultures. Evolution of the Hindu-Arabic digit Brahmic numerals represented 1, 2, and 3 with as many lines. 4 was simplified by joining its four lines into a cross that looks like the modern plus sign. The Shunga would add a horizontal line on top of the digit, and the Kshatrapa and Pallava evolved the digit to a point where the speed of writing was a secondary concern. The Arabs' 4 still had the early concept of the cross, but for the sake of efficiency, was made in one stroke by connecting the "western" end to the "northern" end; the "eastern" end was finished off with a curve. The Europeans dropped the finishing curve and gradually made the digit less cursive, ending up with a digit very close to the original Brahmin cross. While the shape of the character for ...
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Queer Press Grant
Prism Comics is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that promotes awareness of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) creators, stories, characters, and readers in the comics industry. It does this through informational booths and programming at comic conventions, print and online guides to LGBT creators and comics, and the annual Queer Press Grant to assist publication of new LGBT-themed work. Prism Comics incorporated in April 2003 in the state of Georgia, and received its 501(c)(3) charitable status shortly thereafter. The organization was initially composed of a small number of comics fans and professionals from across the United States who had volunteered on an annual publication called ''Out in Comics'', which was a listing of LGBT creators in comics that ran for three issues. Following incorporation, it expanded activities, publishing feature articles, interviews, original, art and content; expanding convention appearances and programming; and (until late 2014) a ...
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Prism Comics
Prism Comics is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that promotes awareness of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) creators, stories, characters, and readers in the comics industry. It does this through informational booths and programming at comic conventions, print and online guides to LGBT creators and comics, and the annual Queer Press Grant to assist publication of new LGBT-themed work. Prism Comics incorporated in April 2003 in the state of Georgia, and received its 501(c)(3) charitable status shortly thereafter. The organization was initially composed of a small number of comics fans and professionals from across the United States who had volunteered on an annual publication called ''Out in Comics'', which was a listing of LGBT creators in comics that ran for three issues. Following incorporation, it expanded activities, publishing feature articles, interviews, original, art and content; expanding convention appearances and programming; and (until late 2014 ...
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