Tim Fish (a

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; born 1970) is a

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author and artist and

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, known for the comics ''

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'' and its spin-off graphic novels, short stories for various anthologies and the original graphic novel '' Liebestrasse'', which was nominated for both a Tripwire Award for Best Graphic Novel and a

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Early life

Fish was born in 1970 and attended the

University of New Hampshire The University of New Hampshire (UNH) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university with its main campus in Durham, New Hampshire, United States. It was founded and incorporated in 1866 as a land grant coll ...

where he had a twice-weekly comic strip running in the college newspaper, ''

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''. Tim began drawing strip comics at a young age, eventually evolving to mini comics and graphic novels.

Career

Fish is known for his slice-of-life/romance print comic, ''

'', which has been released in trade paperback format, as well is its spin-off graphic novels. Comics by Fish appeared regularly in the Boston LGBT newspaper ''

Bay Windows ''Bay Windows'' is an LGBT newspaper, published weekly on Thursdays and Fridays in Boston, Massachusetts, serving the entire New England region of the United States. The paper is a member of the New England Press Association and the Nationa ...

'' and in the Brazilian magazine ''DOM'' from 2007 to 2008. He has contributed to several anthologies and adapted an excerpt of

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's novel ''

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'' for Seven Stories Press. For Lionforge, he was an artist on an officially licensed comic series based on the NBC TV series ''

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'' from 2014 to 2015. In 2022, Dark Horse published '' Liebestrasse'' the graphic novel he co-created with Greg Lockard which was named by the American Library Association on their official list of graphic novels for adults in 2022. Fish was awarded a Fulbright research grant in affiliation with Trinity College Dublin.

Personal life

Fish, who is openly

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, has lived in

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, and

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Works

Books

* ''Baby Makes Three'', Poison Press/Comixology, 2021, * ''Boys in Love'', H&O Éditions, 2006, * ''

'', Poison Press, 2006 *
Liebestrasse
', Comixology Originals and Dark Horse, 2019, 2022 * ''Love Is the Reason'', Poison Press, 2008 * ''Something Fishy This Way Comes'', Poison Press, 2006 * ''Strugglers'', Poison Press, 2006 * ''Trust/Truth'', Poison Press, 2009 * ''Saved by the Bell: Freshman Year'', Roar (Lionforge Press), 2016

Anthologies

* ''On the Romance Road'', Poison Press/Comixology, 2021 * ''Young Bottoms in Love'', Poison Press, 2007

Contributions

* ''The Book of Boy Trouble 2: Born to Trouble'', edited by Robert Kirby and David Kelly, Green Candy Press, 2008 * ''Boy Trouble'', edited by Robert Kirby and David Kelly, Boy Trouble Press, 2004 * ''Happy Boys and Girls'', Coniglio Editore, 2006 * ''Inbound'' #4, edited by Dave Kender, Dan Mazur, and Shelli Paroline, Boston Comics Roundtable, 2009 ASIN B00377AK58 * ''

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'',

Marvel Comics Marvel Comics is a New York City–based comic book publishing, publisher, a property of the Walt Disney Company since December 31, 2009, and a subsidiary of Disney Publishing Worldwide since March 2023. Marvel was founded in 1939 by Martin G ...

, 2010 * '' Iron Man: Titanium'',

, 2010 * ''Hopeless Savages Greatest Hits, volume 1'',

Oni Press Oni Press is an American independent comic book and graphic novel publisher based in Portland, Oregon, best known for publishing such series as '' Scott Pilgrim'' and ''Rick and Morty''. In 2019, it became an imprint label following the company's ...

, 2010 * ''The Graphic Canon, volume 2'',

Seven Stories Press Seven Stories Press is an independent American publishing company. Based in New York City, the company was founded by Dan Simon in 1995, after establishing Four Walls Eight Windows in 1984 as an imprint at Writers and Readers, and then incorpor ...

, 2012 * ''

No Straight Lines ''No Straight Lines'' is an anthology of queer comics covering a 40-year period from the late 1960s to the late 2000s. It was edited by Justin Hall and published by Fantagraphics Books on August 1, 2012. The anthology traces the turning point ...

'',

Fantagraphics Fantagraphics (previously Fantagraphics Books) is an American publisher of alternative comics, classic comic strip anthologies, manga, magazines, graphic novels, and (formerly) the Erotic comics, erotic Eros Comix imprint. They have managed sev ...

, 2013 * '' Strange Sport Stories'',

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, 2015 * '' Where We Live: Las Vegas Shooting Benefit Anthology'',

Image Comics Image Comics is an independent American American comic book, comic book publisher and is the third largest direct market comic book and graphic novel publisher in the industry by market share. Its best-known publications include ''Spawn (comics) ...

, 2018

References

External links

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Poison Press
{{DEFAULTSORT:Fish, Tim American comics artists American comics writers American gay artists LGBTQ comics creators LGBTQ people from New Hampshire 1970 births Living people