Big Gay Comic Book #1

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Lumberjanesbegan as a celebration of female strength and friendship. It’s a corny, cheeky, cheerful comic book series that pops with colour and goofy humour. A campy, raucous ride for all ages. We’ve rounded up some of the best, from rivals-turned-lovers on the sports field in Fence, to exploring cultural differences between West and East in My Brother’s Husband. Heartstopper (Alice Oseman) Matt Doyle shares, “It’s a good feeling knowing that I can bring another perspective into the comic book world that hasn’t always been heavily represented. When I was a kid, I identified with comics about outsiders and anti-heroes that didn’t fit in. It has always been a goal of mine to create stories that give voices to the voiceless.”

An action-adventure modern fantasy story with an entire cast of queer characters, starring a gay trans girl and her weird friends!Our main protagonist, Mia, is part of a crew that rebuilds beautiful and broken-down structures throughout space, piecing the past together. Part of what I love about queer comics right now is the range of ages they’re available for — the rise of the middle-grade graphic novel and the availability of early-reader books. Not a lot of women and queer people make comics right now, and you don’t see a ton of books about queer boys. This is a book about acne on the forefront, and about how your body looks and how to deal with it, but it’s also about asexuality and fitting in. Three adopted sisters (Erin, Twapa and Mara) and their best friend Ciaran befriend a mysterious stranger named Xe who has no memory of his past. While visiting her cousin’s family estate in eastern Europe, Mara is kidnapped and her family and friends travel through a gateway to a parallel world in search of the missing girl… Sometimes the way stories are marketed to people, it’s like, “It’s a coming-out story!” or “It’s a trans story!” And that reduction is so frustrating for me, because so many queer stories have so many facets. So I look for all those different aspects of queer experience that aren’t just about relationships, coming out, or struggle, but are about the mundane part of our lives, of existence. I think that happens with every marginalized community that gets their stories told. It always starts really narrow. But now, the breadth of queer experience and queer identity, and how that intersects with other identities, is finally really coming to the forefront in comics. Jessica Campbell, Rave

Not all heroes wear capes. Some do, but not all. Seth was one such person when their life changed forever. We follow a Latinx non-binary cutie as they learn to be a hero and maybe get a smooch or two along the way. Finally, Trung Le Nguyen’s The Magic Fish, published by Random House Graphic, may end up being the underdog that sweeps the prize. The self-contained graphic novel is a coming-of-age story focussing on Tiến, a young Vietnamese-American boy struggling to bridge a cultural and linguistic divide, and explain to his parents that he’s gay.

A coming-of-age tale of the different ghosts and monsters who change — for better or worse — as they attempt to uncover the mystery behind their existence and heal (or run) from past mistakes. The main character Acantha is ace/aro. This is ONLY the beginning of what’s out there in LGBTA webcomics! Continue on over to our SECOND set of 40 queer webcomics — with more asexual and nonbinary representation — here. Being queer — and, more specifically, being gender queer — means a lot of different things to a lot of different people. But most of us have struggled with our identity and how we outwardly project ourselves to others at some point or another.

Widdershins is a series of Victorian-era adventure stories, set in the fictional town of Widdershins, West Yorkshire- England’s magical epicentre, home to bounty hunters, failed wizards, stage magicians, and more, besides. Long-running comic about a gay, Canadian, bed and breakfast owner and his string of generally hot house guests! Amira and Sadie are two very different princesses who decide to take their happily ever after into their own hands. Honey Hart leads The Candy Hearts and Turpentine leads The Sourballs. This is the story of their rivalry… and attraction. Having been taken on by multiple writers and artists over the years, however, its diversity has grown and spread, celebrating not only women but also queer people of all shapes and sizes.

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A boy prince falls down a cursed well and goes on creepy adventures in the underworld. He teams up with two sisters to find a way home. Ace-friendly adventure! GQutie (pronounced gee-cutie!) is an autobiographical comic detailing one genderqueer artist’s thoughts, discoveries, and encounters when it comes to their gender and everything connected to it (which is a lot of things, it turns out). The life of Kat, an extremely gay, disabled, artist/writer and the unusual world Kat lives in as they tries to cope with mental and physical illness, gender identity, and life in general. Melanie recommended Artie and the Wolf Moon by Olivia Stephens, and I want to shout that out again. I feel like that book hasn’t gotten as much attention as it really should have. That can be a little crossover recommendation. But I’ve come up with a few more of my own. I’m a huge fan of Rosemary Valero-O’Connell’s work. She’s done really wonderful work with Mariko Tamaki on Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me. But I actually want to shout out her solo work. What Is Left and Don’t Go Without Me are two fantastic short stories. They’re both really, really beautiful. They have similar beats, but in totally different settings.