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Lumberjanes Launches TODAY! Grace Ellis and Shannon Watters Are Spilling Their Guts

I figuratively locked Grace Ellis and Shannon Watters in a dark room and made them talk a little bit about their creative process in celebration of today’s AMAZING launch. Also: preview art!

By A.E. Osworth| April 8, 2014 | 26 Comments
Geekery

Saturday Morning Cartoons: Pittsburgh

Welcome to Saturday Morning Cartoons! Today Megan tells us a little about her hometown, Pittsburgh.

By Megan Praz| March 1, 2014 | 4 Comments
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Saturday Morning Cartoons: Love Letters

In which Andy finds the deep dark secret under Scout’s bed.

By Archie| February 22, 2014 | 14 Comments
Books

Read a F*cking Book: “Out of Hollow Water” by Anna Bongiovanni

It evokes the feeling of sitting with your friend at night, sipping red wine and looking in their sketchbook. This looks amazing, you’d say. And you’d mean it and the moment would feel extraordinarily intimate because you feel like these drawings are only for you.

By A.E. Osworth| November 21, 2013 | 11 Comments
Books

Read A F*cking Book GIVEAWAY: Win a Copy of “Blue Is The Warmest Color”

We want to hook two commenters up with copies of Julie Maroh’s graphic novel, Blue is the Warmest Color!

By A.E. Osworth| October 30, 2013 | 278 Comments
Geekery

Archie Comics Gets Its First Gay Kiss, Takes On One Million Moms

Which isn’t a big deal, but also totally is.

By Kristen| August 10, 2013 | 6 Comments
Geekery

Looking for a Sci Fi, Fantasy, Inter-Dimensional Queer Comic? “Decrypting Rita” is Your Answer

Even though we’re dealing with robots, dragons and multiple dimensions, Decrypting Rita is fundamentally about queer nerds.

By Mey| August 6, 2013 | 5 Comments
Geekery

Seven Queer Webcomics That Are Not DAR

Since DAR, I’ve been trying to find an equally good queer comic to read, and I think I’ve found a few that come close.

By Hansen| July 13, 2013 | 72 Comments
Geekery

New X-Men Relaunch Will Feature an All Women Team, Albeit Still Drawn By Men

Jubilee is heading up a female superhero team. Yay!

By Hansen| January 18, 2013 | 17 Comments
Books

Read Banned Books, Be The Revolution

Banned Books Week is like Christmas for me: it allows me to queer my reading like I queer my gender. Party hard with some inappropriate reading!

By A.E. Osworth| October 4, 2012 | 12 Comments
Books

Read a F*cking Book: “No Straight Lines: Four Decades of Queer Comics”

A definitive collection of queer comics through the past four decades.

By Hansen| July 25, 2012 | 7 Comments
Geekery

Set Your Phasers To Awesome: Autostraddle’s At Comic Con

I was there for you and I wanted to buy everything.

By Ash| July 12, 2012 | 15 Comments
Geekery

Kate Leth Draws Comics, Knows What We Want: The Autostraddle Interview

Queer comic artist Kate Leth (of Kate or Die! fame) talks about drawing, women, drawing women, and why filthy comics are the most fun. Also, she made a sexy drawing just for you!

By Intern Grace| March 6, 2012 | 22 Comments
Geekery

Art Attack! An Introductory Guide to Comics for Ladygays

The comics industry is a big, crazy, complicated, ever-changing world with a lot of history — and some of that history is about queer characters.

By Ash| February 25, 2012 | 33 Comments
Geekery

Let’s Talk About Lesbian Batwoman Some More

Earlier this week we published one opinion on DC Comics’ lesbian Batwoman reboot; now here’s a different perspective!

By Laura L| July 21, 2011 | 31 Comments
Geekery

Batwoman is a Lesbian: DC Comics’ Gay Superheroes Stepping Out of the Subtext and Into the Light

DC Comics announced last June that they were starting fresh. The Advocate interviews DC Co-Publisher about precisely how gay this fresh start is gonna be.

By Carmen| July 20, 2011 | 55 Comments
Geekery

Start Reading Comics Part #1: Warren Ellis, Professional Cynic

“Warren Ellis is an excellent point-of-entry for those of you who aspire to one day spend heaps of money on comic books, but don’t know where to start. He’s like a gateway drug. Well, probably more like a “fix” or a “monster bong hit” because he’s so DARK.”

By Kimbit| January 11, 2011 | 39 Comments

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