#LGBTQ+ comics

[hellasarthole]

Here's my new comic Slime Crime, hope you all like it :)

[grrlofswirls]

2023 was not just a great year for indie video games, it was also a year where several amazing and delightful indie comics were published. Here is a list of some of those comics that may have slipped past everyone's radars.

Featuring comics created by:

@4threset, @haridraws, @mapurl, @hakobore, @turndecassette2, @laweyd, @nekobungi, @saltysalmonella, @hirosemaryhello, @aluhnim, @bethfuller

and many more!

[possumcollege]

Part of pride for me is learning to discard the constant visceral need to present as acceptable. I'm a right mess some days but I want my life to be about learning to express and experience joy more sincerely. I want to share more than I consume, and I want to discover more than I hoard and hide. I want to live among people who also share and celebrate that sincerity.

[twelvefifteencomic]

Happy Webcomic Day!

I'm Zalazny and I have a couple of lgbtq+ fantasy webcomics: 12:15 and its sequel Other People's Demons.

12:15 is based on the music video for Quarter Past Midnight by Bastille, and tells the story of Dee Loveless, hapless singer-for-hire and (extremely) reluctant ritual sacrifice. It’s fun and dark and queer and explores themes of agency, grief and healing. It’s also very sweary, so I’d rate it Teen :)

Other People's Demons picks up 6 months after the end of 12:15. Things are getting complicated in the life of Dee Loveless once more, as shadowy figures pursue him from all angles, whispering threats and promises about power. Again, there's a fair bit of swearing and violence, so I'd rate it Teen.

You can read both here on tumblr (best read on browser), and explore a whole ton of extra art for it on my art blog @zalaznyart!

[acesincomics]

Happy International Asexuality Day from Aces in Comics!

Aces in Comics is a project to highlight the growing representation of asexual / ace spectrum characters, creators, and stories in all types of comics, including: comic books, webcomics, graphic novels, manga, minicomics, and more!

Also found on Twitter!

Since 2021, I've been sharing comics with canon ace characters. Every character posted here is confirmed acespec either in-text or by their creator. These Twitter threads list over 120 characters from 90+ comics. Please go to the last post in the thread to see more! Part 1 | Part 2

As more characters are also posted here on Tumblr, you can find these posts under Canon Ace Character List. There's only a few for now but more will be posted soon!

#Acespec Comic Share is a hashtag for ace spectrum (acespec) comic creators to share their comics. Twice a month, usually on the 1st and 3rd Sunday, Aces in Comics holds a comic share on Twitter and Tumblr. (More details and FAQ)

Today is a special comic share for International Asexuality Day. Check out the creators participating and support their work!

If you're on Twitter, you can also follow this list of acespec comic creators! Please DM @acesincomics if you'd like to be added.

[magicfreelance]

🔥 New MFG page! 🔥

“I’m never too busy for you!”

Comic Fury | Tapas | Webtoons | Patreon

[wonderr-skyy]

Introducing my new OC Ale! (pronounced: ah-lee)

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"YO SUP my name is Ale and I'm a boy! I use he/him pronouns. Don't let my appearances deceive you, or you'll be in a WORLD OF PAIN! HAHAHA!"

[mayamistake]

They put the SASS in ASSASSIN! Meet Max and Alex. Reformed intergalactic assassins for hire. On the run. Also super gay. Their former boss—a fluffy monkey with a jetpack—is hot on their tail to take back his stolen ship. They gotta eat, so they take a mission from Alex's old flame. Your standard no-kill, casualty-free kidnapping recovery from a nearby moon. Only complication? Half the moon is ruled by a fascist dictator hostile to foreigners. They're the Killer Queens, so what could possibly go wrong? Join rising star David M. Booher (Canto, Alien Bounty Hunter) and an all-LGBTQ creative team as they tackle issues of love, xenophobia, and the terror of fascist dictatorships in this hilarious sci-fi epic.

[raqualswonderfunblog]

[hellasarthole]

My new comic Bondage Bungle page 1. Enjoy :3

[grrlofswirls]

My second "What You May Have Missed" blogpost is now online, this one highlighting some of my favourite comics from the ShortBox Comics Fair that you all should read! Please give it a look!

[possumcollege]

Well I'll be damned.

I try not to think too much about numbers and metrics. I like to go about my life, make the best work I can, and not feel like I'm turning it into a hustle. I've learned that I tend to gain X or Y number of subscribers per new comic so I'd given myself a goal of trying to hit 1,500 by Christmas. Needless to say, I'm all kinds of thrilled to find that number hanging out on my page this morning. 🌲🎃🤠🥳🍹🐐

I can't thank y'all enough for your support, in any way it comes. New Webtoons subscribers are wonderful and likely help my visibility on the site but more than anything, seeing new comments on older strips brings me so much joy. That's Just the best word for it. Joy.

It means a lot to know the silly fantasy microagression comic I made while hiding from COVID connects with people. Whether it gives them a laugh or resonates with something deeper, I'm glad to have made that connection. Crittertongue is a place where I can play, process, and explore the inside of my own head. It's a place I'm very happy to share.

There were a pair of short story comics I wrote for a local Halloween horror anthology at a time where I knew things weren't right but couldn't really find the edges of the problem.

I found myself crying my face off while writing scripts. It seemed a bit unhinged to cry over a ghost story. After finally getting some better resources and support, I was able to see what was feeding that flood. That was a transformative process for me, as someone who's made art his whole life and rarely ever viscerally connected with it before. At least not on purpose.

As things have grown, improved, evolved, I've become more confident in my ability to do that on purpose. Crittertongue is how that lives for me right now. It's also a delightful way to be a bit of a goblin, creature it up, and make things my mom probably shouldn't read. I contain multitudes and sev'ral of them multitudes are real... bawdy. Regardless of whether it ever "does numbers" or takes off in any internet sense, I'll be very happy to know the thing I make is a treat for people. There's a lot of negativity out in this electric sea and I consider myself fortunate to have attracted more fans than trolls and dipshits.

Thank y'all. Thank y'all. Thank y'all.

[twelvefifteencomic]

help me piece it all together, darling...

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READ IT FROM THE BEGINNING HERE

12:15 is based on Bastille’s music video for their song Quarter Past Midnight, and is an exploration of their Doom Days album.

Though 12:15′s main story is complete, you can also keep an eye out for bonus comics, plus all sorts of extra art on my art blog @zalaznyart. (and I may or may not be pondering ideas for a sequel...)

Many thanks to @comicartistcentral for putting together lovely promo templates and creating a centre for finding web comics!

[acesincomics]

Publishers pick up more comic books, graphic novels, and manga with asexual spectrum leads in 2023 challenge

There is no shortage of creators who have amazing comics with acespec leads. We’re not “niche”. We’re not some afterthought. And there absolutely is a market for ace stories in comics.

So if you as a publisher don’t have comics, yes multiple comics, with ace characters in 2023, why is that?

[chickenhoops]

A small experimental and messy comic about the queer hate to queer pipeline that seems to affect a lot of people, and since it’s pride month and I don’t see a lot of artistic commentary on this…here you go? I’m a baby gay, not even able to legally drink yet and only recently realized my sexuality so I’m sure there’s people who have suffered from being raised in bigotry much longer and much worse and I’m willing for this post to be the place they can share their stories! I’d be honored to hear stories from people like me. Happy pride month!

(Writers Note for page two- I am aware of sexualities that stem from trauma like Caedsexual exist and are 100% valid! I am referring to the belief that ALL under the LGBTQ+ umbrella are sick and are just ‘confused victims of abuse’ in a not so nice sense.)

[queerism1969]