#josh lesnick

[jezmmart]

A lil' fanart of Girly because it was @superhappy‘s birthday yesterday, and it was one of my major comic influences as a teenager (READ IT), and he drew me a cutie Chamomile on my birthday.

ADVENTURE!!

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Publisher: KaBOOM!, an imprint of BOOM! Studios Writers: Christopher Hastings, Shane Houghton, Chris Houghton, Polly Guo, Josh Lesnick, Derek Fridolfs, Box Brown, Nicole Andelfinger, Max Davidson, David DeGrand, James Asmus Artists: Zachary Sterlin, Shane Houghton, Chris Houghton, Polly Guo,Josh Lesnick, Derek Fridolfs, Box Brown, Anissa Espinosa, Ian McGinty, Luca…

[dragonaur]

I can’t recall the last time I drew one of @superhappy Josh Lesnick’s characters. I’m sure I’ve drawn Wendy. But it’s been forever. Anyway, here’s Winter proposing another grand adventure. Josh drew her and Otra in a little gag comic not too long ago and I loved Winter’s cargo pants. ^_^

[thewebcomicsreview]

so wait whats going on with Josh Lesnik on twitter?

*~WEBCOMIC DRAMA~*

Josh Lesnick, for those who don’t know, wrote a handful of webcomics that were more popular with webcomic creators than with general audiences for some reason, such as Cute-Wendy and Girly. There was controversy/drama many years back when Wikipedia decided he wasn’t sufficiently notable to get a page, which may or may not have contributed to TVTropes becoming a thing. He also founded, but is apparently no longer involved with, Slipshine, and was one of the first straight white dudes to fill his comic with tons of lesbians, though he was fairly blatant about doing it to double the amount of boobs he could draw. 

Speaking of boobs, he also draws You Suck, which is softcore porn, and he wanted Iron Circus Comics to publish it. But the editor noticed that You Suck is a sex comic that seems to play more than a little fast and loose with consent, with the most notable example I can remember top-of-head being a storyline in which Anna’s professor is brought to her bound and gag, and Anna assumes that an erection = consent 

Then editor of Iron Comics was like “We don’t publish rape comics, and this is kinda rapey”. Lesnick flipped at at her over this, and she tweeted about it 

This led to a bunch of replies from dude webcomic creators going “No Way!? Josh Lesnick is a tool?!” 

And a bunch of lady webcomic creators going “No shit, Josh Lesnick is a tool.”

Take from this gender split what you will.

Meanwhile, Lesnick’s own response was maybe not the best for getting people to take his side

Oh woe is me, I have to have a day job :(

And that’s basically where we stand

[party-of-rpg-muses]

So, about a year or two ago, I took a look at a webcomic named Girly for my A Look At Stuff I Probably Never Heard Of series. Recently, I got curious to see if the author made a sequel of sorts to it. They didn’t. But while looking, I ended up learning that the author is trans. At the time of the post, I only knew them as Josh Lesnick, but upon learning about her transition, I edited the post to reflect her new identity, Jackie Lesnick.

[withlightsandsound]

I was recently reminded to look into my old favorite webcomics, and Girly by Josh Lesnick is to-this-day my absolute fav.  I could go on a long-ass rant about it, but it is truly best experienced for-yourselves.  Even though it concluded nearly a decade ago, it is still one of the best examples of good webcomic-ry out there.

HEADS UP!  It does get pretty NSFW at times, but for comedy and plot. 

NOW GO READ IT, DAMMIT!

[biandlesbianliterature]

My Queer Comics Collection!

Books mentioned:

Read: Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Willow and Tara Sailor Moon manga Revolutionary Girl Utena manga Megan Rose Gedris (Rosalarian) comics:  Meaty Yogurt, Eat Me, Darlin' It's Betta Down Where It's Wetta, Yu+Me: Dream Bitch Planet Lumberjanes Supermutant Magic Academy by Jillian Tamaki Jem and the Holograms Sugar Town by Hazel Newlevant One Hundred Nights of Hero To be read: Girly by Josh Lesnick Red String Vol 2 Strawberry Panic: The Complete Novel Collection Moonstruck by Grace Ellis Space Battle Lunchtime! Legend of Bold Riley Shadoweyes by Sophie Campbell (no queer content? but trans author) Fresh Romance Vol 1 Princeless Vol 1 As the Crow Flies by Melanie Gillman Beyond Anthology Power and Magic: The Queer Witch Comics Anthology Tabula Idem

Support the Lesbrary, this channel, and FYLL on Patreon to be entered in monthly queer book giveaways! 

[piyotycho]

For Josh Lesnick-san!

[therockcocks]

Whos idea was it to do an NSFW comic? How did that conversation go?

It was Josh Lesnick’s idea, actually. He asked us to do a comic for Slipshine. It wasn’t our first time drawing porn, and Blaster Nation was chock full of fanservice anyways, so of course we were down with it. Leslie and I both really love 80s hair metal and the whole rock aesthetic, so we thought we’d do something music-related. We ended up creating a whole universe and adventure storyline for what was supposed to be just a one-shot porn comic, so we then turned it into a webcomic.

Speaking of Lesnick, on the subject of that last answer, he drew this really cute picture of Elizabeth in the jersery way back when. Check it.

[gothicegg]

The library will announce Tuesday that the Webcomics Web Archive is officially launching at loc.gov as part of its growth in “born-digital” collections.

The first phase of the webcomics online collection will include nearly 40 titles, including such long-running works as Josh Lesnick’s “Girly” and Zach Weiner’s “Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal.”

Halsband says her team also sought political content, including Matt Bors’s “The Nib” archive, as well as comics representing diverse narratives on human sexuality, including Erika Moen’s “DAR” and Jess Fink’s “Chester 5000 XYV.”

The library also announced the launch of its Web Cultures Web Archive, “a representative sampling of websites documenting the creation of emergent cultural traditions on the web such as GIFs, memes and emoji,” the library says. It will be part of the institution’s American Folklife Center.

[lovelyladybugcomic]

Sorry for the wait, folks! Today we’ve got our first guest strip, from Josh Lesnick and based on a suggestion by @teslakoiart! (links NSFW)

[mmckenzieport]

By Melissa McKenzie

The July City Council calendars are out, and one thing is still clear: previous months have not been edited to reflect missed meetings. There continues to be no mention of Peter Hillan, Banner Public Affairs, and, given the City’s recent rent battle with the 49ers, no mention of Sam Singer, the City’s contracted public affairs consultant, less one introductory meeting between the communications professional and Mayor Lisa Gillmor back in February. However, there are still plenty of Council Member meetings to note in July.

The Mayor began her month by attending the annual 4th of July picnic at Central Park and followed it with an introductory meeting on July 5 with Emily DeRuy of the San Jose Mercury News.

On July 6, Gillmor recorded a meeting with Cupertino’s Mayor Darcy Paul, Hyperloop Transportation Technologies CEO Dirk Ahlborn and Related lobbyist Jude Barry about “hyperloop opportunities.”  The hyperloop project, first reported earlier this month, will ideally travel from San Jose’s Diridon Station to DeAnza College with the bulk of track barreling down Stevens Creek Boulevard through the Santa Clara/San Jose border.

Barry’s involvement in this project remains unknown. In the past year, he had meetings about transportation with Council Member Teresa O’Neill (Mar. 7 of this year and Sept. 29 and Aug. 18 of last) and Vice Mayor Kathy Watanabe (Apr. 5, but recorded as “transpiration”). But his most recent lobbyist report, dated July 12, lists Related as his only client.

Gillmor also had a meet and greet introduction with Santa Clara University’s Vice President of Finance and Administration Michael Crowley and Assistant Vice President of University Operations Chris Shay on July 12, and on the 17th, met with Watanabe, O’Neill, Assembly Member Kansen Chu and Chu’s field representative Simeone Chien regarding “legislation, state budget and district issues.” Additionally, the Mayor met with resident Vicky Field and Westgate Church’s Local Compassion Pastor Finny Abraham about volunteer opportunities.

The Mayor had a single developer meeting in July. On July 24, she met with John Hyjer, first vice president of investments with Equity Residential regarding 3131 Homestead Road, the site of the Laguna Clara Apartments, where the developer hopes to build a four-story, 585-unit urban-infill project to replace the current 86 unit complex.

Her last two meetings of interest occurred on July 27 when Gillmor had a meeting about City Place with Santa Clara and San Benito Counties Building and Construction Trades Council Executive Director David Bini and Steve Flores, business manager for United Association of Journeymen Local 393  and a second meeting with Rudolph and Sletten’s John Elwood and Lou Mariani and Linda Lecca of Mariani’s Inn and Restaurant. Elwood is listed as being with Mariani’s — not with his employer, a developer.

The Vice Mayor spent the first two weeks of the month attending public events and meetings, as well as the funeral for former Mayor and Council Member Larry Marsalli and she provided an interview about the Chamber of Commerce to David Louie of KGO-TV.

On July 13, Watanabe, along with O’Neill, met with Prometheus’ Executive Vice President and Partner of Development Jon Moss and Development Director Marilyn Ponte regarding 575 Benton Street, a 355 apartment complex that includes eight live-work units, 650 parking spaces, 1,601 square feet of office space, 346 square feet for a pet spa, 1,528 square feet of bike amenity space, three private courtyards and one public courtyard, 19,985 square feet of retail space, 2,364 square feet of potential commercial space and an amenity roof deck with 4,341 square feet of club room and a fitness center.

Five days later, on July 18, Watanabe met with John Hirokawa regarding his candidacy for Santa Clara County Sheriff and two days later had a meeting with Karina Dominguez about her candidacy for Milpitas City Council.

On July 25, Watanabe met with residents Lavell Souza, John Lesnick, Jamie Brick, Hung Le and Kevin Park about the 1530-1540 Pomeroy Ave. project, a proposed development of eight two-story townhomes to replace two single-family homes and miscellaneous small outbuildings. One day later, she met with Hunter Properties’ Director of Development Josh Rupert and Chairman of the Board Edward Storm about the Gateway Crossing project, a mixed-use development of 1,600 apartments, a 182,000-square-foot full-service hotel and 15,000 square feet of ancillary retail, surface and structured parking facilities, public and private streets, neighborhood park and open space at 1205 Coleman Ave.

The Vice Mayor ended her month by meeting with resident Hazel Abalgado about community issues on July 28 and Council District 2 Candidate Nancy Biagiani about her campaign on the same day.

O’Neill’s July began with her monthly resident Q&A on July 1, which she followed with a call a day later with resident Alycia Burgoon about the catchall “city issues.” She, too, recorded a meeting with Rupert and Storm about the Gateway Crossing project on July 11 and attended Marsalli’s funeral on July 13.

Later that day, she attended the 575 Benton Street project meeting with Watanabe before sitting down with Santa Clara Unified School District Board (SCUSD) of Trustees candidate Vickie Fairchild, Santa Clara Unified Parents (SCUP) treasurer Peta Roberts and educator Tiffany Anderson about SCUSD issues and the upcoming board elections this November.

Schools continued to hold a presence on O’Neill’s calendar with the Council Member meeting with former president and board member of the California School Boards Association (CSBA) Josephine Lucey and Santa Cruz County Office of Educators Area 4 Trustee Rose Filicetti on July 16 regarding “public schools issues.”

O’Neill also attended the July 18, 18 and 20 trail on the Ladonna Yumori Katu et. al. v. the City of Santa Clara, or the voting rights lawsuit that resulted in eliminating citywide Council voting for districted council seats and a citywide mayor election process.

On July 24, O’Neill met with Santa Clara Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Nick Kaspar about the Convention-Visitors Bureau and had a conference call with Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA)’s Deputy Director Dennis Radcliffe and Caroline Gonot about the Berryessa Extension.

Finally, O’Neill ended her month with four resident meetings: Nancy Biagini about her candidacy for Council Seat 2, Mayuri Restaurant owner Sam Kumar regarding “city issues,” Raj Chahal about his candidacy for Council Seat 2 and Luis Lecanda regarding board and commission openings.

Council Member Debi Davis kept a light July calendar mostly filled with public events and meetings. However, she did have a meeting with Moss and Ponte on July 16 regarding the 575 Benton Street project, as well as sitting down with residents Rich Bonito and Howard Myers about Mariani’s Inn and Restaurant on July 18 and meeting with lobbyist Cynthia James about Great America on July 26.

In addition to attending Marsalli’s funeral, Council Member Pat Kolstad had a phone call with Ray Hashimoto, principal of HMH Engineering, about an unnamed new development on July 11 and notched a meeting with Rupert and Storm about Gateway Crossing on July 16.

Council Member Patricia Mahan only had public meetings and events listed on her July calendar.

While meetings have not been added to Council Calendars to reflect previous errors and many meetings go unrecorded completely, the Council Calendars give some insight to the vast amount of time Santa Clara’s elected officials spend meeting with lobbyists and developers about pending and proposed projects within the City.  View all Council Member calendars at http://santaclaraca.gov/government/public-calendars-of-certain-city-officials.

Read our coverage of June’s here.

[yarnersan]

The Library of Congress has decided to archive "webcomics that have significance in the field due to longevity, reputation, and subject matter". The initial collection consists of 41 titles, including Girly by Josh Lesnick...! This makes me extremely happy for so many reasons...

https://www.loc.gov/collections/webcomics-web-archive/

[thewebcomicsreview]

Wow, congratulations dude on that little history lesson about 2000's webcomics. It summarized a lot while also having a narrative feeling. Is there any hope for you building a continuation of that?

Thanks! 

I got about 50 asks about why didn’t I mention this or that comic, which was mostly to keep the post under a novel’s length by limiting things to the most “influential” comics that had the most copycats and defined what a webcomic was at that time. There weren’t a lot of noteworthy Order of the Stick or Freefall ripoffs, for instance, that I remember. Probably the most significant omission in my post is that I don’t mention Josh Lesnick, whose effects were a bit more behind-the-scenes and I don’t know them as well. Wikipedia deleted the page for Girly as non-notable and it was a big controversy at the time (It’s part of why TVTropes exists), but I don’t know that situation well enough to go into it, even though I really should.

Maybe I’ll do some more research and turn it into a project, set up a kickstarter to write an official webcomics history book where I go out and actually interview people (Maybe I’ll make something like that a goal on my Patreon, which I’ve heard all the cool kids support). It’s a bit of an issue that I’ve spent the last few years making enemies of a lot the old guard for Tumblrclix, but them’s the breaks.

But yeah, people really seemed to like the webcomics historian bit, maybe I can reach out to some of the less-famous internet people and get some firsthand accounts from the likes of Rodney Caston and Shaenon Garrity. If for no other reason than I can’t remember the name of the paywall collective Narbonic and Digger were in and it’s driving me nuts. Get my research on if you know what I mean.

[party-of-rpg-muses]

A Look At Stuff You Probably Never Heard Of: Bittersweet Candy Bowl

Alright! The start of the new year! And with it, a new Look At Stuff You Probably Never Heard Of. Believe it or not, I was initially going to talk about this sooner, but I ended up deciding to talk about Girly in its place. But that’s in the past, so without further ado, Bittersweet Candy Bowl!

Bittersweet Candy Bowl, or BCB for short, is a webcomic “dram-edy” (drama and comedy) series by Veronica Vera, also known as taeshi. Bittersweet Candy Bowl was first published on her deviantArt page in 2006, but became a series with its own website in 2009, which is still running to this day, with new pages added every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. At the same time, her partner, Oliver AKA Suitcase or Souppy, handles editing, assisting in writing, and manages the BCB Store and a few other things. While this is a webcomic, similar to Josh Lesnick’s Girly, there are also physcial books that can be bought, but only from the online store or Amazon.

The world of Bittersweet Candy Bowl has anthropomorphic cats and dogs as the dominant species. That being said, other animals, such as birds and hedgehogs, are also capable of speech. The comic itself focuses on a group of friends as they go through middle school and, eventually, high school. But there are two characters who occupy the spot of “Primary Characters” and that goes to Mike and Lucy. Mike is the “Nice Guy” of the group, being very friendly with a somewhat submissive personality, apart from when he’s pushed. He’s also quite athletic. Lucy is “tsundere” of the group, often hiding her emotions behind insults and punches to the face. But despite her attitude, she cares very much for her friends, and especially Mike.

Other characters include Daisy, a cute, bubbly cat who’s incredibly smart and viewed as the younger sister of the group. She also had a crush on Mike, but has since moved on for the most part. She also struggles somewhat with self-esteem issues. Paulo, a ladies’ man who often flirts with Lucy, only to be met with a kick that sends him into outer orbit. He’s also a friendly-rival to Mike. There’s also David, the only dog of the group, but it incredibly stupid and clueless with little to no tact. He’s also one of the youngest, being 15, same as Lucy and Daisy, as opposed to 16 like the others, but he’s also the tallest, easily towering over his friends. He also greatly admires Paulo. Finally, there’s Abbey (real name, Abraham) who highly protective over those he cares about and possesses a strong moral code, hating abusers and bullies and anything similar, because of his past.

The comic teeters and plays between the lines of light-hearted comedy and serious drama. But in the earlier issues, things were incredibly light-hearted with a lot of jokes, especially with Lucy inflicting physical comedy on Paulo or Mike. Nowadays, there’s a balance between drama and comedy. The style even matched the mood. The early issues were simple, just like how the story was simple and comedic, but currently, there’s more detail and color, just as the characters and situations being more complex, but also balancing some lighter moods. Even the layout chances. From square panels to free-form panels, which really helps the comic have a bit more life.

Now that I’ve covered enough, I think it’s time for my Final Recommendation: Never Let Go Of It||Get It||Hold Onto It||Try It||Consider It||Stay Away From It

Oh my god! This series is AMAZING! I compare this webcomic to Degrassi, but the characters aren’t complete asses to each other for little reason. Everyone has flaws and the main characters aren’t intentionally being a dick to their friends. The characters grow and make mistakes and learn from those mistakes. The characters have fights with each other, but again, it’s simply because of characters flaws and not out of anything selfish or just because they can. The closest we have to an actual villain is a cat named Alejandro, who actually is a bad guy.

There is one other thing I should mention. The early issues not only had a lot of comedy, but also a lot of real-life video game references. In fact, Lucy’s pet/”adoptive daughter”, Yashy, is a baby Yoshi. But such references have since stopped. But Yashy is still a character that exists. There are also a number of fan-characters who exist alongside the main cast, including the clumsy and unlucky Kizuna or the rich and friendly upperclassman Tessa. Most have been written out.

If you want to start reading, the first page can be found here.

Now, before I sign off, I should warn you guys that later chapters have mentions of abuse, rape, and co-dependency.. Also, Chapter 12, Confrontation, is quite infamous for the really dark tone, as well as the attempted rape and horrific beatdown of Lucy. However, this is the chapter that introduces Alejandro.

Okay. I’ll see you guys next month. I got something special planned for Valentine’s Day!

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First reactions to ‘Wonder Woman’ are out. Buckle up.

Image: Clay Enos

Wonder Woman, Wonder Womaaaaan … All the world’s waiting for you … and the power you possess …

And the wait is over!

It’s time to spin around and put your wrists together because the studio embargo for social media reactions to Wonder Woman lifted on Thursday night, and the small group of film writers who got to see it lassoed up this fun truth: Wonder Woman is pretty great.

SEE ALSO: Mashable Reels: The Expert’s Guide to Wonder Woman

Mashable was among them, and a full review will post in the coming days. But writers were allowed to tweet short reactions, almost all of them glowing like Themyscerian battle armor.

Some were relieved. Others ecstatic. And not a rotten tomato in the whole bushel.

#WonderWoman is the ray of light the DCEU has been waiting for. Gal Gadot just owns it.

Angie J. Han (@ajhan) May 19, 2017

2. Gal Godot is absolutely phenomenal as #WonderWoman. She KILLS it, just surprisingly good. A truly heroic light DCEU desperately needs.

Alisha Grauso (@AlishaGrauso) May 19, 2017

WONDER WOMAN: Easily my favorite DCEU film. Has the humor and heart the franchise so desperately needs. Gadot and Pine are charming as hell.

Kate Erbland (@katerbland) May 19, 2017

My reaction to @WonderWomanFilm : exciting, powerful, bold, epic, simply wonderful and – best of all – absolutely empowering.

Courtney Howard (@Lulamaybelle) May 19, 2017

Loved WONDER WOMAN. She reminds me of Christopher Reeve’s Superman: true north superhero w/ no angst or cynicism, which is needed right now.

Mike Ryan (@mikeryan) May 19, 2017

#WonderWoman is hands down the best DCEU Film to date! Film is SO GOOD. I absolutely loved it! Bravo @PattyJenks @GalGadot @GeoffJohns

Umberto Gonzalez (@elmayimbe) May 19, 2017

Happy to report ‘Wonder Woman’ is a blast and @GalGadot is fantastic. Her chemistry with Chris Pine is magnetic. Absolutely recommended. http://pic.twitter.com/VPW4QW3IhM

Steven Weintraub (@colliderfrosty) May 19, 2017

Wonder Woman is the DC movie I’ve been waiting for. It’s exciting, inspiring, funny, and has some truly awe-inspiring action scenes.

Germain Lussier (@GermainLussier) May 19, 2017

Very pleased to report that #WonderWoman is the best DC movie since THE DARK KNIGHT. I’m already looking forward to seeing it again.

Silas Lesnick (@silaslesnick) May 19, 2017

I’m now allowed to reveal I enjoyed Wonder Woman! It’s really good. Has the heart & humanity DCEU needed. I’m not reviewing it FYI http://pic.twitter.com/Tmm9l8aOrQ

Jim Vejvoda (@JimVejvoda) May 19, 2017

And me? I struggled with some of the movie’s clunky transitions, and the villain(s) are, once again, underdeveloped and under-served. Wonder Woman isn’t perfect, but Gal Gadot is perfect as Wonder Woman.

She saves the movie, she saves DC, and she absolutely saves our faith that this movie can finally be the one.

The most wonderful thing about WONDER WOMAN is the wonderful Wonder Woman. Gal IS Wonder Woman. Now then, about WONDER WOMAN

Josh L. Dickey (@JLDlite) May 19, 2017

I will say this: There are many writers who were at the first wave of screenings who didn’t tweet a reaction. I read that as “didn’t like it all that much,” because that’s how a lot of us handle an averse reaction stay mum.

And I spoke with several writers at the screening who weren’t crazy about it, or who have since tweeted more elevated praise than what they were thinking at the time. The movie does get better in your memory though, and let’s face it great leads with great chemistry go a really, really long way when it comes to your long-term perceptions of a film.

Bottom line: When the embargo for full reviews lifts, watch the percentages of sentiment shift. But Wonder Woman will be a big hit.

WATCH: This ‘Wonder Woman’ homemade trailer might as well be the official movie trailer

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