Special offer through June 10th: available for pre-order in the US with free shipping! THREE #3, to be published in June ’12 with the aid of the Prism Queer Press Grant, brings you all-new queer comics goodness, starting off with an 8 page Wuvable Oaf tie-in story by Ed Luce; “Fly Like an Eagle,” from Carrie McNinch, which tells of her stoner-teen high school years back in 1979 Los Angeles; and “Oh No!” a crazy, very funny all-star comics jam instigated by Jen Camper, featuring Jen, Ivan Velez, Jr., Howard Cruse, Diane DiMassa, Ellen Forney, Joan Hilty, and Editor Robert Kirby (that’s me)! There are also special guest pages of art & comics by such queer, punk, and autobio comics illuminati as Michael Fahy, Janelle Hessig with Matt Runkle, MariNaomi, and Ignatz nominee Marian Runk. You won’t want to miss this one! (US pre-orders only - no overseas pre-orders yet, thanks!)
Issue #1 is now SOLD OUT. At least from me it is. But fear not, for as of late-April 2012 you can still order this issue of THREE (nominated for 2 Ignatz awards) from any one of these wonderful folks: John Porcellino’s Spit and a Half (he only has a few left, though), Zan Christensen’s Northwest Press, or from Last Gasp of San Francisco! Get this critically-acclaimed debut edition while you still can! Included within:
THREE is a new limited-run full color anthology created and edited by me, Robert Kirby.
Issue #2 of THREE features a trio of comic collaborations from 3 pairs of cartoonists: Jon Macy, the Lambda award-winning artist responsible for Teleny and Fearful Hunter illustrates an autobiographical tale of sex and sort-of romance by Brit cartoonist-and-zinester-turned-academic Sina Shamsavari; veteran alterna-queer cartoonist Jen Camper and all-time fan-favorite Michael Fahy alternate panels in a romance comic with a difference; and Boy Trouble favorites David “Steven’s Comics” Kelly and Craig Bostick team up for their devoted fans with a tale set in the early 1960s, about a country singer and a gay hustler. $6.25 plus postage.
NEW! My solo minicomic King for a Day! KFaD is a pantomime comic strip (i.e. told entirely without any text or dialogue) about an ordinary joe who finds and dons a royal crown and finds his life transformed. But is this a good thing or a bad thing? Read it and find out for yourself! Critic Justin Giampaoli of the Poopsheet Foundation says: “It’s sort of a Winsor McCay meets Archie Comics by way of Jordan Crane vibe, with an absolutely affable and inviting art style,” and critic Rob Clough likes it too. Read an excerpt here. Twenty four B&W pages w/ color covers, $3 + postage. Ages 10 and up. VERY FEW LEFT!
The story “Number One” by the lovely Joey Alison Sayers, best known for the hilarious, multiple Ignatz award-nominated comic strip “Thingpart,” and the acclaimed autobiographical comic book, Just So You Know;
Eric Orner, the creator of the classic comic strip “The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green” contributes 14 pages devoted to his “Weekends Abroad” in Tel Aviv; and
I present “Freedom Flight,” which offers a fresh glimpse of Drew, the embodiment of nerdy alterna-gay twenty-something white boy angst, in a prequel of sorts to Curbside Boys. Read an excerpt here.
NEW! A little 8 page comic book starring my adorable black lab dog Ginger in her true life adventures. See her catch a squirrel without even trying, run afoul of a skunk, enact a poem, and more! Also featuring a lovely Ginger portrait by esteemed alt-cartoonist MariNaomi, and a dog comics bibliography. B&W, with color covers. This book is all-ages and “pretty much indispensable for dog lovers,” according to this nice review by Kevin Bramer of Optical Sloth. $1.00 plus postage.
