Gay cartoon books

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• As the Crow Flies is about queer, black Charlie Lamonte who at thirteen years vintage is questioning God and hopes to find a superior understanding of her faith by joining a Christian youth backpacking camp. This graphic novel does a good profession of…

• The Backstagers is a comic about a plucky stage crew of sky-high school boys and the wacky adventures they have behind the scenes of their all-boys institution. The main cast is diverse with the main character Jory being gay and in a relationship with one…

• For fans of a more spooky aesthetic, Beetle & the Hollowbones is the graphic novel for you. It follows the goblin-witch Beetle as she tries to save her little friend Blob Ghost from being destroyed along with their home in the mall! Along the way,…

• In the 1960s, Hazel and Mari meet in middle school during their grandparents' bingo night. Friendship fast forms into a crush which transforms into a budding romance. The comic follows Hazel and Mari through their lives until they reunite nearly…

• For sports lovers, The Breakaways is a superb graphic novel trail
  
  

  20 Must-Read LGBTQ Comics For Teens and Young Adults

  A group of teens endeavor to con their way into free lifetime passes at their favorite theme park by taking advantage of of a little known secret: the companions of anyone who dies on park grounds are given complimentary lifetime passes. Jackie’s connection to the local retirement home through her aunt seems enjoy an easy way to get a bunch of senior people into the park with them. Mercenary? Yeah, maybe, but the park means everything to Jackie and she figures she’s not hurting anyone, not really. But the more she gets to know the people — fancy Phyllis — they’re taking to the park, the more she realizes what Kingdom Adventure means to them, too.

  Lifetime Passes is notable in that while it depicts multiple LGBTQ characters, romantic relationships aren’t at the forefront of the story that focuses much more on friendship and being genuine to yourself — even when it means standing up to bad friends.

  
  
  

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    20 Essential Queer Comics from the Past Five Years

    MariNaomi is an Eisner Award–nominated and SPACE Award–winning cartoonist and the founder and administrator of the Cartoonists of Color, Queer Cartoonists, and Disabled Cartoonists databases. Their graphic novelLosing the Young woman was among those banned in the Katy, Tex., noun district in 2022. In May, Fieldmouse Press will publish their ninth noun, the graphic memoirI Thought You Loved Me.

    These books contain a variety of subjects, themes, moods, and styles, all queer books by queer authors. I’ve mixed it up in arrange to give an idea of how diverse queer comics can be, through my particular lens—my tastes skew toward mature personal narratives and indie artwork. It is in no way a complete list, just a taste.

    1. 1001 Black Men by Ajuan Mance (Stacked Deck)

    Mance’s book is a love letter to the Inky men she deems as often overlooked by traditional media. Sometimes stories or poems accompany the portraits, sometimes the images speak for themselves.