Be Gay, Do Comics

Paperback, 256 pages

Published Aug. 11, 2020 by IDW Publishing.

ISBN:
978-1-68405-777-1
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OCLC Number:
1144114306

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The dream of a queer separatist town. The life of a gay Jewish Nazi-fighter. A gender reveal party that tears apart reality. These are the just some of the comics you’ll find in this massive queer comics anthology from The Nib.

Be Gay, Do Comics is filled with dozens of comics about LGBTQIA experiences, ranging from personal stories to queer history to cutting satire about pronoun panic and brands desperate to co-opt pride.

Brimming with resilience, inspiration, and humor, an incredible lineup of top indie cartoonists takes you from the American Revolution through Stonewall to today’s fights for equality and representation.

Featuring more than 30 cartoonists including Hazel Newlevant, Joey Alison Sayers, Maia Kobabe, Matt Lubchansky, Breena Nuñez, Sasha Velour, Shing Yin Khor, Levi Hastings, Mady G, Bianca Xunise, Kazimir Lee, and many, many more!

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For some reason, the first time I heard about this anthology I assumed it would be a collection of fiction—short stories in comic form. Instead, it's a collection of snippets from queer history across cultures and snapshots of personal queer experiences. It was great to sample so many art styles under one cover. 

A lot of the historical/cultural pieces were educational for me. I knew about most of those things in broad strokes, but the authors delved into a lot of interesting details. The more "diary" style comics were often super relatable, especially the ones trying to make sense of gender and the ones focused on the ace experience.

While pretty much all of the art was pleasant to look at and made me want to look up more comic books by all these artists, about 20-25% were hard to read. Not because anything was wrong with the prose, but …

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