Lured into the ocean by the hypnotic melodies of a mythical creature, 15-year-old Corinth finds herself swept away in the most unlikely friendship. Reimagining The Little Mermaid fairy tale with a properly terrifying sea creature and a relationship that goes far deeper than yearning from a distance, Jessi Sheron makes us a part of her…
Decoded Pride #3 Interview and Cover Reveal
What better way to celebrate Pride than with a story-a-day anthology of queer science fiction, fantasy, and horror created entirely by queer authors? Now in its third year, Decoded Pride brings together 31 queer and trans creators sharing one short story a day through the month of June. Subscriptions cost $14.99USD, giving access to the…
REVIEW: Get Lured into Horror with Benji Nate’s Hell Phone
There are a lot of reasons to be a Benji Nate fan. Her bright, candy-colored art and eye for fashion give her work a unique and appealing look that perfectly suits her beloved bimbo characters. Nate’s comics are often laugh-out-loud funny, walking the line between absurd and cuttingly relatable. Bunny, the protagonist of Girl Juice,…
INTERVIEW: Into the Immortal Storyverse with Rylend Grant on Fa Sheng: Origins
It’s the 19th century and China’s Boxer Uprising forces a young man named Fa Sheng to reevaluate his purpose. Turning attention to those in need and working to empower them to help themselves, he must face the corruption, cowardice, and ruthlessness of many adversaries. Written by Rylend Grant, with art by Dexter Wee, colors by…
REVIEW: Exploring Life’s Cycles of Activity and Rest with the Seed and Sickle Oracle
Fez Inkwright, in addition to being Liminal 11’s head designer, was already my favorite author from the Liminal 11 catalog—her twin books Folk Magic and Healing and Botanical Curses and Poisons were both favorites of mine, showcasing both her exquisite botanical drawings and her deep knowledge of plant folklore. So naturally I was anxiously anticipating…
INTERVIEW: Otava Heikkilä Breaks The Silence on Letters for Lucardo: The Silent Lord
Otava Heikkilä’s Letters for Lucardo is a delightful queer erotic horror comic that’s been crowdfunding volumes since 2016. It’s a must-read for fans of vampire fiction as a whole, and especially fans of the queer subtext found in stories like Interview With The Vampire; if you liked that film, imagine a comic where the queerness is much…
INTERVIEW: BHP Comics’ Gary Chudleigh and Sha Nazir on Their Bold New Universe
Glasgow, Scotland-based indie publishing house BHP Comics is boldly stepping into a new universe of exciting new one-shot comics, crowdfunding now on Kickstarter. With each book promising its own jam-packed adventures with exciting and unique characters — including Britain’s first south-Asian superhero — the Bold Universe Collection then combines to tell a bigger story within a…
REVIEW: Arrive In My Hands: Queer Erotic Comics is Poetic Magic
In recent years, indie comic readers have been gifted with more and more works, from short autobiographical comics to webcomics and zines to anthologies with the erotic in mind. More comics and comic-related reading material crowdfunded, printed out for conventions, and uploaded online exploring not just queer identities but queer desire and queer liberation. This…
REVIEW: Pixels of You Snaps an AI Romance in High Contrast
Pixels of You is a slow-burn, rivals-to-lovers human/AI romance. It’s also a nuanced narrative speculation on how near-future AI will shape human culture and be shaped in turn. This sleek and stylish graphic novel is a collaboration between a superstar indie creative team — writers Yuko Ota and Ananth Hirsh (Barbarous, Lucky Penny, and Johnny…
REVIEW: Sports is Hell is a Familiar, Twisted Odyssey
In Ben Passmore’s one-shot comic Sports is Hell, a Super Bowl celebration becomes a pretext for a riot in this biting satire. Follow Ash as she and a ragtag group seek safety from the ensuing chaos and violence.
INTERVIEW: Alek Shrader and the The Arizona Opera Bring Carmen to a New Stage
Carmen is an auspicious name. Not just because it’s my mother’s name, but because it’s the title of one of the greatest operas of all time. Filled with drama and passion, it is the story of the downfall of Don José. He is a naïve young soldier in the 1830s who abandons his childhood sweetheart…
REVIEW: Comrade Himbo Embraces the Softer Side of Anti-capitalist Masculinity
The himbo, he who is “thicc of thigh and even thiccer of heart,” has enjoyed something of a cultural moment in recent years. Attention has shifted away from snarky genius characters like Tony Stark and Sherlock Holmes and gravitated toward an interest in the types of gentle portrayals of masculinity personified by Chris Hemsworth in…