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I am beyond delighted to share my queer-noir graphic novel, Ballyhoo: Book One. Ballyhoo will be released on February 8th, 2024. You can now pre-order it on my website.
Ballyhoo is the result of over two years of work and one year of inking like crazy. It is the first third of a story I am so excited to get into the world. It has queer bars, it has theater gays, and it even has a dramatic circus backstory. This 140~ish page volume is the first three chapters of the comic, all offset printed by yours truly. Summary and sample pages below the cut.
Summary:
While traveling to a new city to see the opening of her new play, The Bally Girl, writer Oretta Adams stumbles back into communication with two old friends. Marjorie Miller, previously an unruly and gay circus performer, has now settled into her role as a classic mid-century American housewife, much to Oretta’s surprise. Evelyn Gold, on the other hand, has transformed her entertainment skills from the trio’s carnie days into a successful career in Portapolis’ lesbian bar scene. Evelyn and Marjorie, once lovers, no longer have contact with each other. Oretta finds herself tiptoeing across the city, trying to keep Marjorie and Evelyn apart while hiding her own secrets about what really brought her to Portapolis in the first place.
Everything is bound to come out, especially when opening night of The Bally Girl gets closer everyday. Good intentions, unfortunately, can only go so far.
Sample pages:
If you're interested in reading, please consider pre-ordering! It really helps a small, self-published artist like myself out. Because all books are handmade by myself, there are a limited number of available copies. Reblogs and sharing is also highly appreciated.
We're so excited to be vending at this week's Queer Maker's Market at Books With Pictures in Portland! Stickers, zines, art prints, and more will be available at our booth.
Just like at Salem Pride, we'll be accepting trading and bartering as well. :)
IMAGE ID: A autumnal themed graphic that reads "PDX Queer Meetup Presents: Queer Maker's Maket. September 13th, 2pm-7pm. Hosted at Books With Pictures, 1401 SE Division"
Beau and Archie go way back--and not all the memories are good. Ten years ago, Archie broke Beau's heart. Is Beau looking for revenge or does he really think Archie capable of murdering his eccentric former guardian?
Starting Saturday, July 1st, several of my e-books will be free on Smashwords until the end of the month. The link will take you to my profile page, then scroll down to see which ones are available.
"50 Years of Dave Brandstetter: Fadeout, Death Claims, Troublemaker," by Joseph Hansen
In an auspicious event for mystery readers, Syndicate is reprinting all 12 of Joseph Hansen's pioneering Dave Brandstetter novels over 12 months. "Fadeout," the first in the series featuring the comfortably gay World War II vet and L.A. insurance investigator, was published in 1970.
As Michael Nava points out in his insightful new introduction, that's when gay sex was a criminal act in 49 of the 50 states. Through grit and sheer talent, Hansen found a wide audience. Nava writes, "It is his art, ultimately, and not simply his subject matter, that makes Joseph Hansen one of the great masters of California noir."
Crime fiction fans who don't know Hansen's work are in for a treat."
Benoit Blanc & Sherlock Holmes both prove that the best detectives aren’t actual trained detectives but nosy gay men who drink their respect women juice and hate the rich.
Thank the lord that Benoit Blanc is a detective with compassion and kindness and cares while also being a genius detective because the two don’t need to be exclusive
New cover. Now available in ebook and soon the be available in paperback.
Daniel is a mystery writer who wants to get back together with his ex, Tad. Only Tad wants a favor, first, and it involves an upstate cabin, a freezing snowstorm, political bribery, threats, danger, murder, romance ... and arguments with his fictional detective, Ace, leading him to fear he's lost his mind and become just another character in one of his mysteries.
We don’t talk about the “I mean, the last few years not really” sentence enough
Crowley is fully aware they’ve been living comfortably as an “us” since they stopped Armageddon and I honestly think it makes this so much more painful for him
Imagine pining after someone for 6000 years, finally being able to live how you’ve always wanted with that someone for a few years which is absolutely exhilarating because you’ve been waiting so long
Just to have him ripped away from you when you barely had any time to just love eachother