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Awards and noms

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Transgender representation in media comic

Exciting news! That comic I did for Fusion last year, “How I told My Grandma I’m Transgender,” has won the National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association Award for Excellence in Transgender Coverage!

HOW. COOL. IS. THAT.

(Answer: it’s pretty darn cool.)

If you’d like to have a copy of this comic in print format, remember you can buy the minicomic version from my Gumroad store.

So, like, I’ve been in a few award-winning anthologies, but this is my first solo award for my comics work. So I am, as of now, officially an Award Winning Cartoonist™.

SPEAKING OF AWARD-WINNING ANTHOLOGIES. Ahem.

Beyond Anthology queer science fiction and fantasy comics

The Beyond Anthology, which has already won a Lambda Literary Award and been named to the Tiptree Honor List, is now nominated for an Ignatz Award for Outstanding Anthology or Collection.

So! Even more coolness.

I do indeed have plans to be at SPX with Northwest Press (table D2). So if you’re going to be there, come to the booth for some queer comics goodness, and vote Beyond Anthology for Outstanding Anthology or Collection!

Cheers,

Dylan

FlameCon this weekend, Valley of the Silk Sky progress report

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FlameCon 2 queer comics convention

This very weekend, August 20-21, you can find me at FlameCon in Brooklyn, NY! I’m super excited about this queer comics convention. If you, also, are excited about queer comics and are in NY, come to the thing.

I’ll be at table 17 with Eric Arroyo and Kou Chen, and will also be participating in the Queercopia Readings at noon on Sunday. EXCITE.

As far as the status of Valley of the Silk Sky is concerned: I’ve been busy thumbnailing the next several chapters (turns out chapters 8 and 9 had to swap places for timeline reasons), and hope to wrap that up before I head to NYC.

Then it will be on to penciling chapter 7. I do still have various other paying projects competing for my time, so I can’t say when exactly you’ll start seeing pages again. Pledgers to my Patreon are currently seeing my VotSS story from the Beyond Anthology, and are getting some behind-the-scenes deets as well as additional world-building nuggets.

So, like, if you want in on that, go drop a dollar (or more!) per month and it shall be yours. The more people pledge, the more I can focus on VotSS, and the less I have to take on other paying work in order to “eat” “food” and “pay” “bills.”

Cheers,

Dylan

SDCC approacheth

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Queer Comics by Dylan Edwards

San Diego Comic Con (or Comic Con International, if you prefer) is next week! Am I ready? Is anyone ready?

As per previous years, you can find me and my books at the Northwest Press section of the PRISM Comics booth #2144.

I’m also on two panels this year:

Queer Representation in All-Ages and Youth Media
Friday, July 22 at 10:00 AM in Room 4

Gays (And More) in Comics (And More)
Saturday, July 23 at 6:00 PM in Room 29AB

If you have the Comic Con app you can use those links to bookmark the panels in your schedule. I’m moderating the Queer Rep in Youth Media panel, so come to the thing to hear me ask HARD HITTING questions about LIBRARIES.

As for Other Things: I’ve been busily thumbnailing the comics project that is currently keeping me from working on Valley of the Silk Sky, so that one’s proceeding apace. Also been working on character designs for another anthology piece.

If you’re looking for stuff to read in the meantime, you can always hit up my Patreon. For the next few months I’ll be serializing my Valley of the Silk Sky story from Beyond, and including world-building commentary. A mere one dollar a month grants you admission, and your financial support allows me to continue focusing on comics.

Cheers,

Dylan

Valley of the Silk Sky chapter 6 is complete!

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Queer YA sci-fi webcomic Valley of the Silk Sky

Page 63 is up, and that’s a wrap on chapter 6! Read the SHOCKING CONCLUSION here:

If you want to read the whole thing from the start, or to pick a specific chapter head, might I recommend this link: Start Here: Table of Contents

So, what next, you ask.

Right now I’m in the midst of working on a different comics project, and it’s going to keep me busy through most of the rest of the summer. That means I don’t expect to be able to start running chapter 7 until the fall.

If you don’t feel like waiting that long to see what I’ve been working on, a mere one dollar a month over at my Patreon will get you access to my work-in-progress blog. Your dollars are immensely helpful in making it possible for me to keep doing this comics thing.

I’ll be at San Diego Comic Con in July once again. Got a couple of panels lined up, but they have not been officially announced yet, so I am not supposed to tell you when just yet. BUT! Stay tuned for further news.

Cheers,

Dylan

Valley of the Silk Sky page 62, and Denver Zine Fest

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lgbtqia sci-fi webcomic Valley of the Silk Sky

New page of VotSS is up, and it may contain SHOREFADOWING. It may be read at any of these fine locations:

If you came to Denver Comic Con or Denver Pride this past weekend and stopped by either booth I was at, thank you! I’m not sure I’m gonna double-book like that again, at least not when it’s 100 degrees out. But it was good to talk to the folks who came buy, and both shows went well!

Next up is Denver Zine Fest, which is this Saturday, June 25. Click through that link for hours and location. It’s FREE admission, so you have none excuse. ZERO OF EXCUSES.

Also! I will reveal more about this later on, but I just signed a contract to work on a short autobio comic. This is going to mean a delay in running Chapter 7 of Valley of the Silk Sky, but it’ll be worth it, I promise.

Cheers,

Dylan

Valley of the Silk Sky page 61, Denver Comic Con, and Denver Pride

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Valley of the Silk Sky queer sci-fi webcomic

VotSS page 61 is up, and it features SARDONIC HAIR FLIPS OF DOOM. Read here:

Just in case you’re curious: while Chadsen is not biologically related to Beneke and Amihan, xe was fostered by them as a teen, so there’s more than a little parent/child dynamic to their relationship.

Oh, also I was interviewed for Asexual Artists. Read my ramblings here.

So anyway! I’m doing TWO shows this weekend, on account of I am bananas.

I’ll be at Denver Comic Con this weekend (June 17-19, 2016) AND Denver Pride (June 18-19).

My current plan is to be at Pride in the mornings (before the weather gets too gross, ha ha), and to retreat to the air conditioned Colorado Convention Center for the afternoons.

At DCC you can find me at the Northwest Press booth AA25.

At Pride I’ll be with the Out in Colorado booth J25-26.

SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES TO BUY QUEER COMICS.

Cheers,

Dylan

Valley of the Silk Sky page 60, CAKE, and Beyond!

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Valley of the Silk Sky queer ya sci-fi comic

First up, if you’re a giant nerd and want to read all about my linguistic choices for Valley of the Silk Sky, I answered an ask on Tumblr about that very subject.

Valley of the Silk Sky page 60 is up, and it features THRILLING DISCUSSIONS of GRANT MONEY ALLOCATION. Witness the shocking revelations here:

Speaking of shocking revelations that are VoSS-related, the Beyond Anthology won the Lambda Literary Award for Best Fiction Anthology! Full list of winners is here. This comes shortly after Beyond was placed on the James Tiptree, Jr. Literary Award Honor List, so it’s been a good couple weeks for queer SFF comics!

Should you be thinking to yourself, gosh, I sure would like to BUY some queer comics, WELL. I just updated my publications list with hot, fresh links for where to purchase said titles.

Also, speaking of buying books (I’m all about the segues today). I will not be at CAKE myself, but you can find a selection of my comics at Table 6 with Ed Luce/Wuvable Oaf. So if you’re in Chicago and want some queer comics, head on over there.

Cheers,

Dylan

Valley of the Silk Sky page 59

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Page 59 of Valley of the Silk Sky is up, and it contains SARCASM. Witness the atrocity here:

If you read my story in the Beyond Anthology, you will no doubt recognize Beneke and Amihan and their Lab of Much Science.

WisCon went really, really well! I’m super happy about it and will definitely be making plans to attend next year.

Next up is Denver Comic Con and Denver Pride (both the same weekend! Ha ha!), and then Denver Zine Fest the weekend after that. You can find all the details on my Appearances page, but I’ll give some further particulars as the dates approach.

But yes, I’m splitting my time between Denver Comic Con and Denver Pride. Not sure yet which specific hours and days I’ll be where, but once it’s sorted I’ll post about it.

ANYHOW.

Until next week,

Dylan

Valley of the Silk Sky page 58, and WisCon

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Valley of the Silk Sky queer YA sci-fi comic

Valley of the Silk Sky page 58 is up, and it’s got you covered for weird plants and weird architecture. Observe:

I’m experimenting with a new way of saving large image files, so this page SHOULD load much faster than previous pages. The question now is whether I go back and re-save and re-upload ALLLLLL previous 57 pages. Hah. Heh. Oh my.

But it ain’t gonna happen this week because WisCon!

Yes, indeed, I am vending and paneling in Madison, WI this long weekend, Friday through Monday. I believe this is my first midwest show, as it happens. So yeah, if you’re in the area you should swing by. I will have loads of queer comics to sell you, and a selection of Feeping Creatures itemries for your monster purchasing needs.

My panels are as follows:

Friday, May 27
9:00 PM – 10:15 PM
“Women and Trans/Non-binary people” : The Pitfalls of Haphazard Gender Inclusion

Saturday, May 28
1:00 PM – 2:15 PM
Trans Narratives: Pitiful and/or Powerful? [moderator]

Saturday, May 28
4:00 PM – 5:15 PM
Diverse Creators, Not Just Diverse Products

Sunday, May 29
1:00 PM – 2:15 PM
Not Another Trans Panel

Sunday, May 29
4:00 PM – 5:15 PM
Asexual Lives

Hope to see you there!

Cheers,

Dylan

Valley of the Silk Sky page 57

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Valley of the Silk Sky queer YA sci-fi comic

Here I am, dragging my con-crud riddled body out of bed to update my webcomic. Read it here:

If you’re burning to know why Chadsen refers to Bors as “Skunk,” or why the customs officer has pierced ears but no earrings, these nerdy details and others like them are a bonus feature of my Patreon updates. A mere one dollar a month grants you access!

Thank you to everyone who dropped by the table at TCAF, or who came to the Queer Sci-Fi and Fantasy panel! If you were pondering picking up a print copy of Valley of the Silk Sky Part One but didn’t do it, Glad Day Bookshop may have it in stock. Go pester ’em for it!

Otherwise, you can snag it at this here link:

Valley of the Silk Sky Part One PRINT BOOK

Next up: WisCon! Further details on that next week.

Cheers,

Dylan

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