David Kelly (comic artist) explained
David Kelly (born December 17, 1965)[1] is an American cartoonist and comics creator. He is best known for his strip, Steven’s Comics, which ran in LGBT and alternative newspapers and zines from 1994 to 1998.[2] His strip has won the Xeric award[3] and he has worked alongside critically acclaimed cartoonist Robert Kirby. He and Kirby co-edited the gay comics zine series Boy Trouble.
Steven’s Comics
Steven's Comics is set in the 1970s and tells the story of a young gay boy named Steven who draws comics about a super-heroine named Starwoman.
All of Steven’s Comics has been compiled into an anthology graphic novel titled Rainy Day Recess: The Complete Steven's Comics, published by Northwest Press, with foreword by Dan Savage and some exclusive material made specifically for the volume.[4] Before that, there were several other compilation volumes. The original Xeric award-winning compilation was Steven’s Comics: We Are Family. The others are Steven's Comics: Premiere Edition!, Steven's Comics: Starwoman Comics, and Steven's Comics: New Best Friend.[5]
Publications
Anthologies
- The Book of Boy Trouble: Gay Boy Comics with a New Attitude
- Rainy Day Recess: The Complete Steven's Comics
Contributions
- Seattle Arts, A Publication of the Seattle Arts Commission June 1991, 'The Bus Ride'.
- Boy Trouble #2, 3, 4, 5
- Gay Comics #23, 25
- Juicy Mother 2: How They Met, edited by Jennifer Camper, Manic D Press, 2007
- Young Bottoms In Love, edited by Tim Fish, Poison Press, 2007
- No Straight Lines: Four Decades of Queer Comics, edited by Justin Hall, Fantagraphics, 2012
- QU33R[6]
- The Stranger
- Three #2
- Unsafe for All Ages 2[7]
References
- Web site: David Kelly. lambiek.net. en. 2019-11-26.
- Web site: David Kelly Digital Comics - Comics by comiXology. https://web.archive.org/web/20210105003106/https://www.comixology.com/David-Kelly/comics-creator/10684. dead. January 5, 2021. www.comixology.com. 2019-11-26.
- Web site: Xeric Foundation Comic Book Self-Publishing Grants for 1995. xericfoundation.org. 2019-11-26. 2018-07-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20180726060343/http://www.xericfoundation.org/comicbooks/1995.html. dead.
- Web site: Rainy Day Recess: The Complete Steven's Comics – Northwest Press. 19 March 2011 . en-US. 2019-11-26.
- Web site: David Kelly - Comic Book DB. comicbookdb.com. 2019-11-26. 2015-11-11. https://web.archive.org/web/20151111001055/http://www.comicbookdb.com/creator.php?ID=16620. dead.
- Web site: QU33R – Northwest Press. 21 November 2013 . en-US. 2019-11-26.
- Web site: Unsafe for All Ages 2 – Northwest Press. en-US. 2019-11-26. 2020-05-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20200513082529/https://northwestpress.com/shop/unsafe-for-all-ages-2/. dead.
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