An international and intersectional introduction mapping the history, impact, key critical issues and seminal texts of the genre, Queer Comics looks at queer creators and queer content in graphic narratives beyond . Not advocating for a canon but instead offering new avenues for exploration beyond what has thus far been very US-focused, this book surveys the queer experience, looks at the genre as a queering of an already queer medium and dives into how it can speak to all communities.Accessible and inclusive in the easy-to-navigate structure of the Bloomsbury Comics Studies series, the book covers: - A broader cultural landscape beyond American underground comix including manga, pornography, Tijuana Bibles, contemporary webcomics, zines, children's and YA comics and adult graphic memoirs.- key texts by creators such as Alison Bechdel, Howard Cruise, Yamaji Ebine, Crystal Frasier, Megan Rose Gedris, Kay O'Neill, Jem Yoshioka and Tab Kimpton among many others- Themes from censorship, stereotypes and queer coding to explicit material and reclaiming the queer monster- Critical ideas linked to the genre, including visibility and erasure, binaries, self and mainstream publishing. Taking a lead from queer and comics studies, the book also features a glossary of crucial terms and resources for further reading.
