Comics

I'm going to sort of sidetrack very briefly back to the previous mission of the blog, just because this is time-sensitive and I refuse to not post things that are interesting and vaguely relevant just because I feel a little weird about it. Hey, it's still about art.
I read a lot of awesome comics with queer characters, which I will list for you at the bottom, but I want to focus on just one.
Shades of A by Tab Kimpton began as a parody of 50 Shades of Grey, and there are amusing newsposts explaining many of the parallels and the 'fixing' of the original story, but you by no means have to have read FSOG to understand and appreciate Shades of A. Our main character is asexual Muslim Anwar, who gets dragged onto the kink scene by best friend genderqueer JD, where he meets transvestite Chris and sparks fly. You should read the comic because it's snarky and has excellent dialogue, but you get the side benefit of supporting a comic that promotes visibility of some of the less common sides of 'queer'.
But! Shades of A has finished its current arc, and Tab is thinking about discontinuing and working on a new project. Thus, he has created a Kickstarter. For those of you unfamiliar with the concept, a Kickstarter allows people worldwide to pledge money toward a goal--your card will only be charged if the goal is met. You get awesome stuff depending on how much you pledge. At first glance, we appear to have already hit the goal, but Tab's done something a little different--the first goal is just cost money for the rewards, and we need to hit 6000 pounds to actually get updates for another year. There are only four days left to back, and you're already guaranteed the cool rewards, since we've hit the first goal. We need another 900 pounds to keep the comic going.
A couple of things you should be aware of before you start clicking things: The comic says 'not safe for work' but there is no explicit nudity. I'm not sure whether it's for implied nudity, swearing (didn't notice any, but it doesn't bother me, so it might not have jumped out), or just content matter like kink and polyamory.
Also, remember that pounds and dollars may be roughly equivalent on a very low scale, but the higher you pledge, the greater the difference will be between the number you type in the box and the number of dollars that is actually equivalent. For example, ten pounds is about seventeen dollars. 35 pounds, on the other hand, is around 60 dollars. I'm not trying to be condescending, but it took me a ridiculously long time to realize that all the numbers were written in pounds, and I nearly pledged $60 by accident.
So, I'm going to stop begging you for money on other peoples' behalf, and list you awesome queer comics! Unless otherwise noted, all of these link to the most recent page.
Khaos Komix is a finished story, also by Tab, about gay cis people, bi cis people, gay trans people, and bi trans people, and there's got to be a less confusing way to put that, but oh well. There's also this one straight guy. Trigger warnings for everything, but it's beautiful. It's basically playing on the fact that nobody has the whole story--each arc retells much of the same time frame, but you learn more each time and end up with more questions each time. Links to homepage.
Girls With Slingshots is a comic with three self-described lesbians, one self-described whateversexual, and one adorable asexual dating a woman. Also many cats, a drag queen, a talking cactus, and several straight people. It's mostly about people living in ruts and having a hard time getting out of them, but our lesbian couple just got married and it's great.
Go Get a Roomie is about hippie Roomie who is well-known for having sex with most interested women she meets, but is a little confounded when she meets Lillian, who is not only not interested, but seemingly completely oblivious to Roomie hitting on her. Add in twins who are a dom and a sub, an engaged opposite-sex couple having a threesome with the dude's boyfriend, and Lillian's engaging fables.
Menage a 3 and its spinoff, Sticky Dilly Buns, are set in Toronto, and there's so much gay going on they specify sexual orientations on the meet the characters page. Dillon is both fabulous and fabulously gay, and I love watching him. Zii is bi, but has commitment issues. We're not sure about Yuki, but her phobias make her a WSW. Senna is a transgender underwear model from Brazil who recently tried to get Gary, but failed--not so much because Gary had problems with her genitalia, which he doesn't, but because Gary is a total geek and would rather play video games with Senna's former assistant. Amber is a retired porn star who didn't really want her sister Ruby to show up on her door, but is trying to be a gracious host.
Questionable Content is about Marten and his adventures with the staff and patrons of the local coffee shop, Coffee of Doom. Faye is snarky and occasionally violent with people who are bothering her, but once you get behind her walls, you discover a woman who's just trying to get along in life despite the problems her dad left her. Dora is semi-Goth, insecure, and the owner of Coffee of Doom. Tai is Marten's boss, a perky little butch redhead with an extremely interesting dating life. The love rectangle between these four drives much of the romantic plot, but the story is also about Marten's band, everybody's little robots that cause So. Much. Trouble., and of course Marten's parents, who are, respectively, a gay man and a dominatrix.
Prince of Cats is about Lee and Frank, who are kind of in love but having trouble actually doing anything about it. Frank's younger brother, Sam, struggles with breasts and liking this girl Adi who may or may not know he's a boy. Oh, and Lee can talk to cats.
The Young Protectors is about a band of young superheroes, and how one of them, Kyle, ends up going out with the most notorious supervillain of all, The Annihilator. Shenanigans ensue. It's beautiful art, and the characters are very real. Links to first page.