{"id":28790,"date":"2024-06-07T07:58:05","date_gmt":"2024-06-07T14:58:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/?post_type=blog&p=28790"},"modified":"2024-06-10T15:03:30","modified_gmt":"2024-06-10T22:03:30","slug":"pride-in-our-art-10-queer-comic-artists-rise-up-other-lgbtq-cartoonists","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/blog\/pride-in-our-art-10-queer-comic-artists-rise-up-other-lgbtq-cartoonists\/","title":{"rendered":"Pride in Our Art: 10 Queer Comic Artists Rise Up Other LGBTQ+ Cartoonists"},"content":{"rendered":"

In honor of our <\/span>Independent Lens <\/span><\/i>documentary <\/span>No Straight Lines<\/i><\/b><\/a>, the colorful story of groundbreaking queer comic book artists who went from underground comics to mainstream acceptance, we reached out to some of the acclaimed cartoonists featured in the film to have them pick some favorite LGBTQ+ artists they want to “rise up” for Pride Month (and, let’s be real, for any month of the year).\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

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Maia Kobabe \u2192 Christine Suggs<\/span><\/h3>\n

Maia Kobabe<\/b><\/a>, <\/b>Stonewall Books Award and Alex Award-winning author of <\/span>Gender Queer: A Memoir<\/i><\/b>.<\/span>“Nonbinary cartoonist Christine Suggs<\/b><\/a>‘ debut memoir, \u00a1Ay, Mija!: My Bilingual Summer in Mexico<\/i>, is a complete delight. The themes of language, translation, family, queerness, fatness, and being biracial are beautifully woven together into a rich and authentic whole. Nothing is overstated, simply presented as lived, and illustrated in a lovely palette of warm browns, bright golds, and soothing blues. Keep an eye on Christine, they have more exciting work coming soon!”\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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