Queer Press Grant For Comics
OK, before we get into the actual post, let’s plant some ideas in peoples heads: Queer Comic Book + XNA = Possibility of very cool game.
Moving on, Prism Comics is offereing a grant of $1000 to help encourage LGBT creators of comics to publish gay themed comics. Last year’s winner was Steve MacIsaac and you can purchase his comic Shiftlifter on his Web site.
See the full details regarding the grant after the jump, but the application deadline is October 1 and the winner will be announced on November 1. Grant submission information can be found here
Atlanta, GA—Prism Comics is proud to announce the second annual Queer Press Grant. The grant, in the amount of $1,000 this year, was established to help and encourage LGBT creators to self-publish LGBT themed comics. The winner of last year’s award, Steve MacIsaac, used the grant to self-publish Shiftlifter, which debuted at the 2006 Alternative Press Expo in San Francisco and is for sale at his Web site.
“Prism Comics is thrilled to be able to offer the Queer Press Grant for a second year,” said Prism Comics Public Relations Chair David Stanley. “We were amazed last year at the high level of talent who submitted work and we’re very proud that we were able to help the winner, Steve MacIsaac, publish his work.”
The application deadline for the Prism Comics Queer Press Grant is October 1 and the winner will be announced November 1.
Go to here for the submission guidelines.
Prism Comics is a 501© 3 nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting the work of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) creators in the comics industry, as well as LGBT themes in comics in general. Incorporated in 2003, Prism Comics publishes the annual resource guide, Prism Comics: Your LGBT Guide to Comics. Please go to Prism Comics for more information or contact David Stanley, PR Chair for Prism Comics, at david@prismcomics.org.
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Posted to Video Games on 31 August 2006
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Name: Dave
Once again, does ANYONE know the comic that the character in black in white featured in the picture from this article is from?
Yeah, I’d like to know too…he’s cute (for a cartoon).
The answer: http://gaygamer.net/index.php?id=839