Drawn Out: A Queer Comics Celebration

The writers and artists will each read from their work, followed by a conversation, audience Q&A, and book signing and reception.

Morgan Boecher is a comics writer and artist dedicated to telling trans stories with humor and heart. Their first book What’s Normal Anyway? started as a webcomic and has now been translated and sold to educators and readers internationally. As a speaker and performer on queer topics, Morgan has appeared at places such as NYComicCon, FlameCon, Columbia University, University of Florida, and the LGBT Center in Manhattan. They live in Brooklyn, New York.

Jennifer Camper is a cartoonist and graphic artist living in New York City. Her art examines life from a perspective that is irreverent, female, queer, and mongrel (Lebanese American). Her work often explores gender, race, class, and politics, as well as sexuality, mermaids, and robots. She’s also a cartoon editor, a teacher, and the creator of the biennial Queers & Comics Conference. Her books include Rude Girls and Dangerous Women, a collection of her cartoons, and subGURLZ, a graphic novella following the adventures of three women living in abandoned subway tunnels. She also edited two Juicy Mother comics anthologies. Her cartoons and illustrations have appeared in numerous publications, and have been exhibited internationally.

Katie Fricas is a cartoonist and editor in New York City. Her comics have been in the New York Times Book Review, Los Angeles Review of Books, The Guardian, and The New Yorker, as well as various anthologies. Checked Out is her first book.

JD Glass is a first-generation Latina author, an artist, a musician, and a recipient of the Stonewall Honor from the American Library Association as well as a Lambda Literary Award. JD lives on Staten Island in New York City with their partner, Kris Dresen and their two dogs.

Kris Dresen is an accomplished comics artist who has been recognized with Eisner and Ignatz Award nominations, and a Xeric Grant for her emotionally rich, evocative, and visceral work. Kris’s work has been included in the Lambda Literary Award-winning anthology No Straight Lines: Four Decades of Queer Comics. And she also works as a book designer and an art director.

Bishakh Som, who grew up in New York City, but whose parents were originally from India, received a master’s degree in architecture from Harvard University and worked for many years in that field, most notably at I.M. Pei’s New York office. She lives in Brooklyn, New York. Bishakh’s work has appeared in The New Yorker, The Boston Review, Buzzfeed, and The Huffington Post.