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The Godzilla Valentine’s Day Comic Book Special Is a Sweet Sapphic Story of Love and Compromise

Written by trans lesbian comic book writer Zoe Tunnell, the Godzilla Valentine’s Day Special tells the story of Piper, a queer woman who decides to become a kaiju researcher after…

Latonya Pennington —

Feb 14, 2024

interview

Lumberjanes

geekery

Lumberjanes Launches TODAY! Grace Ellis and Shannon Watters Are Spilling Their Guts

I figuratively locked Grace Ellis and Shannon Watters in a dark room and made them talk a little bit about their creative process in celebration of today’s AMAZING launch. Also:…

A.E. Osworth —

Apr 8, 2014

regular

Saturday Morning Cartoons

webcomics

Saturday Morning Cartoons: Pittsburgh

Welcome to Saturday Morning Cartoons! Today Megan tells us a little about her hometown, Pittsburgh.

Megan Praz —

Mar 1, 2014

Grease Bats by Archie Bongiovanni

regular

webcomics

Saturday Morning Cartoons: Love Letters

In which Andy finds the deep dark secret under Scout’s bed.

Archie —

Feb 22, 2014

children's books

Daily Fix

geekery

Archie Comics Gets Its First Gay Kiss, Takes On One Million Moms

Which isn’t a big deal, but also totally is.

Kristen —

Aug 10, 2013

comics/graphic novels

read a f-cking book

geekery

Looking for a Sci Fi, Fantasy, Inter-Dimensional Queer Comic? “Decrypting Rita” is Your Answer

Even though we’re dealing with robots, dragons and multiple dimensions, Decrypting Rita is fundamentally about queer nerds.

Mey —

Aug 6, 2013

erika moen

greatest hits

geekery

Seven Queer Webcomics That Are Not DAR

Since DAR, I’ve been trying to find an equally good queer comic to read, and I think I’ve found a few that come close.

Hansen —

Jul 13, 2013

Daily Fix

Nerd Culture

geekery

New X-Men Relaunch Will Feature an All Women Team, Albeit Still Drawn By Men

Jubilee is heading up a female superhero team. Yay!

Hansen —

Jan 18, 2013

start reading comics

geekery

Set Your Phasers To Awesome: Autostraddle’s At Comic Con

I was there for you and I wanted to buy everything.

Ash —

Jul 12, 2012

interview

Nerd Culture

geekery

Kate Leth Draws Comics, Knows What We Want: The Autostraddle Interview

Queer comic artist Kate Leth (of Kate or Die! fame) talks about drawing, women, drawing women, and why filthy comics are the most fun. Also, she made a sexy drawing…

Intern Grace —

Mar 6, 2012

Nerd Culture

queer visibility

geekery

Art Attack! An Introductory Guide to Comics for Ladygays

The comics industry is a big, crazy, complicated, ever-changing world with a lot of history — and some of that history is about queer characters.

Ash —

Feb 25, 2012

Daily Fix

Nerd Culture

geekery

Let’s Talk About Lesbian Batwoman Some More

Earlier this week we published one opinion on DC Comics’ lesbian Batwoman reboot; now here’s a different perspective!

Laura L —

Jul 21, 2011