Time has really flown by... I can't believe I will be posting my 105th comic strip this Friday!
For those new to FAT fridaze it is a weekly comic strip series (my very first) about 2 gay best friends (also my first comic with a gay protagonist) Adrian & Phoenix started back in 2010. I had always wanted to work on a series with gay characters that I could relate to, characters that don't really fit into the mainstream idea of "GAY"...
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| Adrian Yamazaki, Mothy & Mews |
I'm excited to finally work on a few ideas and stories I've had for a while and didn't realize I could tell with these characters... I honestly don't know how FF3 will end but I have a few ideas...
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| Julian Grady |
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| Phoenix Wight |
I got to attend
Bent Con this past weekend (GAY NERDS UNITE!!) It was great to be around other gay nerds and see their work... I was really excited to see the panel for
Husbands and meet the amazingly talented & funny Jane Espinson, Brad Bell, Sean Hemeon, Drew Z. Greenberg, & Eli Gonda. (of course I immediately got awkward and didn't know what to say to any of them...) but still glad I got to be there.
Unfortunately most of the comics and art I saw could be classified as stereotypical gay porn... bulging muscles, giant veiny cocks... (perpetuating crazy unrealistic standards for younger gay guys and contributing to the over sexualization and further objectification of gay men) one of the other reasons I made FF is because I wanted there to be something out there that wasn't porn. Something that showed a gay guy behind the scenes... at home, with friends... I really wanted to show intimacy as opposed to penetration. I feel like one of the reasons gay media isn't taken seriously is because it tends to rely too much on sex and nudity and comes across as low budget soft core... with
Husbands and other amazing new gay web series I feel like soon there will be more money for gay media all around...
FAT fridaze year 3 premieres this Friday (11-15-13)
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52 all new and original comic strips picking up where FF2 left off...
