Jon Macy
Jon Macy (b. September 11, 1964[citation needed]) is a gay American comics writer and artist. He began his career in 1990 with the series Tropo.[citation needed] Since then, he has contributed to various LGBT comics anthologies and gay pornographic magazines, but he is best known for his graphic novel Teleny and Camille, which won a 2010 Lambda Literary Award.[citation needed]
Macy's first series Tropo was part of the early 1990s black and white alternative comics boom. It was followed by the erotic horror series Nefarismo.[citation needed] These stories contained dark and surreal motifs, mixing eroticism with hallucination and death, which remain a signature within nearly all Macy's personal works.
Throughout the 1990s, Macy contributed to queer comics anthologies, like Meatmen and Gay Comics, and gay skin magazines, like Steam by Scott O'Hara, Bunkhouse and International Leatherman.[citation needed] His work on Meatmen included a short story entitled "Tail".[citation needed] Gilad Padva argues in his academic paper "Dreamboys, Meatmen and Werewolves: Visualizing Erotic Identities in All-male Comic Strips" (2005) that Macy's "Tail" eroticizes and politicizes Sigmund Freud’s homophobic myth of the Wolf Man.[1]
After a hiatus of eight years, during which time he worked on his graphic novel Teleny and Camille, Macy began publishing again with an autobiographical story, "Crazy in Bed", published in Robert Kirby's anthology The Book of Boy Trouble, Vol. 2.[citation needed] He has since collaborated with various established and independent gay cartoonists, including Sina Evil and Justin Hall.[citation needed]
In 2010, Macy's Teleny and Camille was published by Northwest Press, a graphic adaptation of the classic anonymous erotic novel Teleny attributed to Oscar Wilde and multiple anonymous writers. Teleny and Camille then was awarded the 2010 Lambda Literary Award for Gay Erotica.[2] An excerpt was also featured in Teleny Revisited, a special issue of The Oscholars,[3] and it was the only official academic evaluation of the source novel Teleny.
Macy's most recent work is the self-published comic book series Fearful Hunter (2010–2012), written as an act of protest against California's Proposition 8.[citation needed] Fearful Hunter won the Prism Comics Queer Press Grant in 2010.[citation needed]
Bibliography
- Tropo #1-8 (1991–1993, Blackbird Comics)
- Nefarismo #1-8 (1994–1995, Eros Comix)
- Meatmen #16-21 (1994–1998, Leyland Publications)
- Gay Comics #23 and 25 "Personal ADventuring" and "Secret Self" (Bob Ross)
- Wilde Magazine #1-3 "Garth" (1995 PDA Press)
- Steam Vol.1 Issue3-Vol. 3, issue 4 "Hot Water" (1994–1996, PDA Press)
- Negative Burn #43 "Snow Cone", writer Aldyth Beltane (1997, Caliber Comics)
- Titanium Lover webcomic (1997, Titan Media)
- Fallen Angel DVD, interstice illustrations (1997, Titan Media)
- Bunkhouse # 17-29 "Tailblazer" (1997–2000, Brushcreek Media)
- International Leatherman #25-30 "Midnight Sons" (1999–2000, Brushcreek Media)
- Book of Boy Trouble Vol. 2 "Crazy in Bed" (2008, Green Candy Press)
- Glamazonia "Rentboy Year One", writer Justin Hall (2010, Northwest Press) ISBN 978-0984594016
- Teleny and Camille (2010, Northwest Press) ISBN 978-0-9845940-0-9
- THREE #2 "Dragon", writer Sina Evil (2011, Robert Kirby)
- Fearful Hunter #1-3 (2010–2012, Jon Macy)
- New Years to Christmas: 15 Queer Holiday Tales "Happy Family Moment" (2012 Digital Fabulists) ISBN 978-0615733302
- Gay City: Volume 5: Ghosts In Gaslight, Monsters In Steam "Paper Lantern" (2013 Minor Arcana Press and Gay City Health Project) ISBN 978-1489580146
References
- ↑ Gilad Padva, "Dreamboys, Meatmen and Werewolves: Visualizing Erotic Identities in All-male Comic Strips", Sexualities, December 2005, vol. 8, no. 5, pp. 587-599.
- ↑ "Comic-Con 2011: LGBT Writers, Artists Win Big (SLIDESHOW)". Huffingtonpost.com. Retrieved 2013-07-23.
- ↑ "Teleny Revisited". Oscholars.com. Retrieved 2013-07-23.