Robert Triptow

Robert Triptow
Born Robert James Triptow
May 10, 1952
Salt Lake City, Utah
Nationality American
Area(s) Cartoonist, Writer, Artist, Editor
Notable works
Gay Comics
Awards Lambda Award for Humor, 1989
Special Achievement Award, San Diego Comic Con, 1989

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Robert Triptow (born May 10, 1952 in Salt Lake City, Utah) is a writer and "the last of the underground cartoonists."[1] His 1989 anthology Gay Comics is one of the earliest histories of the subject,[2] and won the first Lambda Literary Award for Humor.

As a cartoonist, Triptow's contributions to Howard Cruse's Gay Comix began with issue #2. He succeeded Cruse as editor of Gay Comix,[3] from issue #5 (1984) through issue #13 (1991).

As a journalist, Triptow has contributed to The Advocate, Bay Area Reporter, Frontiers, The Sentinel, and other West Coast gay publications.[4]

Books

Contributions

In addition to Gay Comix, his cartoon work has appeared in:

Awards

Notes

  1. Christensen's 2008 interview.
  2. Williams, p. 114: "Information on gays and lesbians in comics lacks proper treatment, but a few items do exist, including Robert Triptow's Gay Comics."
  3. Cadelago.
  4. Cruse, Gay Comix #2, "Who We Are."
  5. Levin: "He got all the gay cartoonists."

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