Jon Macy

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Jon Macy
Jon Macy at the Lambda Literary Awards in New York, 2011
Jon Macy at the Lambda Literary Awards, New York, 2011.
Born (1964-09-11) 11 September 1964 (age 61)
NationalityAmerican
Notable works
Djuna: The Extraordinary Life of Djuna Barnes
CollaboratorsSina Shamsavari and Justin Hall
Awards2010 Lambda Literary Award for Gay Erotica

Jon Macy is a gay American cartoonist.[1] He is best known for his graphic novel DJUNA: The Extraordinary Life of Djuna Barnes, a biography of the beautiful and irascible Modernist author. His graphic novel Teleny and Camille won a 2010 Lambda Literary Award for Gay Erotica.[2]

Early life

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Jon Macy was born on September 11, 1964, in California.

Career

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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, published October 1994 – October 1995 by Eros Comix.[3] These stories contained dark and surreal motifs, mixing eroticism with hallucination and death/rebirth, a common theme in Macy's personal works.[citation needed]

Throughout the 1990s, Macy contributed to queer comics anthologies Meatmen and Gay Comics, and gay skin magazines such as Steam by Scott O'Hara, Bunkhouse and International Leatherman.[4][5] His work on Meatmen included a short story entitled "Tail". 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.[6][7]

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.[8] He has since collaborated with various established and independent gay cartoonists, including Sina Evil and Justin Hall.[9][10]

In 2010, Macy's Teleny and Camille was published by Northwest Press, a graphic adaptation of the classic anonymous erotic novel Teleny, attributed to be a collaboration between Oscar Wilde and other writers he knew.[11] Teleny and Camille then was awarded the 2010 Lambda Literary Award for Gay Erotica.[12] An excerpt was featured in Teleny Revisited, a special issue of The Oscholars.[13]

He produced the self-published comic book series Fearful Hunter (2010–2014), started as an act of protest against California's Proposition 8.[14] After the first three issues were published, this title was picked up by Northwest Press, who hosted a Kickstarter fundraiser in April 2014 to publish a compiled anthology including the final previously unpublished fourth issue.[15] Fearful Hunter won the Prism Comics Queer Press Grant in 2010.[16]

He has contributed to many anthologies including Justin Hall's No Straight Lines: Four Decades of Queer Comics and Robert Kirby's Qu33r. He was co-editor, with Tara Madison Avery, of ALPHABET: the LGBTQAIU creators from Prism Comics.

Bibliography

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Comics

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  • 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, Issue 3 - 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)
  • International Leatherman #25-30 "Midnight Sons" (1999–2000, Brushcreek Media)
  • Bunkhouse # 17-29 "Tailblazer" (1997–2000, 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) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • 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) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • Gay City: Volume 5: Ghosts In Gaslight, Monsters In Steam "Paper Lantern" (2013, Minor Arcana Press and Gay City Health Project) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • No Straight Lines: Four Decades of Queer Comics "Teleny and Camille, excerpt" (2013, Fantagraphics) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • Qu33r "Obsessive Repulsive" (2013, Northwest Press) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • ALPHABET the LGBTQAIU creators from Prism Comics (2016, Stacked Deck Press) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • RFD Number 165 Spring 2016 (RFD) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • The Shirley Jackson Project edited by Robert Kirby (2016, Ninth Art Press)

Movies

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  • Fallen Angel DVD, interstice illustrations (1997, Titan Media)

Novels

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  • Fearful Hunter the complete epic (2014, Northwest Press) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • "Djuna: The Extraordinary Life of Djuna Barnes" (2024, Street Noise Books) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).

Coloring Books

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  • The Queer Heroes Coloring Book (2016, Stacked Deck Press)
  • Butch Lesbians of the 20s 30s and 40s Coloring Book (2017, Stacked Deck Press) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • Butch Lesbians of the 50s 60s and 70s Coloring Book (2018, Stacked Deck Press) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • "Polyamory Coloring and Activity Book" (2023, Stacked Deck Press Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).


References

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  6. ^ Gilad Padva, "Dreamboys, Meatmen and Werewolves: Visualizing Erotic Identities in All-male Comic Strips", Sexualities, December 2005, vol. 8, no. 5, pp. 587–599.
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