Boy Trouble: Gay Boy Comics with a New Attitude

by Robert Kirby (Editor, contributor), David Kelly (Publisher, Editor, contributor), Anonymous Boy (contributor)

Editors Robert Kirby and David Kelly celebrate Boy Trouble's 10th anniversary with some of today's best gay and lesbian cartoonists as they riff on the alternative boy aesthetic. Jennifer Camper's protagonist spends a whirlwind day with his juvenile delinquent dyke sister; Ivan Velez, Jr. chronicles the heartaches of the well-endowed; and Craig Bostick captures the bittersweet angst of teen rock'n'roll boys. Then, Kelly and Leanne Franson explore alienating bar life; Kirby and underground legend G.B. Jones present an encounter with an artsy adolescent; and Andy Hartzell offers a whimsical and beautifully drawn 12-page fantasy. Also featured: Cavalcade of Boys creator Tim Fish, Anonymous Boy, C. Bard Cole, and Michael Fahy.

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, LGBT

80 pages, Paperback

First published June 30, 2004

About the author

Rob Kirby's solo books include Curbside and Curbside Boys. His anthologies include two volumes of The Book of Boy Trouble; 3 issues of the Ignatz-nominated series THREE; the Ignatz Award-winning QU33R; What's Your Sign, Girl?, & The Shirley Jackson Project. His graphic memoir, Marry Me a Little, is now available from Graphic Mundi/PSU Press.

Reviews

[MariNaomi · Rating 5 out of 5]

This anthology is full of all my favorite things: wistful, saucy and humorous tales with some awesome art. On one hand I'm sad it's taken me so long to get my mitts on this. On the other, it's so great I got to read this for the first time now. Highly recommended!

[Jdetrick · Rating 3 out of 5]

This certainly isn't a bad book, but it has the same problem as every anthology; wildly different styles and quality levels between the strips. Some of this is good, some of it is not so good, but honestly most of the stories are too short to make much of an impression. Very few have the room they need to make you feel like you know their characters.