David Kelly (born December 17, 1965)[1] is an American cartoonist and comics creator. He is best known for his strip, Steven’s Comics, which ran in LGBT and alternative newspapers and zines from 1994 to 1998.[2] His strip has won the Xeric award[3] and he has worked alongside critically acclaimed cartoonist Robert Kirby. He and Kirby co-edited the gay comics zine series Boy Trouble.[2]
Steven’s Comics
Steven's Comics is set in the 1970s and tells the story of a young gay boy named Steven who draws comics about a super-heroine named Starwoman.[4]
All of Steven’s Comics has been compiled into an anthology graphic novel titled Rainy Day Recess: The Complete Steven's Comics, published by Northwest Press, with foreword by Dan Savage and some exclusive material made specifically for the volume.[5] Before that, there were several other compilation volumes. The original Xeric award-winning compilation was Steven’s Comics: We Are Family. The others are Steven's Comics: Premiere Edition!, Steven's Comics: Starwoman Comics, and Steven's Comics: New Best Friend.[6]
Publications
Anthologies
- The Book of Boy Trouble: Gay Boy Comics with a New Attitude Template:ISBN
- Rainy Day Recess: The Complete Steven's Comics Template:ISBN
Contributions
- Seattle Arts, A Publication of the Seattle Arts Commission June 1991, 'The Bus Ride'.
- Boy Trouble #2, 3, 4, 5 Template:ISBN
- Gay Comics #23, 25 Template:ISBN
- Juicy Mother 2: How They Met, edited by Jennifer Camper, Manic D Press, 2007 Template:ISBN
- Young Bottoms In Love, edited by Tim Fish, Poison Press, 2007 Template:ISBN
- No Straight Lines: Four Decades of Queer Comics, edited by Justin Hall, Fantagraphics, 2012 Template:ISBN
- QU33R[7] Template:ISBN
- The Stranger[2]
- Three #2 Template:ISBN
- Unsafe for All Ages 2[8]