Lambda Literary Award for LGBTQ+ Comics
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The Lambda Literary Award for LGBTQ+ Comics is an annual literary award, presented by the Lambda Literary Foundation, to a graphic novel with LGBTQ+ themes. As the award is presented based on themes in the work, not the sexuality or gender of the writer, non-LGBTQ+ individuals may be nominated for or win the award.
The award is presented to "[b]ook-length works of fiction or non-fiction that use a combination of words and sequential art to convey a narrative ..., including novels, graphic memoirs and short story or comics collections by the same author/team."[1]
Lambda Literary is one of few organizations that has recognized comics and graphic novels since the 1980s.[2] From 2014 to 2019, the award was named the Lambda Literary Award for LGBT Graphic Novel but in 2020, it changed to the Lambda Literary Award for Comics.
Winners and nominees
[edit]| Year | Contributor(s) | Title | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Nicole J. Georges | Calling Dr. Laura: A Graphic Memoir | Winner | [3][4][5] |
| Alex Woolfson with Winona Nelson (illus.) | Artifice | Finalist | [6][4] | |
| Tana Ford | Duck! Second Chances | |||
| Vivek J. Tiwary, Andrew C. Robinson, Kyle Baker, and Steve Dutro | The Fifth Beatle: The Brian Epstein Story | |||
| 2015 | Joyce Brabner with Mark Zingarelli (illus.) | Second Avenue Caper | Winner | [7] |
| Elisha Lim | 100 Crushes | Finalist | [8] | |
| Kathleen Jacques | Band Vs. Band Comix Volume 1 | |||
| A.K. Summers | Pregnant Butch: Nine Long Months Spent in Drag | |||
| Nick Sumida | Snackies | |||
| 2016 | EK Weaver | The Less Than Epic Adventures of TJ & Amal | Winner | [9][10] |
| Jeremy Sorese | Curveball | Finalist | [11][12] | |
| Maggie Thrash | Honor Girl | |||
| Blue Delliquanti | O Human Star: Volume One | |||
| Ed Luce | Wuvable Oaf | |||
| 2017 | Ed Luce | Wuvable Oaf: Blood & Metal | Winner | [13][14] |
| Eric Liberge and Arnaud Delalande with David Homel (translator) | The Case of Alan Turing: The Extraordinary and Tragic Story of the Legendary Codebreaker | Finalist | [15] | |
| P. Kristen Enos with Heidi Ho with Derek Chua, Leesamarie Croal, Casandra Grullon, Beth Varni, and Dan Parent (illus.) | Active Voice The Comic Collection: The Real Life Adventures Of An Asian-American, Lesbian, Feminist, Activist And Her Friends | |||
| 2018 | Emil Ferris | My Favorite Thing is Monsters | Winner | [16][17][18] |
| Eric Kostiuk Williams | Condo Heartbreak Disco | Finalist | [19] | |
| Nicole J. Georges | Fetch: How a Bad Dog Brought Me Home | |||
| Gengoroh Tagame | My Brother’s Husband, Volume 1 | |||
| Tillie Walden | Spinning | [20][19] | ||
| 2019 | Tommi Parrish | The Lie and How We Told It | Winner | [21][22] |
| Mark Russell with Sean Parsons, Mark Morales, Howard Porter, and Mike Feehan (illus.) | Exit Stage Left: The Snagglepuss Chronicles | Finalist | [23] | |
| Paige Braddock | Love Letters to Jane’s World | |||
| Tillie Walden | On a Sunbeam | |||
| Eric Kostiuk Williams | Our Wretched Town Hall | |||
| Michelle Perez with Remy Boydell (illus.) | The Pervert | |||
| Steve MacIsaac | Unpacking | |||
| Jeanne Thornton and Tara Madison Avery | We’re Still Here: An All-Trans Comics Anthology | |||
| 2020 | Kelsey Wroten | Cannonball | Winner | [24][25][26] |
| Jaime Hernandez | Is This How You See Me? | Finalist | [27][28] | |
| Vivek Shraya | Death Threat | |||
| Mariko Tamaki | Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me | |||
| Tillie Walden | Are You Listening? | |||
| 2021 | Bishakh Som | Apsara Engine | Winner | [29][30][31] |
| Sophie Yanow | The Contradictions | Finalist | [32] | |
| Yao Xiao and Andrews McMeel | Everything Is Beautiful, and I’m Not Afraid: A Baopu Collection | |||
| Tina Horn, Laurenn McCubbin, Jen Hickman, Alejandra Gutiérrez, Michael Dowling, Steve Wands, Tula Lotay, Katie Skelly, Chris O’Halloran | SFSX (Safe Sex), Vol. 1: Protection | |||
| Bishakh Som | Spellbound: A Graphic Memoir | |||
| 2022 | Lee Lai | Stone Fruit | Winner | [33] |
| Crystal Frasier and Val Wise with Oscar O. Jupiter (lettering) | Cheer Up! Love and Pompoms | Finalist | [34] | |
| Syan Rose | Our Work Is Everywhere: An Illustrated Oral History of Queer & Trans Resistance | |||
| Hiromi Goto with Ann Xu (illus.) | Shadow Life | |||
| Kat Leyh | Thirsty Mermaids | |||
| 2023 | Sas Milledge | Mamo | Winner | [35] |
| Will Betke-Brunswick | A Pros and Cons List for Strong Feelings | Finalist | [36] | |
| Gabriel Ebensperger, trans. by Kelley D. Salas | Gay Giant | |||
| Melanie Gillman | Other Ever Afters | |||
| Sarah Winifred Searle | The Greatest Thing | |||
| 2024 | Emily Caroll | A Guest in the House | Winner | [37] |
| Mari Costa | Belle of the Ball | Finalist | [38] | |
| Lawrence Lindell | Blackward | |||
| Jillian Tamaki and Mariko Tamaki | Roaming | |||
| H. A. | The Chromatic Fantasy |
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