Tim Fish
Tim Fish | |
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Born | 1970 (age 53–54) New Hampshire |
Nationality | American |
Area(s) | Writer, penciled, inker |
Notable works | Cavalcade of Boys I (heart) Marvel: My Mutant Heart Iron Man: Titanium |
Tim Fish (born 1970) is a comic book author and artist, known for the comics Arche-Lady, Cavalcade of Boys, the web comic anthology Young Bottoms in Love, as well as books for Marvel Comics such as I (heart) Marvel: My Mutant Heart and a Iron Man and Nation X.
Early life
Fish was born in 1970 and attended the University of New Hampshire, where he had a twice-weekly comic strip running in the college newspaper, The New Hampshire, and started a 100-issue superhero comic called Arche-Lady.[citation needed]
Career
Fish, who is openly gay,[1] is known for his slice-of-life/romance print comic, Cavalcade of Boys. Cavalcade has been released in trade paperback format. Comics by Fish appeared regularly in Boston LGBT newspaper Bay Windows and in Brazilian magazine DOM from 2007-2008. Fish ran the daily web comic anthology Young Bottoms in Love, published by Poison Press in graphic novel form in 2006, featuring work by comic artists such as Howard Cruse, Paige Braddock, Abby Denson, Robert Kirby and Jack Lawrence. Fish also wrote the graphic novel, Strugglers, and has contributed to several anthologies.
After completing his last graphic novel in 2009, Fish's work has primarily been published in anthologies. Fish wrote and drew a Cannonball/Lila Cheney story for Marvel Comics, I (heart) Marvel: My Mutant Heart and a Northstar story in Nation X #2, as well as writing an Iron Man story published in 2010. His short stories have been reprinted by Oni Press and Fantagraphics, and he adapted an excerpt of Emily Bronte's novel Wuthering Heights for Seven Stories Press.
Personal life
Fish has lived in St. Louis, San Diego, and (currently) Boston.[citation needed]
Works
Books
- Boys in Love, H&O Éditions, 2006, ISBN 978-2-84547-141-2
- Cavalcade of Boys, Poison Press, 2006 ISBN 978-0-9762786-6-5
- Love Is the Reason, Poison Press, 2008 ISBN 978-0-9762786-8-9
- Something Fishy This Way Comes, Poison Press, 2006 ISBN 978-0-9762786-5-8
- Strugglers, Poison Press, 2006 ISBN 978-0-9762786-3-4
- Trust/Truth, Poison Press, 2009 ISBN 978-0-9762786-9-6
Anthologies
- Young Bottoms in Love, Poison Press, 2007 ISBN 978-0-9762786-7-2
Contributions
- The Book of Boy Trouble 2: Born to Trouble, edited by Robert Kirby and David Kelly, Green Candy Press, 2008 ISBN 978-1-931160-65-0
- Boy Trouble, edited by Robert Kirby and David Kelly, Boy Trouble Press, 2004 ISBN 0-9748855-0-9
- Happy Boys and Girls, Coniglio Editore, 2006 ISBN 88-6063-008-8
- Inbound #4, edited by Dave Kender, Dan Mazur, and Shelli Paroline, Boston Comics Roundtable, 2009 ASIN B00377AK58
- Nation X, Marvel Comics, 2010 ISBN 978-0-7851-3873-0
- Iron Man: Titanium, Marvel Comics, 2010
- Hopeless Savages Greatest Hits, volume 1, Oni Press, 2010 ISBN 978-1934964484
- The Graphic Canon, volume 2, Seven Stories Press, 2012 ISBN 978-1609803780
- No Straight Lines, Fantagraphics, 2013 ISBN 978-1606997185
References
- ^ Weiland, Jonah (February 10, 2004), "Queer cartoonists speak out at APE", Comic Book Resources
External links
- TimFishWorks.com
- "Tim Fish's comics navigate the stormy seas of romance". March 2009 Daily News (New York)