Tim Fish (born 1970) is a

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author and artist, known for the comics ''

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'' and its spin-off graphic novels, short stories for various anthologies and the original graphic novel '' Liebestrasse'', which was nominated for both a Tripwire Award for Best Graphic Novel and a

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Early life

Fish was born in 1970 and attended the

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where he had a twice-weekly comic strip running in the college newspaper, ''

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''. Tim began drawing strip comics at a young age, eventually evolving to mini comics and graphic novels.

Career

Fish is known for his slice-of-life/romance print comic, ''

'', which has been released in trade paperback format, as well is its spin-off graphic novels. Comics by Fish appeared regularly in the Boston LGBT newspaper ''

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'' and in the Brazilian magazine ''DOM'' from 2007 to 2008. Fish has contributed to several anthologies and adapted an excerpt of

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's novel ''

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'' for Seven Stories Press. For Lionforge, he was an artist on an officially licensed comic series based on the NBC TV series ''

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'' from 2014 to 2015. In 2019, Comixology Originals published '' Liebestrasse'' the graphic novel he co-created with Greg Lockard.

Personal life

Fish, who is openly

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, has lived in

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, and

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Works

Books

* ''Baby Makes Three'', Poison Press/Comixology, 2021, * ''Boys in Love'', H&O Éditions, 2006, * ''

'', Poison Press, 2006 * ''Liebestrasse'', Comixology Originals, 2019 * ''Love Is the Reason'', Poison Press, 2008 * ''Something Fishy This Way Comes'', Poison Press, 2006 * ''Strugglers'', Poison Press, 2006 * ''Trust/Truth'', Poison Press, 2009 * ''Saved by the Bell: Freshman Year'', Roar (Lionforge Press), 2016

Anthologies

* ''On the Romance Road'', Poison Press/Comixology, 2021 * ''Young Bottoms in Love'', Poison Press, 2007

Contributions

* ''The Book of Boy Trouble 2: Born to Trouble'', edited by

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and David Kelly, Green Candy Press, 2008 * ''Boy Trouble'', edited by Robert Kirby and David Kelly, Boy Trouble Press, 2004 * ''Happy Boys and Girls'', Coniglio Editore, 2006 * ''Inbound'' #4, edited by Dave Kender, Dan Mazur, and Shelli Paroline, Boston Comics Roundtable, 2009 ASIN B00377AK58 * ''

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'',

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, 2010 * '' Iron Man: Titanium'',

, 2010 * ''Hopeless Savages Greatest Hits, volume 1'',

Oni Press Oni Press is an American independent comic book and graphic novel publisher based in Portland, Oregon. In 2019, it became an imprint label following the company's merger with Lion Forge Comics. The merged company, Oni–Lion Forge Publishing Gr ...

, 2010 * ''The Graphic Canon, volume 2'',

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, 2012 * ''

No Straight Lines ''No Straight Lines'' is an anthology of queer comics covering a 40-year period from the late 1960s to the late 2000s. It was edited by Justin Hall and published by Fantagraphics Books on August 1, 2012. The anthology traces the turning poin ...

'',

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, 2013 * '' Strange Sport Stories'',

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, 2015 * '' Where We Live: Las Vegas Shooting Benefit Anthology'',

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, 2018

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fish, Tim American comics artists American comics writers Gay artists LGBT comics creators LGBT artists from the United States LGBT people from New Hampshire 1970 births Living people