Nationality American Notable works Gay Comics | Name Robert Triptow Role Writer | |
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Born Robert James Triptow
May 10, 1952 (age 71)
Salt Lake City, Utah ( 1952-05-10 ) Area(s) Cartoonist, Writer, Artist, Editor Awards Lambda Literary Award for Humor | ||
Wondercon saturday robert triptow brian andersen trina robbins
Robert Triptow (born May 10, 1952 in Salt Lake City, Utah) is an American writer and artist. He is known primarily for creating gay- and bisexual-themed comics and for editing Gay Comix in the 1980s, and he was identified by underground comix pioneer Lee Marrs as "the last of the underground cartoonists".
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- Wondercon saturday robert triptow brian andersen trina robbins
- Robert triptow at wondercon 2008
- Career
- Awards
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Robert triptow at wondercon 2008
Career
A long-time resident of San Francisco, Robert Triptow was one of the earliest contributors to Kitchen Sink Press' anthology Gay Comix, beginning with issue #2. He succeeded Howard Cruse as editor of the series, editing issues #5 through #13 (1984–1991). During this time he edited the 1989 anthology Gay Comics, one of the earliest histories of the subject, which won the first Lambda Literary Award for Humor. He also co-edited the HIV-research fund-raising and educational anthology Strip AIDS U.S.A. (1988) with Trina Robbins & Bill Sienkiewicz.
As a journalist, Triptow has contributed to The Advocate, Bay Area Reporter, Frontiers, The Sentinel, and other West Coast LGBT publications.
In 2015, he released Class Photo, a wryly comedic graphic novel imagining short biographies for the individuals depicted in a 1937 school group photograph.