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Steve MacIsaac
Canadian comics artist Steve MacIsaac at RuPaul's DragCon LA 2022
BornOctober 21, 1969
Antigonish, Nova Scotia
Area(s)Cartoonist, Writer, Artist
Notable works
Shirtlifter, Unpacking, Sticky,
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Steve MacIsaac is a Canadian comics artist and creator living in Long Beach, California.[1] He is known for his comics series Shirtlifter (2006-2019)[2][3] and the graphic novel, Unpacking (2018).[4][5] His comics focus on the lives and relationships of contemporary gay men,[6] from marriage to casual encounters.[7][8] His work has been collected in “Best American Comics”,[9] and other anthologies.[10][11]

Career[edit]

Early in his comics career, MacIssac published gay male erotica. In 2006, he collaborated with writer Dale Lazarov on Sticky, a wordless graphic novel focusing on the sex lives of gay men.[12] However, since 2006, he has focused on his series about gay men's relationships and experiences in the early twenty-first century, Shirtlifter (vols. 1[13] - 6[14]). Shirtlifter is an anthology series in which MacIsaac has focused on creating short stories and serializing long-form comics work, such as his graphic novel, Unpacking.[15]

MacIsaac's comics explore the varied facets of gay men's lives and experiences in modern life, including sex and sexuality.[6] MacIsaac has said that he is less focused on arousing desire, but more "interested in how sex defines people, how it can be a sublime way of revealing character and motivation. People let their guard down when you sleep with them; you often get to know them in a way that doesn’t happen when you’re simply friends. I think that’s one reason why, for gay men, sex is so often a path to or conduit for building friendships.”[8]

MacIsaac's work has been honored by comics and literary professionals. His short story, "Ex-Communication" (with Todd Brower) was selected for inclusion in Best American Comics 2010[9] and his graphic novel, Unpacking, was a nominee for the 2019 Lambda Literary Graphic Novel Award.[16] MacIsaac won the inaugural Queer Press Grant for LGBTQ comics creators from Prism Comics[17][6] and a 2007 Xeric Foundation grant.[6] His work has been collected in anthologies such as No Straight Lines[10], QU33R,[11] Alphabet [18](with Todd Brower), Stripped,[19] Boy Trouble,[20] Blocked,[21] and “Best Erotic Comics 2009.[22]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Get To Know The Creative & Intelligent Steve MacIsaac". Manhattan Digest. 2015-09-10. Retrieved 2020-07-14.
  2. ^ "Steve MacIsaac". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 2020-07-13.
  3. ^ "Author - Steve MacIsaac". www.amazon.com. Retrieved 2020-07-13.
  4. ^ "Unpacking – Northwest Press". 17 November 2018. Retrieved 2020-07-13.
  5. ^ "Unpacking". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 2020-07-13.
  6. ^ a b c d Kirby, Robert. "Shirtlifter #5 |". Retrieved 2020-07-13.
  7. ^ Chance (2019-02-15). "Unpacking Explores Monogamy, Masculinity and Moving On". Fanboys of the Universe. Retrieved 2020-07-13.
  8. ^ a b "Shirtlifter #5 | Steve MacIsaac | Gay Comic Books | Bears". Steven Surman Writes. 2015-09-07. Retrieved 2020-07-13.
  9. ^ a b Neil Gaiman, ed., The Best American Comics 2010  (Boston, New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010), 323
  10. ^ a b Justin Hall, ed., No Straight Lines: Four Decades of Queer Comics  (Seattle: Fantagraphic Books, 2012), 171
  11. ^ a b Robert Kirby, ed., QU33R (Seattle: Northwest Press, 2014), 127
  12. ^ "Sequential Tart: Dale Lazarov and Steve MacIsaac -- Sticky Moments (vol VIII/iss 7/July 2005)". www.sequentialtart.com. Retrieved 2020-07-14.
  13. ^ MacIsaac, Steve (April 2006). Shirtlifter. Hall, Justin, 1971-, Fuzzbelly, Ilya, Macy, Jon, 1964-, Williams, Eric Kostiuk. Long Beach, CA. ISBN 978-0-9791349-0-6. OCLC 935548915.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  14. ^ MacIsaac, Steve; Brower, Todd (2019). Shirtlifter #6. Long Beach, CA: Drawn, Out Press. ISBN 978-0-9791349-6-8.
  15. ^ MacIsaac, Steve (2018). Unpacking. [Seattle]. ISBN 978-1-943890-40-8. OCLC 1090804028.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  16. ^ "Previous Winners, Lambda Literary Awards". Retrieved July 13, 2020.
  17. ^ "QUEER PRESS GRANT | Prism Comics". Retrieved 2020-07-14.
  18. ^ Alphabet : the LGBTQAIU creators from Prism Comics. Macy, Jon, 1964-, Avery, Tara Madison. Walnut, CA. 2016. p. 327. ISBN 978-0-9970487-1-1. OCLC 957772440.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: others (link)
  19. ^ Stripped uncensored. Berlin: Bruno Gmünder. 2009. p. 17. ISBN 978-3-86787-025-2. OCLC 318673911.
  20. ^ The big book of boy trouble : gay boy comics with a new attitude. Kirby, Robert, 1962-, Kelly, David, 1965-. San Francisco, Calif.: Green Candy Press. 2006. p. 108. ISBN 1-931160-45-7. OCLC 71165391.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  21. ^ Shwed, Ally, ed. (2017). Blocked: Stories from the World of Online Dating. Querétero, MX, New Jersey: Little Red Bird Press. p. 65. ISBN 978-1931160452.
  22. ^ Christina, Greta, ed. (2009). Best erotic comics 2009. San Francisco, Calif.: Last Gasp. pp. 69, 101. ISBN 978-0-86719-711-2. OCLC 262433187.


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