Applications due Sept. 8!
Applications due Sept. 8!
Poster by Cynta Camilia (@J4lly)
Pride in Panels: SF Queer Comics Festival is a nonprofit dedicated to celebrating the remarkable vitality of the LGBTQIA+ comics scene in the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond.
We host a large biannual comics festival at the Main Branch of the SF Public Library every other February, alongside ongoing events across San Francisco. We keep all events open to the public and free for both exhibitors and attendees.
These events connect queer comics creators with each other and with the broader community of fans, publishers, educators, librarians, and culture makers. These connections result in opportunities for career building and sales, learning, and storytelling.
Our inaugural festival took place in 2024 and attracted 2000+ attendees.
The weekend kicked off with a Queer Comics Reading at Silver Sprocket.
Saturday afternoon, we hosted a film screening of No Straight Lines: The Rise of Queer Comics.
The main festival featured several panels, maker workshops, and an exhibition hall with 100+ queer comics creators. Special guests included Maia Kobabe, Caroline Cash, Ed Luce, Ajuan Mance, Lawrence Lindell, and Lee Marrs.
the team
Malcolm Johnson
he/him
Horror fanatic author of Tales Of Hoodoo Horror and Zombies Anonymous, Malcolm’s been making comics for 10+ years and helping artist with pop-ups at the local theater.
Laura Gao
she/they
Lovely and talented comic book author of Kirby’s Lessons For Falling (In Love) and Messy Roots, Laura is a pillar in the comic book community.
Justin Hall
he/him
Passionate comic book author of No Straight Lines: Four Decades of Queer Comics and other works, Justin is also a Professor of Comics at California College of the Arts.
Avi Ehrlich
they/them
Fearless leader and founder of Silver Sprocket Comix, they have published many comic titles such as Pinky And Pepper Forever and The Chromatic Fantasy.
want to help?
We are primarily a volunteer-run nonprofit aiming to uplift LGBTQ+ artists in the Bay Area.
With your funds, we can keep all events free and open to the public!
