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Tara Madison Avery @taramavery.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Hey, spooky season enthusiasts! We're doing a Kickstarter for a cool horror comic anthology! Have a listen to this chat with the delightful Comadres and back it today! Your support is the food of our soul!

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Tara Madison Avery @taramavery.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Are you a fan of Jem and the Holograms? Find @prismcomics.bsky.social at JemCon this weekend in San Diego at the DoubleTree Hilton Bayside! Get the latest in LGBTQ+ comics! Immerse yourself in all things Jem, from vintage toys to fan art to voice actors who bring your favorite characters to life!

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Tara Madison Avery @taramavery.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Man, RFK, Jr. and these #MAHA assholes have gone way too far! “Mermaid Approved”? They have imaginary creatures inspecting the tuna now?

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Gailey 🍉 @sarahgailey.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

A great write-up of a great panel on queerness and activism in comics! I was so lucky to be the clown on this one, among absolutely brilliant company. Cheers David Reddish, @davidbooher.bsky.social, @williamotyler.bsky.social, & @taramavery.bsky.social -- delightful to share an SDCC stage with you ❤️

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SDCC ’26: “LGBTQIA+ Activism in Comics” panel offers solidarity despite bad times

At SDCC '26's LGBTQIA+ Activism in Comics panel, four creators shared their thoughts on the state of queer expression in the United States.

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Tara Madison Avery @taramavery.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Where to find me and Stacked Deck Press at Comic-Con International! Find Stacked Deck Press titles at the @prismcomics.bsky.social table at Booth 2144! Ask about Eisner Award nominated titles Come Out and Play: The Queer Sports Project and Ooops...I Just Catharted!: Fifty Years of Cathartic Comics!

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Added @stackeddeckpress.bsky.social to the Starter Pack! Go follow some small/alt press pubs!

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Tara Madison Avery @taramavery.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Join @prismcomics.bsky.social for Transgender and Nonbinary Creators Stay Relevant and Proud, Thursday, July 23 at 4PM at San Diego Comic-Con! Our lineup is Jenny Blake Isabella, @pepoy.bsky.social, Simon Jane, @sonyasaturdayart.bsky.social, Mac Maclean, and Liam Coballes! Moderated by yours truly!

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Prism Comics @prismcomics.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Q Con 2026 not only has great programming for fans, but also for aspiring comics professionals! Portfolio reviews will be available from noted queer comics pros @wuvableoaf.bsky.social, @shanito.bsky.social, and @taramavery.bsky.social! Sign up for your review time here: forms.gle/UneD2RaNMbf9...

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Shifter @shifter-komiks.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Our creator will be at @prismcomics.bsky.social Q-Con to amplify trans voices within creative spaces alongside other trans and nonbinary creatives like @tillybridges.bsky.social @taramavery.bsky.social! Hope to see you y’all there!

Promotion for Q-Con panel Transgender and Nonbinary Creators Stay Proud at Plummer Park West Hollywood in June 20 with Nicole Maines, Liam Coballes, Sonya Saturday, Tilly Bridges and Knave Murdock. Panel is moderated by Tara Madison Avery.

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Tara Madison Avery @taramavery.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

I received my contributor copies of the annotated edition of Gender Queer today! Thanks to Maia Kobabe and @oni-press.bsky.social for inviting me to be a part of this wonderful project! Gender Queer: The Annotated Edition is on sale now!

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Tara Madison Avery @taramavery.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

@prismcomics.bsky.social wants YOU! The 5th annual Q Con, Southern California's premier all LGBTQ+ comic convention needs volunteers! Meet cool comics creators, far out cosplayers, and some of your famous voice actors while you help us put on this one-of-a-kind show! Volunteer at qconprism.org!

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Kurt Sasso @kurtsasso.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

This weekend on Two Geeks Talking @stackeddeckpress.bsky.social @taramavery.bsky.social & @michaelvarrati.bsky.social join the show to talk baout their newest Anthology: Four Seasons of Fear: A Year of Queer Horror www.youtube.com/@TGTMedia

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Fanbase Press @fanbasepress.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Fanbase Press' @barbrajdillon.bsky.social Interviews @taramavery.bsky.social & @michaelvarrati.bsky.social on the Upcoming @kickstarter.com Campaign Launch for the Comic Book Anthology, ‘Four Seasons of Fear,’ with @stackeddeckpress.bsky.social fanbasepress.com/press/interv...

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Tara Madison Avery @taramavery.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

I'll be part of the keynote panel at B+ Well 2026, on Saturday May 9th! This is the conference's third year, and it's brought to you by the delightful and dedicated people at the Los Angeles Bi+ Task Force! To join us for this fabulous event, register here: labitaskforce.org/b%2B-well-co...

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Tara Madison Avery @taramavery.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Tiffany and I are ready to go at Sac-Con, day 2! Stop by the Stacked Deck Press booth at table D12 and get some great LGBTQ+ comics! We’re also offering custom sketches!

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Tara Madison Avery @taramavery.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Andy loves their custom sketch of Finn the Human! If you’re at Sac-Con, you can get your very own custom sketch! Stop by table D12 and ask for Tara! #customsketch #finnthehuman #finn #saccon #sketch

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Tara Madison Avery @taramavery.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

WonderCon is approaching, and this year I'll be moderating the panel discussion Queer Gaming: Adventuring with Pride! Sunday, March 29 at 2PM in Room North 151, join me, Ray Lancione, Estella M. Stone, Sonya Saturday, Matthew Michael Brown, and Bryan Gomez for a lively discussion!

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Tara Madison Avery @taramavery.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Happy holidays, queer sports fans! Come Out and Play: The Queer Sports Project is now available at stackeddeckpress.com in time to fill your gift giving needs! Over 25 all-LGBTQ+ contributors ranging from indie comics legends to real life sports stars! Order today to receive your copy by Christmas!

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Tara Madison Avery @taramavery.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Dr. Alex Ketchum talks to Autostraddle about Queers at the Table: An Illustrated Guide to Queer Food (With Recipes)! She discusses this amazing project, the organizational help from @prismcomics.bsky.social, and my story about baking bread for my polycule! www.autostraddle.com/what-does-qu...

autostraddle.com

What Does 'Queer Food' Mean?

In their new anthology of essays, graphic memoirs, and author-tested recipes, Queers at the Table: An Illustrated Guide to Queer Food, authors and researchers Alex Ketchum and Megan J. Elias bring tog...

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Joanne Merriam @joannemerriam.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

1/7 Daily(ish) #Pride #SmallPress #books, a 🧵: Meanwhile Elsewhere (@littlepuss.net‬) www.littlepuss.net/shop/p/meanw... and We're Still Here co-eds. @jeannethornton.bsky.social & @taramavery.bsky.social (@stackeddeckpress.bsky.social): see alt-text. #DSPBposts 💙📚 #BookSky 🌈📚 #PrideMonth 🏳️‍🌈📚 #trans

Book cover for Meanwhile Elsewhere: Science Fiction & Fantasy from Transgender Writers, with a large inverted equilateral black triangle between two yellow inverted right triangles to form a square topping a green rectangle that contains the title and editor text. An anthology of science fiction and fantasy from transgender authors and LittlePuss Press (co-edited Casey Plett & Cat Fitzpatrick). Contributors are: Aisling Fae, Ayşe Devrim, Beckett K. Bauer, Brendan Williams-Childs, Bridget Liang, Calvin Gimpelevich, Colette Arrand, Cooper Lee Bombardier, Dane Figueroa Edidi, Emma Addams, Imogen Binnie, Jane Lovechild, Kaj Worth, M Téllez, Morgan M Page, Jeanne Thornton, Nat Buchbinder, Paige Bryony, Rachel K. Zall, RJ Edwards, Ryka Aoki, Sadie Avery, Sybil Lamb, Trish Salah, and Tristan Alice Nieto. https://www.littlepuss.net/shop/p/meanwhile-elsewhere-rcxa7

Book cover for We're Still Here: An All-Trans Comics Anthology, co-edited by Jeanne Thornton and Tara Madison Avery (Stacked Deck Press‬), with an assortment of characters (a modern-looking person in a plaid shirt, a heavily-tattooed person with a mustache, a regal personage with a giant cross necklace and long rapier, a person in a green dress holding boxing gloves, etc) drawn against a room that looks like an interior from a high-society house. Winner of the 2019 Ignatz Award for Outstanding Anthology. https://stackeddeckpress.com/product/were-still-here-digital-edition/

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Tara Madison Avery @taramavery.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Q CON, the LGBTQ+ comic book event of the year, is happening in West Hollywood this Saturday! I'll be moderating the panel discussion Queer Comics and Resistance: Drawing the Lines, featuring Sina Grace, Tim Sheridan, Ajuan Mance, Tilly Bridges, and Sonya Saturday! Join us Saturday May 3 at 3PM!

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The Queer Sports Project: Come Out and Play! @queersportsproject.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

One thing I can tell you about @meganpraz.bsky.social? She has ALWAYS wanted to draw a gay basketball comic... Dreams DO come true! She's teaming up with @mcrane12.bsky.social on "Run It Back," a story she describes as "Challengers meets March Madness." Back us on Kickstarter! kck.st/41Hjqj6

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Richard Fairgray @richardfairgray.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

And lastly, @taramavery.bsky.social and the 2 Meg/Hans for their work on the upcoming @queersportsproject.bsky.social anthology 'Come Out and Play' (in prelaunch right now at www.kickstarter.com/projects/sta...). (6/7)

kickstarter.com

Coming soon: Come Out and Play: The Queer Sports Project

A full-color comics anthology about LGBTQ+ sports & athletes.

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Sean aka Gay of the Dead @gayofthedead.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

WE BELONG, excellent Black, queer comic anthology. Editors: @williamotyler.bsky.social Victor Kerney Publisher: @taramavery.bsky.social Stackeddeckpress.com #lgbtq #comics #scifi

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Tara Madison Avery @taramavery.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Get 20% off all of your favorite award-winning queer comics titles at stackeddeckpress.com from now until December 31st! Use coupon code "HOLIDAYS24" to receive the discount on everything at the Stacked Deck Press store! Give the gift of comics pride this holiday season! #indiecomics #lgbtqcomics

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Stacked Deck Press @stackeddeckpress.bsky.social · 04/06/2024

Cartoonist Soizick Jaffre talks to Metro UK about the history and the importance of the Gay Games! Read more about this important event of worldwide queer culture, and don't miss Soizick's graphic memoir, A Good Sport, coming this summer from Stacked Deck Press! #gaygames #queersports #Pride2024

metro.co.uk

Welcome to the Gay Games - a sporting event like no other

Events include traditional sports alongside rodeo and cheerleading competitions.

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Tara Madison Avery @taramavery.bsky.social · 16/05/2024

The Out Side has been nominated for an Eisner Award! I have a story in it! Get your copy today!

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Tara Madison Avery @taramavery.bsky.social · 14/03/2024

Queer freedom…world travel…bowling! What more could anyone ask? Back A Good Sport on @wearezoop.bsky.social today! zoop.gg/c/agoodsport

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Stacked Deck Press @stackeddeckpress.bsky.social · 10/03/2024

Sacramento loves A Good Sport! Back it on @wearezoop.bsky.social today! zoop.gg/c/agoodsport #graphicmemoir #graphicnovel #lgbtqcomics #indiecomics

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Tara Madison Avery @taramavery.bsky.social · 09/03/2024

Hey! I’m on this! Listen up then back the crowdfunding campaign for A Good Sport today! zoop.gg/c/agoodsport

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Tara Madison Avery @taramavery.bsky.social · 06/03/2024

I sit down with Julian Jetson on the inaugural edition of the Q-Con Podcast to talk about all things Q-Con and the graphic memoir A Good Sport! Have a listen then back A Good Sport, now crowdfunding on @wearezoop.bsky.social! zoop.gg/c/agoodsport podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/q...

podcasts.apple.com

‎Q Con the Podcast: EP 1: Queer Comics Books, Willy Wonka Experience Nightmare, Superman 1st Look, and Nerdy Tarot Decks on Apple Podcasts

‎Show Q Con the Podcast, Ep EP 1: Queer Comics Books, Willy Wonka Experience Nightmare, Superman 1st Look, and Nerdy Tarot Decks - Mar 6, 2024

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Tara Madison Avery @taramavery.bsky.social · 05/03/2024

See me at Sac-Con for custom sketches and a sneak peek at the graphic memoir A Good Sport! Now crowdfunding on @wearezoop.bsky.social! Back it today: zoop.gg/c/agoodsport

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Tara Madison Avery @taramavery.bsky.social · 04/03/2024

Hey! I’m on this podcast too! Have a listen then back A Good Sport on @wearezoop.bsky.social today! zoop.gg/c/agoodsport

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Stacked Deck Press @stackeddeckpress.bsky.social · 04/03/2024

French cartoonist Soizick Jaffre sits down with the Doin’ It Podcast to discuss her graphic memoir A Good Sport! Have a listen then back the book on @wearezoop.bsky.social today! #indiecomics #crowdfunding #lgbtqcomics #graphicmemoir #graphicnovel #gaygames

thesonarnetwork.com

Comedic Jamin

Michael Jamin, and Soizick Jaffre!

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Stacked Deck Press @stackeddeckpress.bsky.social · 04/03/2024

A Good Sport, is a #graphicmemoir by cartoonist Soizick Jaffre is crowdfunding now on Zoop! This one-of-a-kind book details her participation in the 2018 #GayGames, her love of athletics, and her search for freedom! Back it here today: zoop.gg/c/agoodsport #indiecomics #lgbtqcomics #graphicnovel

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Stacked Deck Press @stackeddeckpress.bsky.social · 05/02/2024

Valentine's Day is just 9 days away! The Polyamory Coloring and Activity Book is the perfect gift for everyone in your polycule! It's full of puzzles, comics, and coloring pages! Now available on Amazon and at stackeddeckpress.com!

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Tara Madison Avery @taramavery.bsky.social · 20/01/2024

That’s me! Get your copy of The Out Side today!

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Stacked Deck Press @stackeddeckpress.bsky.social · 15/01/2024

We Belong is an all-Black, all-LGBTQ scifi and fantasy comics anthology! Winner of the 2023 Kinnard Brighter Future Award! Now available for preorder! Copies ship in February! stackeddeckpress.com/product/we-b...

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Stacked Deck Press @stackeddeckpress.bsky.social · 10/01/2024

We Belong is an all-Black, all-LGBTQ+ sci-fi and fantasy comics anthology coming soon from SDP! It features over two dozen talented creators and the stories run the gamut from the silly to the sublime! Preorder your copy now! Orders ship in February! Order here stackeddeckpress.com/product/we-b...

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Stacked Deck Press @stackeddeckpress.bsky.social · 08/01/2024

Get a limited edition copy of the graphic memoir A Good Sport signed by the cartoonist, Soizick Jaffre, at the Angoulême International Comics Festival January 27th! A crowdfunding campaign for a full print run is coming soon on @wearezoop.bsky.social! Register for updates here: zoop.gg/c/agoodsport

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Tara Madison Avery @taramavery.bsky.social · 05/01/2024

That’s me! See you at Angoulême!

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Stacked Deck Press @stackeddeckpress.bsky.social · 17/12/2023

Viktor T. Kerney and William O. Tyler have received the 2023 Kinnard Brighter Future Award for their work on We Belong! We congratulate our co-editors and thank Laneha House for this honor! Preorder a copy today! Copies ship February 2024! Get your copy here: stackeddeckpress.com/product/we-b...

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