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As a journalist, Triptow has contributed to ''[[The Advocate (LGBT magazine)|The Advocate]]'', ''[[Bay Area Reporter]]'', ''[[Frontiers (magazine)|Frontiers]]'', ''The Sentinel'', and other West Coast LGBT publications.<ref>{{Citation |title=Gay Comix #2|last= Cruse|first= Howard|year= 1981|publisher= Kitchen Sink Press}}</ref>
As a journalist, Triptow has contributed to ''[[The Advocate (LGBT magazine)|The Advocate]]'', ''The [[Bay Area Reporter]]'', ''[[Frontiers (magazine)|Frontiers]]'', ''The [[San Francisco Sentinel]]'', and other West Coast LGBT publications.<ref>{{Citation |title=Gay Comix #2|last= Cruse|first= Howard|year= 1981|publisher= Kitchen Sink Press}}</ref>
 
In 1978, as the assistant to the publisher of The Advocate, [[David B. Goodstein]], Triptow was close to the heart of the historic events “during the year of [[Harvey Milk]].”<ref name=":0" />


Triptow received his title as "the last of the underground cartoonists" at [[WonderCon]] when asked whether he considered [[Gay Comix]] to be [[Alternative comics|alternative]] or [[Underground comix|underground]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tcj.com/the-last-underground-cartoonist-a-qa-with-robert-triptow/|title=The Last Underground Cartoonist?: A Q&A with Robert Triptow {{!}}|date=29 February 2016|language=en-US|access-date=2019-10-28}}</ref> Lee Marrs, standing witness to the question, asked Triptow if he starved while living in the [[Haight-Ashbury]] district of San Francisco, to which he answered yes. It was then that Marrs coined his title. This conversation was filmed and circulated widely via the internet.<ref name=":1"/>
Triptow received his title as "the last of the underground cartoonists" at [[WonderCon]] when asked whether he considered [[Gay Comix]] to be [[Alternative comics|alternative]] or [[Underground comix|underground]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tcj.com/the-last-underground-cartoonist-a-qa-with-robert-triptow/|title=The Last Underground Cartoonist?: A Q&A with Robert Triptow {{!}}|date=29 February 2016|language=en-US|access-date=2019-10-28}}</ref> Lee Marrs, standing witness to the question, asked Triptow if he starved while living in the [[Haight-Ashbury]] district of San Francisco, to which he answered yes. It was then that Marrs coined his title. This conversation was filmed and circulated widely via the internet.<ref name=":1"/>
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== Personal life ==
== Personal life ==
Born and raised in [[Salt Lake City|Salt Lake City, Utah]], Robert Triptow considers himself a "late bloomer" in the gay community as he did not come out until his mid-20s.<ref name=":0" /> Triptow had no exposure to alternative cartooning growing up until a junior high journalism field trip to [[Brigham Young University]], where he discovered the works of cartoonists [[Jules Feiffer]], [[Gilbert Shelton]], and [[Robert Crumb|R. Crumb]] in the school's book store.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hyperallergic.com/72719/the-bookish-queer-locating-queer-literature-then-and-now/|title=The Bookish Queer: Locating Queer Literature Then and Now|last=Clements|first=Alexis|date=June 12, 2013|website=Hyperallergic}}</ref> This prompted him to begin cartooning, creating a rift between him and his conservative parents as they deemed the nature of his [[queer]]-themed comics pornographic and sinful.<ref name=":1" /> Triptow commonly references his home state's dense [[Mormons|Mormon]] population, noting he was often considered an outsider as a non-Mormon in Utah. Triptow broke away from his family in 1971, the same year he found the photograph which inspired ''Class Photo''.<ref name=":2" />
Born and raised in [[Salt Lake City|Salt Lake City, Utah]], Robert Triptow considers himself a "late bloomer" in the gay community as he did not come out until his mid-20s.<ref name=":0" /> Triptow had no exposure to alternative cartooning until a junior high journalism field trip to [[Brigham Young University]], where he discovered the works of cartoonists [[Jules Feiffer]], [[Gilbert Shelton]], and [[Robert Crumb|R. Crumb]] in the school's book store.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hyperallergic.com/72719/the-bookish-queer-locating-queer-literature-then-and-now/|title=The Bookish Queer: Locating Queer Literature Then and Now|last=Clements|first=Alexis|date=June 12, 2013|website=Hyperallergic}}</ref> This prompted him to begin cartooning, creating a rift between him and his conservative parents as they deemed the nature of his [[queer]]-themed comics pornographic and sinful.<ref name=":1" /> Triptow commonly references his home state's dense [[Mormons|Mormon]] population, noting he was often considered an outsider as a non-Mormon in Utah. Triptow broke away from his family in 1971, the same year he found the photograph which inspired ''Class Photo''.<ref name=":2" />
 
Triptow moved from Salt Lake City to San Francisco on Halloween of 1977.<ref name=":1">{{Citation|title=David Perry chats with cartoonist Robert Triptow of Strip AIDS USA and Gay Comix|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j01N-R4Myls |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/j01N-R4Myls |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|language=en|access-date=2019-10-28}}{{cbignore}}</ref>  


Triptow moved from Salt Lake City to San Francisco on Halloween of 1977.<ref name=":1">{{Citation|title=David Perry chats with cartoonist Robert Triptow of Strip AIDS USA and Gay Comix|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j01N-R4Myls |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/j01N-R4Myls |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|language=en|access-date=2019-10-28}}{{cbignore}}</ref> He is currently married to William Blakely.<ref name="Triptow 2015">{{Cite book|title=Class Photo|last=Triptow|first=Robert|publisher=Fantagraphics Books Inc.|year=2015|isbn=978-1-60699-886-1|location=San Francisco}}</ref>
He is married to William Blakely.<ref name="Triptow 2015">{{Cite book|title=Class Photo|last=Triptow|first=Robert|publisher=Fantagraphics Books Inc.|year=2015|isbn=978-1-60699-886-1|location=San Francisco}}</ref>


== Notable works ==
== Notable works ==
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===Books===
===Books===
*''Gay Comics'' (ed.). Introduction: "Art + Humor = Liberation." New York: Plume; New American Library, 1989.  120p. {{ISBN|0-452-26229-1}}
*''Gay Comics'' (ed.). Introduction: "Art + Humor = Liberation." New York: Plume; New American Library, 1989.  120p. {{ISBN|0-452-26229-1}}
*''[[Strip AIDS U.S.A.]]: A Collection of Cartoon Art to Benefit People With AIDS.''  (ed. with [[Trina Robbins]] & [[Bill Sienkiewicz]]).  San Francisco: Last Gasp, 1988. {{ISBN|978-0-86719-373-2}}
*''[[Strip AIDS U.S.A.]]: A Collection of Cartoon Art to Benefit People With AIDS.''  (ed. with [[Trina Robbins]] & [[Bill Sienkiewicz]]).  San Francisco: [[Last Gasp (publisher)|Last Gasp]], 1988. {{ISBN|978-0-86719-373-2}}
*''Class Photo''.  Seattle: Fantagraphics, 2015.  64p. {{ISBN|978-1-60699-886-1}}
*''Class Photo''.  Seattle: [[Fantagraphics]], 2015.  64p. {{ISBN|978-1-60699-886-1}}


===Contributions===
===Contributions===
In addition to ''Gay Comix'', his cartoon work has appeared in:
In addition to ''Gay Comix'', his cartoon work has appeared in:


*[[Robert Kirby (comics artist)|Robert Kirby]] and David Kelly, editors, (2008) ''The Book of Boy Trouble 2: Born to Trouble'', Green Candy Press.  {{ISBN|1-931160-65-1}}.
*[[Trina Robbins|Robbins, Trina]], editor (2023) ''Won't Back Down'', [[Last Gasp (publisher)|Last Gasp]]. {{ISBN|978-0-86719-925-3}}.
*[[Trina Robbins|Robbins, Trina]] (2017) ''A minyen Yidn (un andere zakhn) = A bunch of Jews (and other stuff)'', [[Bedside Press]]. {{ISBN|978-0-9939970-5-1}}.
*[[Robert Kirby (comics artist)|Kirby, Robert]], editor (2016) ''The Shirley Jackson Project: Comics Inspired by Her Life and Work'', Ninth Art Press. {{ISBN|978-0-9903433-6-3}}.
*[[Robert Kirby (comics artist)|Kirby, Robert]] and David Kelly, editors, (2008) ''The Book of Boy Trouble 2: Born to Trouble'', Green Candy Press.  {{ISBN|1-931160-65-1}}.
*[[Jennifer Camper|Camper, Jennifer]], editor (2007) ''Juicy Mother 2: How They Met'', [[Manic D Press]]. {{ISBN|978-1-933149-20-2}}
*[[Jennifer Camper|Camper, Jennifer]], editor (2007) ''Juicy Mother 2: How They Met'', [[Manic D Press]]. {{ISBN|978-1-933149-20-2}}
*Camper, Jennifer, editor (2005) ''Juicy Mother'' [[Soft Skull Press]]. {{ISBN|1-932360-70-0}}
*[[Jennifer Camper|Camper, Jennifer]], editor (2005) ''Juicy Mother'' [[Soft Skull Press]]. {{ISBN|1-932360-70-0}}
*Gregory, Roberta (2004), ''Naughty Bits'' #40, Fantagraphics.
*[[Roberta Gregory|Gregory, Roberta]] (2004), ''Naughty Bits'' #40, [[Fantagraphics]].
*Gregory, Roberta (1999), ''Naughty Bits'' #28, Fantagraphics.
*[[Roberta Gregory|Gregory, Roberta]] (1999), ''Naughty Bits'' #28, [[Fantagraphics]].
*[[Roberta Gregory|Gregory, Roberta]] (1998), ''Naughty Bits'' #27, Fantagraphics.
*[[Roberta Gregory|Gregory, Roberta]] (1998), ''Naughty Bits'' #27, [[Fantagraphics]].
*Kinney, Jay, editor (1993), ''Young Lust'' #8, Last Gasp, {{ISBN|0-86719-253-4}}.
*[[Jay Kinney|Kinney, Jay]], editor (1993), ''Young Lust'' #8, [[Last Gasp (publisher)|Last Gasp]], {{ISBN|0-86719-253-4}}.
*[[Angela Bocage|Bocage, Angela]] (1993), ''[[Real Girl (comics)|Real Girl]]'' #6, Fantagraphics, ASIN B000IQUH6S.
*[[Angela Bocage|Bocage, Angela]] (1993), ''[[Real Girl (comics)|Real Girl]]'' #6, [[Fantagraphics]], ASIN B000IQUH6S.
*Bocage, Angela (1991), ''Real Girl'' #2, Fantagraphics.
*[[Angela Bocage|Bocage, Angela]] (1991), ''Real Girl'' #2, [[Fantagraphics]].
*Bocage, Angela (1990), ''Real Girl'' #1, Fantagraphics, ASIN B000KSA71O.
*[[Angela Bocage|Bocage, Angela]] (1990), ''Real Girl'' #1, [[Fantagraphics]], ASIN B000KSA71O.
*[[Trina Robbins|Robbins, Trina]], editor (1990), ''Choices: a pro-choice benefit comic anthology for the National Organization for Women'', Angry Isis Press, ASIN: B002E5WBKG.
*[[Trina Robbins|Robbins, Trina]], editor (1990), ''Choices: a pro-choice benefit comic anthology for the National Organization for Women'', Angry Isis Press, ASIN: B002E5WBKG.
*Leyland, Winston (1986), ''[[Meatmen (comics)|Meatmen]]'' #1, G. S. Press.
*[[Winston Leyland|Leyland, Winston]] (1986), ''[[Meatmen (comics)|Meatmen]]'' #1, G. S. Press.
*[[Denis Kitchen|Kitchen, Denis]], editor (1984), ''Bizarre Sex'' #4, [[Kitchen Sink Press]] [5th printing]
*[[Denis Kitchen|Kitchen, Denis]], editor (1984), ''Bizarre Sex'' #4, [[Kitchen Sink Press]] [5th printing]


Latest revision as of 18:59, 3 January 2025

Template:Short description Template:Infobox comics creator 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."[1]

Career

A long-time resident of San Francisco,[1] 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,[2] 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,[3] which won the first Lambda Literary Award for Humor. He also co-edited and contributed to the HIV-research fund-raising and educational anthology Strip AIDS U.S.A. (1988) with Trina Robbins & Bill Sienkiewicz.[4]

As a journalist, Triptow has contributed to The Advocate, The Bay Area Reporter, Frontiers, The San Francisco Sentinel, and other West Coast LGBT publications.[5]

In 1978, as the assistant to the publisher of The Advocate, David B. Goodstein, Triptow was close to the heart of the historic events “during the year of Harvey Milk.”[1]

Triptow received his title as "the last of the underground cartoonists" at WonderCon when asked whether he considered Gay Comix to be alternative or underground.[6] Lee Marrs, standing witness to the question, asked Triptow if he starved while living in the Haight-Ashbury district of San Francisco, to which he answered yes. It was then that Marrs coined his title. This conversation was filmed and circulated widely via the internet.[7]

In 2009, Triptow announced his plans to relaunch Gay Comics as a series of trade paperbacks under a new publisher, hoping to begin gathering comics for the collection by the end of the year.[8] These plans were confirmed by Triptow in 2013, adding that he wants it serve as "a platform for all the queer cartoonists,"[9] however, no such series has reached publication yet.

In 2015, he released Class Photo, which has been described as a wryly comedic graphic novel imagining short biographies for the individuals depicted in a 1937 school group photograph.[1]

Personal life

Born and raised in Salt Lake City, Utah, Robert Triptow considers himself a "late bloomer" in the gay community as he did not come out until his mid-20s.[1] Triptow had no exposure to alternative cartooning until a junior high journalism field trip to Brigham Young University, where he discovered the works of cartoonists Jules Feiffer, Gilbert Shelton, and R. Crumb in the school's book store.[10] This prompted him to begin cartooning, creating a rift between him and his conservative parents as they deemed the nature of his queer-themed comics pornographic and sinful.[7] Triptow commonly references his home state's dense Mormon population, noting he was often considered an outsider as a non-Mormon in Utah. Triptow broke away from his family in 1971, the same year he found the photograph which inspired Class Photo.[11]

Triptow moved from Salt Lake City to San Francisco on Halloween of 1977.[7]

He is married to William Blakely.[12]

Notable works

Strip AIDS U.S.A.

Robert Triptow became involved in Strip AIDS U.S.A. (1988) when invited onto the fundraiser as co-editor by Trina Robbins, who felt unable to complete the project by herself as a heterosexual. Triptow then brought other cartoonists from Gay Comics onto the team,[13] resulting in 136 pages contributed by over 50 different artists.

Triptow's two-page comic titled "Needs" appears in the last half of Strip AIDS U.S.A between "The Quilt" by Donelan and an untitled comic by Sharon Rudahl. Triptow considers his piece one of few in the compilation to portray an individual living with AIDS.[14] The comic features a man named Joe with a male suitor whom he romantically declines on multiple occasions until the end when the two are shown together as Joe is dying of AIDS. The comic has a dedication written underneath the last panel which reads, “for Peter, Mickey, Spig & Rig, John, Steve, Vince, Joah, Raven, Tom, Hippler, and too many others.”[15] In 2008 only one of the individuals listed in this dedication was still alive, according to Triptow.[16]

Class Photo

Class Photo (2015) is Robert Triptow's first solo book venture. The comic consists of illustrated, fictionalized outcomes of each individual posing for a black and white 1937 class photograph labeled "Public School 49" from Brooklyn, New York, which Triptow found with his uncle as college students under a pile of garbage in their hometown of Salt Lake City. Triptow kept the photo, hanging it on a wall in his home to laugh at with house-guests for over 20 years.[12] In 2009 a cancer diagnosis motivated Triptow to finalize the project and proceed with publication.[11][17]

Bibliography

Books

Contributions

In addition to Gay Comix, his cartoon work has appeared in:

Awards

References

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External links

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