Ed Luce
Luce at the 2012 Stumptown Comics Fest
NationalityAmerican
Area(s)Cartoonist
Notable works
Wuvable Oaf
wuvableoaf.com

Ed Luce is an American cartoonist, best known for his indie comics series Wuvable Oaf.[1] The series focuses on Oaf Jadwiga, a bearish gay ex-wrestler looking for love.[2] Originally funded by a grant from Prism Comics, it was self-published in five standalone chapters[3] until being compiled in graphic novel form by Fantagraphics Books in 2015.[4]

He is a two-time Ignatz Award nominee for the series, garnering nominations in 2009 for Promising New Talent[5] and in 2015 for Outstanding Artist,[6] and was a 2016 Lambda Literary Award nominee for LGBT Graphic Nove,l [7] A second volume, Wuvable Oaf: Blood and Metal, was published in 2016,[8] and won the Award for LGBT Graphic Novel at the 29th Lambda Literary Awards.[9]

Luce lives with his husband Mark in San Francisco,[3] where he teaches at California College of the Arts.[10]

References

  1. ^ "Artist Spotlight: Ed Luce". The Advocate, August 13, 2011.
  2. ^ "Meet Oaf: A romance comic for bear-lovers and the bears who love them." Slate, August 5, 2015.
  3. ^ a b "Fantagraphics to publish Ed Luce’s ‘Wuvable Oaf': An interview with the author" Archived 2015-09-06 at the Wayback Machine. Comic Book Resources, May 10, 2014.
  4. ^ "Wuvable Oaf by Ed Luce Review". Paste, May 14, 2015.
  5. ^ "Nominees announced for 13th annual Ignatz Awards" Archived 2016-05-29 at the Wayback Machine. Comic Book Resources, August 24, 2009.
  6. ^ "Small Press Expo Announces 2015 Ignatz Award Nominees" Archived 2016-06-24 at the Wayback Machine. ComicsAlliance, August 19, 2015.
  7. ^ "Here come the Lammies". Bay Area Reporter, April 7, 2016.
  8. ^ "Ed Luce’s Wuvable Oaf Gets A Sequel About His Origin For 2016". Bleeding Cool, February 25, 2016.
  9. ^ Johnson, William (2017-06-17). "29th Annual Lambda Literary Award Winners". Lambda Literary. Retrieved 2019-02-04.
  10. ^ "Drawing Distinctions". Portland Mercury, April 9, 2014.


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