Publications


Queer Angels & Devils: The Table of Immortals

A.B.O. Comix is proud to publish the first full length comic book by longtime contributor Jamie Diaz. Three years in the making, Queer Angels and Devils: The Table of Immortals follows a trans woman and visual artist who is on a journey to attain immortality through her art. To secure her legacy, she must first be summoned to the Table of Immortals composed of revered LGBTQ artists and luminaries from history. With a cast of charming queer angels and devils by her side, our protagonist embarks on a cosmic journey of self-discovery, love, and art in the pursuit of transcendence.

 

Trans Hirstory in 99 Objects

A compelling exploration of trans art, activism, and resistance.

Spanning over four centuries, this volume brings together a wide-ranging selection of artworks and artifacts that highlight the under-recognized histories of trans and gender-nonconforming communities. Through the contributions of artists, writers, poets, activists, and scholars, this title reflects on historical erasure and imagines trans futures.

 

Captured Words/Free Thoughts Vol. 19, Winter 2023

The magazine represents a national coalition of educators, activists, and artists. Locally, the magazine flows from our work hosting educational workshops in Denver-area prisons and youth detention facilities.

 

A Queer Prisoner's Comix Anthology: Edition V

This is the fifth volume of the comic book series featuring stories created by over 35 queer and trans prisoners that detail life on the inside. This full color magnum opus features comics and art from many of the Edition 1-4 contributors, as well as a ton of new artists.

 

Tegan & Sara Foundation Zine

The spirit of zines represents who we are as a queer family: authentic, self-made, rebellious, joyous, community-focused, and hopeful. In Our Image is our contribution to the queer zine canon: celebrating the resilience, activism, and creativity of queer women and girls during a year of hardship - and the ways that we’ve continued to hold space for necessary conversations, hope for the future, and each other.

 

A Queer Prisoner's Comix Anthology: Edition IV

A.B.O. Comix Edition IV featuring stories created by over 50 queer and trans prisoners that detail life on the inside. This 374 page, full color magnum opus features comics and art from many of our Edition 1-3 contributors, as well as a ton of new artists.

 
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A Queer Prisoner's Comix Anthology: Edition III

A.B.O. Comix Edition III features stories created by queer and trans prisoners that detail life on the inside. The A.B.O. Comix anthology is a raw, authentic look into prison life from a queer perspective.

“Jamie Diaz stylishly deflects pejoratives for trans women while her swooshing coif provokes the ire of prison officials.” - Sam Lefebvre, KQED

 

The Prison Arcana Zine

An interpretation of the Major Arcana cards of the tarot, through the lens of c.l. young, an incarcerated queer, Black, witch. The zine includes art by Jamie Diaz.

 
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Passage & Place

An anthology of letters, essays, and visual art by queer writers and artists. The Passage & Place anthology aims to connect conversations of movement, im/migration, freedom, incarceration, relationships to place, and the ways that queerness interfaces with these.

 

How to Wait: An Anthology of Transition

An art, writing, and comics anthology that collects the work of 30 trans, nonbinary, and gender-non-conforming artists as they attempt to cope with the myriad forms of waiting that come with their transitions and experience of gender.

 
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A Queer Prisoner's Comix Anthology: Edition II

Sequel anthology to a comic book of stories created by queer and trans prisoners detailing life on the inside. The A.B.O. Comix anthology is a raw, authentic look into prison life from a queer perspective. Proceeds from this anthology go back to the contributors so that they can access commissary & gender affirming items, healthcare and legal support.

 
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A Queer Prisoner's Comix Anthology: Edition I

A.B.O. Comix Edition I is an anthology of stories created by queer and trans prisoners detailing life on the inside. Proceeds from this anthology go back to the contributors.

 

Prison Health News, Issue 24

Prison Health News is an information network project of Philadelphia FIGHT. This newsletter, published four times a year for people in prison, strives to lift up the voices, experience and expertise of currently and formerly incarcerated people. This resource responds to all types of health questions from people in prisons and jails everywhere in the United States.