Robert Triptow
| Robert Triptow | |
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| Born | Robert James Triptow May 10, 1952 Salt Lake City, Utah |
| Nationality | American |
| Area(s) | Cartoonist, Writer, Artist, Editor |
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Notable works
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Gay Comics |
| Awards | Lambda Award for Humor, 1990 Special Achievement Award, San Diego Comic Con, 1989 |
| http://roberttriptow.com | |
Robert Triptow (born May 10, 1952 in Salt Lake City, Utah) is a writer and "the last of the underground cartoonists." His 1989 anthology Gay Comics is one of the earliest histories of the subject, and won the first Lambda Literary Award for Humor.
As a cartoonist, Triptow's contributions to Howard Cruse's Gay Comix began with issue #2. He succeeded Cruse as editor of Gay Comix, from issue #5 (1984) through issue #13 (1991).
As a journalist, Triptow has contributed to The Advocate, Bay Area Reporter, Frontiers, The Sentinel, and other West Coast gay publications.
In addition to Gay Comix, his cartoon work has appeared in:
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