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Reviews of Transposes by Joe Palmer and Andrew J. Peters

New York-based fiction writer Andrew J. Peters has reviewed Dylan Edwards’ new book Transposes on his blog, andrewjpeterswrites.com. He’s got a lot of great things to say about the book, and comments particularly on how Transposes might be a valuable resource for younger readers. Having worked with LGBT teenagers at a youth center for many [...]

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Written in Body Language Visits NWP at APE 2012

Northwest Press was delighted to be at the Alternative Press Expo 2012 this past month, in San Francisco, introducing the world to Dylan Edwards’ new book Transposes! Percy Hejduk, from the blog Written in Body Language, stopped by the table and picked up a few books and wrote a really nice writeup of his experiences at [...]

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Transposes Author Interviewed by OutSmart

Check out this terrific new interview that’s just posted on OutSmart Magazine’s website where interviewer Neil Ellis Orts talks to Dylan Edwards, the author of the new Northwest Press book Transposes, which will be on store shelves this month. One part of the interview we particularly loved was this one: Interesting. You address the privacy [...]

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The Legend of Bold Riley Reviewed on The Gay Comics List

François Peneaud, of the ever-informative Gay Comics List, has published his review of Leia Weathington’s The Legend of Bold Riley, and has a lot of good things to say about the book. With its dense jungle forest and its stone temple, clearly influenced by Ankgor Vat, deserted by humans though still inhabited by enticing but [...]

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Bold Riley (and Justin Hall!) in the Portland Mercury

The most recent Comics Roundup in The Portland Mercury features not one, but two Northwest press talents. The new anthology No Straight Lines: Four Decades of Queer Comics from Fantagraphics, edited by Justin Hall (Glamazonia: The Uncanny Super-Tranny) gets an enthusiastic endorsement from Alison Hallett, and Leia Weathington’s The Legend of Bold Riley (and the release party in Portland [...]

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Bold Riley Reviewed on GayLeague.com

Joe Palmer has posted a review of The Legend of Bold Riley on GayLeague.com that is as comprehensive as it is glowing. The Gay League is a great organization that’s been bringing together queer fans of comics for over ten years, through a full-featured website and fan meetups. If you are even the least bit [...]

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Bold Riley reviewed on Okazu

Erica Friedman has feasted her eyes on the next Northwest Press book, Leia Weathington’s The Legend of Bold Riley, and she likes what she sees… I was brought up on Robert E. Howard’s Conan stories. They were so stereotypical—fierce, strong, heavily muscular barbarian swordsman, confronting evil priests and bizarre monsters and bedding wenches of all kinds, that [...]

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Glowing Review of Glamazonia on High-Low

Rob Clough has written a review of Justin Hall’s glamorous superhero adventure, Glamazonia: The Uncanny Super-Tranny, and he certainly likes what he sees! [Hall] takes that idea of superhero-as-drag and spoofs it to the end while demonstrating how useful the drag trope is in thinking about superheroes.  Using the deliberately outrageous and delightfully narcissistic patois [...]

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