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Pride High #1

by: Tommy Roddy, Brian Ponce, Carl Hippensteel

Pride High is an award-winning independent comic book series about a gay-straight alliance at a high school for superpowered youth. This special edition of the first issue is optimized for digital reading and gives readers a great introduction to the series.

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Tommy Roddy
Tommy Roddy was born in Seoul, South Korea and raised in Columbia, South Carolina. He now calls San Francisco home. He has always rooted for the sidekicks in the pages of his favorite comics. Though mostly a Marvel X-Men fan, the ‘80s run of the Teen Titans has a special place in his heart. Tommy was awarded with a lifetime membership in Blind LGBT Pride International (formerly BFLAG) for Pride High’s positive portrayal of a blind lesbian teen. He was a recipient of the third annual Prism Comics Queer Press Grant along with fellow San Franciscan, Justin Hall.
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Brian Ponce
Brian Ponce is an artist/entertainer who lives in both Madison, WI and is the current Publications Director at OutReach LGBT Community Center. Brian is also the co-owner and founder of an entertainment/graphic design/ event planning company, Ravyn Entertainment LLC. Brian joined Pride Comics after seeing Tommy Roddy (creator of Pride High) searching for an artist on the GLA Yahoo Group. Brian researched Tommy’s characters and those of others involved in the development process and sent renditions of them. The rest is history. Brian left the creative team of Pride High with Issue 4 due to scheduling conflicts but remains in contact with the team and supports them in all they do.
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Carl Hippensteel
Carl Hippensteel is the Pride High co-creator, creator of Kid Mischief and Mischief, and co-editor of Pride High. Lifetime superhero enthusiastic, Carl has written and directed plays and is now a counselor for people with severe and chronic mental illness. He lives in Chicago with his boyfriend of nearly 30 years and two cats. His favorite superhero is Superman.
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Pride High is an award-winning independent comic book series about a gay-straight alliance at a high school for superpowered youth.

This special edition of the first issue is optimized for digital reading and gives readers a great introduction to the series.

Pride High writer and co-creator Tommy Roddy was the co-recipient of Prism Comics’ 2008 Queer Press Grant.
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Publisher: Northwest Press
Publish Date: 2012
Page Count: 37

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