Joey Comeau

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Joey Comeau

Real Name
Joey Comeau
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Date of Birth
, September 26, 1980 (1980-09-26) (age 43)

Place of Birth
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

First publication

Unknown





Personal History

Joey Comeau (born September 26, 1980) is a Canadian writer. He is best known for writing the text of the webcomic A Softer World, and for his novels Lockpick Pornography and Overqualified.

Career

Comeau's work is difficult to classify by genre. Of his eight books, two are comic collections, one is a "genderqueer adventure story", one is an experimental novel told through job application letters, two are collections of short stories, and two are horror. In 2003, Comeau co-created the webcomic A Softer World with Emily Horne. His first novel, Lockpick Pornography, was serialized on the A Softer World site prior to publication in book form by Loose Teeth Press. Excerpts from his novel Overqualified were included in the 2010 Best American Nonrequired Reading. The first 20 chapters of his novel One Bloody Thing After Another were serialized on the National Post's book blog[1] and the book was nominated for the 2010 Shirley Jackson Award.[2] One Bloody Thing After Another was also nominated for the 2011 ReLit Awards.[3]

Personal life

Comeau is openly queer,[4] has a degree in linguistics, and is an avid chess player.


Professional History

Bibliography

  • Lockpick Pornography (Loose Teeth, 2005)
  • Truth and Beauty Bombs (A Softer World book 1) (Loose Teeth, 2006)
  • It's Too Late To Say I'm Sorry (Loose Teeth, 2007)
  • Overqualified (ECW, 2009)
  • Second Best Isn't So Bad (A Softer World book 2) (Topatoco, 2009)
  • One Bloody Thing After Another (ECW, 2010)
  • Bible Camp Bloodbath (self published, 2010)
  • The Girl Who Couldn't Come (self published, 2011)
  • The Complete Lockpick Pornography (ECW, 2012)
  • Bravest Warriors Vol. 1 (Comic series collection) (KaBOOM!, 2013)
  • The Summer is Ended and We are Not Yet Saved (ChiZine, 2013)


Notes

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Trivia

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See Also

Work History


Official Website

[www.asofterworld.com]


Links and References

References

  1. "One Bloody Thing After Another". National Post Ampersand, July 12, 2010. 
  2. "2010 Shirley Jackson Award nominees". Shirley Jackson Awards, April 2011. 
  3. "2011 ReLit Award Shortlist". Relit Awards, Aug 26, 2011. 
  4. Dupuis, Chris (March 15, 2006). "In Print: Joey Comeau". Xtra!. Retrieved September 9, 2013. 

External links

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