Author of
Shot & Chaser (23rd Street Books, 2027)
The Less Than Epic Adventures of TJ and Amal (Iron Circus Comics, 2015)
E.K. Weaver is an artist from Austin, Texas. They have been making independent comics since 2008 and working as a comics SFX artist and letterer since 2017. Their debut graphic novel, The Less Than Epic Adventures of TJ and Amal, was nominated for an Eisner Award, and won the 2016 Lambda LiteraryAward for best LGBT graphic novel, the 2016 Harvey Award for Best Graphic Novel-Reprint, and the 2014 Stumptown Comics Festival Readers’ Choice award. TJ and Amal is available in a collected edition in English from Iron Circus Comics, and has been published overseas in French and German editions. Outside of comics, they are passionate about independent art, comedy, and music, and enjoy strength training as well as feral cat rescue.
EK Weaver
Books by EK Weaver
Shot & Chaser (23rd St Books, 2027)
Shot And Chaser tells the story of a tumultuous day in the lives of soulmates and amateur storm chasers Tre and Olly as they follow a developing supercell out of the Texas panhandle and into Oklahoma. Tre and Olly’s loving relationship is tested by depression, intergenerational trauma, and the early days of the COVID pandemic; and their struggles are reflected by the weather, with art that showcases the nuances of clouds growing into a storm.
The Less Than Epic Adventures of TJ and Amal (Iron Circus Comics, 2015)
Finalist for the Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album
Winner of the Lambda Literary Award for Best LGBT Graphic Novel
Winner of the Harvey Award for Best Graphic Novel-Reprint
Winner of the 2014 Stumptown Comics Festival Readers’ Choice Award
EK Weaver’s debut graphic novel, The Less Than Epic Adventures of TJ and Amal is a beloved, critically acclaimed road trip romance. In the span of a single day Amal Chakravarthy calls off his arranged marriage, comes out to his conservative parents, promptly gets disowned, goes on a bender . . . and wakes up the next morning to find TJ—a lanky, dreadlocked vagrant—frying eggs and singing Paul Simon in his kitchen.
TJ claims that the two have made a drunken pact to drive all the way from Berkeley to Providence. As it happens, Amal promised his sister he'd be there for her graduation from Brown University. And TJ, well . . . TJ has his own reasons.