Author of
Theater of Terror: Revenge of the Queers (Northwest Press, 2019)
Hard to Swallow (Northwest Press, 2016)
No Straight Lines: Four Decades of Queer Comics (Fantagraphics Books, 2013)

Justin Hall is the creator of the comics True Travel Tales, Hard to Swallow, and Theater of Terror: Revenge of the Queers, among others. He has work in publications such as the Houghton Miflin Best American Comics, Best Erotic Comics, and the SF Weekly. Hall was the editor of the Lambda Award-winning and Eisner-nominated No Straight Lines: Four Decades of Queer Comics and then produced the award-winning feature-length documentary film of the same name. He has curated shows of comics art and had his own work exhibited internationally. He is the first Fulbright Scholar of Comics, the Chair of the MFA in Comics program at the California College of the Arts, and the Co-Organizer of the Queers & Comics Conference. Hall lives in San Francisco with his husband and pet snake when he’s not bumming around the world with his backpack (well… now it’s a roller bag, to be honest). He is currently at work on a graphic novel mixing memoir and historical narratives that weaves together San Francisco’s queer history with his own journey as a gay man.

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Photo by Shirak Agresta

Justin Hall

Books by Justin Hall

Gay City: My Life in the Queerest City in the World (Abrams Comics Arts, 2027)

 A graphic novel that mixes Justin Hall’s own story of moving to San Francisco and building a life as an artist with the story of six key moments in San Francisco’s queer history that led the way in making San Francisco the queerest city. Each of the six historical stories are illustrated by guest artists in their own signature styles.

Theater of Terror: Revenge of the Queers (Northwest Press, 2019)

Some of the most talented LGBTQ cartoonists working today illustrate in vivid detail what keeps them up at night. Theater of Terror is a tome of shocking queer horror comics we dare you to read!

Cover by Phil Jimenez with William O. Tyler

Hard to Swallow (Northwest Press, 2016)

Gay comics have never been so thought-provoking and sexy at the same time! Featuring everything from werewolves to pirates to porn stars and covering every genre from fantasy to memoir, this collection proves that erotic comics can be great stories.

Cover by Dave Davenport and Justin Hall

No Straight Lines: Four Decades of Queer Comics (Fantagraphics Books, 2013)

A comprehensive collection of LGBTQ comics from their modern inception at the end of the 1960s through the end of the 2000s, including an essay that lays the foundation for queer comics studies. Winner of the Lambda Literary Award and nominated for an Eisner Award.

Cover by Maurice Vellekoop