INTERVIEW: Archie Bongiovanni on the Sincere Depiction of Adult Queer Individuals In MIMOSA

I also hope that youthful readers can see what a thriving gay life awaits them. I want of us to really feel like this might be their group of pals. It was actually made by my associates a number of years in the past! ARCHIE BONGIOVANNI: I was yearning to inform a longer narrative about a gaggle of queer pals and I used to be thirsty to attract comic characters that have been the same age as me. KAPLAN: How does your technique of making a narrative graphic novel like Mimosa compare with your strategy of making a nonfiction comic like Sure I’m Flagging: Queer Flagging 101: How to use the Hanky Code to Signal the Sex You Want to Have or The fast & Straightforward Guide to They/Them Pronouns? KAPLAN: Have you ever heard or seen any reactions to Mimosa so far? What was it like creating, depicting, bigbig vore comics and listening to editorial reactions to authentically represented (however clearly flawed) queer characters? KAPLAN: What was it like working with Surely Books?