Terry Blas shares lessons learned shaping his fulfilling career with comics writing and illustration in a way that embraces the multiplicity of his identities.
In an interview with CMPDX team member Joan Stewart, Terry reflects on his origin story: how he explored and defined his relationship to being queer, mixed race, and growing up in a religious family. Terry explains how he broke through in the comic book world and built a life doing what he loves (including starting the day with cereal and watching cartoons).
About the speaker
TERRY BLAS (he/him) is the illustrator and writer behind the viral webcomics You Say Latino and You Say Latinx. He has written comics for Ariana Grande and the series Steven Universe, and Rick and Morty. His original graphic novels are Dead Weight: Murder at Camp Bloom, Hotel Dare, and Lifetime Passes. He is the writer for the Mexican, Marvel comics, super hero series, Reptil. He lives in Portland Oregon with his husband and their dog, Alfie.
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