Art Copyright Patrick Fillion

In looking over previous posts in the blog, I realized it’s been a long time since I’ve done an artist profile.  There is one artist I’ve been meaning to profile for quite some time so today’s the day!  Let’s take a look at one of my favorite gay comic book artists, Patrick Fillion.

Several of the artists that I have profiled have memories of drawing art at a very early age..some joke that they were born with a pencil in their hand and Patrick is no exception.   Born in 1973 in Quebec, Canada, Patrick started drawing his favorite cartoon characters..much like many other children, and soon fixated on X-Men character Storm.  As he became more captivated with her, he learned to speak English so he could understand her dialog in the comics he read about her.  As Patrick became more involved with his art, he became more of a loner at school and subsequently delved even deeper into his cartoon creations, using them as both his escape from the reality of being an outsider as well as a way to begin to explore his own budding sexuality.
This period of self exploration let to Patrick creating his character Camili-Cat, a a part alien, part feline superhero roaming the planet in search of his own species.  It was through the adventures of Camili-Cat that Patrick begam to explore his own sexuality.  Embuing Camili-Cat with his own personal frustrations, Patrick explored the world of his own isolation and attraction to me thus making the journey less of a lonely quest and one he could share with those who read his comics.  As Camili-Cat became more bold, Patrick began to inject sexual themes to his stories allowing him to explore his own homosexuality and measure it’s acceptance through the comments from readers.  Once thinking he was the only one of his kind, Camili-Cat, and subsequently Patrick himself, realized he wasn’t alone in the world and this helped him to really focus his art on what are now deemed some of the most iconic gay erotic cartoon and comic art in publication.

Camili-Cat copyright Patrick Fillion

From Camili-Cat, Patrick’s art soon grew to a portfolio of many gay cartoon characters and comic book series including Boy toons, Deimos, Guardians of the Cube, Naked Justice, Rapture and more.  As he grew more comfortable in his own skin, Patrick began exploring a more hardcore side to his gay superheroes.. and today, you would have to look hard not to find one of his creations without a nice prodicious cock and a huge sexual appetite.

Patrick’s life partner Fraser, also a huge lover of hung superheroes, started Class Comics in 2004 to both release Patrick’s art as well as open it up to distribution of other artists works.  An interesting result of his own isolation as a person and an artist early in life has, in my own take on his previously written biographies, helped him develop a very open and accepting philosophy about his art.  Instead of keeping Class Comics just for his own works, Patrick wanted it to be more of a community of artists and a way for their voices to be heard so that while individually they may feel alone, but through this group collaboration, they all realize they are not.  Perhaps the lessons learned from exploring life through Camili-Cat helped him become this very community oriented artist.

These days Patrick knows he is definately not alone in the world, and certainly very aware of his sexuality and very comfortable with where he is in his life.  This shows in the vibrance of his art and the adventures he illustrates as his own characters give voice to what many gay men experience all over the world.  Perhaps it is this that makes his works so much in demand…the fact that Patrick, his partner and the community of artists that is Class Comics create from the position of being in the know about the realities and complexities of gay life.

You can see more of Patrick Fillion’s work on his own website here, or visit Class Comics and support his, and the artists in the Class Comics community by purchasing some of their very much in demand gay comics.    Patrick Fillion comics are also sold on Amazon.com

For an artist I know there can be no greater sense of achievement or accomplishment than to finally see their art in print.  To find a publisher willing to take the chance on your art and agree to publish and distribute it to their distribution channel is likely one of the greatest feelings of finally achieving some recognition for all the previous years of hard work. It is a day that many artists dream of.

For Iceman Blue, that dream has just come true!  Bruno Gmuender has published and released his first gay comic book, Midnightman, a story with many of the same roots as other superhero stories, you know… hot muscled bodies, rugged handsome faces, ripped abs, and of course, a big cock almost bursting from the confines of the requisite skin hugging pants.

In this his first published gay comic book, Iceman Blue has included three stories, all centered around a super secret agent, muscled hunk MidnightMan.

The first story finds MidnightMan on a client ordered mission to steal the famed Blue Diamond from super rich, super evil and sex crazed Yantzy.  The job seems to go well until the malevolent god, Dark Eros, shows up and demands a very special sacrifice!   In the second story, MidnightMan raids a tomb seeking an ancient artifact that just happens to be guarded by a huge Jurassic fighter who gives MidnightMan much more in the fight than he could have ever expected.  In the third chapter of his charter gay comic book, IceManBlue takes us back into the world of the Brotherhood of Dark Eros, a world of nightmarish villains who make it their purpose to eat their enemies! At the end of the book is a special section of guest artist pinups with art provided by some of the gay comic worlds most notable artists, Joe Phillips, Patrick Fillion, Mioki and several others.

From the sample pages here and the art I have seen from IceMan Blue’s blog, this gay comic book is sure to be a hit joining the ranks of other great gay comic artists and their published gay comic book series.  I’m looking forward to more new comic books from IceMan Blue, but in the mean time, I suggest getting this one hot off the press!  You can purchase MidnightMan from Amazon, Bruno Gmuender, or TLA Books.

One of the most prolific gay comic book artists, known around the world for his hugely popular gay comic books featuring muscle bound men and their raging sexual appetites, has just released his latest gay comic book, Locus Volume 1. 

The ultimate, muscle bound, overly hung hustler now has his own series at Class Comics!  A Class Comics fan favorite, Locus, on the run from the Sektan authorities is making a living doing what he does best, selling his hot body to those willing to pay top dollar for it.  With a very expensive lifestyle, and a boyfriend who cost him everything he had, yet one he can’t seem to put behind him, Locus must keep himself busy servicing the sexual needs of any cretan that lusts for his gigantic cock and bulging pecs. 

Here are a few sample pages of this new comic book by Patrick Fillion.  In this opening few pages we get to see Locus in action on the streets of the planet Suktamimus, selling that gorgeously pumped body and very righteous cock of his.   He comes across two very agressive potential clients who really sap the sex out of him and drain his huge balls dry with some very agressive sex.  Check out these sample pages from this new Class Comics masterpiece then head on over to the Class Comics website to get the full copy for your gay comic book collection.   I have a feeling this one’s going to be a classic. 

At one time or another many young comic book fans try their best to draw their favorite superheros, but not many of them actually know at such a young age that they will pursue it as a career choice. Cartoon and comic artist, Logan Kowalsky is an exception. At the age of 12, he began drawing his favorite superheros and knew almost immediately that he had found a love for something that went beyond adolescent fantasy. He knew then that he wanted to draw cartoons for the rest of his life. During his youth, Logan would read many comic books, and follow many of their artists, emulating their style, learning from their shading and inking techniques and developing his own inspiration and ideas as his skills developed. A lifelong fan of superheros and comics, one of his first completed art pieces was a portrait of Ororo from the X-Men series.

You can see from Logan Kowalsky’s website  that he has drawn quite a bit of gay art in a variety of series and styles including bears, chubs, superheroes, police, soldiers, as well as fantasy and sci-fi. He has several published online comics titled “A Cops Day“, “Homophobic“, “Dr. Strange“, “Daddy“, and “Male, Inc  

Guardians of the Cube is a gay adult comic series that fuses the classic genre of superhero comics with elements of fantasy, humor and eroticism. Composed primarily of Gay and Lesbian characters, the series is the root of the Class Comics Universe.

Originally published in the mid 90s, the first 5 issues of the series have been completely revisited with updated artwork, story treatments, and fantastic new full color covers.

Naked Justice, Incubus, Ghostboy, Numa, Catnip, Jetstream, Diablo and Jeanne Darque make up this team of superheroes sworn to protect the world and its population from any threat.

Though the series does not focus solely around sex, the pages are dripping with sex appeal, and when the sex hits the pages, they literally burn!

These heroes are hung and hot in their spandex undies. Fighting crime has never looked so damn good!

In this second volume of the Guardians of the Cube, Jeanne Darque’s quest for Naked Justice continues!    Diablo, our very mascule, handsome and well hung hero puts on a very hardcore gay strip show.   Meanwhile, Jeanned Darque must apprehend a serial killer and Ghost Boy faces his greatest fear – his mother!  

This edition of Guardians of the Cube includes some re-mastered artwork from 1995 adding more sex appeal and more effects for a more dynamic and arousing reading experience.  

Get this issue of Guardians of the Cube Vol 2, available now at Class Comics