No Straight Lines Viewing Party with Q+A

Intimate yet expansive, No Straight Lines chronicles the rise of five DIY comic artists who were part of an artistic movement that ushered LGBTQ art into the mainstream.

Alison Bechdel began her long running Dykes to Watch Out For comic on a whim, and has now earned Tony Awards and a MacArthur Award for her critically acclaimed graphic memoir, Fun Home.

Howard Cruse, the godfather of queer comics, sought to counteract the bland version of American life he saw reflected back from the comic strips of his youth with intimate and witty portrayals of everyday queer life.

Rupert Kinnard shows the strength of his boxing idols and the first serialized gay black superhero in his creation of The Brown Bomber.

Mary Wings bravely produced the first known lesbian themed comic created by an out lesbian in the closetted early 1970s.

And Jennifer Camper playfully depicts her Lebanese American heritage and experiences as a lesbian feminist in her fierce characters.

The challenges they each faced, and the solutions found, paved the way for today’s emerging LGBTQ artists to create art on their own terms. As threats to queer self-expression spread across the country, now is the perfect moment for us to hear the remarkable stories of the pioneers who broke the doors open, and first imagined a world of no straight lines.

SAW will view the movie and then host a Q+A with some of the movie's participants!

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