Our Creator Interview series over the years have highlights multiple creators of the LGBTQ+ community, including:
- YouTuber and prolific creator Jennie Gyllblad
- Webcomic creator Dulceskull,
- Professional freelance artist and mangaka LycheeDevil
- Creative duo SK6
- Twins Team Diamant Comics
Each person or team has shared their inspirations and path to becoming a creator while embracing their identity in the LGBTQ+ community. Let's revisit these creators and see what they are up to as part of Pride Month!
1. Jennie Gyllblad
A Swedish comic artist based in the UK, Jennie Gyllblad started making comics as a kid, turning her love of art, roleplay, and anime into a lifelong creative outlet. Over time, her comics evolved from personal diary-style drawings into full projects like Skal, By Man & Angels, and the spicy fan-favorite Jenitales. She supports her work through various platforms outside GlobalComix, including YouTube and Patreon.
Jennie encourages aspiring creators to embrace what they love without overthinking it, whether that’s starting a YouTube channel, telling queer stories, or exploring bold ideas. Her biggest advice was this: make the thing, start small, and don’t be afraid of cringe. Practice, community, and doing it for yourself are what help you grow. Late last year, Jennie launched a new series called RedFan, which we've highlighted below for you.
You can find her full list of comics here on GlobalComix!
When transhumanist corporations are buying their way into your brain, it's all too easy to end up losing your mind.
2. Dulceskull
Creator of Pink Sugar, Dulceskull (Alex) started making comics when her wife gave her the push to stop daydreaming and actually go for it, and she’s been drawing ever since. With no formal art school background, she learned by studying comics she loved, experimenting constantly, and embracing a DIY mindset.
Her biggest advice to creators, especially those wanting to tell queer stories, is simple: just do it. Don’t wait to be perfect, and embrace what makes your work different from others. Make what brings you joy, use reference palettes, throw sparkles on your pages if you want, and remember there’s always someone out there who needs the story only you can tell.
You can find Pink Sugar from Dulceskull here on GlobalComix!
Who knew that speedrunning the afterlife could look so good? Pink Sugar is delightfully polyamorous & queer fantasy-romance, where 4 sapphic demons embark on a road trip through the 5 realms of the underworld. Join Blake, Rocko, Artemis, and Satya in the unexpected ways of falling in love and confronting their own pasts along the way. Buckle up and enjoy the ride!
3. LycheeDevil
Also known as Vee, LycheeDevil is a freelance artist and mangaka. I came across Vee's work on Twitter during the Summer of Manga contest in 2023, organized by Saturday AM , in which she submitted her title, Scarlet Vagabond. They were published in the Saturday AM magazine as a result, and I've been following them since. Vee also provides helpful advice and tips on creating manga on social media. More recently, Vee has started working on Monsters We Make, created by Youtuber CoryxKenshin, and it’s shaping up to be something special.
In our interview last year, Vee shared a ton about storytelling, pacing, and the importance of thumbnails to map things out before going all-in. Their advice for new creators? Keep your story simple, know your structure, and don’t be afraid to start, even if it’s messy.
You can find SCARLET VAGABOND from LycheeDevil right here on GlobalComix!
A debut oneshot produced for Saturday AM's Summer of Manga event in 2023, with a "villain of the week" approach to the storytelling.
4. Ash Kohari and Vice at SK6
SK6 is the creative duo of Vice and Ash, an artist couple, known for making bold, original LGBTQ+ comics like 9mm Girls and Freaky 1/2. Originally working under the name Chili Ferrets, they started with fan art but shifted in 2018 to focus entirely on personal projects, a decision that led to the launch of SK6 and their current slate of webcomics. Since the original interview, they've moved on to new projects with other creators like JAZZ: Juggernauts Against Zealous Zealots with Christyle Inc. and Monsters We Make, created by Youtuber CoryxKenshin.
While Vice tends to favor lighthearted, cute stories with a hint of kink, Ash leans into darker, edgier themes, both united in their love for storytelling and queer representation. Their biggest advice to other creators is to stick with it, experiment, and embrace original ideas even when the road is tough; SK6 has weathered all sorts of storms: stolen projects, platform censorship, and industry burnout. I think their passion for manga and comics continues through building community, supporting each other, and creating art that reflects their voice. Things we should all aspire to do.
You can find all of SK6's titles here on GlobalComix!
Aya and Hazel are two friends running a private security business called 9mm Girls, where they excel at bodyguard and surveillance services. They think they can handle anything—until a powerful demon attacks their latest client, throwing them into chaos. Suddenly, they’re caught up in a messy world of shady corporate secrets and supernatural threats. Now it’s all about “adapt or get killed.” As they figure things out, they’ll have to decide if they want to become demon hunters, make friends with these creatures, or maybe even do a little of both. Their adventure will challenge their skills, test their friendship, and redefine what it means to keep people safe in a world where nothing is as it seems.
5. Team Diamant Comics
The Phoenix-based twin creators Aubrey and Jordan Diamant, known as Team Diamant, are carving out a powerful space in queer and trans comics. With their emotionally rich and visually stunning titles like The Lion of Paris, American Prince, and Melting Pot Riot illuminating trans and queer experiences is critical in our modern era. As trans artists who came out in 2010, they bring lived experience, fierce creativity, and an unapologetically queer lens to everything they make: from horror novels to costume design to manga-style graphic novels. In recent years, they've been building on their American Prince series and creating anthologies, taking submissions from other creators.
Their advice to creators is to find platforms and spaces that support and amplify marginalized voices, helping their titles reach top LGBTQ+ rankings and opening doors to new publishing opportunities like Kanme Studios. Aubrey and Jordan are proving that inclusive storytelling isn’t just important, it’s magnetic, resonant, and here to stay.
You can find all of Team Diamant's titles here on GlobalComix!
Boy Raleigh meets Ghoul Malachy and strike up a unique passionate relationship in this LGBTQA ‘Vamp-Opera’ set in an alternative 21st century Las Vegas. As the saying goes whatever happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas!
While Pride Month is a limited period of time, Pride activism isn't. It's vital to be good representatives and leaders and advocate for each other, for our present and our future of the LGBTQ+ community. Making comics and manga about our experiences is one way we keep the voice alive and record the past to encourage the future. I've enjoyed seeing how these creators have grown since our interviews with them.
You can find past Pride Month articles here to keep reading more amazing stories.
If you'd like to read the original interviews, you can find them below: