When I hear Monsters and love in the same sentence, I am in there like swimwear. I love monsters. But I love that monsters are such a powerful storytelling tool to discuss the other, identity, and queerness. In the Tiny Onion and Dark Horse Pride anthology Monsters in Love, we see a cavalcade of some of the best creators in comics telling stories of love, loss, and so much more using every type of monster imaginable. This year, we were lucky enough to get together with 11 of the creatives who worked on the book to talk about it. We all talked about sandwiches first before diving into conversations about queerness, storytelling, bears, and so much more.

We speak with: Jadzia Axelrod

Vita Ayala

Zoe Tunnell

Aditya Bidikar

Bradley Clayton

Sina Grace

Jacoby Salcedo

Lee Knox Ostertag

Ed Luce

Josh Trujillo

Vash Taylor

About Monsters in Love

We need love and monsters now more than ever!!!

Beloved anthology Monsters In Love turns romance comics on their ogre-sized head with 10 swoon-worthy stories by fan-favorite LGBTQIA+ creators, including James Tynion IV, Jadzia Axelrod, Vita Ayala, Zoe Tunnell, Sina Grace, Josh Trujillo, Claudia Aguirre, Tench, and many others, just in time for Pride Month.

This super-sized special also includes a framing story by the creative team from The Oddly Pedestrian Life of Christopher Chaos!

It's an 80-page one-shot for less than 10 bucks!

From the New York Times and multi-Eisner award-winning best-selling author James Tynion IV and Tate Brombal.

About Dark Horse:

Dark Horse Comics is a publisher based in Milwaukie, Oregon, in the Portland metro area. Founded in 1986 by Mike Richardson, Dark Horse publishes creator-owned and licensed comics and art books, manga and other international titles, prose books, and products such as statues, figures, and accessories. These items are available through retailers, including comic shops and bookstores worldwide.

About Tiny Onion:

Tiny Onion is an independent production house from the mind of James Tynion IV, co-creator of critically acclaimed comic book bestsellers Something is Killing the Children, The Department of Truth, The Nice House on the Lake, and many more. Learn more and reach out on the home site below.