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Author Description A.C. Esguerra (a.k.a. blueludebar) is an award-winning cartoonist and illustrator. Their comics tell dark, intricate and theatrical stories about queer love and resistance in far-off yet familiar worlds in bold, intricate traditional ink and watercolor. <br /><br />Their debut graphic novel was <i> <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54303232-eighty-days" rel="nofollow noopener">Eighty Days</a> </i>, a GLAAD award-nominated and YALSA-listed queer historical epic about pilots, romance and rebellion in an alternate-1930s. The self-published first part of the comic won a PRISM Comics Queer Press Grant in 2016. The complete graphic novel was published by Archaia in 2021 and received a starred review from <i>Booklist</i> as well as features from the <i>L.A. Times</i>, <i>Publishers Weekly</i> and Buzzfeed. The following year, <i> <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54303232-eighty-days" rel="nofollow noopener">Eighty Days</a> </i> was named one of YALSA (Young Adult Library Association)’s “Great Graphic Novels for Teens”, shortlisted for the International School of Beijing Panda Book Awards, and nominated for the 33rd GLAAD Media Awards in the Outstanding Graphic Novel/Anthology category. A.C.'s second graphic novel was <i> <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60018581-who-was-a-daring-pioneer-of-the-skies" rel="nofollow noopener">Who Was A Daring Pioneer Of The Skies?: Amelia Earhart</a> </i> (Penguin Workshop Books, 2022), a nonfiction comic written by Melanie Gillman for younger readers. <br /><br />As an illustrator, A.C. has worked on a range of projects: a tarot card deck based on the world of M.A. Carrick’s Rook & Rose fantasy trilogy, various sci-fi and adult comics, and a public art commission for San Francisco, City of Poets. Gallery clients include Gallery Nucleus, Nucleus Portland and international venues. They regularly contribute lifestyle essays about stationery and creativity to Baum-kuchen Studio. <br /><br />A.C. has spoken on panels about the intersections of queerness, history and comics at events including San Diego Comic Con, Toronto Comic Arts Festival and West Hollywood Pride. They are a member of the Cartoonist Cooperative and Authors Against Book Bans (Rapid Response Team). They are represented by Kate McKean at Howard Morhaim Literary Agency in publishing and by Sean Watkins at Athenaeum Comic Art for original art sales.<br /><br />Born in Manila, Philippines, A.C. now lives in Los Angeles with their partner and pets.

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