Julia Gfrorer Creator Spotlight

 

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Julia Gfrorer (rhymes with "Despair", according to her website) is a prolific horror comics artist. She was born in 1982. Currently she lives on Long Island with critic Sean T. Collins and their (presumably human) children.

Here is a rundown of comics currently available on her Etsy store:

COMICS

VISION VOLUME ONE

VISION VOLUME TWO

VISION VOLUME THREE

VISION VOLUME FOUR

TARTARUS

DARK AGE

TOO DARK TO SEE

IN PACE REQUIESCAT (w/Sean T. Collins)

PALM ASH

THE HIDEOUS DROPPING OFF OF THE VEIL (w/Sean T. Collins)

VANITAS

BLACK LIGHT

SELF-PUBLISHING AIDS

THUBAN PRESS GUIDE TO ANALOG SELF PUBLISHING

THUBAN PRESS SELF EMPLOYMENT INCOME LOG

MEDIA ZINES

GOOD NIGHT SEATTLE: A FRASIER ZINE

ALL FUCKED UP: EROTIC TALES FROM THE "ROAD HOUSE" EXTENDED UNIVERSE

(w/Sean T. Collins and Gretchen Felker-Martin)

Here are some general links:

Every deep dive into Julia Gfrorer's comics should start at her website

Julia Gfrorer is active on instagram and tumblr

Julia Gfrorer Threadless shop for your macabre t-shirt needs

Julia Gfrorer Patreon, starting at $1 but $8 level gets you new comics when they come out

 "In the Mouth of Sadness: On the Erotic Bummer" Los Angeles Review of Books July 7, 2023 (An essay on the cinematic history of the Erotic Thriller by Sean T. Collins/Julia Gfrorer)

Julia Gfrorer spoke at the New York Comics & Picture-story Symposium on February 13, 2018, unfortunately the lecture series was not uploaded to youtube before September 2020.

Here are the three full-length books Gfrorer has had published by Fantagraphics Books...

BLACK IS THE COLOR (2013) OOP

 Video preview

Current tcj.com co-editor Tucker Stone interviews Julia Gfrorer back on 

January 17, 2014

LAID WASTE (2016) Temporarily Out of Stock

Dezarticulat666 talks with Julia Gfrorer about a recent translation of this book (in English)

VISION (2020) Available from Fantagraphics

Marc Charles and Gerardo Vilches interview Julia Gfrorer (also in English)