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Rick Worley

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Rick Worley
NationalityAmerican
Area(s)Cartoonist
Notable works
A Waste of Time
http://rickworley.com

Rick Worley is an American cartoonist, known primarily for his comic strip A Waste of Time. He is openly gay[1] and lives in San Francisco.

Career

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Worley began the strip A Waste of Time in 2008.[2][3] A collection of the strips was published by Northwest Press in 2011,[4] followed by a series of new material beginning in 2014.[5] The strip is about an anthropomorphic rabbit named Rick (a stand-in for the creator) and his friends and associates, which include Truckstop (a sexually adventurous fox), Prester (an alcoholic teddy bear), Rickets (an amnesiac robot), and Capitalist Pig (a piggy bank). The series also depicts realistic human characters, including Rick's boyfriends,[6] and fictionalized versions of cartoonists Bill Watterson and Jim Davis.[7]

In February 2013, Worley co-curated with Justin Hall the San Francisco art exhibit "Batman on Robin", featuring works exploring the theme of homoeroticism between Batman and Robin.[8][9] His work has been featured in No Straight Lines: Four Decades of Queer Comics, published by Fantagraphics in 2012; editor Robert Kirby's hardcover anthology QU33R in 2014;[10] and in What’s Your Sign, Girl? an astrological anthology edited by Kirby 2016.[11]

References

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  1. ^ "Rick Worley". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2017-10-11.
  2. ^ "Drawing Room | A Waste of Time". Retrieved 2017-03-02.
  3. ^ "CBG Comics Offers Gay Comic Readers "A Waste of Time" | Fanboys of the Universe". www.fanboysoftheuniverse.com. 23 October 2008. Retrieved 2017-03-02.
  4. ^ "A Waste of Time « Read About Comics". www.readaboutcomics.com. Retrieved 2017-03-02.
  5. ^ "Rick Worley - Comic Book DB". www.comicbookdb.com. Retrieved 2017-03-02.
  6. ^ Camper, Cathy (2012-02-01). "'A Waste of Time' by Rick Worley". Lambda Literary. Retrieved 2017-03-02.
  7. ^ "An Existential Fantasia – "A Waste of Time" #3 [Review]". Multiversity Comics. 2015-12-31. Retrieved 2017-03-02.
  8. ^ "BATMAN ON ROBIN Gallery Show Explores The Dynamic Duo's Alternate Side". Forces of Geek. 2013-02-09. Retrieved 2017-03-02.
  9. ^ "Batman on Robin, A Homoerotic Group Art Show in San Francisco". Laughing Squid. 2013-02-04. Retrieved 2017-03-02.
  10. ^ "State of the Art: QU33R | The Comics Journal". www.tcj.com. 9 June 2014. Retrieved 2017-03-02.
  11. ^ "What's Your Sign, Girl? - Marnie Galloway, Kevin Budnik, Rick Worley and Cara Bean Star in Robert Kirby's Astrological Anthology – Broken Frontier". www.brokenfrontier.com. 16 February 2016. Retrieved 2017-03-02.