Edward Ficklin

Story is the heart of all of my artistic endeavors. We are composed of stories of everything we’ve seen, felt, heard. The real and the not so real. In fact, the not-so-real may be truer than the truth.

Scroll on, my darlings, and sample some of my visual tales.

Comics

Let’s start with some comics, currently my favorite way of telling tales. A note of caution: bawdiness lies ahead.

In the not too distant future, a pile of space junk coalesces into a sentient entity and has to save itself from being recycled. Appears in Tales from the Dispatch, Vol. 2.

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A couple of driftless gay party boys find themselves in trouble.

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The story continues with secret experiments, new super powers, and some ugly possible futures.

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line drawing of two handsome, heroic youths who are the heroes of this exciting new comic book

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Drawing and Painting

If you like your pictures without words, I’ve got some of those, too. Scroll on, but only if you’re comfortable with (tasteful) nudity.

  • painting of a masculine hand resting against his knee; skin is an iridescent violet against a dark blue background
    stolen glances and surreptitious fantasies (detail)
  • Painting of young man leaning against a wall, in a costume not unlike that of Robin, the Boy Wonder, of Batman fame.
    17in x 11in, gouache on paper
  • 11 in x 17 in; ink and watercolor on paper
  • Beloved and God 17in x 16in, gouache on paper $100
  • Beloved and God 7in x 10in, gouache on paper $50

Thoughts and Happenings

  • A little modesty, please!
    As nativism and fascist politics are on the rise everywhere, a heroine like Modesty is more vital and relevant than ever
  • painting of dark skinned male torso, shirtless, hands clasped in front of him; a grape vine twist gently around one of his arms
    Go Figure
    Making art is grabbing some inchoate idea from the ether and trying wrestle it into physical existence. Always failing, really, but never stopping.
  • person screaming and flipping the view off against a fiery red background
    We are not free labor, we are not the product!
    Imagine, if you will, our own queer, smutty twittergram where we share our work and our thoughts without fear of algorithmic erasure, trolls, or weaponized reports.
  • Top view of tired bearded young man with book sleeping in bed at home
    The erotic as continuum–not binary
    Why is sex, and the erotic in general, segregated in our storytelling?
  • close up of little statuettes of laughing buddhas and a meditating frog perched beside a laptop on a desk
    The office, but not THAT office
    Today I make one thing. I may make something different tomorrow. I close down by hitting a kind of reset button on the office, restoring it to a ready state–ready for tomorrow’s adventure.