| Ed Luce | |
|---|---|
 Luce at the 2012 Stumptown Comics Fest | |
| Nationality | American |
| Area(s) | Cartoonist |
Notable works | Wuvable Oaf |
| wuvableoaf | |
Ed Luce is an American cartoonist, best known for his indie comics series Wuvable Oaf . [1] The series focuses on Oaf Jadwiga, a bearish gay ex-wrestler looking for love. [2] Originally funded by a grant from Prism Comics, it was self-published in five standalone chapters [3] until being compiled in graphic novel form by Fantagraphics Books in 2015. [4]
He is a two-time Ignatz Award nominee for the series, garnering nominations in 2009 for Promising New Talent [5] and in 2015 for Outstanding Artist, [6] and was a 2016 Lambda Literary Award nominee for LGBT Graphic Novel, [7] A second volume, Wuvable Oaf: Blood and Metal, was published in 2016, [8] and won the Award for LGBT Graphic Novel at the 29th Lambda Literary Awards. [9]
Luce lives with his husband Mark in San Francisco, [3] where he teaches at California College of the Arts. [10]
