Vaughn Frick

Carl Vaughn Frick – often credited as Vaughn Frick or simply Vaughn – is an alternative cartoonist known for the exploration of gay, environmental, HIV/AIDS awareness, and radical political themes in his comics. His Watch Out! Comix #1 was an influential gay-themed comic, one of the first by an openly gay male cartoonist. His work was also included in issues of Gay Comix, Meatmen, Strip AIDS, No Straight Lines, and So Fey, a collection of Radical Faerie fiction.

Personal life Vaughn is primarily known for being outspoken in his works, often focusing on activism within various communities. Although he is primarily associated with the romance and erotica genre due to his works within queer publications, Vaughn is also versed in writing for the sci-fi, horror, and supernatural genres.

It is known that Vaughn pursued acting as a career in the 1980s while simultaneously writing for Gay Comix #3. It is also known that he worked as an art director for San Francisco Sentinel, a job position which was acquired after designing for the Northwest Passage, the Seattle Sun, and Seattle Gay News Vaughn is also known for his design work in Earth First! Journal and The Portland Alliance.

His personal blog, Radical Faerie Church, is Vaughn's blogspace primarily dedicated to posting panels of NOMEANSYES, one of Vaughn's comics that centers around gay activism by satirically tackling problems associated with homophobia. Vaughn also posts updates of his own personal thoughts here, sometimes about events or publications that mention him and his general reactions. Interviews and Q&As of him can also be found here. The comic depicts a man named Doug being coerced by his friend to explore a queer bar. After a moment of skepticism Doug agrees to enter, but is then sexually assaulted by various men. It is revealed this occurred because Doug happened to be wearing a specific color that codes him as a willing participant in their sex acts, before waking up and expressing relief at having had a bad dream. Drummer was a publication magazine that published both erotic and non-erotic fanfiction, photography, cartoons, comics, calendars, dramas, scripts, poems, and interviews. Other non-erotic content includes lifestyle articles, letters, reviews of other leather organizations, personal accounts, new columns, and editorials. The committee's message argued that the Oregon's Citizen's Alliance did not properly follow Old Testament Leviticus law, pointing out how it is a sin for the members to eat oysters, wear mixed fabrics, etc. Vaughn was one of the members that engaged in protesting, held media events for the committee, and helped publish statements in the state's voter political guide. Mainly, Vaughn contributed to the group's "Bible Tract," or informational political cartoon panels.

25th Lambda Literary Award for No Straight Lines "Annie Sprinkle In The Adventures of Miss Timed", Creator, Richard Kasak Books "Leatherthing," Writer and Artist, Gay Comix #4, 1989 "Portland Bird," Writer and Artist, PDXS, 1992 RFD (magazine) PDXS, Cartoonist and Cover illustrator, 1992 The Seattle Sun Northwest Passage San Francisco Sentinel, Art director, 1980's Manifest Magazine