Orchard, Samuel, 1984- : Digital comics created for the Rooster Tails website

Date
2010, 2018-2020
By
Orchard, Samuel, 1984-
Reference
ATL-Group-00437
Description

Selection of comics created for Rooster Tails, an autobiographical webcomic by Sam Orchard about "life as a queer transguy" in Aotearoa. Originally published at www.roostertailscomic.com.

Sam Orchard is a New Zealand comic artist and illustrator, and creator of the webcomic, "Rooster Tails" (2010 - onward), which explores transgender and queer experience and identity.

Quantity: 88 digital cartoon(s).

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Copyright: Copyright held by Sam Orchard. All rights reserved.
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Format
88 digital cartoon(s), Digital images, Comics
There are 92 items in total.
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Trans Week of Awareness

Date: 17 November 2020

From: Orchard, Samuel, 1984- : Digital comics created for the Rooster Tails website

By: Orchard, Samuel, 1984-

Reference: DCDL-0040197

Description: Autobiographical comic strip by Sam Orchard. Originally published at www.roostertailscomic.com on 17 November 2020. Title taken from file name. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

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Pissed On

Date: 11 November 2020

From: Orchard, Samuel, 1984- : Digital comics created for the Rooster Tails website

By: Orchard, Samuel, 1984-

Reference: DCDL-0040196

Description: Autobiographical comic strip by Sam Orchard. Originally published at www.roostertailscomic.com on 11 November 2020. Title taken from file name. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

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Queermas List

Date: 27 November 2020

From: Orchard, Samuel, 1984- : Digital comics created for the Rooster Tails website

By: Orchard, Samuel, 1984-

Reference: DCDL-0040198

Description: Autobiographical comic strip by Sam Orchard. Originally published at www.roostertailscomic.com on 27 November 2020. Title taken from file name. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

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Big reveal

Date: 27 December 2020

From: Orchard, Samuel, 1984- : Digital comics created for the Rooster Tails website

By: Orchard, Samuel, 1984-

Reference: DCDL-0040452

Description: Autobiographical comic strip by Sam Orchard. Originally published at www.roostertailscomic.com on 27 December 2020. Title supplied by cartoonist. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

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One of us

Date: 15 December 2020

From: Orchard, Samuel, 1984- : Digital comics created for the Rooster Tails website

By: Orchard, Samuel, 1984-

Reference: DCDL-0040451

Description: Autobiographical comic strip by Sam Orchard. Originally published at www.roostertailscomic.com on 15 December 2020. Title supplied by cartoonist. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

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Something in in my queer eye

Date: 15 March 2018

From: Orchard, Samuel, 1984- : Digital comics created for the Rooster Tails website

Reference: DCDL-0040115

Description: Five panel comic in which the artist and his partner Joey are in bed deciding what to watch of television. Sam wants to watch 'Queer Eye' but Joey doesn't "like shows about men". Sam finds this upsetting and starts crying as Joey elaborates and offers alternate ideas for the programme. In the last panel, tears cover his face, clothes, and bed as the says "But men being grateful to queers and femmes is so nice." Originally published at www.roostertailscomic.com. Title taken from file name. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

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Feeling the pride

Date: 17 February 2018

From: Orchard, Samuel, 1984- : Digital comics created for the Rooster Tails website

Reference: DCDL-0040113

Description: Three part comic pertaining to pride festivals in Auckland and Christchurch. Part one depicts the excitement leading up to Auckland Pride and ends with his partner congratulating him on "surviving this late capitalist nightmare!" Part two depicts the artist and his partner reacting to criticism of organisations such as InsideOut and Rainbow Youth, his partner getting accosted over the dress they were wearing, and social media reactions to a photograph of a parade float posted by the artist. In part three, the artist addresses an event at Christchurch Pride that was for cis men exclusively. Originally published at www.roostertailscomic.com. Title taken from file name. Quantity: 3 digital cartoon(s).

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Great beard great responsibility

Date: 3 February 2018

From: Orchard, Samuel, 1984- : Digital comics created for the Rooster Tails website

Reference: DCDL-0040111

Description: Five panel comic which shows the artist struggling with the day-to-day problems of having a beard including, scruffiness, itchiness, and things stuck in it. His partner tells him "You have to take care of it!", to which he replies, "But it's so haaaaard!" Originally published at www.roostertailscomic.com. Title taken from file name. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

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Driving

Date: 30 January 2018

From: Orchard, Samuel, 1984- : Digital comics created for the Rooster Tails website

Reference: DCDL-0040110

Description: Four panel comic showing the artist sitting at in the drivers seat, sweating and shaking with a passenger looking at him. The panels are dated "Oct 2017", "Nov 2017", "Dec 2017", and "Jan 2018". The final panel contains the word "Snap!" and he appears to fall backwards. Originally published at www.roostertailscomic.com. Title taken from file name. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

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Damned lies and statistics

Date: 20 January 2018

From: Orchard, Samuel, 1984- : Digital comics created for the Rooster Tails website

Reference: DCDL-0040109

Description: Seven panel comic in which the artist expresses his frustration that the 2018 New Zealand census will not be asking questions regarding gender identity or sexuality. He looks into possible reasons why these questions are not included and the impact and harm a lack of data can have on the rainbow community including, services not meeting needs and inadequate funding. Originally published at www.roostertailscomic.com. Title taken from file name. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).