Maurice Vellekoop
Encyclopedia
Maurice Vellekoop is a Canadian
artist and illustrator. His work has appeared in publications such as Drawn and Quarterly
, Time
, GQ, Vogue
, Cosmopolitan
and Wallpaper, as well as in the books ABC Book: A Homoerotic Primer, Sex Tips from a Dominatrix, Mensroom Reader and Vellevision.
Vellekoop attended the Ontario College of Art and Design from 1982 to 1986. He is openly gay
.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
artist and illustrator. His work has appeared in publications such as Drawn and Quarterly
Drawn and Quarterly
Drawn and Quarterly is a Canadian comic book publishing company, headed by Chris Oliveros, and based in Montreal, Quebec. Its focus is on graphic novels and underground or alternative comics. Drawn and Quarterly was also the title of the company's flagship quarterly anthology during the 1990s...
, Time
Time (magazine)
Time is an American news magazine. A European edition is published from London. Time Europe covers the Middle East, Africa and, since 2003, Latin America. An Asian edition is based in Hong Kong...
, GQ, Vogue
Vogue (magazine)
Vogue is a fashion and lifestyle magazine that is published monthly in 18 national and one regional edition by Condé Nast.-History:In 1892 Arthur Turnure founded Vogue as a weekly publication in the United States. When he died in 1909, Condé Montrose Nast picked up the magazine and slowly began...
, Cosmopolitan
Cosmopolitan (magazine)
Cosmopolitan is an international magazine for women. It was first published in 1886 in the United States as a family magazine, was later transformed into a literary magazine and eventually became a women's magazine in the late 1960s...
and Wallpaper, as well as in the books ABC Book: A Homoerotic Primer, Sex Tips from a Dominatrix, Mensroom Reader and Vellevision.
Vellekoop attended the Ontario College of Art and Design from 1982 to 1986. He is openly gay
Gay
Gay is a word that refers to a homosexual person, especially a homosexual male. For homosexual women the specific term is "lesbian"....
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Books
- Maurice Vellekoop's ABC Book. A Homoerotic Primer. New York: Gates of Heck, 1997.
- "Vellevision." A Cocktail of Comics and Pictures. Montreal: Drawn & Quarterly, 1997.
- A Nut at the Opera. Montreal: Drawn & Quarterly, 2006.
External links
- Maurice Vellekoop profile at Prism ComicsPrism ComicsPrism Comics is a non-profit organization that supports lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender creators, stories, characters, and readers in the comics industry....
- fan site dedicated to Maurice Vellekoop's work