Patrick Fillion
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Patrick Fillion is a Canadian
illustrator and writer of comic book
s with erotic
homosexual characters and themes.
Fillion drew comic book art and nudes from an early age, but when he moved to Vancouver
in 1991 and discovered the gay community and lifestyle, his work went from mild to more explicit erotica
. Over time, his style evolved to include more and more risqué subject matter that he developed into a line of self published comics under the name Class Enterprises.
In 2004, Fillion and his partner Fraz created their own publishing company, Class Comics Inc.
, through which they release a wider range gay-themed erotic comics.
The exposure of Fillion's characters in Montreal
's Zip magazine led to a deal with "mega distributor" Bruno Gmünder, who has released art books featuring Fillion's work entitled Heroes, Mighty Males and Hot Chocolate. The Class Comics titles are translated into German
by Gmünder, and into French
by France-based publisher H&O Editions.
Fillion also continues to produce illustrations for several gay-themed publications, and has created artwork for numerous events and organizations.
es. Ethnically diverse, they find themselves in a plethora of dangerous and sexual situations, often involving equally sexualized alien
s and supervillain
s.
is a well-endowed superhero
whose costume consists of only boots, long gloves and a mask. He first appeared in 2000's Ecstasy #1, and has appeared in two issues of his own series scripted by former Canadian Male magazine Editor-in-Chief Donald MacLean.
Castle Rain Entertainment
Avatar
Fillion illustrated a great deal of work for Avatar Press
in 2000, 2001 and 2002, some of which has yet to be printed. The items listed below are the items which have been released to date.
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...
illustrator and writer of comic book
Comic book
A comic book or comicbook is a magazine made up of comics, narrative artwork in the form of separate panels that represent individual scenes, often accompanied by dialog as well as including...
s with erotic
Eroticism
Eroticism is generally understood to refer to a state of sexual arousal or anticipation of such – an insistent sexual impulse, desire, or pattern of thoughts, as well as a philosophical contemplation concerning the aesthetics of sexual desire, sensuality and romantic love...
homosexual characters and themes.
Fillion drew comic book art and nudes from an early age, but when he moved to Vancouver
Vancouver
Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...
in 1991 and discovered the gay community and lifestyle, his work went from mild to more explicit erotica
Erotica
Erotica are works of art, including literature, photography, film, sculpture and painting, that deal substantively with erotically stimulating or sexually arousing descriptions...
. Over time, his style evolved to include more and more risqué subject matter that he developed into a line of self published comics under the name Class Enterprises.
In 2004, Fillion and his partner Fraz created their own publishing company, Class Comics Inc.
Class Comics
Class Comics is an independent comic books publisher, originally founded in 1995 by Patrick Fillion as Class Enterprises, which specializes in gay erotic comics. Class Comics Inc. is now run by Fillion and his partner Fraser out of Vancouver, Canada...
, through which they release a wider range gay-themed erotic comics.
The exposure of Fillion's characters in Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
's Zip magazine led to a deal with "mega distributor" Bruno Gmünder, who has released art books featuring Fillion's work entitled Heroes, Mighty Males and Hot Chocolate. The Class Comics titles are translated into German
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
by Gmünder, and into French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
by France-based publisher H&O Editions.
Fillion also continues to produce illustrations for several gay-themed publications, and has created artwork for numerous events and organizations.
Characters
Fillion's series characters are primarily young, muscled males with improbably large penisPenis
The penis is a biological feature of male animals including both vertebrates and invertebrates...
es. Ethnically diverse, they find themselves in a plethora of dangerous and sexual situations, often involving equally sexualized alien
Extraterrestrial life
Extraterrestrial life is defined as life that does not originate from Earth...
s and supervillain
Supervillain
A supervillain or supervillainess is a variant of the villain character type, commonly found in comic books, action movies and science fiction in various media.They are sometimes used as foils to superheroes and other fictional heroes...
s.
Camili-Cat
First appearing in Magma Forces #5 (1986), Camili-Cat is the last of an alien humanoid species that is part feline. "Cam's homeworld was destroyed when he was just a child. Now he roams the galaxy in the hopes of someday finding other survivors of his species."Naked Justice
Naked JusticeNaked Justice (Patrick Fillion)
Naked Justice is a fictional character in the Naked Justice and Guardians of The Cube comic book series created by Patrick Fillion.-History:...
is a well-endowed superhero
Superhero
A superhero is a type of stock character, possessing "extraordinary or superhuman powers", dedicated to protecting the public. Since the debut of the prototypical superhero Superman in 1938, stories of superheroes — ranging from brief episodic adventures to continuing years-long sagas —...
whose costume consists of only boots, long gloves and a mask. He first appeared in 2000's Ecstasy #1, and has appeared in two issues of his own series scripted by former Canadian Male magazine Editor-in-Chief Donald MacLean.
Class Comics: Current editions
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Class Enterprises 1992-2003
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Translated By H&O Editions (France)
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Bruno Gmünder (Germany)
- Heroes (Artbook, 2005)
- Hot Chocolate (Artbook, 2005)
- Mighty Males (English, 2005)
- Mighty Males (German, 2005)
- iLUSTrations: the Art of Patrick Fillion (Artbook, 2010)
Castle Rain Entertainment
- Jestercrow #2 (Cover illustration, 2001)
Mermaid and Avatar Press
Mermaid- GoGo Boy #3 ( Backup 5-page story called "Mermaid Tales" and back cover, 1995)
Avatar
Fillion illustrated a great deal of work for Avatar Press
Avatar Press
Avatar Press is an independent American publisher of comic books, founded in 1996 by William A. Christensen, and based in Rantoul, Illinois.Avatar initially published only mini-series; however, they have since begun to branch out...
in 2000, 2001 and 2002, some of which has yet to be printed. The items listed below are the items which have been released to date.
- Avengelyne: Dark Depths #1/2 (Cover, 2001)
- Avengelyne: Seraphicide #1/2 (Pax Romana Edition: Cover, 2002)
- Hellina #0 (Variant cover, 2003)
- Razor: Till I bleed Daylight #1 (Cover art, 2000)
- Razor: Bleeding Heart #1 (Inside art, regular cover, 6 variant covers, 2001)
- Threshold #26 (Lookers short story part 1 ) – 2000
- Threshold #27 (Lookers short story part 1 ) – 2000
- Threshold #37 (Adult and regular covers, "The Lookers: the Shaft of Dionysus" Part 1, 2000)
- Threshold #38 (Adult and regular covers, "The Lookers: the Shaft of Dionysus" Part 2, 2000)
- Twilight Raw #1 (Covers and additional inside art, 2000)
- Twilight Raw #2 (Ccovers and additional inside art, 2000)
Magazines
- All-Man Magazine (Various monthly illustrations, 2002–2004)
- Black Inches magazine (Various monthly illustrations, 2002 – present)
- Latin Inches magazine (Various monthly illustrations, 2002–present)
- Handjobs magazine – (Short story illustrations, January 2002)
- FreshmenFreshmen (magazine)Freshmen is an American pornographic magazine published monthly by Specialty Publications, a division of LPI Media, and founded in 1991. The magazine is geared toward gay men, and features nude photos of men, 18–25 years old. Freshmen has featured young college-aged males since its inception in 1992...
magazine (Various monthly illustrations, 2005–present) - Inches magazine (Various monthly illustrations, 2006–present)
- Torso magazine (Various monthly illustrations, 2006–present)
- Zip magazine - April/May 1999 (French version of “Camili-Cat: Auto Pilot”)
- Zip magazine - June/July 1999 (French version of “Camili-Cat: Poor Kitty Cat”)
- Zip magazine - Aug/Sept 1999 (French version of “Camili-Cat: Reunion”)
- Zip magazine - Oct/Nov 1999 (French version of “Camili-Cat: the Djinns”)
- Zip magazine - Winter 1999 (Cover illustration - Interview with Patrick Fillion)
- Zip magazine - Winter 2000 (Cover illustration - French version of “Naked Justice”)
- Zip magazine - Winter 2001 (Cover illustration – Patrick Fillion art gallery)
- Zip magazine - Spring 2001 (French version of “Dane and the Leathermen”)
- Zip magazine - Fall 2001 (French version of "Naked Justice: Orgy of the Damned")
- Zip magazine - Winter 2002 (Interview with Patrick Fillion – Art Gallery)
Anthologies
- Meatmen #25 ("Camili-Cat vs. the Djinns," 10-page short story, 2002); Leyland Publications
- What’s Wrong (Cover illustration and 4 Camili-Cat strips, 2002); Arsenal Pulp PressArsenal Pulp PressArsenal Pulp Press is a Canadian independent book publishing company, based in Vancouver, British Columbia. The company publishes a broad range of titles in both fiction and non-fiction, and is noted for founding the annual Three-Day Novel Contest .Authors who have been published by Arsenal Pulp ...