Ed Luce

{{short description|American cartoonist}}

{{for|the British journalist|Edward Luce}}

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Ed Luce is an American cartoonist, best known for his indie comics series Wuvable Oaf.[http://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/art/artist-spotlight/2011/08/13/artist-spotlight-ed-luce "Artist Spotlight: Ed Luce"]. The Advocate, August 13, 2011. The series focuses on Oaf Jadwiga, a bearish gay ex-wrestler looking for love.[http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/books/2015/08/ed_luce_s_gay_romance_comic_wuvable_oaf_reviewed.html "Meet Oaf: A romance comic for bear-lovers and the bears who love them."] Slate, August 5, 2015. Originally funded by a grant from Prism Comics, it was self-published in five standalone chapters[http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2014/05/interview-with-ed-luce/ "Fantagraphics to publish Ed Luce’s ‘Wuvable Oaf': An interview with the author"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906113220/http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2014/05/interview-with-ed-luce/ |date=2015-09-06 }}. Comic Book Resources, May 10, 2014. until being compiled in graphic novel form by Fantagraphics Books in 2015.[http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2015/05/wuvable-oaf-review.html "Wuvable Oaf by Ed Luce Review"]. Paste, May 14, 2015.

He is a two-time Ignatz Award nominee for the series, garnering nominations in 2009 for Promising New Talent[http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2009/08/nominees-announced-for-13th-annual-ignatz-awards/ "Nominees announced for 13th annual Ignatz Awards"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160529042048/http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2009/08/nominees-announced-for-13th-annual-ignatz-awards/ |date=2016-05-29 }}. Comic Book Resources, August 24, 2009. and in 2015 for Outstanding Artist,[http://comicsalliance.com/spx-2015-ignatz-nominees/ "Small Press Expo Announces 2015 Ignatz Award Nominees"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624075733/http://comicsalliance.com/spx-2015-ignatz-nominees/ |date=2016-06-24 }}. ComicsAlliance, August 19, 2015. and was a 2016 Lambda Literary Award nominee for LGBT Graphic Novel,[http://www.ebar.com/arts/art_article.php?sec=books&article=1021 "Here come the Lammies"]. Bay Area Reporter, April 7, 2016. A second volume, Wuvable Oaf: Blood and Metal, was published in 2016,[http://www.bleedingcool.com/2016/02/25/ed-luces-wuvable-oaf-gets-a-sequel-about-his-origin-for-2016/ "Ed Luce’s Wuvable Oaf Gets A Sequel About His Origin For 2016"]. Bleeding Cool, February 25, 2016. and won the Award for LGBT Graphic Novel at the 29th Lambda Literary Awards.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambdaliterary.org/29th-annual-lambda-literary-award/|title=29th Annual Lambda Literary Award Winners|last=Johnson|first=William|date=2017-06-17|website=Lambda Literary|access-date=2019-02-04}}

Luce lives with his husband Mark in San Francisco, where he teaches at California College of the Arts.[http://www.portlandmercury.com/portland/drawing-distinctions/Content?oid=12173848 "Drawing Distinctions"]. Portland Mercury, April 9, 2014.