Author Archive for Alex Woolfson
Filmmaker by day, yaoi creator by night, Alex has dedicated himself to helping cute guys fight evil and find love.
Yaoi Art: How Winona Creates Those Amazing Artifice Pages
How is artist Winona Nelson creating the “amazing” full-color art of Artifice? She reveals all in this post!
Why call Artifice a “gay sci-fi webcomic”?
I got an email through my webcomic email form that started with “I’m sort of offended by the Gay heading in the upper-left corner.” This was my response.
My store for comics downloads has been hacked :(
The Yaoi 911 Store was hacked sometime today. If you created an account at The Yaoi 911 Store Web site or this blog with a password that you use anywhere else, you should change that password on those other sites.
Yaoi Art: “Pillow Fight” Pin-up by Adam DeKraker and Winona Nelson
The response to the first only-for-subscribers wallpaper was overwhelmingly positive, so I’ve decided to send out another one. It’s Mike and Rob from Tough having a pillow fight in their underwear! Who says sorority girls have all the fun?
Gay Sci-Fi Webcomic Artifice Now Online
Well, it’s been a long time coming, but my sci-fi yaoi graphic novel Artifice is finally ready for you to read! I’ll be posting Artifice up, for free, one page a week, as a webcomic and you can start reading it right now.
“Tough” Reviewed at Comic Book Resources!
Just like the title says, the eponymous first chapter of Tough gets reviewed at Comic Book Resources, a mainstream comics site. Check it out. 
Yaoi Art: Character Designs for a Superhero Yaoi
Some character design pages for a new superhero yaoi I’m starting work on. Check them out!
Yaoi Art: “Junkyard” Pin-up by Ponderosa
Something new! An exclusive yaoi computer wallpaper just for our subscribers. Take a look!
How To Download From Surpara.com
A complete walkthrough of how to download manga and art from the Japanese e-manga site Surpara.com—a site featuring tons of great yaoi and bara and that accepts Western credit cards!
Cartoon Teen Sex and the Law
The US Protect Act of 2003 punishes with jail time publishers, creators and readers of comics depicting “obscene” content involving characters under the age of 18. Think it doesn’t apply to you? Read on!
Yaoi Review: Adamo Anthology
It’s a bit of a mixed bag, but it’s got one stunningly well-plotted story and one story full of provocative sex. Should you buy this self-published Western boys love anthology? Read on to find out!
It Gets Better: Google Employees
Sometimes my day job lets me do awesome things. This last weekend I edited an “It Gets Better” video for Google employees — part of a project for gay kids having a hard time. I show the video and talk a little bit about how things got better for me, too.
What Readers Think of the New Printed Copies of Tough
Exciting news! You can now get nice printed copies of the Tough chapters from Comixpress and a bunch of readers who already got their copy sent in pictures of themselves holding their comic and shared what they thought!
Yaoi Art: “Brother’s Keeper” Lettered Preview Pages
So, as you know, we’ve been hard at work on the next chapter of Tough, Chapter 3: “Brother’s Keeper”, so I wanted to share with you a few preview pages to whet your appetite. Please take a look at the first nine penciled pages below (to which I’ve added my first pass of word balloons) and let me know what you think in the comments! 
Alex is speaking at NYCC on October 9th!
So, this is cool. I’ve been invited to speak at a panel at the New York City Comic Con, talking about what it’s like to read and enjoy yaoi as a gay guy. Please stop by and say hello!
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