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Before long a growing number of gay organisations were lining up to commission Frey illustrations.
In 1978 Frey and his partner Roger Kean joined forces with Purnell to form Street Level, which continued to publish HIM together with Teenage Dreams, Hot Dog, and the HIM Gay Library series.
At some point during 1975, Frey got hold of a copy of Playguy, published by Incognito. Playguy’s editor, Ian David Baker, instantly saw its worth and published the story.
Frey’s best known comic strips followed, including Bike Boy, Tender Bait, and Funfair Surprise. While all content is suitable for ages 18+, our focus is on fandoms, storytelling, themes, and experiences meant for an older demographic. He commissioned a monthly series, and Oliver Frey’s professional gay career was under way.
Early in 1976 Incognito folded, but deliverance was at hand in the form of Alan Purnell, a former partner at Incognito, who had taken with him HIM Exclusive and renamed it HIM International.
As computer games developed, he produced artwork for many of the best-known games for consoles like the C64 and ZX-Spectrum, and in later years covers for the magazine Retro Gamer.
Oliver Frey gained a ready and appreciative growing audience, letting his imagination flow freely onto paper to the great enjoyment of his many thousands of fans.
Creators:Alison Bechdel, Allan Neuwirth, Andrea Natalie, Andy Hartzell, Annie Murphy, Ariel Schrag, BiL Sherman, Burton Clarke, Carl Vaughn Frick, Carrie McNinch, Charles Ortlieb, Chino, Christine Smith, Chuck McKinney, Craig Bostick, D.
Travers Scott, Dan Savage, David Kelly, David Shenton, David Wojnarowicz, Diane DiMassa, Donelan, Dylan Edwards, Ed Luce, Edie Fake, Ellen Forney, Eric Orner, Eric Shanower, Erika Moen, Fabrice Neaud, François Peneaud, Gina Kamentsky, Glen Hanson, Howard Cruse, Isabel Franc, Ivan Velez Jr., Jaime Cortez, James Romberger, Jeff Krell, Jennifer Camper, Jerry Mills, Joan Hilty, Joe Johnson, Joey Alison Sayers, Jon Macy, Joyce Farmer, Justin Hall, Kevin Seccia, Kris Dresen, Kurt Erichsen, Leanne Franson, Lee Marrs, Leslie Ewing, Marguerite Van Cook, MariNaomi, Mary Wings, Matt Wobensmith, Maurice Vellekoop, Michael Fahy, Michelle Gruben, Mysh, Nazario, Paige Braddock, Ralf König, Richard Fialan Trina Robbins, Rick Worley, Robert Kirby, Robert Triptow, Roberta Gregory, Roger Zanni, Rupert Kinnard, Shawn, Sina Evil, Steve MacIsaac, Susanna Martín, Ted Naifeh, Tim Barela, Tim Fish, Tom Bouden, Tony Breed, Tristan Crane, Victor Hodge
Audience:adult
Genre:anthology, erotica, fiction, historical, humor, memoir, non-fiction, romance, slice of life
Series Type:available in print, complete, stand-alone
Tone:inspirational, moving, reflective, silly
Art Style:black and white, full-color, painted, realistic, sketchy, stylized
Queer Representation:bisexual or pansexual female, gay male, lesbian, queer female, queer male, trans female, trans male
Other Tags:coming out, f/f relationship, m/m relationship, queer asian character, queer black character, queer child character, queer latinx character, queer middle eastern/north african character, queer teen character
No Straight Lines showcases major names such as Alison Bechdel, Howard Cruse, and Ralf König (one of Europe’s most popular cartoonists), as well as high-profile, crossover creators who have dabbled in LGBT cartooning, like legendary NYC artist David Wojnarowicz and media darling and advice columnist Dan Savage.
Heaven’s Roman Games Night made news for its extravagant gladiatorial fight, slave auctions, and the culminating collapse of a huge Roman temple, designed of course by Frey.
In the spring of 1982 police from the Obscene Publications Squad marched into Street Level’s premises and seized all the stock and work in progress.
He grew up a fluent Italian speaker, since his parents hailed from Ticino where Swiss-Italian is the language, but schooled in Zürich he also learned German and French. In October 1982 they moved from London to the small market town of Ludlow, where for a year Frey continued producing ‘Rogue’ strips for Millivres’ Mister magazine, and created a new gay comic-strip called ‘The Street’ for the re-launched HIM lifestyle magazine, later renamed Gay Times.
In 1998 Frey approached Californian publisher Winston Leyland with samples intended for the Meatmen comic books.
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Street Level also became involved with the gay club Heaven, which opened its doors in December 1979, arranging theme nights promoted through HIM magazine. In addition to strips for Fleetway, he worked for IPC Comics’ prestigious Look & Learn and its spin-off Speed & Power, and illustrated children’s books for Souvenir, Hamlyn, Usborne and Oxford University Press.
In 1976 Frey took over from Don Lawrence on Look & Learn’s celebrated colour strip ‘The Trigan Empire’, which he painted weekly for just over a year, by which time other events began to occupy his time.
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His association with the War Picture Library kept him busy and in funds, resulting in dozens of stories and covers before he stopped in the late 1970s. The first thing to catch his eye in Playguy was its comic strip; he thought it pretty poor amateurish stuff and knew he could do better.He looked around for freelance illustration work and found it in the Fleetway War Picture Library series of comics. As a young teenager he sketched images of a more sexual nature, always homoerotic. Frey also drew and painted innumerable illustrations to accompany erotic stories, both in black and white and colour. Frey and Kean sold the rights in all the titles to Millivres, publishers of the HIM rival, Zipper.
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Oliver Frey
Oliver Frey, better known to his many admirers under his pseudonym Zack, grew up in Zürich, Switzerland, the eldest of three children.