Mike Curato
@mikecurato.bsky.social
author & illustrator 🌈Gaysians, 🔥Flamer, 🐘Little Elliot
Check out a new book I illustrated written by @philbildner.bsky.social ! TOO BIG TO SAY is coming your way next spring!
Phil Bildner@philbildner.bsky.social · last wk.**It's the Cover Reveal Day for TOO BIG TO SAY** My pal, @mikecurato.bsky.social, the creator of the graphic novel FLAMER, is the illustrator of my next middle grade novel. Thank you to Betsy Bird and @slj.com for the reveal and Q&A. Please check it out. afuse8production.slj.com/2026/07/27/c...
**It's the Cover Reveal Day for TOO BIG TO SAY** My pal, @mikecurato.bsky.social, the creator of the graphic novel FLAMER, is the illustrator of my next middle grade novel. Thank you to Betsy Bird and @slj.com for the reveal and Q&A. Please check it out. afuse8production.slj.com/2026/07/27/c...
A new book from @philbildner.bsky.social & @mikecurato.bsky.social? Yes, please! Looking forward to this one - TOO BIG TO SAY feels like a title that needs to be in every middle school library. Here's the cover reveal & interview from @fuse8.bsky.social! afuse8production.slj.com/2026/07/27/c...
Cover Reveal and Q&A: Too Big to Say with Phil Bildner and Mike Curato - A Fuse #8 Production
"I will be relentlessly defending this book. I will be defending its right to exist. I will be defending the right for young people to have access to this book and their right to read this book." - Ph...
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Wonderful time with my writer's group . . . @studiojjk.bsky.social, @authorgracelin.bsky.social and @mikecurato.bsky.social! (Mike couldn't make it but his #Lambda Literary Award-winning book, GAYSIANS, was there.) #Writers #Artists #Books #KidLit #GraphicNovel
Last Friday Gaysians by @mikecurato.bsky.social received Lambda's Literary Award in the LGBTQ+ GN category! Earlier this year Gaysians received a GLAAD Media Award in the same category. "When AJ moves to Seattle in the early aughts, he’s ready to reinvent himself as a gay Asian man...
Excited to share that, thanks to a kind invitation from @mikecurato.bsky.social, the chair of this year’s (46th) @soi128.bsky.social Original Art Show Competition, I’ll be the Art Director on this year’s jury.✨ Submit your picture books here: societyillustrators.org/the-original... 💙❤️ #kidlit
So colorful and so real!🤩 The latest GLAAD Award Winner for Outstanding Original Graphic Novel, GAYSIANS by @mikecurato.bsky.social, is available now.
Last June, I was at this talk, bought this beautiful, beautiful book by @mikecurato.bsky.social. Last night I finally opened its gorgeous cover, stayed up way too late, fell asleep over it and finished it this morning. The art is lyrical, the story is deep and I love every one of these characters.
Alexander Chee@alexanderchee.bsky.social · last yr.@mikecurato.bsky.social and I will release the Gaysians tonight at this event at Yu & Me Books in NYC. I wept a few times reading this book, as I have been about three characters in this story at different stages in my life. Please join us if you can, definitely check out the graphic novel.
My read of the week was GAYSIANS by @mikecurato.bsky.social , absolutely incredible graphic novel. What was your read of the week? pop it in the comments, or join us on Discord to chat books every Wednesday!
unforth | Claire Houck | Duck Prints Press@duckprintspress.com · 5mo agoJoin us on Discord every Wednesday to discuss our current reads, chat books, and generally have a chill time reading together! discord.gg/x7KDAyNA
Enter to win $1K, a portfolio review w/ me, & a chance to enter their submission to LBYR’s editorial team for possible future publication! www.LBArtistAward.com #kidlit #illustration #kidlitart @littlebrownyr.bsky.social
Hey, hey, #kidlitart friends! 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼 @littlebrownyr.bsky.social just announced that the next round of the Emerging Artist Award is open! It looks like a fantastic opportunity, and the wonderfully talented @mikecurato.bsky.social is the judge! Details here: lbartistaward.com
Congrats to the creators on Avengers Academy: Marvel Voices* & to Gaysians' @mikecurato.bsky.social for their wins in @glaad.bsky.social media awards for Outstanding Comic Book & Graphic Novel (1/2)
i read GAYSIANS by @mikecurato.bsky.social monday evening and am now listening to educate my librarian brain on audio adaptations of graphic works and i love it/it’s great/check it out 💜
Still catching up on 2025 reading. Love reading LGBTQ stories from other perspectives. We’re not all the same. Great work from @mikecurato.bsky.social
If you don't know the book yet, here's an interview I did with Mike for the @bayareareporter.bsky.social.
Graphic novelist Mike Curato talks ‘Gaysians’
Earlier this year, Mike Curato released his first adult graphic novel, “Gaysians” (Algonquin Books), which tells the story of a young gay man, A.J., who comes to Seattle after getting kicked out of hi...
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Bravo @mikecurato.bsky.social, who was nominated for a @glaad.bsky.social Media Award today for his graphic novel Gaysians! It's such a great book.
GLAAD ANNOUNCES NOMINEES FOR THE 37th ANNUAL GLAAD MEDIA AWARDS | GLAAD
“HEATED RIVALRY,” “STRANGER THINGS,” “PLURIBUS,” “ABBOTT ELEMENTARY,” “THE HUNTING WIVES,” “HACKS,” “SEVERANCE,” “LAS CULTURISTAS CULTURE AWARDS,” “I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER,” “ON SWIFT HORSES,”...
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We "try" to meet once a month, but it's more like "when is everyone in town?" Good news, is that @authorgracelin.bsky.social @mikecurato.bsky.social @studiojjk.bsky.social and I got to see each other before the year ended! Grace brought lottery tickets. Only one person won something. #KidLit
Sharing Some Most Excellent Book News! @mikecurato.bsky.social and I are making a book together! It's called TOO BIG TO SAY. The book is part novel and part graphic novel. It's for upper middle grade readers... and everyone! We can't wait for it to be out in the world in spring 2027.
Check out this team up! See y’all on the trail… @philbildner.bsky.social @littlebrownyr.bsky.social @littlebrown.bsky.social @thebookgroup.bsky.social @theauthorvillage.bsky.social
#HBOutoftheBox #HBWeekinReview: October #NotesfromtheHornBook with #5Qs for @julieberrybooks.bsky.social; @malindalo.bsky.social's #5Qs for @mikecurato.bsky.social; #CallingCaldecott x2; #IndigenousPeoplesDay; Sep #HBHerald; + more! www.hbook.com/story/blogs/...
#HBOutoftheBox: In support of "An Act Regarding Free Expression" (S.2328/ H.3594) in MA, author @malindalo.bsky.social asked author/illus @mikecurato.bsky.social #5Qs about #bookban challenges to his #graphicnovel FLAMER: "We all deserve to be seen and understood fully" www.hbook.com/story/five-q...
Five questions for Mike Curato
In support of the Massachusetts Freedom to Read bill, author Malinda Lo spoke with author and illustrator Mike Curato about his experiences with challenges to his graphic novel Flamer, whose protagoni...
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Banned Book Author @mikecurato.bsky.social shared his life story and his work to a captivated audience as part of Arlington Public Library's Celebrate the Freedom to Read program. A powerful (and funny), heart-felt, and honest discussion and which brought some of us to tears. Thank you, Mike!
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... in a realistic style with a limited color palette. This felt to me like a modern, Asian version of Queer As Folk - the Russell T. Davies TV series is even referenced by the characters. This book should turned into a TV series. A longer excerpt can be found at www.mikecurato.com/gaysians. [2/3]
Gaysians, by @mikecurato.bsky.social. A dense and psychologically nuanced portrait of a group of Asian gay friends. The complexities of friendship, love, multiple identities, and homophobia & transphobia are examined over 400 pages drawn... [1/3] #gay #trans #comics #pub2025 #reviews
Gaysians
From the acclaimed author of the young adult graphic novel Flamer comes a heartwarming story following four gay Asians navigating love, identity, and friends...
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@mikecurato.bsky.social is the author and illustrator of the groundbreaking graphic novel for teens, FLAMER. Please take a few moments to listen to (and perhaps share) his message for Banned Books Week. Books Save Lives.
Honored to see #wishtree on this @mackidssl.bsky.social list of books for National Bullying Prevention Month. ❤️🌳 It's in such great company—@dashkaslater.bsky.social! @mikecurato.bsky.social! @jamesbirdbooks.bsky.social! Click through for lots more:
Discover Books for National Bullying Prevention Month – MacKids School & Library
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