LOVE IS LOVE - Wuvable Oaf page from 2016 Anthology (Ed Luce)

LOVE IS LOVE - WUV IS WUV

I was so fortunate to be able to purchase a page directly from the writer/artist himself, Ed Luce. I’ve followed his WUVABLE OAF series since atleast around 2011 (or possibly even earlier when I met him at San Diego Comic Con, in the late 2000’s). Each year, I really enjoy saying HELLO and seeing the latest and greatest WUVABLE OAF material he has published.

Over the years it’s been great to connect and reconnect with him, we share a few friends, one in common is Jack who even got to cosplay as Gote Blüd one year at con. It wasn’t until recently at SDCC that I noticed he was starting to bring original art. Finally!!! I’ve gotten a few pieces over the last two years, so glad that I can add his unique artistic talents to my collection.

This piece in particular is monumental. It was part of Eisner Award winning anthology (2017) LOVE IS LOVE published in 2016 (pieced together by Marc Andreyko), celebrating the LGBTQ community, and examining love in today's world (in honor and remembrance of the victims from the Orlando shooting at club Pulse).

This page celebrates art and the creation of art, with the love of our unique communities that support our creations. This page features a lot of great characters, especially two that I admire quite a bit, standing to the left and right of the original Wuvable Oaf, Lil Papa and Eiffel (modeled after Ed’s partner Mark and himself). Ed’s creations have centered around the celebration of love representing a large variation of body types, shapes, sizes, body hair, gender, sexuality and ages of people; along with heavy metal music, cats and wrestling.