Illustration for a poster for a local party here in NYC!

Promo Photo for Girl Sex 101!

Process process process!

Also, Girl Sex 101 was featured in the HuffPo yesterday. Bam!

Girl Sex 101 is a road trip in a book! Combining fiction & comics with solid sex-education, Girl Sex 101 does what no sex-ed book has done before.

A collaboration between author and sex-educator Allison Moon (the Tales of the Pack novels about lesbian werewolves) and artist kd diamond (founder & editor-in-chief of Salacious Magazine) Girl Sex 101 is loaded with fun, color illustrations and entertaining stories that offer far more than the standard sex-ed fare.

Backwards Day!

I know you’ve all been wondering why I’m working so hard and so much lately, and well, here is what I’m doin’! Here are two images from Bear Bergman’s children’s book, “Backwards Day.” You can pre-order yours at Flamingo Rampant!

In case you missed it...

Or don't live in Maine, I have a comic in the current Portland Phoenix Out In Maine Magazine!

My work at the Leather Archives and Museum!

Go see the show! It's still up!

The Center for Sex and Culture proudly presents Dirty Comics!

The Center for Sex and Culture proudly presents Dirty Comics!

Erotic comics are as old as comics themselves. While comics were
thought of as the medium of adolescents for much of the twentieth
century, erotic work has always permeated the form. Jon Macy has
curated a show featuring the work of over thirty contemporary artists.
Some are known for their erotic work and others are known for more
mainstream work and their erotic work is rarely seen. Both art and
artists span a wide array of genders, orientations, races and ages. A
broad spectrum of tastes and styles are sure to provide something for
any viewer.

Jon Macy is a local erotic comic artist known for his work in gay porn
magazines, as well as his series Fearful Hunter and his recent Lambda
Literary Award winning graphic novel Teleny and Camille.

Show opens Friday October 7 from 6 to 9pm.

Thursday October 13 from 7pm, A Discussion of Yaoi:
Yaoi is a distinct form of erotic comic work featuring sex between men
as titillation  for a female audience.
Join us for a fascinating discussion led by Agnes Czaja

Tuesday October 18 from 7 to 10pm, Kinky Wonder Woman:
Boston Blake gives us a lasso laced lecture on the kinky origins and
innuendos of Americas most famous female super hero.
A deep view in to one of many crossover points between mainstream and
erotic comics.

The Center for Sex and Culture
1349 Mission Street (between 9th and 10th Streets)
Gallery hours to be posted soon

http://www.sexandculture.org/

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Maybe it's socially inappropriate to promote a Tumblr on my Blogger, but here we are in this complicated world:


http://kddiamond.tumblr.com/

Fact.

Illustration Roulette - Round 2!

Did you miss out on the first round of Illustration Roulette? Here's the low-down:

At the end of July, as a fundraiser for Salacious, I decided that I would give a completely original drawing to anyone who donated $10 or more within a week. This was hugely successful (thanks again to everyone who donated!), but also super duper fun. The extra twist? No one had any idea what they were gonna get - not a clue. In the end, I didn't even know either - I shuffled the drawings, slipped 'em into envelopes, and then addressed them randomly.

I've decided that this is a fun game (and a great way for folks to have original, never before seen or printed or copied art!), and I'm bringing it back.

If you want your own magical Illustration Roulette, donate here!

If you want to follow more about Illustration Roulette, you can follow me on Twitter, with the hashtag, #IllustrationRoulette. 

Where Good Ideas Come From

teaser for my show in the Center for Sex and Culture:

Another vlog!

Revealing how insane I am:

Gallery Shows!

In a fun twist of my year, I've been asked to participate in several gallery shows across the country, and I figured I should categorize and show 'em off here!

If you live in the San Francisco area, check out the Lyon-Martin/Femina Potens exhibit!

From the Femina Potens August Newsletter...

From August 7th to November 5th, visit Lyon-Martin Health Clinic (1748 Market Street, Suite 201) during clinic hours to check out our latest exhibit and make an appointment for your next check up. Suzanne Forbes, Kira Scarlet, Katie Gilmartin and KD Diamond are using drawing, needle point and illustration to create health awareness in the queer, women and trans communities. Topics include HPV, Identity, Community Support & Mental Wellness.

Across the country, back in Portland, Maine. I'll be showing comic art and illustrations on Safer Sex at the Planned Parenthood gallery in September. More info coming soon!

Details are still being worked out, but I'll also potentially be at a show in Chicago. More info TBA!

Back to San Francisco...

I'll be showing in "Dirty Comics," a show curated by Jon Macy, in October. More info soon, but keep an eye on the Center for Sex and Culture, where the show will take place!

SALACIOUS #2

Hey everyone!

I don't normally post about Salacious absolutely everywhere possible, but before I go off to travel for a week, I wanted to give an update.

Salacious #1 sold out within about 6 weeks of being printed. It was amazing! We did a print run of 550, and it went like hotcakes. It's already become an amazing commodity.

We decided to take a risk, and we doubled the print run of #2. We have a much better printer, and so the cost was basically the same for doubling our print run. We've already sold approximately 500 issues of #2, so we're at the same place we were with #1, which is wonderful!

The unfortunate difference is that, with #1, we had start-up funds, all of which went into printing promotional materials and helping with printer costs. Issue #2 has had nothing but capital from magazines, which, to be transparent, isn't enough. We currently owe our new printer another $2700, and we don't know where that money is going to come from.

For everyone that donates $10.00 in the next week, you will get a COMPLETELY ORIGINAL illustration from me. It'll be a little bit like Illustration Roullette in that you will not know what you'll be getting, but it will be hand-drawn and signed by yours truly.

You can donate here: http://salaciousmagazine.com/support.php

Or if you have a PayPal, you can wire money to kd@katiediamond.com

I know this is asking a lot. Many of us, myself included, don't have a lot of spare change right now. I'm aware that start-ups are rough for the first 3-5 years, and I'm willing to stare bold-facedly into that roughness and totally rock the hell out of this magazine. We are filling a void and supplying a new voice to the queer sex media, and I feel strongly about continuing this work. But I don't feel right asking my printer to go ahead with printing #3--nor do I think he'd let me!--without finishing our payments for #2.

You are all amazing.

Thank you.

- kd diamond

Note pad drawings

I've been doing these all week and I figured I'd put them up!

My very first Vlog!

I've been pondering doing it, and so I did. I either now have major street cred, or I'm an even bigger nerd than before.

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I have prints for sale!

The Big Gay Porn Tour of Summer '11

I figured I should let y'all know my movements for a little bit in the next few weeks, so you can try your best to fit yourselves into the Big Gay Porn Tour of Summer '11...

First off, on Sunday, June 19, from 3 - 6 pm, we'll be taking over Boston at Great Scott. We'll have Issue #2 available, the door proceeds ($3) go to support The Femme Show Summer Tour, and we're hosted by Truth Serum again.

Next, we wander back north for a few days, to celebrate Portland's launch, at Slainte from 10 pm - 1 am on Thursday, June 23. DJ Dark City will be rockin' out, it's a $3 cover, and schmooze-time for #2!

Friday, June 24, we drive to New York City. Saturday, June 25, we rock out at Fontana's from 7 pm - 10 pm, drinking fancy cocktails and celebrating! We're proud to be sponsored by Tied Up Events, and Pleasure Chest. We'll be giving Pleasure Chest gift bags out to the first 50 folks who buy the magazine, so plan on being on time!

A small break so we can go see the Alexander McQueen exhibit at the Met, and show Kelsea (our resident Business Fairy) the sights, and then we mosey on down to Baltimore on June 30, for a launch at Atomic Books, co-hosted by Sugar. We'll be there from 7 pm - 10 pm, sipping wine and talkin' smut!

That's the first segment of our tour... We'll be in San Francisco at Good Vibes on July 31 from 5 pm - 7 pm, and we're figuring out when we'll be in Toronto and Montreal!