Ed Firth is the portraitist and graphic novelist behind the Horny & High graphic novel series exploring addiction and romance in underground gay subcultures in 2010s Britain, published in a German translation by Männerschwarm in Berlin, and in the USA by NorthWest Press.

His debut was shortlisted for the Myriad First Graphic Novel Prize and in 2022 he placed second in the Observer/Faber Short Graphic Story Competition.

He has had solo shows of fine art in London and Liverpool in the UK and his work is in the permanent collections of the Walker Gallery, Liverpool, the V&A Museum, The Imperial War Museum and the British Library.

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Music: Valence - Infinite [NCS Release]

Instagram: @thefurrealist

Bluesky: @edfirth.bsky.social

Homepage: edwardfirth.com

Instagram: eastlondonlifedrawing

For support around chem sex issues:

Homepage: controllingchemsex.com

Instagram: @controllingchemsex

Art by Ed Firth

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