Ed Luce

For the British journalist, see Edward Luce.

Ed Luce is an American cartoonist, best known for his indie comics series Wuvable Oaf.^[1] The series focuses on Oaf Jadwiga, a bearish gay ex-wrestler looking for love.^[2] Originally funded by a grant from Prism Comics, it was self-published in five standalone chapters^[3] until being compiled in graphic novel form by Fantagraphics Books in 2015.^[4]

Ed Luce
Luce at the 2012 Stumptown Comics Fest
Nationality	American
Area(s)	Cartoonist
Notable works	Wuvable Oaf
wuvableoaf.com

He is a two-time Ignatz Award nominee for the series, garnering nominations in 2009 for Promising New Talent^[5] and in 2015 for Outstanding Artist,^[6] and was a 2016 Lambda Literary Award nominee for LGBT Graphic Novel,^[7] A second volume, Wuvable Oaf: Blood and Metal, was published in 2016,^[8] and won the Award for LGBT Graphic Novel at the 29th Lambda Literary Awards.^[9]

Luce lives with his husband Mark in San Francisco,^[3] where he teaches at California College of the Arts.^[10]