SIDE BY SIDE is the story of Evan and Rick. Fast and close friends since their kindergarten days in a small town their friendship evolves into the love of their lives. They move to the big city where they meet Billy and Charlie and these four friends are soon inseparable. Mioki presents a moving portrait of gay life with all its highs and lows. Drawn in a sure style and masterfully incisive, Mioki’s comic is a joy to read, is moving and the sex also doesn’t get short shrift. A charming comic for the young and the young-at-heart.

Mioki lives in New Jersey and was born in 1949 the son of Czech and German immigrants in the US. Although he’s been drawing comics since he was a small child he has never had any professional training as an artist, which you wouldn’t know from seeing his work! The protagonists from SIDE BY SIDE, Rick and Evan, were introduced in STRIPPED – THE ILLUSTRATED MALE anthology. This is their story.

Check out the  follow up Still Side By Side by the same author.