Monday, December 28, 2020

Terry Blas

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Terry Blas is an illustrator and filmmaker. He wrote and illustrated the web comic You Say Latino and the ongoing web series Briar Hollow. His work has appeared on comic book covers for Bravest Warriors, Regular Show, The Amazing World of Gumball, Adventure Time with Boom! Studios, and The Legend of Bold Riley with Northwest Press<ref name=":0"> Program in Latino/a Studies in the Global South|url=https://latinostudies.duke.edu/terry-blas#:~:text=Terry%20Blas%20is%20the%20illustrator,Bold%20Riley%20with%20Northwest%20Press.|access-date=2020-12-29|website=latinostudies.duke.edu}}</ref>

== Biography ==
Blas grew up in [[Boise, Idaho]], as well as several places in Mexico including Ixtapa Zijuatanejo, [[Querétaro|Queretaro]] and [[Amecameca]].<ref name=":1"></ref> His family were part of the [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints|Mormon Church]]. His father was from Utah and his mother was from Mexico, of part Aztec ancestry. <ref name=":0" /><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> Blas liked to write and draw as a kid and says he learned how to write from watching television.<ref></ref>

He served a mission in New York City, but says he no longer considers himself Mormon in any way.<ref name=":1" />

He is married. He has jokingly said that he was the first Mormon his husband ever met.<ref name=":2"></ref> Blas lives in [[Portland, Oregon]]<ref name=":1" />.

== Works ==
Terry Blas writes and illustrates the ongoing web series Briar Hollow and the mini comics, Ghetto Swirl and You Say Latino. He illustrated "Mama Tits Saves the World" which was published by Northwest Press. His cover work includes: Regular Show, The Amazing World of Gumball, Adventure Time, and [[Rick and Morty]].

His debut graphic novel a murder mystery set in a fat camp, "Dead Weight: Murder At Camp Bloom" was published by Oni in 2019 and cowritten with Molly Muldoon and illustrated by Matthew Seely.<ref></ref>

Blas wrote a short comic about the terms "hispanic" and "latino" which went viral online in 2016. Blas has stated that growing up he always wrote and drew fictional stories, and that it is ironic an autobiographical nonfiction comic would be the thing that set off his career. <ref name=":2" /> The comic was published in the [[Huffington post|Huffington Post]] and on [[NPR]], among other publications. <ref name=":2" />

=== ''Latter Day Glory'' ===
In 2018 Blas co-created the documentary film ''Latter Day Glory'' with Jonathon Levi Powell. The film's description states, "Two gay ex-Mormon missionaries travel across the United States to confront their past and explore their futures while discussing with other gay Mormons about the rejection, oppression and the reality of a growing number of LGBT suicides within the LDS community." <ref name=":1" />

Blas has stated they created over 74 hours of raw footage, and not all the interviews made it to the film.<ref name=":2" />
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