PhD / WRITER / DUMPSTER RACCOON
DAYSPRING named Top Ten Literary Fiction and Top 100 Books of 2024!
DAYSPRING nominated for the Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBTQ Emerging Writers!
“A Foot in the Door: Queering the Catholic Imaginary.” Surveying Queer Catholicism now at the Baffler Mag!
“An Opus and a Gospel.” A Review of Dayspring at the Globe & Mail!
A very kind and thoughtful review of DAYSPRING from cm green at manyworldsplace.
“Red Letter Gay: The Gospel According to Anthony Oliveira.” Review: Literary Review of Canada. June 2024.
Chatted with In The Mood Magazine about DUMPSTER RACCOON CINEMA!
Talking about the importance of JUSTIN JIN, the new JUGGERNAUT!
DAYSPRING enters second print run!
A visit with Matt Baume in Toronto to talk about queering sitcoms!
Chatting with Marvel about our new brave boy, KID JUGGERNAUT!
On Hollywood Suite talking about another season of classic movies!
A review of the “towering” Dayspring from the Toronto Star!
Talk with Peter Knegt about DAYSPRING for the Vancouver Public Library! Archive video here!
Chatting with My So-Cast Pod about My So-Called Life on its anniversary!
Talking CONSPIRACIES in the Marvel Universe with Graymalkin Lane!
“Dayspring: Review.” Quill & Quire. April 2024.
Chatting with Hazlitt about DAYSPRING, Christ, and gathering up the pieces of history.
“To give light to them that sit in darkness, and in the shadow of death.” E.G.N. Lafleur on DAYSPRING.
DAYSPRING among Our Culture’s 8 BOOKS WE’RE EXCITED TO READ!
Dropping into THE SEWERS OF PARIS to chat about DAYSPRING and being a shameless faggot.
“A Novel Remix of the Bible: DAYSPRING.” Toronto Life. April 2024.
“The Profane and Raunchy Christ of Anthony Oliveira’s DAYSPRING.” IN Magazine. Spring 2024.
Chatting with FLAMECON about the queer comic fan experience!
Talking MOST ROMANTIC MUTANTS on Valentine’s Day for AIPT Comic’s X-Men Monday!
DAYSPRING: Quill & Quire’s Titles We’re Most Excited About This Spring!
Talking Captain Marvel and the things we carry with us on BITCHES ON COMICS.
"When you know what’s coming in a story and still cannot put it down because feel it in your bones? Well, that’s a show I’ll keep coming back to watch." The Miramichi Reader reviews DAYSPRING!
DAYSPRING: Toronto Star’s 30 Books We Can’t Wait to Read This Spring.
DAYSPRING: British GQ’s Most Anticipated Books of 2024.
Anthony Oliveira and Cerebro talk about the unstoppable JUGGERNAUT!!
Oliveira drops by Graymalkin Lane to talk about Iceman and Magneto in Early Thaw!
“Anthony Oliveira delights in a fantastic one-shot!” ComicWatch on CAPTAIN MARVEL: ASSAULT ON EDEN!
“A tight one-shot with a fun cast!” Rave reviews for CAPTAIN MARVEL: ASSAULT ON EDEN!
Special preview of CAPTAIN MARVEL: ASSAULT ON EDEN - in stores October 11th!
Announcing new queer sci-fi/fantasy pulp anthology, I WANT THAT TWINK OBLITERATED!
Celebrating the release of THE MARVELS with a special variant cover of CAPTAIN MARVEL: ASSAULT ON EDEN!
Joining A YEAR IN FILM at Hollywood Suite to talk LIVE about 1993’s BATMAN: MASK OF THE PHANTASM and DEMOLITION MAN at FANEXPO CANADA!
Assessing the many crimes of Herbert Wyndham in THE TRIAL OF THE HIGH EVOLUTIONARY!
Announcing CAPTAIN MARVEL: ASSAULT ON EDEN just in time for THE MARVELS!
Speaking to WIRED about AI and the future of entertainment!
YOUNG MEN IN LOVE nominated for a RINGO AWARD!
Oliveira joins IS IT CAMP podcast for its 100th episode to talk about the cinematic disasterpiece, CATS!
Check out Oliveira’s special PRIDE PROGRAMME as guest programmer for Hollywood Suite!
Oliveira joins Hollywood Suite: A Year in Film for its fourth season - talking about the films of 1973, 1985, 1999 and 2010!
Anthony Oliveira joins Hollywood Suite to talk about 1977’s TURNING POINT and Scorsese’s NEW YORK NEW YORK!!
YOUNG MEN IN LOVE wins BEST COMIC BOOK MOMENT from Gayming Magazine!
Anthony Oliveira & Nick Robles story among 2022 GLAAD award wins!
YOUNG MEN IN LOVE wins GLAAD AWARD!!
Hosting the Oscars screening for TIFF members at the Lightbox!
Keep track of your Oscar season - what you’ve watched, what you loved, and what will win - and share with your friends with OSCAROUND!
Chatting about the groovy end of the sixties X-Men with X-Men editor Jordan White, comic writer Josh Trujillo, and Graymalkin Lane!
Happy Valentine’s Day! Talking about the X-Men’s most romantic moments, best couples, and messiest drama at AIPT!
ACT OF GRACE nominated for a 2022 GLAAD MEDIA AWARD!
Joining the cast of queer YA film ERIN’S GUIDE TO KISSING GIRLS!
Chatting Harley Quinn and old school Batman with Slayerfest98!
Talking the queerness of the X-Men with Homo Superior!
Young Men in Love named in the best comics of 2022!
Join us for THE TRIAL OF HAVOK on Graymalkin Lane!!
We spoke to COMICS BEAT about our new queer anthology, YOUNG MEN IN LOVE!
Chatting with VICE about the incomparable Tim Curry’s greatest performance!
Appearing at FLAME CON this weekend!
Chatting with CEREBRO about the Brotherhood of Evil Mutant’s great gay icon, the mutant PYRO!
YOUNG AVENGERS: PARADOX LOST concludes with a pulse-pounding battle above New York City for the fate of the multiverse!
YOUNG AVENGERS: PARADOX LOST shows Speed is every bit the hero his brother Wiccan is!
"Young Men in Love is just as stunning as it is essential. It reminds queer readers that they – across all times, places, and genres – are worthy of love and celebration." -ComicWatch
THE YOUNG AVENGERS ARE BACK!! Join Anthony Oliveira, Jethro Morales, and a group of phenomenal artists on Marvel Unlimited as they and the kids embark on a new adventure through time and space!!
My favourite queer books for young people on Shepherd.com!
Talking to THE FANDOM SHOW about premiere superhero team, THE YOUNG AVENGERS!
YOUNG MEN IN LOVE receives its first reader at the QUEER REVIEW!
Is the Space Pope Catholic? Talking about RELIGION ON DEEP SPACE NINE with Graphic Policy Radio!
Round table about the Morlocks vis a vis the X-Men and a critique of mutant realpolitik at MUTANT WATCH!
An EASTER MIRACLE! Joining HOLLYWOOD SUITE to talk about 1973’s Christian musical boom - JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR and GODSPELL!
Joining GRAYMALKIN LANE to talk about Max Eisenhardt (aka MAGNETO)!
Talking about the BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER finale with SLAYERFEST98!
Celebrating Valentine’s Day with the other X-Men writers as we talk about love Krakoan-style!
Joining queer creators for YOUNG MEN IN LOVE - with story by Anthony Oliveira and art by Nick Robles!
MARVEL VOICES: PRIDE nominated for a GLAAD Award!
Join us for THE TRIAL OF THE JUGGERNAUT at Graymalkin Lane!
“The Incident in Exeter” is now a SPOOKY PODCAST STORY over at PSEUDOPOD!
WICCAN & HULKLING named BEST COMICS OF 2021 at AIPT Comics!
Joining CEREBRO to talk about the X-Men’s religious zealot turned gay sad boy, EXODUS!
WICCAN & HULKLING: LAST ANNIHILATION medals Bronze for Best Graphic Novel at the 2021 Reads Rainbow Awards!
Oliveira signs two-book deal with STRANGE LIGHT - including for first novel, DAYSPRING!
Talking about Milton, Paradise Lost, and the Books of Enoch with BREAKFAST WITH GILGAMESH!
WICCAN & HULKLING: LAST ANNIHILATION nominated for a Reads Rainbow Award for Best Graphic Novel!
Chatting with MASTERS OF COMIC BOOKS about Iceman, Wiccan & Hulkling and upcoming projects!
"It is far more nakedly ideological to create fiction that contrives to leave us OUT, that seems invested in imagining a world where we do not exist." Speaking to EL PAIS about queerness in comics.
Talking about X-MEN #20 with Graymalkin Lane!
Stopping by the CEREBRO SECRET FILES to talk about Wiccan & Hulkling: Last Annihilation!
Talking to GAYEST EPISODE EVER about FRASIER!
The Affirming Connections Spiritual Podcast Club launches with THE DEVIL’S PARTY! Join their roundtable discussions here!
“Rewarding, fun, and heartfelt” - CBR talks Wiccan & Hulkling: The Last Annihilation!
Talking about the stakes of trans YA with Peyton Thomas at the Glad Day Bookshop!
To defeat the dread Dormammu - Wiccan & Hulkling: Last Annihilation!
A deep dive with Prism Comics about writing ICEMAN for Marvel!
Chatting with LAYERED BUTTER about Luca, Ghibli, and superheroes!
Discussing queerness and the mutant metaphor with the COMIC WATCH round table!
Galaxies apart, but never alone - joining Billy and Teddy on a cosmic adventure in WICCAN AND HULKLING: LAST ANNIHILATION!
“Early Thaw” - a story of Iceman’s first crush - comes out in MARVEL VOICES: PRIDE!
Talking about the X-Babies (and Bobby Drake trying to come out) with X-Reads!
Answering questions about Iceman for Marvel Voices: Pride 2021!
Speaking “In Defense of Blasphemy” at Affirming Leaders Day!
Interview with Carrie Jenkins about VICTORIA SEES IT.
“Emperor Hulkling” wins GLAAD Award for OUTSTANDING COMIC BOOK 2020!
Rejoining the Cerebro X-Men podcast to talk about STRYFE, the Chaos Bringer, longtime X-Men/Cable foe!
Reading PARADISE LOST amid the plague, for Broadview Magazine.
Talking about Joel Schumacher’s masterpiece, BATMAN FOREVER, with the Batman Book Club, GOTHAM OUTSIDERS!
Celebrating Pride 2021 with Marvel Voices #1!
Flashfic in CURTAINS: 84 Concert Visions to Benefit #SaveOurStages!
Lords of Empyre: Emperor Hulkling receives a GLAAD award nomination for “Outstanding Comic Book”!
BUFFY Season Seven “Selfless” with SlayerFest98!
LORDS OF EMPYRE: EMPEROR HULKLING named among BEST COMIC BOOKS OF 2020 by SYFY.COM and nominated BEST PANEL 2020 by COMIC FRONTLINE!
“Despair too is contagious. We share it as we shed a spore.” THE YEAR IN THE WILDERNESS for Hazlitt.
LORDS OF EMPYRE: EMPEROR HULKLING is BEST SINGLE ISSUE and #Empyre is BEST EVENT in AIPT Comics’s year-end round-up!
In dialogue with FAITHEIST author Chris Stedman for launch of IRL!
An in-depth chat with CEREBRO about superhero and gay icon, the X-Men’s ICEMAN!
Talking to Them about writing Wiccan & Hulkling for Marvel and what happens when queer people write queer characters!
An interview with Justin Ling about MISSING FROM THE VILLAGE and covering the Bruce McArthur murders.
Chatting with the creators of X-MEN: THE ANIMATED SERIES Julia and Eric Lewald and voice of Rogue herself Lenore Zann over at SlayerFest98!
A deep, deep dive into Andrew Lloyd Webber’s PHANTOM OF THE OPERA with the boys at Thank You Five!
Live in conversation with Rufus Wainwright and Daniel MacIvor about HADRIAN, for the Canadian Opera Company!
LORDS OF EMPYRE: EMPEROR HULKLING - the groundbreaking (and bestselling!) story of how a young gay man became the KING OF SPACE for Marvel Comics!
Talking the queerness of Mass Effect with Rainbow Road!
Paper Faces on Parade: Remembering Joel Schumacher.
“Dayspring” wins Best Fiction 2020 at the National Magazine Awards!
“Before I knew I was gay, I knew Iceman was gay.” Talking X-Men with Bitches on Comics!
Airing Grievances with Erin Brockobic!
Anthony Oliveira’s “Dayspring” nominated for Best Fiction - 2020 National Magazine Awards.
Chatting with Fuckbois of Literature about SATAN!
Talking queer comics with Rainbow Country!
Conversations with Charisma Carpenter and Kali Rocha about BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER!
“Hell is empty, and all the devils are here, sluts!” An interview with Pale Panda about Oliveira’s life, work, art, and Real Housewives catchphrase.
INTERVIEW: with Rent/Star Trek star Anthony Rapp and Ken Ithiphol!
APOCRYPHA: Harper Teen acquires Oliveira’s graphic novel - queer teens in love versus the apocalypse!! Slated for 2023 release! Read about it on Bleeding Cool!
GAYS IN SPACE: Writing EMPEROR HULKLING for Marvel Comics with Chip Zdarsky - art by Manuel Garcia, colours by Triona Farrell, and covers by Patrick Gleason, Jen Bartel, Luciano Vecchio, and Jeff Dekal!
What’s so queer about CATS? A chat with Xtra.
Talking CATS and our Dumpster Raccoon JELLICLE BALL with Now Magazine!
Announced: Seen: True Stories of Marginalized Trailblazers for Boom! Studios!
A Trick of the Light: On the Ethics of Holograms for StarTrek.com!
Death in the Village wins 2018 Best Long-Form Feature and 2018 Best Essay at National Magazine Awards.
“My Drag Brunch with Loki”, starring Wiccan & Hulkling in War Scrolls #2 for Marvel Comics’ “War of the Realms” Crossover, collected in WAR OF THE REALMS: UNCANNY X-MEN!
“Marlene Dietrich: Queer Legacy and Afterlives.” TIFF Bell Lightbox. Summer 2019.
Street Fighter. Dumpster Raccoon Cinema. Film Screening (Host). The Revue Cinema. May 25, 2019.
“Queer & Trans Comics for Kids!” Panel: Anthony Oliveira, Chad Sell, Cathy G. Johnson, Sarah Winifred Searle. Toronto Comics Arts Festival. May 12, 2019.
“Comics in a Dangerous Time.” Panel: Anthony Oliveira, Vivek Shraya, Tory Woollcott, Rachel Lindsay, Michelle Miller Stafford. Toronto Comics Arts Festival. Librarian and Educator Day. May 10, 2019.
“Writer Anthony Oliveira: Stevonnie, Satan, and other Queer Icons.” Podcast. Graphic Policy. May 7, 2019.
“Avengers Endgame and the Infinite Sadness.” Podcast. Slayerfest 98: A Buffy Podcast. May 7, 2019.
“Anthony Oliveira on Paradise Lost.” Podcast. Spouter-Inn: A Conversation with Great Books. May 6, 2019.
“Parking with Vampires.” Podcast. Slayerfest 98: A Buffy Podcast. April 16, 2019.
Signing. “When the Light Breaks.” Steven Universe: Fusion Frenzy #1. Silver Snail Comics. March 18, 2019.
Ed Wood Double Bill: Glen or Glenda and Plan 9 from Outer Space - in Benefit for the Rainbow Railroad. Film Screening (Host). The Revue Cinema. March 16, 2019.
Toronto Police Chief Blames Victims of Serial Killer Bruce McArthur. CTV News Channel. Bruce McArthur Sentencing. February 27, 2019.
TIFF 2019 Oscars Viewing Soiree. Hosted by Anthony Oliveira and Sarah-Tai Black. February 24, 2019.
“The Oscars Identity Crisis.” CBC The National: Pop Panel. February 22, 2019.
“Death Becomes Her Part 2.” Podcast. Slayerfest 98: A Buffy Podcast. February 19, 2019.
Mortal Kombat. Dumpster Raccoon Cinema. Film Screening (Host). The Revue Cinema. February 16, 2019.
“Are Awards Shows Even Relevant Anymore?” CBC The National: Pop Panel. February 9, 2019.
Mobilizing for Public Inquiry into Police Mishandling of Investigation. CTV News Channel. Bruce McArthur Sentencing. February 8, 2019.
“Death Becomes Her Part 1.” Podcast. Slayerfest 98: A Buffy Podcast. February 6, 2019.
Community Frustrated. CTV News Channel. Bruce McArthur Sentencing. January 30, 2019.
The Brady Bunch. Dumpster Raccoon Cinema. Film Screening (Host). The Revue Cinema. January 19, 2019.
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm. Dumpster Raccoon Cinema. Film Screening (Host). The Revue Cinema. December 14, 2018.
“Snarf Is The Gayest Thundercat: Andrew Wheeler and Anthony Oliveira on Why We Need More Queer Comics.” Radio Free Krypton. December 13, 2018.
“Death and Other Gifts: In Conversation with Trixie Mattel.“ Podcast. Slayerfest98: A Buffy Podcast. December 4, 2018.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Dumpster Raccoon Cinema. Film Screening (Host). The Revue Cinema. November 17, 2018.
“Panel: Policing the Body - Resistance and Renewal.” Naked Heart: Queer Literary Festival. November 11, 2018.
Dungeons & Dragons Adventure for Extra Life Seattle Children’s Hospital. October 28, 2018.
Death Becomes Her. Dumpster Raccoon Cinema. Film Screening (Host). The Revue Cinema. October 20, 2018.
“Episode 77: The Eulogy of Joyce Summers.” Podcast. Slayerfest98: A Buffy Podcast. October 16, 2018.
“The Weirdness of Frasier.” I’m Listening: A Frasier Podcast. October 9, 2018.
“Long Road to Justice: Bruce McArthur and Toronto’s LGBTQ+ community.” Panellist. Word on the Street: Toronto Book and Magazine Festival. September 22, 2018.
Phantom of the Paradise. Dumpster Raccoon Cinema. Film Screening (Host). The Revue Cinema. September 15, 2018.
Toronto International Film Festival - Red Carpet Host. Hosting Hudsons Bay Red Carpet livestream (to Youtube, Facebook, Twitter) from Roy Thomson Hall, interviewing arriving guests and chatting about the film and the festival with cohosts and audience members. September 2018.
"Episode 72: Espenson Redux." Podcast. Slayerfest98: A Buffy Podcast. August 21, 2018.
"The DUMPSTER RACCOON Series Presents: BARBARELLA!" Film Screening (Host). The Revue Cinema. August 17, 2018.
"Pop Up Video for Books and Anthony Oliveira!" Podcast. Reading Glasses. July 26, 2018.
"The DUMPSTER RACCOON Series Presents: FLASH GORDON!" Film Screening (Host). The Revue Cinema. July 21, 2018.
"Profile: The DUMPSTER RACCOON Film Series." Interview with Norm Wilner. Now Magazine. July 17, 2018.
"Now That Pride Is Over, We Should Make LGBTQ Wrath Month an Actual Thing." Interview with Daniel Villarreal. Hornet Stories. July 13, 2018.
"My Love Is Better Than Your Love [Anthony Oliveira]." Podcast. This Is Your Mixtape. June 28, 2018.
“Episode 62: Bram Stoker's BUFFY.” Podcast. Slayerfest98: A Buffy Podcast. June13, 2018.
“No Future Presents: A.I. Artificial Intelligence.” Film Screening and Panel Discussion: Tina Hassannia, Adam Nayman, Anthony Oliveira. The Royal Cinema. June 3, 2018.
“Pride Comes Before the Parade. Poetry and Prose Reading: A Celebration of Pride.” Reader. Queen Books, 914 Queen St East. May 27, 2018.
"The Queerness of Frasier." Podcast. I'm Listening: A Frasier Podcast. May 14, 2018.
“Episode 59: Scooby Road Part Two.” Podcast. Slayerfest98: A Buffy Podcast. May 1, 2018.
“Episode 58: Scooby Road Part One.” Podcast. Slayerfest98: A Buffy Podcast. April 24, 2018.
“Episode 56: Poltergasm.” Podcast. Slayerfest98: A Buffy Podcast. April 10, 2018.
“Tails of the Fey.” Dungeons & Dragons livestream Twitch feed with other gay media personalities (Matt Baume, Carlos Maza, Bryan Wuest). March 30, 2018. Archived Live Feed:
“Viewpoints Episode 39.” Podcast. Viewpoints with Todd van der Heyden: Bell Media. March 3, 2018.
“’It’s Disgusting’ – University of Toronto’s Anthony Oliveira Says Toronto Police Chief Mark Saunders’ Comment Goes Beyond Victim Blaming.” Television Interview. CTV News Channel. February 27, 2018.
“Episode 48: 1, 2, the Gentlemen Are Coming for You.” Podcast. Slayerfest98: A Buffy Podcast. February 13, 2018.
“Episode 12: When You’re a Female Reporter on Parliament Hill / Murders in the Gay Village.” Pull Quotes: Ryerson Review of Journalism. Podcast. February 11, 2018.
“Community Frustrated: Interview with Writer Anthony Oliveira about Toronto Police and Serial Killings in LGBT Village.” CTV News Channel. Television Interview. January 30, 2018.
“Viewpoints Episode 34.” Podcast. Viewpoints with Todd van der Heyden: Bell Media. January 28, 2018.
“The 2017 Sewers of Paris Holiday Special Special: Batman Returns.” Podcast. Sewers of Paris. December 21, 2017.
“Graphic Policy Radio Goes to the Movies with Star Wars: The Last Jedi.” Podcast. Graphic Policy. December 19, 2017.
“Dear Prudence: The ‘Schrödinger’s Stolen Cat’ Edition.” Podcast. Dear Prudence. December 12, 2017.
“Episode 38: The Sapphic Fight and Phallic Final Boss Part 2.” Podcast. Slayerfest98: A Buffy Podcast. December 5, 2017.
“Episode 37: The Sapphic Fight and Phallic Final Boss Part 1.” Podcast. Slayerfest98: A Buffy Podcast. November 28, 2017.
Extra Life – Fundraising Gaming Marathon for Seattle Children’s Hospital. Dungeons & Dragons livestream Twitch feed with other media personalities (Matt Baume, Bryan Safi, Carlos Maza, Bryan Wuest) to raise donations for hospital and research. November 4, 2017. Promotional Video. Archived Live Feed. Sewers of Paris Bonus Podcast Episode – “The Lost Treasure of the Neverglades”.
“005: ‘Lethe’ / ‘Journey to Babel,’ ‘Sarek,’ ‘Unification’ (feat. Anthony Oliveira).” Podcast. Highly Logical: A Star Trek Podcast. October 29, 2017.
“Episode 29: Sunnydale’s Melancholy Holiday Spectacular.” Podcast. Slayerfest98: A Buffy Podcast. October 3, 2017.
Toronto International Film Festival - Red Carpet Host. Hosting Vanity Fair Red Carpet livestream (to Youtube, Facebook, Twitter, and Periscope) from Roy Thomson Hall, interviewing arriving guests and chatting about the film and the festival with cohosts and audience members.
Nominated for 2018 Webby Awards for Livestream Content.
Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool (2017): Interviewing Annette Bening, Jamie Bell, Barbara Broccoli, Peter Turner, Matt Greenhalgh, Paul McGuigan, and Elvis Costello. September 12, 2017.
Hochelaga: Land of Souls (2017): Interviewing Francois Girard, Samian, Vincent Perez, Raoul Trujillo, Wahiakéron Gilbert. September 9, 2017.
The Leisure Seeker (2017): Interviewing Paolo Virzì, Stephen Amidon, Helen Mirren, and Donald Sutherland. September 9th, 2017.
“57: Captain Jean-Luc Picard (w/ Anthony Oliveira).” Podcast. Dad Feelings. August 6, 2017.
Interviewer – Bone Mother Book Launch: “In Conversation with Anthony Oliveira and Author David Demchuk.” Glad Day Bookshop. July 26, 2017.
Introduction: “What’s So Gay About the Babadook?” Screening: Bell Light Box. Toronto International Film Festival. July 5, 2017.
“114: Anthony Oliveira.” Podcast. Woodland Secrets. June 24, 2017.
“Failed Mystics: Episode 114 – Buffy, X-Men, He-Man, and Lwaxana Troi.” Podcast. Sewers of Paris. May 18, 2017.