Hien Pham illustrates his comic with a simplified-realistic style with lovingly rendered hair details that sweep along his characters. He uses a full spectrum of colors and rich textures. Narration: Dr. Joe Kort, a sex and relationship therapist, coined the term Side in his 2013 online article "Guys on the 'Side': Looking Beyond Gay Tops and Bottoms". To put simply, a Side is a gay man who does not prefer penetrative anal sex.  A series of dating profile cards fans across the page. There are three that take the forefront.      One card is titled, "HAIRY BOTTOM" and is pink and purple hued showing a selfie of a fat man with curly brown hair and a full short beard. The middle card is labeled "SIDE BEAR", featuring a candid photo of a tall man with slicked back pink hair, rectangular glasses, and a neat full beard who is getting his cheek licked by a dog.  The third card peeks out from under the stack of profiles with the title, "TOP NOW". A short man with fluffy blond-dyed hair, circular glasses, and mutton chops beard poses in a summery suit, clearly in a group picture but he has cropped out the others so the focus is on him. The stats of that profile are obscured. Narration: It's only within the last few years that the biggest gay dating apps have started to allow their users to identify as Sides. The rest of the preview is obscured by a ribbon that reads "Read the rest on Oh Joy Sex Toy"
Hien Pham illustrates his comic with a simplified-realistic style with lovingly rendered hair details that sweep along his characters. He uses a full spectrum of colors and rich textures. Narration: Dr. Joe Kort, a sex and relationship therapist, coined the term Side in his 2013 online article "Guys on the 'Side': Looking Beyond Gay Tops and Bottoms". To put simply, a Side is a gay man who does not prefer penetrative anal sex. A series of dating profile cards fans across the page. There are three that take the forefront. One card is titled, "HAIRY BOTTOM" and is pink and purple hued showing a selfie of a fat man with curly brown hair and a full short beard. The middle card is labeled "SIDE BEAR", featuring a candid photo of a tall man with slicked back pink hair, rectangular glasses, and a neat full beard who is getting his cheek licked by a dog. The third card peeks out from under the stack of profiles with the title, "TOP NOW". A short man with fluffy blond-dyed hair, circular glasses, and mutton chops beard poses in a summery suit, clearly in a group picture but he has cropped out the others so the focus is on him. The stats of that profile are obscured. Narration: It's only within the last few years that the biggest gay dating apps have started to allow their users to identify as Sides. The rest of the preview is obscured by a ribbon that reads "Read the rest on Oh Joy Sex Toy"