NIGHTLIFE
Color Commentary by Kenne Morrison, posted November 5th, 2009
Finding love or something similar to it can often occur in the most unusual of places. You can meet your partner at the grocery store or at a party.You can meet them in the morning, in the afternoon, or late at night. No matter where or how you meet them, there’s always a story involved. In Nightlife, the stories to be told have one thing in common; it all takes place at night. In a person’s nightlife. Like another book that I’ve reviewed by Dale Lazarov, Manly, this is a… [More…]

FLINCH #7
Color Commentary by PKA, posted October 31st, 2009
Picture the scene -- its Halloween, 1999 on Castro Street, San Francisco. A man exiting a train chases after his son. The son, dressed in fabulously spooky drag, continues to walk away knowing that his old man did not simply follow him to try and take him home but rather to get another glimpse at the life he left behind. This scene marks the beginning to Parade, a short story featured in Flinch #7. Even before it is revealed the reader quickly picks up that the man (Mr. Straight and… [More…]

SPOOKY HALLOWEEN REMEMBRANCES - CREEPING THROUGH "MONSTERS ON THE PROWL" PART II
Color Commentary by Brian Douglas Ahern, posted October 30th, 2009
One of the best things about many classic horror stories is watching the hero or heroine being slowly stalked by some shadowy figure or unseen creature. There's an almost palpable enjoyment to the growing suspense and the undeniable rise of the heebie-jeebies as whatever-it-is gets closer and closer to its victim who either suspects nothing or can offer no defense if he does. It's wonderful to behold in fiction if you're game for a case of the shivers, it is a god-awful thing to experience in… [More…]

SPOOKY HALLOWEEN REMEMBRANCES - CREEPING THROUGH "MONSTERS ON THE PROWL" PART I
Color Commentary by Brian Douglas Ahern, posted October 29th, 2009
When I was a kid, my younger brother was, strangely enough, also a kid, albeit younger than me. We both loved comic books. But while I adored those titles of the superhero variety, my younger brother Jimbo mostly adored monster comics. Jimbo's absolute favorite title was one we discovered in a seamy little hole-in-the-wall book shop in an unsavory part of town, which is exactly where you want little kids to have to venture to find old beat-up comic books. It was called (the comic, not the… [More…]

WEREWOLF BY NIGHT, IDIOT BY DAY
Queer Eye on Comics by Scott Anderson, posted October 25th, 2009
Scott Anderson gets you in the mood for Halloween, or at least a date with your significant other. Read on! [More…]

THE SCARIEST RECAP IN HISTORY - GHOST RIDER #68
Color Commentary by Brian Douglas Ahern, posted October 22nd, 2009
When I was in college, I worked at a used book & comic shop to pay the rent on my tiny apartment. Besides being right on hand when the new comics came in each Friday afternoon, the biggest benefit that came with the job was pricing the back issues. Well, not pricing them so much as writing on the little tags clicked out from the price gun. It wasn't long before I started adding little extras beyond the title and issue number. One issue of Wonder Woman stands out in my memory, on whose… [More…]

NYU PRIDE MONTH BRINGS TWO COMICS EVENTS!
News posted October 21st, 2009
This month is Pride Month at New York University, and the Office of LGBT Student Services has some interesting queer comics events on the schedule: a queer manga panel and a discussion with artist Ivan Velez, who will discuss his series Tales from the Closet, and also lead an urban comics drawing workshop. These events are free and open to the public, and are are sponsored by NYU's Pride Month. [More…]

"HOW I SPENT MY AUTUMN GAYCATION"
News by Terrance Griep, posted October 21st, 2009
Join us, gentle folk, for Terrance Griep's first-hand account of Gaylaxicon, the fabulous all-queer, all-geek, all-fun convention that took place in Minneapolis October 9-11. Terrance was Guest of Honor at the Con along with fellow Prism-er Andy Mangels--well deserved! And sounds like he had fun! Read on... [More…]

WONDER WOMAN DAY IV: OCTOBER 25TH ALL-AGES EVENTS BENEFIT OREGON AND NEW JERSEY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PREVENTION AGENCIES
News posted October 19th, 2009
Portland, OR - Debuting in American comic books during World War II, super-heroic star Wonder Woman is one of the most recognizable female icons in the world, thanks to almost seventy years of published adventures and a popular television series in the 1970s that became an international phenomonon. Now, for the fourth year in a row, the fictional heroine brandishes her Amazon bracelets and golden lasso as a star-spangled symbol of a charity benefit for three of Portland's outstanding domestic… [More…]

NEW WEBCOMICS POSTED! THE WEREWIF AND BOYS & BERRIES!
News by Scott Anderson, posted October 16th, 2009
It’s time for another installment of The Werewif at Prism’s Webcomics page! The plot thickens now that Lindsay has outed herself to Suzie. But will Suzie be able to take it? Will Suzie realize that Lindsay is a lycanthrope, not a lesbian? Also, Boys & Berries has raunchy Pandas! They’re like Care Bears and those smutty bears you meet in the dark corners of leather bars rolled into one! What’s not to love?… [More…]