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Posted July 29th, 2010
on Newsarama Blogs Spider-Man, pining in a park with all the loving couples. But what’s that to his far right? Your eyes aren’t deceiving you — that’s a happy homosexual couple, moving in for a kiss. Is this a first for Marvel Comics, putting a gay kiss on a... |  | COMICS RECS: THREE FUN BOOKS I FOUND AT COMIC-CON
Posted July 28th, 2010
on Pop Candy Wuvable Oaf by Ed Luce (Goteblud Comics, $3.95) -- I can't believe I'm just discovering this series. Oaf follows a beefy, hairy, sensitive guy who loves kitties, Morrissey, metal, dolls, '80s nostalgia, comics and men. (We have a lot in common.) |  | REVIEW: STUCK RUBBER BABY BY HOWARD CRUSE
Posted July 26th, 2010
on Lambda Literary It struck me, while reading Stuck Rubber Baby so many years after its publication in 1995, that its setting, what its author Howard Cruse refers to as “Kennedytime,” makes it the perfect accompaniment to Mad Men and the current... |  | COMIC-CON WEEKEND MUSTS: "GAYS IN COMICS" AND "GLEE" PANELS
Posted July 24th, 2010
on San Diego Gay & Lesbian News Comic-Con International 2010 is still going strong this weekend at the Convention Center. Two particular events are of keen interest to the LGBT community. | MORE FEATURES... SUBMISSION GUIDELINES |
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THE UNOFFICIAL HANDBOOK OF THE MARVEL Q-NIVERSE, PART 4 (POETIC PRIMER EDITION) by Ed Natcher
Posted July 18th, 2010
The end is nigh! Heck, it’s here! That’s right, true Q-lievers, to the great relief of one and all, we’ve at last reached the terminal tally of my tedious tabulation of the titans and transgressors who are “that way” in the terrific tales put together by the talented storytellers at Marvel. Can I put away my thesaurus now?
TEXAS TWISTER
Pencils: Keith Pollard Inks: Josef Rubenstein
T is for Twister,A western blowhard!His outfit says “Sister!”,His hairdo, “Spray hard!”.
URSA MAJOR
Pencils: Ron Wilson Inks: Josef Rubenstein
U is for Ursa,A bearable sort!If fur is your fetish,He won’t sell you short!
VANISHER
Pencils: June Brigman Inks: Josef Rubenstein
V is for Vanisher,Dressed in some quilts!After bedding his quarry,He fades as he wilts!
WARLOCK
Pencils: Jim Starlin Inks: Josef Rubenstein
W’s for Warlock,A user of bronzers!Though he hangs out with a troll,He soon gets it on sirs!
XEMU
Pencils: Rich Buckler Inks: Joe Sinnott
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WARLORD'S COSTUME (OR LACK THEREOF) by Scott Anderson
Posted July 11th, 2010
There have been many mysteries in comics. What is Wolverine’s real name? Is Spider-Man or the Scarlet Spider the clone? Who is Donna Troy … this time? But to me the biggest mystery of all is why a straight, Midwestern artist is most responsible for promoting male sexuality in mainstream comics. According to Wikipedia, Mike Grell is a married, straight guy who went to college in Wisconsin and Illinois. But Grell’s willingness to recognize sexuality in the male form in a medium inundated with images of female sexuality is something that makes him stand out among comic artists. Hell, for creating the ever so sexy Cosmic Boy bodice outfit alone, he should be in the pantheon of great comic artists.
But today we are looking at possibly an even sexier outfit Grell created, the second Warlord costume. Warlord’s original outfit was pretty sexy. V cut down the navel, sleeveless, pantless, jeweled wrist cuffs, and medallion around his neck that swings almost as much as he does. It’s [Continue reading...] |
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THEY'RE ONLY MADE OF CLAY by Brian Douglas Ahern
Posted June 30th, 2010
Pride Month seems an odd time to reflect upon a comic book story that is possibly among the most chilling of its era, but I think you'll find it apt all the same.
In 1987, DC's Batman Annual #11 brought us two stories featuring, as the cover boasts, "Villains In Love!" The second of these, a tale of a misguided Penguin floundering toward redemption, was actually quite charming. The first story was anything but. Brilliant British writer and comic book legend Alan Moore took us on a twisted journey with Clayface, otherwise known as Preston Payne, the man whose exposed, misshapen clay hands could dissolve a man with a touch. Payne's name is all-too fitting both for this story and for the delusional state in which he finds himself.
Clayface's story begins directly after a previous tale (uncredited in the captions) in which his hideaway was consumed in flames and the deranged villain is convinced he's lost the love of his life, Helena, who is actually nothing more than a [Continue reading...] |
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TASTE THE RAINBOW! READ THE RAINBOW! (AND CRINGE) PART 2- THE GOOD GUYS by Brian Douglas Ahern
Posted June 19th, 2010
When last we left our lively little Pride Month character review, we were talking about rainbow-colored comic book villains. It was all very festive (Go back one review if you missed it). We left off our bitchy recollections with the infamous Doctor Spectrum, who distinguished himself in comic book history not just for the use of his power prism, but also as one of those rare characters who was both a villain and a hero. As discussed last time, Spectrum showed up first as a member of the Squadron Sinister, then later as a member of the Squadron Supreme (pronounced "Oh my God, it's totally the Justice League, I mean just LOOK at them!"). Doctor Spectrum was probably best known, along with the rest of the Squadron, for being mind-controlled every other week and forced into fighting the Avengers. Considering what a big gay fetish mind control stories have become online, I think that says something about the doc right there. Different people (from different earths, even) have donned [Continue reading...] |
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TASTE THE RAINBOW! READ THE RAINBOW! (AND CRINGE) PART 1- THE BAD GUYS by Brian Douglas Ahern
Posted June 15th, 2010
When Pride Month rolls around, many of us raise the rainbow flag to show who we are, the community family to which we belong, and of course, whom we love. As comic book fans, it behooves us to reflect on those who donned or employed the rainbow colors—not necessarily to show any kind of pride—but more times than not to bumble into a pathetic attempt at a life of crime. Lets pause for a moment, on this gayest time of the year, to look back on these fashion-handicapped characters. Not to increase our own sense of pride, but rather to give us all a cheap laugh at their expense.
To properly kick things off, we simply must begin with perhaps the lamest rainbow-ized character of all time, the dastardly villain Doctor Spectro. This multicolored nutbag first sashayed onto the comics pages back in 1966 in the Charlton comics' Captain Atom #79. In perhaps the worst costume ever seen up until the fan-designed Supergirl outfits foisted upon us in Adventure Comics years [Continue reading...] |
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DOOM AND BLOOM by Terrance Griep
Posted June 13th, 2010
During this month o' Pride, it's worth noting that before the Stonewall Riots, opponents to LGBT rights were the only faction afforded dependable access to the popular consciousness. On the rare occasion that LGBT issues emerged at all during the first half of the 20th Century, those selfsame issues were beat back with a torrent of lies and fear. In their way, then, the Stonewall Riots were about the LGBT pulling its voice from the rhetorical void, pulling it from a sheath of silence, then wielding that voice like a sword.
Silence's earliest purveyor, at least where the DC Universe is concerned, is the Silent Knight. The Silent Knight is a pseudo-super-hero who rights wrongs during the earliest, embryonic part of the Silver Age, by way of 6th Century England. The Knight's more talkative, less armored self is Brian Kent, the 15-year-old heir to an Arthur-esque throne which is itself held-in-distrust by the wicked Sir Oswald. Unhappily, Ye Sir Oz suspects that young Brian Kent and [Continue reading...] |
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