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Posted February 2nd, 2012
on OUT.com An exclusive preview of the gay 'Archie' character's first solo issue. |  | THE VARIANTS, EPISODE 8: "THE SELLOUTS" SEASON FINALE!
Posted February 2nd, 2012
on YouTube A potential investor and his attorney turn the store upside down. Can the Zeus employees handle their scrutiny, or will they throw each other under the idiot bus in pursuit of vacation days and dental? |  | KEVIN KELLER’S FIRST DATE
Posted February 1st, 2012
on Robot 6 @ CBR Kevin Keller, the first openly gay character in Archie Comics, gets his own series starting today, and when you think about it, that in itself is pretty historic—when was the last time an Archie character got a new series? It seems like all the... |  | SCENE + HEARD: GEEKS OUT EVENT AT RUBIN MUSEUM TRADES TALK OF LADY GAGA FOR TALK OF WONDER WOMAN
Posted January 30th, 2012
on Next Magazine Gay nerds brought a touch of bespectacled fabulousness to the Rubin Museum of Art on Friday for Geeks Out January social event. A social group of at least 60 nerdy queers took over the museum's K2 Lounge, which was bumping with '80s tunes and happy... | MORE FEATURES... SUBMISSION GUIDELINES |
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FRENCH TOAST COMIX by Saranga
Posted February 2nd, 2012
What's it about?
French Toast Comix is an autobiographical webcomic by a lady who works as a cruise ship musician. She's Jewish, gay and draws pretty much anything that happens in her life. Strips might appear about a coffee shop, her mum, cruise ship culture, new places that she's visited, her art class, anything (also - stealing giant porcelain cows)!
It's not as linear as a lot of web comics, in that it mostly reads more like stand alone events. However, you can buy more structured print mini comics if you like (see the more information section at the end of the review). Many of the entries have a text blog accompanying them, giving more information about the events being depicted.
What's good about it?
This web comic is what we used to call 'a giggle'. Ms Hawkins has a dry wit about her and can pull out the important elements that make a situation funny, then reproduce them concisely. It's a style that makes you warm to her and all her friends, even if [Continue reading...] |
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"KEEPING IT REAL" by Terrance Griep, Jr.
Posted January 29th, 2012
Reality TV--that bizarre, animated, audiomated, semi-scripted, overproduced amalgam of schadenfreude and wish fulfillment--inarguably sends echoes throughout this geocentric Petri dish we call popular culture: Jersey Shore Christmas ornaments, five figure Kardashian tweets, and even the name of this very column are just some of the nouns which originate from Reality TV. These nouns must surely be mere side effects of Reality TV. What, then, is the purpose of modern Reality TV?
In its original form, Reality TV was meant to inspire, to challenge, and to stimulate the viewership. And the echoes of olde, ruther than merely inspiring the name of a weekly comic column, actually inspired a regular comics feature. "Roy Raymond: TV Detective" ran as a backup series in DC's Detective Comics. The titular character presided over his own show, Impossible...But True! which was an ersatz version of Ripley's Believe It Or Not, itself an early sample of Reality TV. [Continue reading...] |
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OCTOBRIANA by François Peneaud
Posted January 26th, 2012
Octobriana is one of those comics which make you think “Why isn’t this more famous?”. Because it has everything: an unusual setting, a beautiful and hands-on heroine who’d give Wonder Woman a run for her money, a dangerous opponent—and it’s queer-inclusive. This should have been published as a Vertigo comic, just like Enigma or Chiaroscuro.
This 88-page, black and white comic, which you can buy here, is written by Steve Orlando, a writer I didn’t know, and drawn by Chaz Truog, who was one of the Chiaroscuro co-creators. I hadn’t seen his work in a while, so it was a pleasure to find him in fine form.
Orlando has done something quite clever by using a character from a fake 1960s Russian book created in the 70s by a Czech artist (more about the incredible history of the Octobriana character here or here), and turning her into a very modern kind of heroine.
In this version of her adventures, Octobriana is a Russian goddess-in-training, who finds [Continue reading...] |
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THE MORE THINGS CHANGE by PKA
Posted January 9th, 2012
Continuing our look at the New 52 we have Shade #1, Master of Darkness! It is the first issue of a twelve part series which so far is just what we've come to expect from a story set in the world of Opal City. Now, as usual, we are a little behind in things. By now there are about three issues of the series out so for those who are up to date, no spoilers please! What? We want to be surprised! Besides, we are here today to talk about #1. So… without further ado, let's begin!
Upon opening the cover is an awesome first page. You see a pretty sky, interesting buildings, the home of Mr. Richard Swift, some flowers in the lower right-hand corner with petals blowing in the wind, and Mr. Swift himself sitting on his balcony having tea with Mikaal Tomas. This alone made the whole issue for us as we weren't sure if we'd ever see the former Starman in the New 52.
For the next handful of pages the two share an interesting, if not a bit somber, bit of dialogue that sets the pace for the rest [Continue reading...] |
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