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The Gaia Green Lantern Of Earth 2

Posted on July 4, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Mild spoilers for Earth 2 #3 published today from DC Comics.

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A Comic Show – Batman’s Eyes Are Windows To His Soul

Posted on July 3, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Aaron Haaland writes from A Comic Shop, in Orlando, Florida; BATMAN EARTH ONE is the most human Batman ever written. You can see his eyes and stare into his soul! Bruce starts off very Damian like, fights with Alfred and …

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That X-Men Gay Wedding Scene Hits eBay

Posted on June 27, 2012 by Rich Johnston

You may kiss the grooms… Mike Perkins, artist of Astonishing X-Men #51 is selling pages from that issue, but this is probably the one that will go for the highest price… currently at $284.

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Collectors Cornered #28 – Marvel X-Men Wedding Celebration And Gay Marriage

Posted on June 21, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Collectors Cornered is a weekly video column, filmed inside Collectors Corner in Baltimore. Join us every week as we discuss comic book news from a different point of view and get instant feedback from real customers on New Comics Day, …

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Thursday Runaround – Life In Hell Freezes Over

Posted on June 21, 2012 by Rich Johnston

HellWatch: Matt Groening brings Life In Hell, the strip that inspired The Simpsons to an end after thirty years. The last “Life in Hell,” Groening’s 1,669th strip, was released on Friday, June 15. For the next four weeks, editors will …

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Want To Get Married? Gay Or Straight, Head To Earthworld Comics In Albany Today…

Posted on June 20, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Wedding fever is clearly in the air… the celebrate the marriage of Northstar and Kyle in Astonishing X-Men #51 today, Earthworld Comics in Albany, New York has an officiant standing by ready (below) to perform nuptuals for anyone who turns …

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George Takei Joins Kevin Keller In Archie Comics

Posted on June 20, 2012 by Rich Johnston

In November, one gay icon meets another, in Archie Comics. Kevin Keller #6 will co-star George Takei, best known as Lieutenant Sulu. And it was at a comic convention that George met Kevin’s creator Dan Parent and succumbed to Parent’s …

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Wednesday Runaround – Two Weddings And The Walking Dead

Posted on June 20, 2012 by Rich Johnston

WeddingWatch: The New York Times reports on today’s same-sex wedding at Midtown Comics Downtown, to coincide with the launch of Astonishing X-Men #51. In honor of the release of “Astonishing X-Men No. 51,” in which the mutant superhero Northstar marries …

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A Very Gay Orbital Party For Astonishing X-Men #51

Posted on June 19, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Here’s a scene from tonight’s launch of Astonishing X-Men #51, featuring the wedding of Northstar and his boyfriend Kyle, from Orbital Comics in London, and the gay nightclub CIRCA. Blinding. Of course, that was before the footie began…

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With This Green Lantern Ring, I Thee Wed

Posted on June 18, 2012 by Rich Johnston

We mentioned this last week, but Midtown Comics has now given out more details. Along with a number of comic stores across the country, Midtown Comics Downtown in Manhattan are hosting a same-sex wedding in their store between customers  Scott …

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Wednesday Runaround – Still All About The Gay

Posted on June 13, 2012 by Rich Johnston

VegasWatch: Darick Robertson, Robert Kirkman and Jason Aaron join the guest list of MorrisonCon. GayWatch: This is the year the comics industry turned gay. But CNN asks if a comic book character’s sexual orientation really news? By running a story …

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Orbital Comics Hires Gay Club For Astonishing X-Men #51 Party

Posted on June 10, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Orbital Comics in London is situated close to Soho, the gay mecca of London. And on Frith Street, lies CIRCA, a gay club that opened last year. To celebrate the wedding of Northstar & Kyle in Astonishing X-Men #51 Orbital …

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The Gay X-Men Wedding That Should Have Been Alpha Flight’s

Posted on June 9, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Artist of the cancelled Alpha Flight series, Dale Eaglesham posted a few weeks ago; This drives me absolutely crazy: Greg, Fred and I do all the work of bringing the series back and they cancel it on us. Why didn’t …

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Brazil To Boycott Green Lantern?

Posted on June 8, 2012 by Rich Johnston

One Brazilian blog which has previously shown a rather homophobic view of the recent gay marriage plotline in comic books, is claiming that there will be a retailer boycott of Green Lantern products in the country, Specifically citing Fantastico, a …

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Grace Randolph’s Between the Pages: Gay Comic Book Characters – Green Lantern, Northstar, Batwoman, Kevin Keller

Posted on June 8, 2012 by Bleeding Cool Staff Writer

DC Comics has announced that Alan Scott, the first Green Lantern, is gay! In light of that controversial and historic decision, host Grace Randolph and guest Alan Kistler discuss the history of gay characters in comics. Alan Scott aka the …

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Could “Bullet Training” Be The New “Fridging?” – Earth Two #2 Spoilers

Posted on June 7, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Okay, I gave it a day. Some people complained that yesterday’s article about Alan Scott, the as yet-to be Green Lantern of Earth Two, proposing to his boyfriend, was a spoiler. I disagreed, stating that if I’d have run the …

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Collectors Cornered #27 – Gay Characters And Bleeding Cool Magazine

Posted on June 6, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Collectors Cornered is a weekly video column, filmed inside Collectors Corner in Baltimore. Join us every week as we discuss comic book news from a different point of view and get instant feedback from real customers on New Comics Day, …

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The Green Lantern Gay Marriage Proposal

Posted on June 6, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Marvel got so much press for its X-Men Wedding Proposal issue, even if it was slightly diverted by press over this week’s DC Comics outing of the original Green Lantern. What would have happened if, at the time, DC Comics …

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