So Aquaman isn't in Justice League War. But Aquaman is getting his own movie. And Aquaman was in the Flashpoint Paradox movie, as was a certain sidekick,
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Again, one of those headlines that ten years, I couldn't have even envisaged.
In an interview with Back2Stonewall, Archie writer Dan Parent has revealed that the Archie gang will no longer be travelling to Russia in their upcoming foreign adventures, due to their newly announced anti-gay laws He told the site;
"Yes Russia should be boycotted, so[...]
We haven't got there yet, and we're still issues away from the return of the goat, but this is a Quantum And Woody in a world where to be gay is less of an insult and more of an assumption than it was in the early nineties.
Though , you know, that other aspect still comes[...]
But up until today, gay kisses have been off the table But in today's issue of Archie Comics, Kevin Keller says goodbye to his boyfriend in a store, with a kiss.
And, in a parody of One Million Moms' boycott, a concerned parent expresses outrage and gets thirty like-minded parents to express similar concern about such[...]
Erotic Lives Of The Superheroes is a novel by Marco Mancassola originally published in 2008 and now with a new English translation and... it's probably
Moderator Christensen began the panel (as he does the book) talking about his own experiences with bisexuality, notably a friend from college who experienced torment from both the straight and gay communities of the art school He lost me a little bit when he referenced a New York Times article that was said to be[...]
Talking to Entertainment Weekly, actor Andrew Garfield was quoted saying he'd asked his director "What if MJ is a dude?' Why can't we discover that Peter is exploring his sexuality? It's hardly even groundbreaking! … So why can't he be gay? Why can't he be into boys?"
Somehow that translated to someone asking Stan Lee at[...]
Dylan Edwards spoke about the frustrations dealing with gay newspapers who (besides for closing and disappearing) would have spatial limitations on comics saying "We already publish Dykes to Watch Out For"." but on the web there's no spatial limitations.
Kester then proceeded to ask the artists about their first experiences venturing online, Kane Lynch answered first[...]
Illustration by David Shenton
I used to feel I had a lot of common cause and patience for the whole "Y ur comics haf no gay??" complaint It's become a thing that's revived in social media anytime someone makes a samey blog post about gay superheroes and/or Kevin Keller; for a lot of people, gay characters[...]
There may be spoilers for those who haven't read through all the Marvel comics they were intending to this week. So bear this in mind.
Remember folks, gay superheroes don't sell.
Yet somehow a Kickstarter campaign for Young Protectors has just blown past $85,000 in raised revenue, six times its projected amount with a week to go and six figures in sight.
It is already available online for free at youngprotectors.com but this campaign will raise funds to get it into print.
Created[...]
Archie Comics has just won one GLAAD Award, but that's clearly not enough. We've had a same-sex wedding, now it's time for a same-sex kiss. Funny, I
This is the first page from next week's 2000AD.
Yes, folks, we have Big Gay Judge Dredd.
Or course I could say that this is a sensitive story about the law, sexuality, society, parenral expectations and standing up for what you believe But that will never sell copies of 2000AD next week ehen it comes[...]
This year's nominees for the GLAAD Awards, which " recognize and honor media for their fair, accurate and inclusive representations of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community and the issues that affect their lives" go to the usual array of mainstream direct market titles.
Astonishing X-Men by Marjorie Liu
Marvel
Batwoman by W Haden Blackman, J.H[...]
It was even designed so that you can get it on with a variety of characters, in a variety of species… but only if they are the opposite gender to you.
Which displeased some gay gamers, it seemed.
PCGamesN reported:
BioWare, in response to demand from fans, decided to bring gay relationships to The Old Republic[...]
Along with the post-Joss Whedon Astonishing X-Men #25 to #51, better known as the Warren Ellis-to-gay-marriage years, as well as the Xenogenesis and Ghost Boxes spin offs…
Coming down the pipe… If you are enjoying Si Spurrier's run on X-Men Legacy, then his five issue miniseries X-Club will be 99 cents an issue tomorrow on[...]
From the new copy of The Gay Times out today, accompanying an interview with Kieron Gillen about the Young Avengers, and this art from the upcoming new series from Marvel NOW.
From the new copy of The Gay Times out today, accompanying an interview with Kieron Gillen about the Young Avengers, and this art from[...]
In this unseemly scrabble for respectability and an historic, noble pedigree it is, for instance, fashionable to observe that comics have their origins in the sequential strip-like hieroglyphics which record the reigns of ancient Egypt's pharaohs.
What could be a better indicator of the medium's cultural worth than its ability to faithfully report the legendary acts[...]
In today's Buffy The Vampire Slayer Season Nine #15, starring… Billy The Vampire Slayer, we get to see him going through the ropes with his Watcher and returning cast member, Andrew Devon.
Now, we know that Billy is gay And we now know that Devon is gay But that doesn't mean they're automatically going to hook[...]
Remember this story from last year? A graphic novel telling the story of Tintin creator Herge and his gay affair with a young man, Tchang, the model for characters in his books, and an alleged communist Chinese spy?
Given the nickname "Hergay", it has now found a publisher, as Georges & Tchang: A love story in[...]
Chris Thompson writes; The Marvel Now! odyssey continues as Taylor & I set our sights on A+X #1 and Wolverine & The X-Men #19 (which was a
2000AD's Twitter account tweets: Has someone finally melted Judge Dredd's stony heart? Find out in January 2013...
Even in parallel dimensions.
And Gay Wolverine Already a gay icon amongst many, and that was long before Hugh Jackman took his shirt off, I can feel a lot of internet high-fiving going on right now…
In the Marvel Universe, it was hinted recently that Marvel superhero Hercules, famed as a lover of women, also occasionally[...]
Here are Bleeding Cool's six favourite bits.
On Gay Batman And Playboy
And basically I said what I said in the book, that you can easily dial up the black-leather-fetishistic-night-dwelling aspects of Batman, and the masculinity of Batman, and get a pretty good gay Batman But as I said, ultimately he's not gay because he has no[...]
Including the report on the Gays In Comics panel, celebrating its 25th year, with a star studded panel hosted by Andy Mangels as always, where he was presented with an Inkpot Award, BTW, for his extensive career in and around the comic field and also humanitarian work around the topic of Gays in Comics, and[...]
Even though he sold Marvel to Disney, multi-billionaire Isaac Perlmutter is one of the most powerful people in comics. Indeed, like Ben Kenobi, it may
YBiL is a collection of strips that ran on the site Popimage from 2002-2006 that deal with gay love from about as many different approaches as you can think of (and a few you'll never see coming, like the Herbie The Love-Bug type strip, Zero to Sixty) The anthology has been out of print for[...]
More may know her from Pushing Daisies.)
It ran unchanged in most territories, for about half a second, including many in the Middle East where it suddenly became the first gay kiss on their entire televisual history, including Saudi Arabia where homosexuality is illegal, with punishments including beatings and hangings.
With so many countries live streaming the[...]
In the DC New 52 panel at San Diego Comic Con, Scott Lobdell announced a mini-spoiler, that in a near future issue of Teen Titans, we'll meet Bunker's
Mild spoilers for Earth 2 #3 published today from DC Comics.