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The new issue of Out magazine, the biggest voice of gay culture, lifestyle and politics in the USA, is running an article on a certain Teen Titan.
Scott Lobdell's Teen Titans introduced a new, out, gay man going under the name of Bunker Flamboyant, dressed in purple, this is not the kind of gay man who[...]
for the evils of levitation, it's never a Christianity I recognise.
And neither is the response of Christian Response Alerts to Life With Archie #16, featuring a gay wedding on the cover.
The response is sadly predictable, but it has one line that not only staggers the mind but also the funny bone I had to check[...]
He was Archie Comics' first openly gay character Then in a future world, he'll take part in Archie's first same-sex marriage And now… could he be Archie Comics' first gay President?
Class President that is Here's a preview of Kevin Keller #4, shipping from Archie Comics next week.
He was Archie Comics' first[...]
I'll have a lot more to say when the story's out!"
Can we expect another spate of media interest around then? And which right-leaning opinion blog will be the first to use "The Gayvengers" as a passive insult? Here's a page from that upcoming issue.
If you're not sure who Striker is, he's the one being beaten[...]
This is the new cover to the upcoming Life With Archie #16, the comic which envisions possible futures for Archie characters.
And this upcoming issue features the gay inter racial wedding of soldier Kevin Keller and his intended On the cover Of an Archie comic.
All you folks who have been waiting for the future to happen?[...]
Bunker, the new gay Teen Titans character, in his second out-of-costume appearance in the issue We've already seen the first appearance in promotional pieces.
And there has been comment on the character's apparent flamboyance and prissiness, leading artist Brett Booth to comment "It is a very difficult line to walk, will he be as I've read[...]
In America 2012, the only mainstream publisher with an ongoing comic starring an openly gay male lead will be Archie Comics How things have changed.
Coming out in January, Kevin Keller #1 Here are a couple of covers.
In America 2012, the only mainstream publisher with an ongoing comic starring an openly gay male lead[...]
In fact, he said, the introduction of the flamboyant Bunker to DC's Teen Titans signifies that gay characters aren't so scarce that writers have to worry about misrepresenting an entire population with one character—implying that if a hero like Bunker had been introduced when there were fewer LGBT capes to speak of, his creators may[...]
In conversation with Gail Simone with Brett Booth on Twitter, Brett Booth has announced that one of the new characters in the relaunched Teen Titans is gay Initially known as The Wall in early publicity, now known as Bunker,
Gail Simone is appearing at the Montreal Comic Con and she wanted to let people know about[...]
This morning Bleeding Cool posted the news that the Teen Titans relaunch by Scott Lobdell and Brett Booth will feature a new gay character, Bunker.
On his blog, Brett quotes Scott, describing the character to him in the Teen Titans script;
His real name is Miguel Jose Barragan He was raised in a very small[...]
Yesterday, Bleeding Cool ran the story that Kevin Keller was getting married to his boyfriend in a future "what if" issue of Life With Archie – the same issue in which Archie gets a separation from his wife, Veronica.
Fox News' headline says Archie Comics Announces Gay Character Will Marry — Will Anyone Object?
So, did they?[...]
Northwest Press, a specialist in publising LGBT comics, has announced that Apple have approved a number of their titles without any issues, including one graphic novel featuring explicit gay sex scenes in its iBooks store,
This is quite a jump from from last year when the whiff of a gay kiss or a bare bottom was[...]
The country's going to hell in a handcart, that sort of thing.
Well today it outdid itself.
Here's the quote from artist Sara Pichelli from Monday night's USA Today announcement that the new Ultimate Spider-Man lead would be Miles Morales, a young black/latino man.
"Maybe sooner or later a black or gay – or both – hero will[...]
One year ago, in the wake of a number of gay teen suicides, Dan Savage created a video with the aim to tell those being harassed and seeing no way out that "it gets better".
It became a meme with over ten thousand videos echoeing Savage's initial appeal from everyone from Barack Obama to Colin Farrell[...]
The Power Within is a new comic tackling the subject of gay teen bulling It stars Shannon, who can transform into a superhero alter ego in moments of stress – but will that be enough?
The comic by Charles Christensen and Mark Brill, contains othr stories and pinups by Gail Simone , Phil Jimenez, Greg Rucka,[...]
Kevin Keller is Archie Comics' only out gay character The fact that he exists is a major jump in thinking for the company Then he got his first mini-series, now an ongoing comic series starring the character.
Then today at the Gays In Comics panel at San Diego Comic Con, his creator Dan Parent told the[...]
In fact, it feels like a show Channel Four should be making after its other superhero show MISFITS.
Never mind Gay or Straight, SPANDEX is just good superhero comics, the type Marvel and DC have largely forgotten how to make.
You can order SPANDEX directly from Martin Eden from the official website.
Still won't wear spandex at lookitmovies@gmail.com
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On July the 20th, Marvel will be publishing a very special comic.
Uncanny X-Men writer Kieron Gillen and artist Jamie McKelvie, creators of the comic Phonogram, are reuniting to tell a story about teenage gay suicide in the X-Men comic, Generation Hope #9.
Based on recent prominent news stories, and public awareness campaigns, Kieron Gillen finds the[...]
Blimey, they're not doing anything by half measures.
No sooner have they introduced Riverdale's first openly gay character, then given him his own book, now Kevin Keller wants to sign up to the US Military Academy, following in his father Colonel Keller's footsteps When asking his father if he should change his mind, considering the issues[...]
A graphic novel telling the story of Georges Prosper Remi, better known as Tintin creator, Hergé, and his homosexual affair with a young man, Tchang, the
Spandex is the all gay superhero comic by Martin Eden that hit the headlines a couple of years ago Now onto issue four (it's the small press), the book is to take a new direction – women! I know, how disgusting! But it's also possible that some people who may have been put off buying[...]
TweetWatch: On the one hand, delighted that Bin Laden is dead. On the other, I'm pissed off as I have Superior nail him in Superior #5. Thank you, Marvel,
Kevin Keller, Riverdale's first openly gay character, appeared in Veronica last year, created by Archie cartoonist Dan Parent, which also caused the comic in question to receive the first second print in the company's history.
Well, sales, talk, and now the character is getting his own Archie title, joining Betty, Veronica, Jughead and Archie himself of[...]
The latest issue of Gay Times has run a series of interviews with comic book creators, associated with gay-friendly books Interviewer Joe Glass has offered Bleeding Cool the unexpurgated versions Including Mark Millar, creator of Kick-Ass, Wanted, Civil War and Trouble.
Joe Glass: You quite famously wrote the out gay couple Apollo and Midnighter in[...]
The latest issue of Gay Times has run a series of interviews with comic book creators, associated with gay-friendly books Interviewer Joe Glass has offered Bleediing Cool the unexpurgated versions Including Marc Andreyko, author of Torso, Manhunter and Ferryman.
Joe Glass: What's your opinion of the current level of representation of LGBTQ characters[...]
The latest issue of Gay Times has run a series of interviews with comic book creators, associated with gay-friendly books Interviewer Joe Glass has offered Bleediing Cool the unexpurgated versions First up, Gail Simone, writer of books including Welcome To Tranquility, Secret Six and Birds Of Prey.
Joe Glass: What do you feel is DCs stance[...]
The nominations for the GLAAD awards are out, The Gay And Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation's annual reward for gay-friendly/tolerance promoting cultural works And they have picked their nominated comic books amongst that.
As usual, GLAAD have eschewed anything that's not in the front of Previews or USA Today, valuing a prominent public face over the[...]
And it is free.
On Sunday, from noon till 7pm (to accommodate all those late Saturday nights) at 4232 Melrose Avenue (next to the Faultline bar) gay and straight comic book fans will be invited to meet gay comic creators.
Created by Hard To Swallow's Dave Davenport and Myth's Sean-Z, it's being promoted by gay comics[...]
Bursting out of last weekend's Thought Bubble convention in Leeds comes the new issue of Spandex, the all-gay superhero comic by Martin Eden that made a worldwide splash when it was first published.
And this time they're fighting gay zombies Gay celebrity zombies.
Or celebrity gay zombies Your choice.
Here's a trailer for the third issue[...]