PHOTOS: 'Up, Up And I'm Gay': Comic Artist Joe Phillips Brgs Superhero Out Of The Closet
Contents:
- GAY COMIX HISTORY WH ANDY MANGELS
- 'BEEFKE HERO': JOE PHILLIPS BRGS GAY SUPERHERO OUT OF THE CLOSET (PHOTOS)
- GEE PéREZ HELPED BRG SUPERHERO TO GAY COMICS
- GAY IC BOOKS
GAY COMIX HISTORY WH ANDY MANGELS
Lookg for the bt gay ics and graphic novels? Start wh remendatns om some of our absolute favore queer ics creators, fantasy, sci-fi, drama, YA, and eroti. * gay comic book art *
For those unaware, GLAAD is an Amerin monorg anisatn, found 1985 as the Gay and Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn – although now known solely by the acronym, so as not to exclu bi, trans, and other queer people – to bat homophobia reportg and to lobby for better reprentatn media.
'BEEFKE HERO': JOE PHILLIPS BRGS GAY SUPERHERO OUT OF THE CLOSET (PHOTOS)
Andy Mangels was the third and fal edor for Gay Comix, and he ma some amazg chang as well as documentg s history. * gay comic book art *
The Awards first troduced a ics tegory 1992, regnisg William Msner-Loeb’s work on The Flash and the revelatn that Pied Piper, a reformed villa turned Flash ally, was gay.
GEE PéREZ HELPED BRG SUPERHERO TO GAY COMICS
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GAY IC BOOKS
In their latt of a month-long spotlight on great LGBTQ stori, CSBG exam the 1993 "superhero edn" of Gay Comics, wh Gee Pérez art! * gay comic book art *
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