1960s Cartoon Character Snaggleps Revented As Closeted Gay Playwright | HuffPost Voic

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• CARTOON CHARACTER SNAGGLEPS HAS HIS OWN IC, AND HE'S OFFICIALLY GAY
• DC REVIVG HANNA-BARBERA’S ‘SNAGGLEPS’ AS GAY PLAYWRIGHT
• 1960S CARTOON CHARACTER SNAGGLEPS REVENTED AS CLOSETED GAY PLAYWRIGHT
• SNAGGLEPS REBOOTED AS GAY SOUTHERN PLAYWRIGHT DC COMICS
• DC'S GAY SNAGGLEPS IS NOW OFFICIALLY HANNA-BARBERA CANON
• SNAGGLEPS IS A WTY GAY PLAYWRIGHT IN NEW DC COMICS MISERIHEAVENS TO MURGATROYD!{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY DAN AVERYOCTOBER 19, 2017/12:44 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}DC COMICSBY DAN AVERYOCTOBER 19, 2017 / 12:44 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"SNAGGLEPS IS A WTY GAY PLAYWRIGHT IN NEW DC COMICS MISERI","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2017-10-19T16:44:55.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2017-10-19T16:44:55.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"DAN AVERY","KEYWORDS":"GEEK","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DC COMICS HAS BEEN REVIVG OLD HANNA-BARBERA CHARACTERS LIKE FRED FLTSTONE AND SOBY-DOO MORE NTEMPORARY FORMS. THE LATT RTOON UPDATE: {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FLTSTON WRER MARK RSELL AND ARTIST MIKE FEEHAN WILL PRENT THE FEY PK MOUNTA LN AS “A GAY SOUTHERN GOTHIC PLAYWRIGHT” EX STAGE LEFT: THE SNAGGLEPS CHRONICL, A NEW SIX-ISSUE DC COMIC SERI THAT LNCHED THIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"IT WAS NOT MUCH OF A STRETCH AT ALL," RSELL TOLD HILOBROW. "I ENVISN HIM LIKE A TRAGIC TENNSEE WILLIAMS FIGURE; HUCKLEBERRY HOUND IS SORT OF A WILLIAM FLKNER GUY AND THEY’RE NEW YORK THE 1950S. MARLON BRANDO SHOWS UP, DOROTHY PARKER—THE SOCIAL OF NEW YORK OM THAT ERA E AND GO."HANNA {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SNAGGLEPS BUTED ON THE QUICK DRAW MCGRAW SHOW 1959 AND LATER GOT HIS OWN SEGMENTS ON THE YOGI BEAR SHOW. WHILE HE WAS NEVER EXPLICLY REVEALED TO BE GAY, HIS MANNERISMS, SPEECH AND ATTIRE WERE D MID-CENTURY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THERE WON'T BE ANY DOUBTS ABOUT THE CHARACTER'S ORIENTATN THE BOOK, WHICH -STARS HUCKLEBERRY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}. BUT HE'LL STILL BE HAMSTNG BY SOCIAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“IT’S NATURAL TO PRENT A NTEXT WHERE EVERYBODY KNOWS, BUT ’S STILL CLOSETED," SAYS RSELL. "AND ALG WH THE CULTURAL SCENE OF THE 1950S, PECIALLY ON BROADWAY, WHERE EVERYBODY’S GAY, OR IS WORKG WH SOMEONE WHO’S GAY, BUT NOBODY N TALK ABOUT — AND WHAT ’S LIKE TO HAVE TO TRY TO CREATE CULTURE OUT OF SILENCE.”DC {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AN EIGHT-PAGE “SNAGGLEPS” STORY ALREADY BUTED MARCH, AS PART OF THE SUICI SQUAD/BANANA SPLS SPECIAL, IT TAILED HIS BEG DRAGGED ONT OF THE HOE COMMTEE ON UN-AMERIN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT'S NOT LOST ON RSELL THAT HIS SNAGGLEPS TALE PARALLELS THE CURRENT POLIL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"IT'S VERY EASY A TIME OF NATNAL TASTROPHE—OF PERCEIVED NATNAL TASTROPHE—TO THROW PEOPLE UNR THE SK AND FET ABOUT THEM, AND SNAGGLEPS IS UNWILLG TO LET THEM DO THAT TO PEOPLE HE KNOWS AND LOV," HE SAYS. "IN A LOT OF WAYS, THAT E ME UP TO SAY WHAT I THK ABOUT WHAT'S GOG ON THE WORLD NOW, JT PUTTG THE NTEXT OF 1953 AMERI."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• DC COMICS REBOOTS HANNA BARBERA’S ‘SNAGGLEPS’ AS A ‘GAY SOUTHERN GOTHIC PLAYWRIGHT’
• DC'S GAY PLAYWRIGHT SNAGGLEPS RETURNS FOR NEW MISERI
• DC COMICS REVENTS SNAGGLEPS AS A "GAY SOUTHERN GOTHIC PLAYWRIGHT""HEAVENS TO MURGATROYD!"{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY DAN AVERYJANUARY 31, 2017/4:36 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}DC COMICS/HANNA BARBARABY DAN AVERYJANUARY 31, 2017 / 4:36 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"DC COMICS REVENTS SNAGGLEPS AS A \"GAY SOUTHERN GOTHIC PLAYWRIGHT\"","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2017-01-31T21:36:47.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2017-01-31T21:36:47.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"DAN AVERY","KEYWORDS":"GEEK, BOOKS","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DC COMICS HAS BEEN REVIVG OLD HANNA-BARBERA CHARACTERS LIKE FRED FLTSTONE AND SOBY-DOO MORE NTEMPORARY FORMS. THE LATT RTOON UPDATE: {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FLTSTON WRER MARK RSELL REVEALED HE'S WRG THE FEY PK MOUNTA LN A NEW IC BOOK, AND PLANS TO REIMAGE 'PS AS “A GAY SOUTHERN GOTHIC PLAYWRIGHT.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"IT WAS NOT MUCH OF A STRETCH AT ALL," RSELL TOLD HILOBROW. "I ENVISN HIM LIKE A TRAGIC TENNSEE WILLIAMS FIGURE; HUCKLEBERRY HOUND IS SORT OF A WILLIAM FLKNER GUY, THEY’RE NEW YORK THE 1950S, MARLON BRANDO SHOWS UP, DOROTHY PARKER, THE SOCIAL OF NEW YORK OM THAT ERA E AND GO."HANNA {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SNAGGLEPS BUTED ON THE QUICK DRAW MCGRAW SHOW 1959 AND LATER GOT HIS OWN SEGMENTS ON THE YOGI BEAR SHOW. WHILE HE WAS NEVER EXPLICLY REVEALED TO BE GAY, HIS MANNERISMS, SPEECH AND ATTIRE WERE FOR "QUEER" MID-CENTURY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RSELL SAYS THERE WON'T BE ANY DOUBT ABOUT THE CHARACTER'S ORIENTATN THE BOOK, BUT HE'LL STILL BE HAMSTNG BY SOCIAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“IT’S NATURAL TO PRENT A NTEXT WHERE EVERYBODY KNOWS, BUT ’S STILL CLOSETED," HE SAYS. "AND ALG WH THE CULTURAL SCENE OF THE 1950S, PECIALLY ON BROADWAY, WHERE EVERYBODY’S GAY, OR IS WORKG WH SOMEONE WHO’S GAY, BUT NOBODY N TALK ABOUT — AND WHAT ’S LIKE TO HAVE TO TRY TO CREATE CULTURE OUT OF SILENCE.”DC {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AN EIGHT-PAGE “SNAGGLEPS” STORY WILL ARRIVE MARCH, AS PART OF THE SUICI SQUAD/BANANA SPLS ANNUAL. “IT’S ABOUT SNAGGLEPS BEG DRAGGED ONT OF THE HOE COMMTEE ON UN-AMERIN ACTIVI,” SAID RSELL. THE REGULAR SERI WILL THEN FOLLOW THE FALL, ONCE HE FISH HIS FLTSTON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}H/T: {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• NEW IC SERI REIMAG SNAGGLEPS AS A GAY 1950S PLAYWRIGHT
• DC'S 'GAY, SOUTHERN GOTHIC' SNAGGLEPS COMIC INTRODUC AUGIE DOGGIE
• WARNER BROS. REBOOTS SNAGGLEPS AS A GAY PLAYWRIGHT BEG HUNTED BY THE U.S. GOVERNMENT
• NEW DC COMIC REVENTS SNAGGLEPS AS 'GAY SOUTHERN GOTHIC PLAYWRIGHT'

CARTOON CHARACTER SNAGGLEPS HAS HIS OWN IC, AND HE'S OFFICIALLY GAY

Who knows what uld happen to a gay, Southern Gothic playwright a time of Cold War and McCarthyism? After all, 's not the everyday ic book story that stars a rebooted 50-pl-year-old bright pk homosexual rtoon ln who not only exists wh humans, but secretly romanc one agast the backdrop of 1950s you're of a certa age, you might remember the 1960s rtoon versn of Snaggleps, the wisecrackg mounta ln who starred his own rtoon shorts as part of the inic Hanna Barbera rtoons. As a lispg, fsy, and fey animal, Snaggleps was a d gay character whose sensibili were played for lghs as he longed for the stage.

He flounced about on screen as he chased his dream, liverg his tramark tchphras ("Ex, stage left, " "Heavens to Mergatroid") drippg wh 2018 ic book versn of Snaggleps is no longer ambiguoly gay, at least not his personal life.

DC REVIVG HANNA-BARBERA’S ‘SNAGGLEPS’ AS GAY PLAYWRIGHT

Ps" is a succsful and celebrated straight playwright married to a lady ln, privately he's by htg up gay bars, hangg out wh the equally queer blue hound dog Huckleberry Hound, and romancg a sexy human boyiend. Ex Stage Left reimag Snaggleps as a closeted gay playwright om the south who jt happens to be the hottt thg on Broadway… but will he be able to stay that role and speak out agast the many social jtic happeng all around him?

1960S CARTOON CHARACTER SNAGGLEPS REVENTED AS CLOSETED GAY PLAYWRIGHT

Snaggleps this story is havg to live a double life as a gay playwright livg New York, and he’s closeted.

Are there tim when you thk, I get to put forward this philosophy, and ’s through the voice of a pk gay ln?

SNAGGLEPS REBOOTED AS GAY SOUTHERN PLAYWRIGHT DC COMICS

Snaggleps, a popular rtoon character om the 1960s, is gettg revented as a closeted gay playwright durg the McCarthy Jan. While the Uned Stat is locked a nuclear arms race wh the Soviet Unn, the gay Southern playwright known as Snaggleps is the toast of Broadway. Snaggleps’s flamboyant personaly led olr viewers to spect the character was a subnsc nod to gay culture though was never stated explicly, as this YouTube mashup monstrat.

“Snaggleps, this story, is havg to live a double life as a gay playwright livg New York, and he’s closeted. He-Man remas somethg of an ironic gay in thanks to his Tom of Fland build, penchant for wearg what looks like a BDSM harns and love of a guy named Fisto.

DC'S GAY SNAGGLEPS IS NOW OFFICIALLY HANNA-BARBERA CANON

Bart Simpson’s nerdy classmate and sometime iend spends most of the 30+ seasons of The Simpsons tormented by bulli, cludg for beg gay.

Heavens to Murgatroyd, the qutn isn’t “Is Snaggleps gay, ” ’s “How n he not be gay.

” The very pk, very femme thpian fs jt about every gay stereotype on rerd.

SNAGGLEPS IS A WTY GAY PLAYWRIGHT IN NEW DC COMICS MISERIHEAVENS TO MURGATROYD!{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY DAN AVERYOCTOBER 19, 2017/12:44 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}DC COMICSBY DAN AVERYOCTOBER 19, 2017 / 12:44 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"SNAGGLEPS IS A WTY GAY PLAYWRIGHT IN NEW DC COMICS MISERI","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2017-10-19T16:44:55.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2017-10-19T16:44:55.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"DAN AVERY","KEYWORDS":"GEEK","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DC COMICS HAS BEEN REVIVG OLD HANNA-BARBERA CHARACTERS LIKE FRED FLTSTONE AND SOBY-DOO MORE NTEMPORARY FORMS. THE LATT RTOON UPDATE: {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FLTSTON WRER MARK RSELL AND ARTIST MIKE FEEHAN WILL PRENT THE FEY PK MOUNTA LN AS “A GAY SOUTHERN GOTHIC PLAYWRIGHT” EX STAGE LEFT: THE SNAGGLEPS CHRONICL, A NEW SIX-ISSUE DC COMIC SERI THAT LNCHED THIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"IT WAS NOT MUCH OF A STRETCH AT ALL," RSELL TOLD HILOBROW. "I ENVISN HIM LIKE A TRAGIC TENNSEE WILLIAMS FIGURE; HUCKLEBERRY HOUND IS SORT OF A WILLIAM FLKNER GUY AND THEY’RE NEW YORK THE 1950S. MARLON BRANDO SHOWS UP, DOROTHY PARKER—THE SOCIAL OF NEW YORK OM THAT ERA E AND GO."HANNA {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SNAGGLEPS BUTED ON THE QUICK DRAW MCGRAW SHOW 1959 AND LATER GOT HIS OWN SEGMENTS ON THE YOGI BEAR SHOW. WHILE HE WAS NEVER EXPLICLY REVEALED TO BE GAY, HIS MANNERISMS, SPEECH AND ATTIRE WERE D MID-CENTURY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THERE WON'T BE ANY DOUBTS ABOUT THE CHARACTER'S ORIENTATN THE BOOK, WHICH -STARS HUCKLEBERRY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}. BUT HE'LL STILL BE HAMSTNG BY SOCIAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“IT’S NATURAL TO PRENT A NTEXT WHERE EVERYBODY KNOWS, BUT ’S STILL CLOSETED," SAYS RSELL. "AND ALG WH THE CULTURAL SCENE OF THE 1950S, PECIALLY ON BROADWAY, WHERE EVERYBODY’S GAY, OR IS WORKG WH SOMEONE WHO’S GAY, BUT NOBODY N TALK ABOUT — AND WHAT ’S LIKE TO HAVE TO TRY TO CREATE CULTURE OUT OF SILENCE.”DC {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AN EIGHT-PAGE “SNAGGLEPS” STORY ALREADY BUTED MARCH, AS PART OF THE SUICI SQUAD/BANANA SPLS SPECIAL, IT TAILED HIS BEG DRAGGED ONT OF THE HOE COMMTEE ON UN-AMERIN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT'S NOT LOST ON RSELL THAT HIS SNAGGLEPS TALE PARALLELS THE CURRENT POLIL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"IT'S VERY EASY A TIME OF NATNAL TASTROPHE—OF PERCEIVED NATNAL TASTROPHE—TO THROW PEOPLE UNR THE SK AND FET ABOUT THEM, AND SNAGGLEPS IS UNWILLG TO LET THEM DO THAT TO PEOPLE HE KNOWS AND LOV," HE SAYS. "IN A LOT OF WAYS, THAT E ME UP TO SAY WHAT I THK ABOUT WHAT'S GOG ON THE WORLD NOW, JT PUTTG THE NTEXT OF 1953 AMERI."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

Allegatns that the character is gay have been around a full 20 years, begng wh accatns ma by reer homophobe Jam Dobson. The Foc on the Fay blowhard acced SpongeBob of vert homosexualy after the character appeared a diversy vio. Fans of Strawberry Shortke should have seen this one g: her tights-wearg, tap dancg, nefar nemis might well be the gayt villa of all time.

Var mentators over the years have alternatively emed the Bugs-Elmer relatnship homoerotic, or ced Bugs as an early example of transgenr visibily. Ashman, along wh directors Ron Clements and John Mker, also tegrated elements of Joan Colls, Bea Arthur and Elae Strch to the character—three very proment gay ins.

DC COMICS REBOOTS HANNA BARBERA’S ‘SNAGGLEPS’ AS A ‘GAY SOUTHERN GOTHIC PLAYWRIGHT’

DC Comics is makg subtext textual wh s upg ic book seri about Hanna-Barbera's classic rtoon character Stage Left: The Snaggleps Chronicl, wrten by Mark Rsell wh art by Mike Feehan, prents Snaggleps as a gay Southern playwright the style of Tennsee Snaggleps reboot was announced early 2017, shortly after DC Comics announced an entire le of rebooted and re-imaged Hanna-Barbera properti, cludg tl like Soby Apolypse and Rsell's own Fltston seri.

"Snaggleps this story is havg to live a double life as a gay playwright livg New York, and he's closeted, " Rsell explas. Rsell's send Hanna-Barbera seri, Ex Stage Left: The Snaggleps Chronicl wh artists Mike Feehan, Sean Parsons, and Pl Mounts has proven another vastatg morn parable, stg the pk mounta ln as a gay Southern Gothic playwright targeted by the Hoe Commtee on Un-Amerin Activi (HUAC) 1953. RELATED: DC’s Gay Playwright Snaggleps is the First Mt-Read Comic of 2018.

RELATED: New DC Comic Revents Snaggleps As ‘Gay Southern Gothic Playwright’. Fltston wrer Mark Rsell and artist Mike Feehan will prent the fey pk mounta ln as “a gay Southern Gothic playwright” Ex Stage Left: The Snaggleps Chronicl, a new six-issue DC Comic seri that lnched this month. While he was never explicly revealed to be gay, his mannerisms, speech and attire were d mid-century won't be any doubts about the character's orientatn the book, which -stars Huckleberry Hound..

DC'S GAY PLAYWRIGHT SNAGGLEPS RETURNS FOR NEW MISERI

"And alg wh the cultural scene of the 1950s, pecially on Broadway, where everybody’s gay, or is workg wh someone who’s gay, but nobody n talk about — and what ’s like to have to try to create culture out of silence. Snaggleps is a gay character om Hanna-Barbera. While LGBT pri, activists, and folklorists will like to e Snaggleps as a gay in bee of his lavenr fur lour, his lispg speech and his fondns for the theatril, Joseph Barbera was once quoted as nyg the likelihood, sistg that the character (and voice) were molled on Bert Lahr (addg that Lahr "once beat up on his wife!

In Febary 2017, DC Comics announced a new Snaggleps ic book seri, drawn a more realistic style, which reimag the character as an openly gay playwright 1950s New York. Snaggleps is also portrayed as beg gay Jellystone!

DC COMICS REVENTS SNAGGLEPS AS A "GAY SOUTHERN GOTHIC PLAYWRIGHT""HEAVENS TO MURGATROYD!"{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY DAN AVERYJANUARY 31, 2017/4:36 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}DC COMICS/HANNA BARBARABY DAN AVERYJANUARY 31, 2017 / 4:36 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"DC COMICS REVENTS SNAGGLEPS AS A \"GAY SOUTHERN GOTHIC PLAYWRIGHT\"","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2017-01-31T21:36:47.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2017-01-31T21:36:47.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"DAN AVERY","KEYWORDS":"GEEK, BOOKS","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DC COMICS HAS BEEN REVIVG OLD HANNA-BARBERA CHARACTERS LIKE FRED FLTSTONE AND SOBY-DOO MORE NTEMPORARY FORMS. THE LATT RTOON UPDATE: {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FLTSTON WRER MARK RSELL REVEALED HE'S WRG THE FEY PK MOUNTA LN A NEW IC BOOK, AND PLANS TO REIMAGE 'PS AS “A GAY SOUTHERN GOTHIC PLAYWRIGHT.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"IT WAS NOT MUCH OF A STRETCH AT ALL," RSELL TOLD HILOBROW. "I ENVISN HIM LIKE A TRAGIC TENNSEE WILLIAMS FIGURE; HUCKLEBERRY HOUND IS SORT OF A WILLIAM FLKNER GUY, THEY’RE NEW YORK THE 1950S, MARLON BRANDO SHOWS UP, DOROTHY PARKER, THE SOCIAL OF NEW YORK OM THAT ERA E AND GO."HANNA {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SNAGGLEPS BUTED ON THE QUICK DRAW MCGRAW SHOW 1959 AND LATER GOT HIS OWN SEGMENTS ON THE YOGI BEAR SHOW. WHILE HE WAS NEVER EXPLICLY REVEALED TO BE GAY, HIS MANNERISMS, SPEECH AND ATTIRE WERE FOR "QUEER" MID-CENTURY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RSELL SAYS THERE WON'T BE ANY DOUBT ABOUT THE CHARACTER'S ORIENTATN THE BOOK, BUT HE'LL STILL BE HAMSTNG BY SOCIAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“IT’S NATURAL TO PRENT A NTEXT WHERE EVERYBODY KNOWS, BUT ’S STILL CLOSETED," HE SAYS. "AND ALG WH THE CULTURAL SCENE OF THE 1950S, PECIALLY ON BROADWAY, WHERE EVERYBODY’S GAY, OR IS WORKG WH SOMEONE WHO’S GAY, BUT NOBODY N TALK ABOUT — AND WHAT ’S LIKE TO HAVE TO TRY TO CREATE CULTURE OUT OF SILENCE.”DC {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AN EIGHT-PAGE “SNAGGLEPS” STORY WILL ARRIVE MARCH, AS PART OF THE SUICI SQUAD/BANANA SPLS ANNUAL. “IT’S ABOUT SNAGGLEPS BEG DRAGGED ONT OF THE HOE COMMTEE ON UN-AMERIN ACTIVI,” SAID RSELL. THE REGULAR SERI WILL THEN FOLLOW THE FALL, ONCE HE FISH HIS FLTSTON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}H/T: {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

DC Comics is relnchg the rtoon t Snaggleps as a “gay Southern Gothic playwright, ” followg the Hanna-Barbera reboots that gave post-apolyptic Wacky Rac and The Fltston as a dark polil satire. The character is gettg a more realistic, anthropomorphic makeover, and his backstory is… a ltle more plex than an terview wh Hilobrow, Rsell scribed the new Snaggleps as a “gay Southern Gothic playwright” and “tragic Tennsee Williams figure, ” explag that the character was subtextually gay the origal rtoons. Hanna-Barbara's Snaggleps is back as a closeted gay Southern playwright DC's Ex Stage Left, by Mark Rsell and Mike Feenan.

Debutg January om DC Comics, the six-issue miseri is a follow-up to the short story that appeared earlier this year the Suici Squad/Banana Spls Annual, which reimaged Snaggleps "as a closeted gay playwright om the South who jt happens to be the hottt thg on Broadway. Mark Rsell has taken on this challenge to great effect and creative succs his DC Comics graphic novel seri "Ex Stage Left: The Snaggleps Chronicl, " which featur the tular Hanna-Barbera character as a gay in and playwright 1950s New York.

NEW IC SERI REIMAG SNAGGLEPS AS A GAY 1950S PLAYWRIGHT

Along wh other characters such as Quick Draw McGraw and Huckleberry Hound, Snaggleps navigat life and love as a member of the gay muny durg the reign of terror that was the Hoe Un-Amerin Activi Commtee and the Red Sre. Rsell also shar the prcipl that motivate his wrg and character-velopment, avoidg stereotyp and gay trop fictn, and the challeng and rewards that e wh livg a life of prciple.

DC'S 'GAY, SOUTHERN GOTHIC' SNAGGLEPS COMIC INTRODUC AUGIE DOGGIE

For "The Snaggleps Chronicl, " the two pillars that I built that story around were, first, I know that he is a gay in.

That got me thkg about why Snaggleps would have left theater the first place and also what would have been like livg as a gay man New York durg the 1950s, before he got to the rtoon.

Wh Snaggleps and the other gay characters such as Quick Draw McGraw and Huckleberry Hound, how did you avoid the trop which are all too often ed to wre about gays and lbians fictn? You mentned the tragic gay figure who kills himself.

WARNER BROS. REBOOTS SNAGGLEPS AS A GAY PLAYWRIGHT BEG HUNTED BY THE U.S. GOVERNMENT

More specifilly, Snaggleps was based on Tennsee Williams, both terms of his back story beg a Southern gothic playwright and also livg as a gay man New York. Fltston wrer Mark Rsell revealed he's wrg the fey pk mounta ln a new ic book, and plans to reimage 'Ps as “a gay Southern Gothic playwright. While he was never explicly revealed to be gay, his mannerisms, speech and attire were for "queer" mid-century Ameri.

Hanna-Barbera and DC’s ic book le is done fuckg around wh subtext, nuendo, and the implitns of a lisped Bert Lahr imprsn: Snaggleps is gay, and he’s htg Broadway. In the terview, Rsell—recently off DC’s equally beloved Prez—revealed his next project once he wraps up his 12 issu on Fltston: A Snaggleps ic which the ex-stage-leftg mounta ln is an explicly gay Tennsee Williams homage. “Snaggleps is gay” is one of those ground-level jok that people have been makg sce the character’s creatn 1959.

) But ’s rarely been vered wh que this much nuance; acrdg to Rsell, the story he’s workg on is about the closeted mounta ln “alg wh the cultural scene of the 1950s, pecially on Broadway, where everybody’s gay, or is workg wh someone who’s gay, but nobody n talk about —and what ’s like to have to try to create culture out of silence. Dcribed by Rsell as "a gay Southern Gothic playwright, " the new take on Snaggleps will first appear the "Suici Squad/Banana Spls Annual" #1. The character Snaggleps has long been prumed by some dienc to be gay, which Rsell acknowledged.

NEW DC COMIC REVENTS SNAGGLEPS AS 'GAY SOUTHERN GOTHIC PLAYWRIGHT'

And alg wh the cultural scene of the 1950s, pecially on Broadway, where everybody’s gay, or is workg wh someone who’s gay, but nobody n talk about -- and what ’s like to have to try to create culture out of silence.