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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. * comic gay creators *
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Ralf König is perhaps the German Howard Cse — both even eded magaz lled Gay Comix (or, König’s se, SchwulComix). König’s work often als wh relatnships — while most of his work featur gay upl, the universaly of his gags have earned him a big straight fanbase as well. He’s also worked film — perhaps his most famo work on this si of the Atlantic is his script for The Killer Condom, a film based on König’s graphic novel of the same name, about a gay tective vtigatg a se where gay men at a no-tell motel have had their penis bten off.
Charlworth’s ics are wi-rangg terts: She’s had a recurrg strip New Scientist lled “Life, The Universe and (Almost) Everythg”, and has done books on history and science for children and adults, as well as strips for the gay prs, The Guardian and more. He started his reer drawg for many gay magaz but he’s also wrten for children’s ics like The Smurfs and Donald Duck.
And like Tom of Fland, Tagame is a pneer his field; he’s been lled the most fluential gay manga creator Japan, and thanks to translatns of his work like Gunji or the multi-artist English anthology Massive, he’s famo world-wi. In Japan, the art of ic book illtratg is known as manga, and gay Gengoroh Tagame is the most proment ntemporary illtrator the untry.
Andy Mangels was the third and fal edor for Gay Comix, and he ma some amazg chang as well as documentg s history. * comic gay creators *
Midnighter & Midnighter and Apollo Wrer: Steve Orlando Artists: ACO, Fernando Blan, Others Publisher: DC Comics Co-creator Warren Ellis did right by gay Batman and Superman analogu Midnighter and Apollo the pag of Stormwatch and The Authory, but took wrer Steve Orlando and artists ACO, Fernando Blan and others to liver the five gay male superhero n. Midnighter and Midnighter & Apollo prove that gay protagonists n have the same balance of romance and blisterg actn that their heterosexual lleagu have been afford for years.
Tagame tak a hopeful yet realistic look at morn Japan’s attu toward homosexualy—not as fire-and-brimstone as nservative Ameri’s, but nowhere near openly acceptg—and allows Yaichi ample room to ms up and grow rponse to Mike’s prence.
Tagame’s mastery of the human form allows him to simplify his approach parison to his erotic work, lendg the book an vg, open rtoong style, and further posng My Brother’s Hband as an accsible look at what means to be gay a different culture. Dean DeBlois, openly gay animator, director and wrer bt known for Lilo & Stch and the How to Tra Your Dragon film seri.