PHOTOS: 'Up, Up And I'm Gay': Comic Artist Joe Phillips Brgs Superhero Out Of The Closet
Contents:
- IS SUPERMAN GAY, BISEX, OR STRAIGHT?
- 'BEEFKE HERO': JOE PHILLIPS BRGS GAY SUPERHERO OUT OF THE CLOSET (PHOTOS)
IS SUPERMAN GAY, BISEX, OR STRAIGHT?
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The se you are about to enter ntas ntent that is homoerotic and graphic nature. If you are unr the age of 18, offend by gay ntent, or superhero peril, TURN AWAY NOW! Fally, they start nudgg a few top-tier characters out of the closet — but are always reful never to send 'em out whout first attachg an all-important asterisk, as a bulwark agast any backlash om homophobic rears (and/or stockholrs): Rob's queer!
And sce, at the time, he’d temporarily taken over as Superman while his father was off-world, generated headl about Superman beg gay. Let’s see if Superman is gay, bisexual, or straight. Was he ever gay?
Clark Kent, aka Superman, was never gay. And throughout June, there were Barbie floats gay pri paras across the untry. Fredric Wertham wrote "Sctn Of The Innocent, " a book that alleged, among other thgs, that Wonr Woman was a lbian and that Batman and Rob were gay lovers.
'BEEFKE HERO': JOE PHILLIPS BRGS GAY SUPERHERO OUT OF THE CLOSET (PHOTOS)
Although Wertham's allegatns have been long been ridiculed by the ics muny, some dtry sirs like Joe Phillips see a gay subtext throughout the superhero genre. He says he's fascated by the unrlyg "gayns" of the superhero, and he's takg out of the closet and to a seri of patgs he lls "Beefke Hero, " currently on display at a San Diego art gallery.
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"Although Phillips is openly gay, Salazar adms puttg a gay-iendly sp on popular superhero is an act of bravery sce he still works the dtry. "He's a good artist -- I'll give him that -- and I'm ol wh guys who are gay, but I want to see superhero savg the world, not pickg each other up, " said the man. RelatedsupermanComic-Congaypta amerislipollajax.