Andy Mangels was the third and fal edor for Gay Comix, and he ma some amazg chang as well as documentg s history.
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- ABOUT THE CENTERSCE 1983 THE CENTER HAS BEEN SUPPORTG, FOSTERG AND CELEBRATG THE LGBT MUNY OF NEW YORK CY. FD MORE RMATN ON AND OUR WORK ABOUT THE CENTER. VIS ABOUT THE CENTEROUR MISSNCYBER CENTERCENTER HISTORYRACE EQUYMEDIA CENTERLEARSHIP & STAFFEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNICORPORATE PARTNERSHIPSANNUAL REPORTS & FANCIAL INFORMATNCONTACT USHOURS & LOTNSEMAPSUPPORT THE CENTER
- GAY COMIX HISTORY WH ANDY MANGELS
- GAY IC BOOKS
- GAY COMIX » 14 ISSU
- COMICS CORNER – THE HISTORIC IMPORTANCE OF ‘GAY COMIX’, PART 4
- GAY COMICS
- JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU
ABOUT THE CENTERSCE 1983 THE CENTER HAS BEEN SUPPORTG, FOSTERG AND CELEBRATG THE LGBT MUNY OF NEW YORK CY. FD MORE RMATN ON AND OUR WORK ABOUT THE CENTER. VIS ABOUT THE CENTEROUR MISSNCYBER CENTERCENTER HISTORYRACE EQUYMEDIA CENTERLEARSHIP & STAFFEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNICORPORATE PARTNERSHIPSANNUAL REPORTS & FANCIAL INFORMATNCONTACT USHOURS & LOTNSEMAPSUPPORT THE CENTER
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GAY COMIX HISTORY WH ANDY MANGELS
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This week, we return to the archiv for another examatn of the historilly important Gay Comix. Here’s somethg that’ll have homophobic ic fans othg at the mouth but the rt of jumpg for joy: Superman.
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Japane ics, or manga, are replete wh same-sex pairgs – but are they actually as gay as wtern rears might. In s 18-year n om 1980 to 1998, Gay Comix went through two publishers and three edors, and each brought their own flavor to the seri.
GAY COMIX » 14 ISSU
Gay Comix (later spelled Gay Comics) is an unrground ics seri published om 1980–1998. Created by Howard Cse, Gay Comix featured the work of primarily gay and lbian rtoonists. Much of the early ntent was tobgraphil, but more diverse them were explored later edns. Autobgraphil them clu fallg love, g out, reprsn, and… * gay comix box *
The fal edor, Andy Mangels, met wh to discs the progrsn of Gay Comix and how changed over the years. When discsg the history of queer ics, perhaps one of the most important thg to note is that beg openly gay 1980 was a potentially reer-endg move, particularly the cis male-domated world of ics.
COMICS CORNER – THE HISTORIC IMPORTANCE OF ‘GAY COMIX’, PART 4
At the same time, gay magaz were begng to n queer-centric ic strips. The momentum around gay ic creators ntued to build, and by 1980, the need for an anthology was apparent. Gay Comix was strongly nnected to that rebell legacy of Wimmen's Comix, but tablishg self as s own dividual anthology wh a wholly different purpose.
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In the words of edor Andy Mangels, "Gay Comix was not a llective. Bee of urse all gays and lbians know each other! Mangels ntued, "They sent a letter out that said if you are… at that pot, was gay or lbian, there was no LGBTQ.
JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU
"Origally Gay Comix was schled whenever an issue was done. On a recent panel about Gay Comix, Triptow noted that he was of ill health and more than ready to leave by the time he eded his fal issue. I n sell when people are murred, limbs are torn off… but I n't sell this bee there's an ad for gay characters.
"First, he lled me, and he said, 'So I did this on fah… but I never read Gay Comix, is this a porn book?
The name Gay Comix was changed to Gay Comics to brg to the mastream. To all great thgs an end, though, and by 1998, Gay Comix saw the publitn of s fal issue. It is not exaggerative to say that Gay Comix changed ics history, not jt for queer people and not jt ics.