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GAY COMIX HISTORY WH ANDY MANGELS
Andy Mangels was the third and fal edor for Gay Comix, and he ma some amazg chang as well as documentg s history. * spawn gay *
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. The fal edor, Andy Mangels, met wh to discs the progrsn of Gay Comix and how changed over the years.
The Save Our Children mpaign by 1970s Christian csar Ana Bryant laid the groundwork for Florida's Don't Say Gay bill and the state's LGBTQ culture war. * spawn gay *
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.
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.