Comics Archiv - Gaymg Magaze

Contents:

• GAY COMICS
• GAY COMIC STRIPS
• GAY COMIX HISTORY WH ANDY MANGELS
• 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 » 14 ISSU
• GAY COMIX
• GAY COMIX — UNEARTHG THE HISTORY OF THE SEMAL LGBTQ PUBLITN GAY COMIX
• THE 5 BEST MOSW GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS MOSW
• GAY MOSW · CY GUI

GAY COMICS

It is 1984, and thgs are changg for Gay Comix. Web-Weaver – the very first gay, male Spir-Man – was troduced to fans back early July through Steve Foxe,.

Marvel has jt buted their very first gay Spir-Man named Web-Weaver — a fashn signer that isn’t aaid to take. 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.

Japane ics, or manga, are replete wh same-sex pairgs – but are they actually as gay as wtern rears might. Gay Comix (later spelled Gay Comics) is an unrground ics seri published om 1980–1998.

GAY COMIC STRIPS

Created by Howard Cse, Gay Comix featured the work of primarily gay and lbian rtoonists. Gay Comix also served as a source for rmatn about non-mastream LGBT-themed ics and events. The ntents of Gay Comix were generally about relatnships, personal experienc, and humor, rather than sex.

GAY COMIX HISTORY WH ANDY MANGELS

Artists producg work for Gay Comix clud. Kchen Sk Prs published the first five issu of Gay Comix; thereafter was published by Bob Ross, publisher of the Bay Area Reporter gay newspaper.

Andy Mangels eded issu #14 to #25 and a special issue featurg Barela; Mangels changed the tle to Gay Comics startg wh issue #15, part to divt of the “unrground” implitns of “ix”.

Excerpts om Gay Comix were clud a 1989 anthology tled Gay Comics. 772 Rults for Gay Comic Strips. View 772 rults for gay ic strips.

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

Disver the bt gay ics om, the world's largt ic strip se.

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. 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.

GAY COMIX » 14 ISSU

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. In the words of edor Andy Mangels, "Gay Comix was not a llective.

GAY COMIX

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.

"Origally Gay Comix was schled whenever an issue was done.

GAY COMIX — UNEARTHG THE HISTORY OF THE SEMAL LGBTQ PUBLITN GAY COMIX

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.

THE 5 BEST MOSW GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS MOSW

It is not exaggerative to say that Gay Comix changed ics history, not jt for queer people and not jt ics. It's easy to feel like there was nothg happeng the terim, but fact, Gay Comix was happeng all along. The first five issu were published by Kchen SkNumberg ntu to Gay Comics #15.

GAY MOSW · CY GUI

Belas is an Amerin artist famo for his gay ics, the tradn of Tom of Fland. He has self-published his sexually explic stori, that maly foc on black gay sex life, his own erotic ze Belas. Gay Comix (later Gay Comics) is an unrground ics seri published om 1980–1998 featurg rtoons by and for gay and lbian men and women.

The ic books had the tagle “Lbians and Gay Men Put It On Paper! Begng wh issue #15, the name was changed to Gay Comics (not to be nfed wh the 1944 Timely seri) and ntued until the seri reached s ncln 1998 wh issue #25.

This year was announced that Marvel will feature s first openly gay character the upg The Eternals movie, but back the ‘80s there was one ic book already leadg the charge. First published 1980 Gay Comix featured work and stori by the LGBTQ+ muny that foced on issu not discsed mastream prs and provid much need rmatn at a time when the AIDS crisis was never far om md.