Gay Comix Specil No. 1: Leonard & Larry. Sprg 1992 by Barela, Tim and a great selectn of related books, art and llectibl available now at
Contents:
- GAY COMICS IC BOOKS ISSUE 1
- GAY COMIX (17 RULTS)
- GAY COMIX — UNEARTHG THE HISTORY OF THE SEMAL LGBTQ PUBLITN GAY COMIX
- GAY COMICS VOL 1 (1944–1949)
- GAY COMICS VOL 1 1
- GAY COMICS
- TOP 10 GAY WEBTOON COMICS THAT WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT
GAY COMICS IC BOOKS ISSUE 1
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From nfsnal, personal acunts to erotic flights of fancy to unrsea inty polics, this llectn of ics v the rear to step outsi the tegori and explore the wild and wonrful uncharted terrory between "gay" and "straight. CharactersTwo unnamed scientists; two bats; one dolph; one nearly naked gay man.
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Gay Comix was the 1980s ic book solely foced on artists and stori om the LGBTQ muny. We meet the people behd the publitn * gay comics no 1 *
SynopsisA humoro three-panel rtoon par both the relatively easily analyzed echolotn system of bats and the dolph's abily to e sonar to gaydar, the latter of which nfounds two hard workg but ultimately utterly perplexed scientists. It is a ntuatn of Part 1, om issue #24, and was billed as to be ntued, but sce this was the last issue of Gay Comics, the next stallment wasn't seen this tle or any other.
Lists a brief b for every sgle ntributor to Gay Comix/Comics over the past 25 issu and 18 years.
Thumbnail sized versns of vers for all 24 prev issu, as well as Gay Comics Special #1, are prted on this issue's back ver. In this, the first GAY COMIX Special, a llectn of Tim Barela's LEONARD & LARRY stori.
GAY COMIX — UNEARTHG THE HISTORY OF THE SEMAL LGBTQ PUBLITN GAY COMIX
Fd ics tagged Gay like Space School - Comic, Sweethearts of 1989 (1989nk) Chapter One, The Lighthoe Keeper, Mory Monsters, Tempo on , the die game hostg marketplace. Contag gay characters or plot l." name="scriptn * gay comics no 1 *
[40p] 7x10 ch, b&w guts, very good ic book stapled lor pictorial wraps, bound dos-a-dos wh Gay Heartach. 'The Leonard and Larry ic strip was first published Gay Comix #5 1984, and would go on to be featured Gay Comix #7 1986, Gay Comix #10 1987, and Gay Comics #14 1991, as well as s own special issue of Gay Comix 1992. Inrporatg them of domticy and unique fay stctur the strip sets Leonard & Larry apart om many other gay ic strips om s time.
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.
GAY COMICS VOL 1 (1944–1949)
” Shortly after this, was announced that Marvel’s upg flick The Eternals would feature the first openly gay superhero, played by Brian Tyree Henry. “As a publisher a field domated by whe men, I enuraged work om women and mory rtoonists but by the late ‘70s was still very rare to see work by openly gay rtoonists.
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Simply named Gay Comix (the X was a nnotatn for the unrground culture), had exclively queer storyl and was produced almost entirely by gay men and women. It proudly brandished the tag le: “Lbians and Gay Men Put It On Paper! “As a publisher a field domated, like so much, by whe men, I enuraged work om women and mory rtoonists but by the late ‘70s was still very rare to see work by openly gay rtoonists, ” Denis explas.
“I had noticed a gay artist named Headrack appearg Barefootz, and occurred to me that Headrack might be an tobgraphil element. Paraphrasg, I said, ‘Howard, no offense tend, but might you be gay?
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I proposed a ix anthology by gay rtoonists and asked if he would nsir edg . ”“Howard nfsed that he didn’t know any other gay rtoonists, ” Denis ntu. So we agreed that I’d send out a form letter on Kchen Sk statnery to every artist my rolox, announcg Gay Comix and askg any gay men, lbians, and bisexual rtoonists to send submissns to Howard.
TOP 10 GAY WEBTOON COMICS THAT WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT
” Howard Cse (who sadly passed away 2019) was arguably the backbone of the Gay Comix.
It was the first stance which he had openly addrsed his own sexualy his work, and led him to create the acclaimed strip Wenl (for gay publitn The Advote), which told the story of a gay man and his partner Ollie. It also gave him a platform to addrs many subjects which directly affected his muny, cludg AIDS, gay rights monstratns and gay bashg.
For many, Gay Comix beme not only a source of entertament, but a place where you uld fd val rmatn about gay life the ‘80s.