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Gay Comics (Marvel Comics)
''Gay Comix'' (later ''Gay Comics'') is an underground comics series published from 1980–1998 featuring cartoons by and for gay men and lesbians. The comic books had the tagline “Lesbians and Gay Men Put It On Paper!” Much of the early content was autobiographical, but more diverse themes were explored in later editions. The contents of ''Gay Comix'' were generally about relationships, personal experiences, and humor, rather than sex. It is generally less sexually explicit than the similarly-themed (and male-focused) ''Meatmen'' series of graphic novels.Rothschild, p. 64 Its editors each made a deliberate effort to feature work by both women and men. Publication history Kitchen Sink Press published the first five issues of ''Gay Comix''; thereafter it was published by Bob Ross, publisher of the '' Bay Area Reporter'' gay newspaper. The first four issues were edited by Cruse; issues #5 through #13 were edited by Robert Triptow. Andy Mangels edited issues #14 to #2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marvel Comics
Marvel Comics is an American comic book publishing, publisher and the flagship property of Marvel Entertainment, a divsion of The Walt Disney Company since September 1, 2009. Evolving from Timely Comics in 1939, ''Magazine Management/Atlas Comics'' in 1951 and its predecessor, ''Marvel Mystery Comics'', the ''Marvel Comics'' title/name/brand was first used in June 1961. Marvel was started in 1939 by Martin Goodman (publisher), Martin Goodman as Timely Comics, and by 1951 had generally become known as Atlas Comics (1950s), Atlas Comics. The Marvel era began in June 1961 with the launch of ''The Fantastic Four'' and other superhero titles created by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko and many others. The Marvel brand, which had been used over the years and decades, was solidified as the company's primary brand. Marvel counts among List of Marvel Comics characters, its characters such well-known superheroes as Spider-Man, Iron Man, Captain America, Thor (Marvel Comics), Thor, Doc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Wings
Mary Wings (born April 14, 1949, in Chicago, Illinois as Mary Geller) is an active American cartoonist, writer, and artist. She is known for highlighting lesbian themes in her work. In 1973, she made history by releasing ''Come Out Comix'', the first lesbian comic book. She is also known for her series of detective novels featuring lesbian heroine Emma Victor. ''Divine Victim'', Wings' only Gothic fiction, Gothic novel, won the Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Memoir or Biography, Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Mystery in 1994. Wings, an coming out, open lesbian, lives in San Francisco. Early life and education Mary Wings was born on April 14, 1949, in Chicago, Illinois as Mary Geller. Wings was raised in the Baháʼí Faith in Chicago. She attended Shimer College, a Great Books college then located in the town of Mount Carroll, Illinois. Later, she studied ceramics at Pacific Northwest College of Art, Museum Art College in Portland, Oregon. She also studied theater set ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheela Smith
''Dragon's Egg'' is a 1980 hard science fiction novel by American writer Robert L. Forward. In the story, Dragon's Egg is a neutron star with a surface gravity 67 billion times that of Earth, and inhabited by cheela, intelligent creatures the size of a sesame seed who live, think and develop a million times faster than humans. Most of the novel, from May to June 2050, chronicles the cheela civilization beginning with its discovery of agriculture to advanced technology and its first face-to-face contact with humans, who are observing the hyper-rapid evolution of the cheela civilization from orbit around Dragon's Egg. As is typical of the genre, ''Dragon's Egg'' attempts to communicate unfamiliar ideas and imaginative scenes while giving adequate attention to the known scientific principles involved. Plot summary The neutron star Half a million years ago and 50 light-years from Earth, a star in the constellation Draco turns supernova, and the star's remnant becomes a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kurt Erichsen
Kurt Erichsen is an openly gay cartoonist and civil engineer, creator of the syndicated LGBT-themed comic strip "Murphy's Manor," his most notable work, which ran for 1183 weekly strips from the 1980s until 2008 and through strip 1205 in 2019. Biography Erichsen was born on December 18, 1954 in Coos Bay, Oregon. He attended Oregon State University, receiving a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering. The following year he received a master's degree in Sanitary Engineering from Michigan State University. In 1979 he moved to Toledo, Ohio, where he became vice president of environmental planning for the Toledo Metropolitan Area Council of Governments. Publications "Murphy's Manor" In 1980, he began producing "Murphy's Manor," a comic strip focusing on the lives of gay men living together in the titular manor, in the fictional town of Black Swamp, Ohio. The beginnings of "Murphy's Manor" were difficult. Erichsen's friend gave him a gay bar guide in which the publisher wan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diana Green (cartoonist)
Diana Green is an American comics comics creator. She is known for her debut comic strip ''Tranny Towers'' and is one of the first transgender cartoonists to include openly transgender characters in her comics. Throughout her career, she has contributed to various LGBTQ publications, such as '' Gay Comix'' and '' "Omaha" the Cat Dancer,'' as well as publishing her own works. Personal life Green spent her early years of childhood in New Mexico. Her parents were both in the United States Air Force, so Green moved around numerous times before she settled down in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Diana Green came out as transgender in 1985, and underwent gender reassignment surgery a couple of years later. She is an outspoken activist for state-funded surgeries.Brown, Candice, et al. "Interview with the Transsexual Vampire: Sandy Stone's Dark Gift." TransSisters: The Journal of Transsexual Feminism. Vol. 1, no. 8, 1995. She is an advocate for AIDS victims, illustrated and designed for the M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donelan (cartoonist)
Gerard P. Donelan (born 1949),''Drawing on the Gay Experience: Cartoons from The Advocate'', by Gerard P. Donelan, "About the Cartoonist", 1987, Liberation Publications known primarily as just Donelan (), is an openly gay cartoonist. Part of the first wave of LGBT cartoonists, he drew "It's a Gay Life", a regular single-panel cartoon feature in '' The Advocate'', for 15 years.GBLTQ - arts - Comic Strips and Cartoons Personal life Donelan was born in , a neighborhood in , but grew up in |
Trina Robbins
Trina Robbins (born Trina Perlson; August 17, 1938, in Brooklyn, New York) is an American cartoonist. She was an early participant in the underground comix movement, and one of the first female artists in that movement. In the 1980s, Robbins became the first woman to draw ''Wonder Woman'' comics. She is a member of the Will Eisner Hall of Fame. Career Early work Robbins was an active member of science fiction fandom in the 1950s and 1960s. Her illustrations appeared in science fiction fanzines like the Hugo-nominated ''Habakkuk''. Comics Robbins' first comics were printed in the ''East Village Other''; she also contributed to the spin-off underground comic ''Gothic Blimp Works''. In 1969, Robbins designed the costume for the Warren Publishing character Vampirella for artist Frank Frazetta in ''Vampirella'' #1 (Sept. 1969). She left New York for San Francisco in 1970, where she worked at the feminist underground newspaper ''It Ain't Me, Babe''. The same year, she and fell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Marrs
Lee Marrs (born September 5, 1945) is an American cartoonist and animator, and one of the first female underground comix creators. She is best known for her comic book series ''The Further Fattening Adventures of Pudge, Girl Blimp'', which lasted from 1973 to 1977. Work Early career Lee Marrs grew up in Montgomery, Alabama, and attended American University, graduating in 1967 with a degree in fine arts. During her time at American University, Marrs was introduced to comic strip artist Tex Blaisdell by his daughter, with whom she attended school. Marrs then began assisting Blaisdell, working on comics such as ''Little Orphan Annie'', ''Prince Valiant'', and ''Hi and Lois.'' At the same time, Marrs also worked for CBS News in Washington, DC, at WTOP, where she created artwork for the station and also drew live editorial cartoons on Saturday nights. In the late 1960s, Marrs moved to San Francisco, where she helped found Alternative Features Service, a news service that supplie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jon Macy
Jon Macy is a gay American cartoonist. He began his career in 1990 with the series ''Tropo'' published September 1990 – April 1992 by Blackbird Comics. Since then, he has contributed to various LGBT comics anthologies and gay pornographic magazines, but he is best known for his graphic novel ''Teleny and Camille'', which won a 2010 Lambda Literary Award for Gay Erotica. Early life Jon Macy was born on September 11, 1964, in California. Career Macy's first series ''Tropo'' was part of the early 1990s black and white alternative comics boom. It was followed by the erotic horror series ''Nefarismo'' published October 1994 – October 1995 by Eros Comix. These stories contained dark and surreal motifs, mixing eroticism with hallucination and death/rebirth, a common theme in Macy's personal works. Throughout the 1990s, Macy contributed to queer comics anthologies, '' Meatmen'' and ''Gay Comics'', and gay skin magazines, such as ''Steam'' by Scott O'Hara, ''Bunkhouse'', and '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jennifer Camper
Jennifer Camper is a cartoonist and graphic artist whose work is inspired by her own experiences as a Lebanese-American lesbian. Her work has been included in various outlets such as newspapers and magazines since the 1980s, as well as in exhibits in Europe and the United States. Furthermore, Camper is the creator and founding director of the biennial ''Queers and Comics'' conference. Early life When she was younger, Jennifer Camper did not have the dream of becoming a cartoonist and contributing to the world of queer comics. In an interview with Rob Kirby on ''The Comics Journal'', Camper stated that she "sort of fell into it and just continued. From early childhood I played with all kinds of art forms, including comics and illustrated stories. In school, I made comics and illustrated stories as class assignments, or for the school paper, and sometimes just to entertain my friends and myself. My family encouraged this." After gaining support and inspiration from the world aroun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burton Clarke
Burton Clarke is a gay African-American alternative cartoonist. He is known for his contributions to the rise of LGBT comics and his focus on representing gay men of all races and classes in his art, using a mix of realism and fantasy to tackle complex issues such as internalized racism and homophobia. Personal life Clarke was born in Plainfield, NJ. He received his Bachelor's in Theatre from Syracuse University, his Master's in Acting from Florida State University. After four years at Sarasota's Asolo State Theatre, Clarke moved to New York. Due to the difficulty of finding steady work as a black actor, he eventually decided to fall back on his skills as a cartoonist, pursuing a personal interest in broadening gay representation in media. Career Clarke's comic "Cy Ross and the SQ Syndrome" was published first in the '' New York Native'' (1980), then re-printed in Gay Comix #2 (1981), and in '' Meatmen'' Vol.1 (1986). He contributed cover art to Gay Comix #3, and another com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerry Mills
Jerry A. Mills (February 26, 1951 - January 28, 1993) was an openly gay cartoonist known for his comic strip ''Poppers'', which is credited as one of the first comic strips to develop multi-dimensional gay characters. Scholars have stated that while earlier comics had relied on stereotypes such as the nelly queen or muscleman, Mills presented his characters with lives beyond the stereotypes. His work is also credited as having helped shape comics for the LGBTQ+ community and its members. Career Mills created ad hoc cartoons and wrote an eight-page history of gays in comics for the first '' Meatmen'' anthology. In the earlier part of the 1980s, Mills worked in the subscriptions department of ''In Touch for Men'', an adult magazine company aimed at gay men. John Calendo, the magazine's editor and friend of Mills, promoted the artist to a regular comic strip. The two intended for the strip to add variety to the regularly scheduled comic content, to which Mills created ''Poppers'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
