Michael J. Goldberg was an alternative

cartoonist A cartoonist is a visual artist who specializes in both drawing and writing cartoons (individual images) or comics (sequential images). Cartoonists differ from comics writers or comic book illustrators in that they produce both the literary and ...

known for the exploration of gay themes in his comics. His work was included in Gay Comix. He died on March 5th, 2003 at 51 years old.

Career

In 1981, Goldberg published his debut comic strip ''Clonederella'' to the '' Bay Area Reporter''.Cruse, Howard, and Goldberg, Michael J. ''Gay Comix'', no. 25, Bob Ross, 1998. He entered into the realm of ''Gay Comix'' after befriending Robert Triptow. He was in 11 out of 25 issues of ''Gay Comix''. Goldberg would also appear in ''

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'' and '' Meatmen.''

Contributions

* "''Clonederella", Bay Area Reporter'' * ''"It's Attitude", Gay Comix,'' no. 5 * ''"The Elves and the Leathermaker" Gay Comix'', no. 6 * "''Swishy Fishy in Love Bait", Gay Comix,'' no. 7 * ''"Swishy Fishy Meets the Caped Cod",'' ''Gay Comix,'' no. 8 * ''"Swishy Fishy Fashion Cutout", Gay Comix,'' no. 10Cruse, Howard, and Goldberg, Michael J. ''Gay Comix'', no. 25, Bob Ross, 1998. * ''"Wee Wee's Gayhouse", Gay Comix,'' no. 11 * ''"The All-Unkind", Gay Comix,'' no. 12 * ''"Our Love Was Too Cosmic"'' and ''"Acquired Pronoun Deficiency Syndrome", Gay Comix,'' no. 13 * ''"Castro Street 2000", Gay Comix,'' no. 14 * ''Gay Comix,'' no. 22 * ''Gay Comix'', no. 25 * ''Meatmen,'' no. 1Goldberg, Michael J. Meatmen, Leyland Publications, 1986-2004. * ''Meatmen,'' no. 2 * ''Meatmen,'' no. 4 * ''Meatmen,'' no. 5 * ''Meatmen,'' no. 6 * ''Meatmen'', no. 8 * ''Meatmen,'' no. 9 * ''Meatmen,'' no. 10 * ''"Worrywort and Nevermind" Strip AIDS U.S.A.''Goldberg, Michael J. ''Strip AIDS U.S.A.'', Last Gasp, 1988.

External links

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Guide to the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) Collection at the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of American History Archives Center

References

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