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presented by Douglas Davey
for OOTS
2008
Queer Comix
What are comics?
• Print Material
Comics Not Comics
• Visual storytelling
Tells a story with pictures
What are comics?
Tells a story with pictures
Jean-Paul Marat was a leading figure in the French Revolution. He was assassinated in his bath by Charlotte Corday.
Tells a story
• Sequential storytelling
Sequential Non-Sequential
What are comics?
• Common graphic conventions
Panels
What are comics?
Outlines Speech balloons
History of Queer Comics
• Ancient depictions
History of Queer Comics
• Progression of Queer Comics:
Underground > Indies / Imprints > Mainstream
Tom of Finland
• Touko Laaksonen b. 1920, Finland
Howard Cruse
• Founding editor of Gay Comix (1979)
• Wendel in Advocate
• Stuck Rubber Baby
Howard Cruse
• Gay Comix
Howard Cruse
• Wendel in Advocate (c. 1980’s)
Howard Cruse
• Stuck Rubber Baby (1995)
Los Bros Hernandez
• Gilberto Hernandez b. 1957
• Jaime Hernandez b. 1959
• Love and Rockets (1980s)
Los Bros Hernandez
Locas by Jaime Palomar by Gilberto
Los Bros Hernandez
Hopey and Maggie
Alison Bechdel
• b. 1960
• Dykes to Watch Out For (late 1980s +)
• Fun Home
Alison Bechdel
• Dykes to Watch Out For
Alison Bechdel
• Fun Home (2006)
Matt Groening
• b. 1954
• Life in Hell (1980’s)
• Akbar and Jeff
Diane DiMassa
• b. 1959
• Hothead Paisan “Homicidal Lesbian Terrorist”
Judd Winick
• b. 1970
• Cast member on MTV’s The Real World
• Pedro and Me
• Green Lantern: Hate Crime
Judd Winick
• Pedro and Me (2000) ~ Pedro Zamora
Judd Winick
• Green Lantern: Hate Crime (2001)
Shonen-Ai - Boys Love (BL)- Bishonen Yaoi
• Boys Love / Yaoi
• Gei Comi / Yuri
Manga
Mariko Tamaki
• Skim (2008)
Gay Superheroes!
• Northstar (first app. 1979)
Queer Superheroes!
• The Watchmen by Alan Moore
Silhouette, Captain Metropolis, Hooded Justice
Queer Superheroes!
• Apollo and Midnighter (The Authority)
Queer Superheroes!
• Also from the pages of the X-Men
Karma Anole Destiny Mystique
• The Advocate, Nov. 2008
Queer Superheroes!
Questions?