Flipping through its pages, it perfectly captures and successfully satirizes much of the sociopoltical queer issues that were taking place at the time. It also gave him a platform to address many subjects which directly affected his community, including AIDS, gay rights demonstrations and gay bashing.įor many, Gay Comix became not only a source of entertainment, but a place where you could find vital information about gay life in the ‘80s. It was the first instance in which he had openly addressed his own sexuality in his work, and led him to create the acclaimed strip Wendel (for gay publication The Advocate), which told the story of a gay man and his partner Ollie. Having established himself as a budding cartoonist in the ‘70s, Howard utilized much of his own personal experience and embedded it into his stories for the publication. Howard Cruse (who sadly passed away in 2019) was arguably the backbone of the Gay Comix. Paraphrasing, I said, ‘Howard, no offense intended, but might you be gay?’ In those pre-internet days I wrote to Howard, who I think was still living in Birmingham, Alabama, deep in America’s Bible Belt. “I had noticed a gay artist named Headrack appearing in Barefootz, and it occurred to me that Headrack might be an autobiographical element.
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“I had been publishing Barefootz Funnies by Howard Cruse and for some years he’d been a regular contributor to my anthologies like Snarf, Bizarre Sex and Comix Book,” he says. Now 74, he still retains his passion for comics despite his publishing house closing at the end of the ‘90s.
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“As a publisher in a field dominated, like so much, by white men, I encouraged work from women and minority cartoonists but by the late ‘70s it was still very rare to see work by openly gay cartoonists,” Denis explains. It proudly brandished the tag line: “Lesbians and Gay Men Put It On Paper!” At the time of its inception, it was distributed by Denis Kitchen of Kitchen Sink Press, a publisher based in Wisconsin responsible for putting out underground comics including Bizarre Sex and Bijou Funnies. Simply named Gay Comix (the X was a connotation for the underground culture), it had exclusively queer storylines and was produced almost entirely by gay men and women. Northstar and Kyle have been a couple since 2009, but Marvel is not promising the pair will live happily ever after.But back in the ‘80s amidst the AIDS crisis, there was one underground comic book that was seeking to turn the tide on the ever-present lack of representation. The pair will marry in the next issue of Astonishing X-Men #51, on sale in the US on 20 June, and some comic book retailers will be hosting wedding parties on that day, Marvel said. "We've been working on this story for over a year to ensure Northstar and Kyle's wedding reflects Marvel's 'world outside your window' tradition."
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Marvel's editor-in-chief, Axel Alonso said in a statement on Tuesday: "The Marvel Universe has always reflected the world outside your window, so we strive to make sure our characters, relationships and stories are grounded in that reality. He said: "One of the things we're very focused on doing for these types of stories is rather than character, we want to make sure that this is the basis of who that character is right from the start." Then, the intention was to introduce new characters, who were gay. More than a year ago, DiDio was interviewed in the Advocate talking about gay characters and the need to reflect society as it is. Openly gay superheroes already exist in the form of the lesbian, flame-haired crime fighter Batwoman and the gay male couple Apollo and Midnighter. The comments by Dan DiDio sparked speculation that a character previously thought to be straight would reveal themselves to be gay, with Batman and Wonder Woman among those under scrutiny. Also on Tuesday, the spotlight on homosexual heroes was turned up a further notch after a publisher at Marvel's rival, DC comics, let slip at the Kapow comic convention in London that one of its established characters would be revealed as gay.