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Supporting Queer Comics &#; Creators

In the early days of Comic Novel Herald, I&#;d occasionally get promotional Kickstarter emails teasing a &#;queer sci-fi saga&#; (or some such), and I&#;ll fully admit, I did not understand what sexuality had to do with the promotion. What did the &#;queerness&#; of this work have to do with selling me on the story and artistic vision of the comic book?

I&#;m not a part of the group, and there&#;s a lot I still don&#;t understand, but I see now that there&#;s essential value in marginalized perspectives in story, and there&#;s worth in supporting the voices that aim to tell them. So many of my favorite comic books are either directly or indirectly about queer people, relationships, and community, and vast amounts of my favorite comic book creators identify as gay, lesbian, gender non-conforming, bisexual or other identifiers in the LGBTQIA+ range. The basic reality is that the more queer stories and creators at the forefront of comics, the better variety of new, electrifying works we get to enjoy.

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I&#;m always on the lookout for enjoyable queer media to share with you guys. A not many months back I found Freelance, a comic book series from Chapterhouse. Interpret on to observe why you should pick up this four-issue story.

I wouldn&#;t have known about Freelance if the cover hadn&#;t caught my eye. There was just something &#;queer&#; about it as far as I could relate. I even talked about it in our Admin&#;s Gender non-conforming Representation in Comic Books podcast.

The current series is a retelling of an old story focusing on a unreal Canadian hero. However, this time around, writers Andrew Wheeler and Jim Zub have changed the main characters for a modern era. Do check out our interview with Andrew Wheeler about how he started active on Freelance.

Originally Lance Valiant was a hero with Natasha as his girlfriend. John Collins was a pirate and ended up organism Lance&#;s sidekick.

In the current retelling, both male characters are queer and contribute romantic feelings for each other. John&#;s full name has been changed to John Cabot while Natasha is now Tasha Kolchak. The series is a globe-tro

by Tony Ortega

Muscle men in spandex, men with the ability to see through clothing, walk through walls, become invisible, or elongate ANY part of their body. Hello, it’s no wonder that gay men are obsessed with comic books. This is the world we would devote to live in. A world where mutants can live in harmony with humans (for the most part) or aliens from another planet can get revered in day to day society. Hell yeah, sign me up (and please give me the elongating abilities). However, lgbtq+ men have had minuscule representation in comics until maybe the last 10 years and that has only been sporadic representation.

In interviewing some of my gay male friends for this entry, one of them indicated that he related more to the characters of Donna Troy (not knowing who her parents were) or Raven (struggling with the disagree of being born different). Thanks Mark for these wonderful insights. Another one of my friends stated that he has never been able to relate to the few homosexual characters that have been introduced into mainstream comic books. He referred to Northstar of Alpha Flight an

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Mission

Our mission is to facilitate access to comics that contain queer voice. This includes:

  • Comics published in print and on the web.
  • Comics from major publishers, independent publishers, and self-published comics.
  • Comics for children, teens, and adults, as skillfully as all-ages comics.
  • Representation from across the LGBTQIA spectrum, as well as intersectional representation.

Scope

Our focus is on the content of the work, rather than on the creators. Whether a work is “own voices” is beyond the scope of this site. If you are looking for a database of queer-identified creators, we recommend the Queer Cartoonists Database.

Although we strive for accuracy, our focus is on substantive representation. The site is not intended to be comprehensive, and there may be partial or incomplete information, especially regarding content warnings. This is not a recommendations site, and inclusion in the database does not represent an endorsement of any creators or content.

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