Gay leather comics
Comic:Galaxy: The Prettiest Star
Release Date:May 17,
Comic:Young Men in Love
Release Date:July 5,
Comic:M is for Monster
Release Date:June 21,
amazon show: Folio Girls
Release Date: TBA
Starring:Mac, KJ
CreatorDavi
EstabilishedJuly 15th,
Theme byAmplamente
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No Straight Lines: A Collection of Gay Comics (2 of 3)
[You can study part 1 of the No Vertical Lines series here.]
Queer cartooning encompasses some of the foremost and most fascinating comics of the last four decades, with creators tackling complex issues of identity and a changing society with intelligence, humor, and imagination. No Linear Lines, the modern book published by Fantagraphics and edited by Justin Hall, celebrates this vibrant artistic underground by collecting four decades of excellent stories that can be enjoyed by all.
Justin Hall will be talking about and signing books in the Bay Area:
July 19th, pm, The Cartoon Art Museum
July 26th, pm, Castro Books Inc
July 28th, pm, Pegasus books
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FILE UNDER QUEER: COMIX TO COMICS, PUNK ZINES, AND ART DURING THE PLAGUE
Gay Comix became one of the longest running underground comix anthologies, with 25 issues over the next 18 years. Cruse handed over the editorial reins to Robert Triptow with the fifth issue, and Bob Ross, owner of the San Francisco-based gay newspaper the Bay Area Reporter, took over a
It is winter , and after a shift in publisher from Kitchen Sink Press to Bob Ross, and under the editorship of Robert Triptow, Gay Comix has shifted to a quarterly production cycle. It&#;s a move that would provide four times the potential to showcase the queer artists, writers, and creators of the day. With Gay Comix #6, the anthology series now also has a more defined identity for itself, and a growing confidence in the material published in its pages and the themes it tackles.
For the most part, that’s a major positive. This issue features a plethora of talent telling stories exploring queer identities through lenses both mundane and metaphysical, and tones ranging from serious to farcical. It also sees the debut of vital works from Howard Cruse and Jeff Krell, bringing in their characters from other publications in a show of Gay Comix’s growing standing. Sadly though, there’s one strip in the issue that, particularly in a present date reading, feels very uncomfortable…
This is the latest in a series of retrospectives looking at the crucial underground publication INTO THE LEATHER HALL OF FAME IN The Selection Committee is pleased to announce the nominees selected for induction in the Leather Hall of Fame in In Robert Meijer founded RoB Amsterdam, a popular brand of leather and kinky gear with brilliant, original designs and outstanding quality. Their flagship store and gallery on Warmoesstraat in Amsterdam remains popular today, almost 50 years later. At various times, RoB stores possess also been open in Berlin, London, Paris, Modern York City and San Francisco. In , Robert Meijer met an untimely death due to AIDS, but RoB’s legacy and RoB brand gear endure. John SUTCLIFFE John Sutcliffe was among the most influential fashion designers, entrepreneurs, and kink technological innovators of the 20th century. He published AtomAge (no. 1, ), "Magazine of Modern Leather Couture," dedicated to kinky fashion with innovative exploit of leather, rubber, and vinyl materials. Rare during this period, Sutcliffe operated a public store offering fetish clothing and publications in London. His characteristic designs, such as the fetish "catsuit" for wo