LGBTQ Archives

Tales from the Four Color Closet: Top 5 LGBTQ in Comics in 2015
By Joe Glass Yes, I write an LGBTQ interest comic No, I am not going to include it in this list. Thankfully, in one respect, there have been quite a lot of awesome steps forward in LGBTQ representation and coverage in comics this year So much so that listing just five is doing somewhat of a disservice[...]
Tales From The Four Color Closet: By The Force, Let Poe Dameron Be Gay
He's the creator and writer of The Pride, about a team of LGBTQ superheroes, which was one of the Top Selling Comixology Submit Titles of 2014 The majority of the series is also now part of Comixology's half-price Submit sale, just add INDIE at the checkout The Pride is also available in print here, including[...]
Tales From The Four Color Closet – Looking Forward To A LGBTQ+ier 2016?
By Joe Glass It's been an interesting year for LGBTQ+ representation in comics Hell, it's been an interesting year for the LGBTQ+ community at a whole Parts of the world have become more open to accepting the LGBTQ+ people in their lives, while others have back-pedalled to older, more negative stances. The same, in a way, could[...]
The Pride Ends At Thought Bubble Next Week
My first comics, I've struggled, enjoyed and learned so much while making them. All of that is coming to an end with the upcoming Thought Bubble Comics Festival next weekend. The Pride, my sort of first comic series (sort of because I also co-write on another called Stiffs which started at the same time), and one that[...]
Tales From The Four Color Closet: Creating a Glass Closet for Angela
I mean, it looks like this   And yet, in his regular conversation with CBR this week, Axel is asked outright about Angela perhaps being Marvel's first major gay or bi lead book in Marvel's All New, All Different line (a line supposedly aiming for diversity, but so far coming up quite short in the LGBTQ+ respect),[...]
Erika Klash – New York's Video Game/Anime Drag Queen
And that's just the beginning. Erika left a striking impression on me as an emerging drag talent and a geek-inspired one at that, so if you fancy something a little bit different, check out one of her shows now! You can follow Erika on twitter, tumblr and Instagram. Joe Glass is a Bleeding Cool reporter and comics[...]
Post NYCC – Prism Comics Presents: Autobio In Queer Comics
His work includes the LGBTQ superhero team series The Pride, which was one of the Top 25 Comixology Submit Titles of 2014; and also co-writing Stiffs, a horror comedy series set in the South Wales valleys he calls home All the comics are available on Comixology, or you can get them in print here and[...]
Tales from the Four Color Closet: The Inhuman Problem
An outside effect CAUSES your difference. If we take this from the queer reading standpoint, it's like saying that something happens to a person to make them gay – a dangerous viewpoint which has led to all kinds of problems for the LGBTQ community, not least of which recently are gay conversion therapies, where they try[...]
NYCC '15 – Getting Cosplay Photos At SkinTight USA
Moreover, he's also a comic creator himself, writing LGBTQ superhero series The Pride, and co-writing Welsh horror comedy, Stiffs. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 33%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php */ By Joe Glass Last night saw the gay men who like the tight spandex world of[...]
NYCC'15 – NY TimesOUT LGBT in Comics
By Joe Glass New York TimesOUT is bringing the LGBTQ wonder to New York Comic Con this year, starting with this panel today, featuring Kris Anka, James Tynion IV, Babs Tarr, Kevin Wada, Jenny Wood, and a late and running Steve Orlando. Asking Steve about Midnighter, one of the only monthly books from DC about an unapologetic,[...]
Flame Con 2 Increases In Both Size And Duration…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkNFi32vwOEVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Flame Con 2- August 20-21 2016- Teaser (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkNFi32vwOE) The second annual Flame Con, the Brooklyn-based LGBTQ comic convention is expanding from one day to two next year, taking August 20th and 21st at a larger venue at the Brooklyn Bridge Marriott. The first show this June was the largest queerfocused pop[...]