Zdarsky expressly wrote the story as an analogy to a queer or trans experience, telling Precious Baubles that it was like a "queer kid being raised by leftie super well-meaning parents who will always say they understand but don't understand 100% and they have to find their community elsewhere." He also talked about picking up[...]
Combs has sold their debut nonfiction YA graphic novel, Trans History: A Graphic Novel at auction to Andrea Tompa at publishers Candlewick.
Written and illustrated from an #OwnVoices perspective, Trans History: A Graphic Novel will be published in 2023 and aims to introduce readers to the history of transgender identities, the transgender rights movement, and what it means to be[...]
This is the very last time I am going to mention Dave McKinnon. Some people may know that name well, the writer of one of my favourite comic books of all time, More Tales From Sleaze Castle, with the late artist Terry Wiley who we lost almost two years ago, as Gratuitous Bunny Comix. I […]
Initially having transphobic retweets dubbed as middle-aged moments, recently she accidentally cut and pasted a news report over a legal case that misgendered the defendant, against court advice to the media Which revealed the kind of material she had been seeking out to read In the past, her comments have been restricted to retweets, likes[...]
But in doing so, with a 336 page graphic novel, Dragman, launching today from Jonathan Cape, he has created something personal indeed.Appleby is a transvestite, something he is open about now, but was kept as a secret for decades after he realised as a teenager And so Dragman is a power fantasy, as all the[...]
A month ago, Bleeding Cool picked up hints that Immortal Hulk series regular Dr Charlene McGowan, formerly a scientist working for supervillains, now working for the Hulk, was a new trans character for Marvel Comics She has also been working in hormone research, which was handy for her own needs And for the first time[...]
An organised crime figure in Hong Kong, with her own enforcers, she was also one of DC's first trans characters However, she was visually portrayed as a grotesque, a cartoon, and there was considerable criticism of this at the time.But in that first appearance, it appeared that Red Hood, Jason Todd, shot her To death[...]
Bleeding Cool looked at what might have inspired that, a shortage of such treatment in the UK for people coping with the menopause, as a result of Brexit, the collapse of the pound and the government's reclassification of the treatment.What I didn't figure in was the role that hormone replacement treatments also play in gender[...]
The fourth season of Supergirl is a big one for the CW: paired with Charmed, the super-hero series is serving as the "tent pole" for the network's move to Sunday night programming. But the upcoming season is important for a much more important, meaningful, and historical reason: for the first time on television, a transgender[...]
Give me some rope I'm coming loose, I'm pulling for...The Weekly Static! Welcome back, everybody...glad you could join me again!But before we get ready to trip the light fantastic on the sidewalks of New York… here it is!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKpB_w8t0U0So once more with feeling - here’s a quick reminder about what this is all about: The Weekly Static is[...]
However, this does not mean that will be kept in translation to the big screen Or worse, we as yet do not know the extent of Korg's role in the movie, and it could be another 'genuine gay moment' like Disney tried to pull with the Beauty & the Beast live action remake.And if we're[...]
Not just the incredibly graphic cover to the comic's fourth issue, revealed recently as part of Image Comics' September solicits, and the intense backlash and upset that it caused, but also at the start of Pride Month in June when the first issue contained a graphic, sexualised depiction of trans panic violence and the again[...]
And offering to pay Chaykin and anyone else at Image to attend a Trans 101 webinar Something they say Image Comics publisher has endorsed, is enthusiastic about attending and is urging other to attend They also state that Stephenson has told them the publisher is "seeking out additional cultural competency training".The whole post can be read[...]
Weaver, Transposes by Dylan Edwards, Duck by Tana Ford and Cavalcade of Boys by Tim Fish.There are whole collections and single issues on sale, many at half price, so ComiXology are providing a broad range of creators and titles celebrating the breadth and depth of queer comics, and all at fantastic deals.Hey, it's new comic[...]
Certainly, in Iceman he shows a respect for the character but also a respect for the audience, and he crafts a book that is accessible and fun for all readers, LGBTQ or not.If Iceman proves to be the hit it deserves to be, then it can only be a matter of time before we see[...]
In a tweet and press release entitled "CHAYKIN’S THE DIVIDED STATES OF HYSTERIA SPARKS INDUSTRY CONVERSATION", Image Comics responded to the controversy raised last week surrounding Howard Chaykin's The Divided States of Hysteria.The use of "conversation" seems a little trite in this instance — while the comic certainly got people talking, it was pretty much all about the[...]
We've discussed, seemingly at length, about the controversy surrounding Howard Chaykin's latest work, the Image Comics release The Divided States of Hysteria; its inclusion of graphic trans panic violence, released on the first week of Pride Month and even with the option of a Pride Month variant cover, and Image Comics lack of response or[...]
The Babadook is a gay icon now. Okay, took me a while to understand this one, but now I am fully behind it. Stemming from a hilarious mistake on Netflix's part, when they wrongly categorised the film as LGBT interest in late 2016, Jennifer Kent's The Babadook slowly built as a meme on the likes […]
Early in the week, in fact pretty much kicking it off, came news that Drawn & Quarterly had cancelled a book, Sadbøi, by artist Berliac due to a historic transphobic essay and comments that were brought to light.Now, on new comic day of the first full week of Pride Month, Image Comics released Howard Chaykin's[...]
For decades, there were very few trans characters in superhero comics What there were, existed via magic, shape-shifting or other fantasy tropes Until a couple of years ago, you could count them on the fingers of one hand Not including the thumb.In recent years that's changed You can now count them on the fingers of two[...]
