The media onslaught over "the first mainstream comics' gay kiss", "the first superhero gay kiss" or even the "first comics gay kiss" over X-Factor #45 continues, as all journalists become churnalists, ...

Did they really have to call it Bent-Con? Well, it is Los Angeles I suppose. And it is free. On Sunday, from noon till 7pm (to accommodate all those late Saturday nights) at 4232 Melrose Avenue (next ...

Marvel’s first gay superhero is an amalgamation of straight assumptions. Northstar was introduced in 1979 as the first gay character in the superhero genre. Unfortunately, the Comics Code Authority ...

Netflix has commissioned an eight-part live action series based on popular gay webcomic Heartstopper. Alice Oseman’s comic, launched in 2016 and eventually published in graphic novels in 2018, follows ...

At the end of May, The Virginian-Pilot, a daily newspaper in Norfork, Virginia, ran a legal notice in its classified section warning readers that it might become illegal to sell or lend a particular ...

The small imprint Milestone Comics was also a major innovator in telling the stories of LGBTQ+ characters in the realm of mainstream superhero comics. Milestone Comics has a well-deserved reputation ...

Diana of Themyscira has a long and storied history as a queer icon. Creator William Moulton Marston was heavily inspired by his wife Elizabeth and their polyamorous partner Olive Byrne. The early ...

But while a few titles get the attention, so many other creators are out there bringing queer themes and characters to the comics industry, in stories ranging from fantasy and horror to mainstream ...

From right: the Brown Bomber, Diva Touché Flambé, and another character by Rupert Kinnard. Credit: Rupert Kinnard, courtesy of Stacked Deck Press You’ve probably seen Rupert Kinnard’s smile if you’ve ...