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Today we have a dual milestone. In addition to being New Year’s Eve 2008. This very post marks the milestone of 1000 articles on this blog since its inception in April of this year! May there be another thousand for 2009! See you next year boys!!! Have fun tonight – I’m out on the town. Drive safe and drink responsibly. If you can’t handle that take a cab, bum a ride or just walk dammit! Happy New Year!
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I thought I’d dig up some of the most thought and/or boner provoking posts from HeroesNHunks first year… Enjoy! I’ll probably add more tomorrow. If I left off a 2008 HeroesNHunks post you enjoyed – PLEASE comment with a link and I’ll add it to the list!
Best of 2008 comic, gay news and geek-related stories…
Eartha Kitt dies on Christmas Day 2008
Super Swimsuit Beefcake (Marvel Illustrated Swimsuit Special)
In loving memory of Majel Barrett-Roddenberry
Articles on New Krypton
Mockingbird Lives!
Faces of Evil: villainous DCU Desktops!
Johnathan Kent dead again at 69
Articles on Final Crisis
Young X-Men’s Graymalkin is Gay!
Articles on Secret Invasion
111508 – A National Day of Proposition 8 Protests
Homosexuality in Comic Books Past & Present
Prime Desktop Material
Miscellaneous articles on Gay Cinema
Miscellaneous Gay Short Films
Comic Book Movie and TV News…
Legion of Super Heroes lands in Smallville
Kick-Ass Casting
Marvel plans silver screen adaptions of Avengers and more
Dark Knight breaks 500 Million!
2008’s Billion Dollar Comic Book Movie Summer
Hancock – The Other Super Hero Movie
Cloaking Murder in a cloth of Nobility… a WANTED review
Hulk was actually pretty Incredible!
Iron Man is Marvelous!
Announced, Planned and Projected DCU films!
Best of 2008 SFW (G-R) Beefcake…
Sexy Sylar shows us his Spock in Star Trek
Chris Pine IS young James Tiberius Kirk
Hugh Jackman Galleries (Includes X-Men Origins: Wolverine trailer)
Wolverine Origins opening Gambit – Taylor Kitsch
Seann William Scott goes Balls Out in his jockstrap
D.O. Gallery
Bored Pornstars (ever wonder what they do when not filming?)
Best of 2008 NSFW (XXX) Beefcake…
Yaoi – Is that who you think it is? – Yup! (Gay Super Hero Porn)
No its Not Really Them! (Photoshopped images of nude male celebs)
Logan McCree Galleries (includes some trailers and video interviews)
Roman Heart Galleries (includes some trailers)
Benjamin Bradley Galleries (Includes some trailers and full scenes)
Steve Cruz Galleries (Includes some trailers and video interviews)
Brent Everett Galleries
Ricky Sinz Galleries (includes some trailers)
Francois Sagat Galleries (my condolences on his kitty passing)
Braxton Bond Galleries
Mason Wyler Galleries (Includes news article about his attack)
Johnny Castle Galleries (Includes video interview)
Eddie Stone Galleries
Aden and Jordan Jaric Galleries (Includes some trailers)
Studs of Yore – Matt Summers
Studs of Yore – Derek Cameron
Studs of Yore – Mike Branson
UNL Kicks Wrestlers caught with pants down (and cocks out)
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TitenMen’s latest fuckjfest, Overdrive is basically a series of hot men having sex in, on and around cars. Not too much thought on the plot, but then again that’s not why we watch. If you don’t know why we watch you’re on the wrong site.
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Watching Dirk Jager suck Marco Blaze is too much for François Sagat to handle, so he brings his own hose into the action. After some oral and piss fun leaves Marco drenched, he flip fucks with François.
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Starring:
Arthur Gordon, Chris Thomas, Coby Mitchell, Dean Flynn, Dirk Jager, François Sagat, Marco Blaze, Max Schutler, Rick van Sant, Scott Alexander, Victor Steele
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Time for a membership drive! Any guesses on who the new Teen Titans will be? I recognize some of the heroes on the cover (Supergirl, Spoiler, Bombshell, Speedy and Misfit) but not all (not sure who the flying girl with the staff and guy with the helmet are… but the guy with the cat is Klarion the Witch Boy after a really awkward growth spurt. When is Kid Eternity showing up?
Teen guest stars galore! With only four members left, it’s time for the Teen Titans to hold a recruitment drive! Who will make the cut, and who will be sent packing? Who will refuse to even show up, and who will bring a boatload of trouble with them?
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The arc beginning in this month’’s Manhunter #37 takes place “some years later…” My guess is about 12 years later. Kate Spencer‘’s young (7-8 year old) son Ramsey who was recently discovered to have some degree of invulnerability is suddenly all grown up with a boyfriend named Justin (who can grow like Elasti-Girl or Giganta) is also referred to as a “legacy” hero – implying a connection to a current DCU character (perhaps one of the ladies I listed – from what Justin says about his Mom, I guess Giganta… any other suggestions?).
The timeline is just a guess but I”d guess we have at least another 12 comic book years before the young couple pops up in the Teen Titans. SUMMARY: a story set 12 years in the future outed a character who is about 7-8 years old in current continuity.
I have to say I am really encouraged by the many new and old characters past, present and future that have been revealed to be LGBT. Now if we could just get a few officially gay Legionaries (that title was one of the first to even HINT at a character being gay – but subsequent rewritings of continuity have removed those story elements – I would be overjoyed if whatever comes out of Legion of 3 Worlds could address that.
Here are some pages from Manhunter #37 showing a very comfortable, supportive and loving super family dynamic between Manhunter, her lawyer boytoy, her gay son, his boyfriend Justin, gay Uncle Todd (Obsidian) and cousin Jen (Jade).
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This title should get awards for its portrayal of gay relationships in comics. Before this issue there have been a number of small affectionate scenes with Obsidian and his boyfriend. I”ve never seen gay relationships presented in such a wonderful matter-of-fact no big deal way. If only Marvel could do that with Wiccan and Hulkling. If you haven”t been reading Manhunter – You missed out. The next issue #38 is to be its last. Buy the back issues or trade paperbacks! It REALLY is a great series.
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The Demon Bear, Ghost Rider, The Legacy Virus, Mister Sinister (what happened to Miss?), Vanisher (when did this disappearing baldy get all tatted up and hot?), Domino (she’s back and she’s bad), Cameron Hodge (never cared for him) and his anti-mutant organization, The Right all in one issue – nuff said.
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via CBR
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Happy New Year’s Eve to you all!!! I hope everyone has fun plans and someone to kiss at midnight. If not, you’ve got less than 12 hours to pick somebody up. Depending on where you live, that may be possible. Here’s a little present for the new year – the old year in a nutshell…
It must be December – snow is falling, children are writing letters to Santa and we’re dragging 2008 through the mud in our all-singing, all-dancing, all-out year-in-review. Baby New Year ‘08 takes you on a tour of all of the good, bad, and worse the past year had to offer, all at breakneck speed. We’re giving society a primo wedgie – everyone watch, point and laugh!
via JibJab and WickedGayBlog
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“New Krypton” part 9! Violence breaks out on Earth as the Kryptonians, enraged by humanity’s treatment of them and their newly passed anti-Kryptonian laws, strike back! Imagine 100,000 people, each with the powers of Superman but lacking his humanity – and they’re angry!
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via Newsarama
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If squeaky clean Disney’s best artists drew dirty gay porn it would look something like the beautiful images that Amy Colburn came up with to illustrate Dale Lazarov’s classic porn archetypes in Manly. There is something inescapably sexy about this combination of style and subject matter.
Amy Colburn, an up-and-coming illustrator of hot male-on-male art, joins Dale Lazarov, writer/editor of STICKY (Bruno Gmüender Verlag, March 2006) to bring you manly stories about manly men doing manly things to each other.
The book is billed as “gay erotic comics full of kink and tenderness between masculine men” and contains 3 short vignettes. Manly’s compelling albeit short stories and equally enticing imagery are a welcome addition to the short (but ever-growing) list of quality illustrated pornographic gay comics that outshine some of their more mediocre contemporaries.
In “Busted”, a hot rest stop bubba helpsa tough guy Federal agent stop an escaping crystal meth chef. They both get medals — and then bust each other… In “Clinch”, a young Latino and a mature Irish boxer figure out how to get each other off when they can’t find condoms in the gym… And a Mideastern hunk finds out how to get the attention of an intimidating muscleman he always sees at a leather/levis dive in “Hot Librarian”.
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Dale Lazarov is best known as the writer/editor of STICKY, a collaboration with illustrator Steve MacIsaac published by Gmuender. Best-selling author Clive Barker described STICKY as “Sexy, stylish, minimalist…an intense mixture of erotic realism and the freedom of comics storytelling makes STICKY a pleasure to have in one hand.”
Dale’s also the writer/editor of FANCY, a gay erotic webcomic drawn by Delic Van Loond and published weekly at AdultWebcomics.com. Dale’s busy collaborating with illustrators on other books of gay erotic comics: Bastian Jonsson on NIGHTLIFE, Foxy Andy on CHUMS, and Mioki on POWER POP BOYS. Dale currently lives and works in Chicago.
Amy Colburn makes her book publishing debut with MANLY after years producing beautiful homoerotic illustrations for a variety of venues. She lives in Virginia.
Also be sure to see what fave blogger the GayComicGeek had to say about Manly…
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I find that significant shipping delays really cut into the the necessary story momentum required when reading a monthly comic. It’s been months since Kick Ass #4 came out and that was months late too. Its an interesting idea (kid without powers putting on a suit to fight crime in our world), but unless they start shipping it more regularly, I’ll wait for the trade that will inevitably come out either when the movie does or before.
The story kicks into a higher gear with the introduction of the Red Mist.
Since he put on the green wetsuit and became Kick-Ass, Dave Lizewski has broken both legs, shattered his back; been run over by a Mercedes, smashed by garbage cans, and clobbered by gangsters; become a YouTube phenomenon and inspired a wave of costumed vigilantes…but none of that can compare to what’s going to happen now that John Genovese knows who he is.
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I know a bunch of fellow gay geeks who are sort of up in arms about this title because of the “unnecessary” use of anti-gay slurs for no story driven reason. I completely agree with them that use of anti-gay slurs for trash talking name calling is grossly irresponsible for a comic that is sure to resonate with young readers.
I did send the author Mark Millar a comment on his forum telling him so. If you’d like to do the same it may have more impact on him than boycotting the title.
Here are some shots that have been released from the upcoming Kick-Ass movie. Odd that we actually saw this photo of Christopher Mintz-Plasse, a.k.a. McLovin as Red Mist before we really saw the character in print.
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via CBR, reelcomix and SuperHeroHype
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Eartha Mae Kitt was an American actress, singer, and cabaret star perhaps best known for her 1953 Christmas song “Santa Baby”, taking over the role of Catwoman for the 3rd and final season of the 1960s Batman TV series, replacing Julie Newmar, who was unavailable and for the role of oversexed Lady Eloise in Eddie Murphy’s Boomerang. Miss Kitt died December 25 (Christmas Day) 2008 at the age of 81 after a long battle against colon cancer.
Her outspoken 1968 criticism of the Vietnam War at a White House lunch hosted by then first lady Lady Bird Johnson led to her being blacklisted and seeking work in Europe and Asia.
“You send the best of this country off to be shot and maimed,” she told the group of about 50 women. “They rebel in the street. They don’t want to go to school because they’re going to be snatched off from their mothers to be shot in Vietnam.”
For four years afterward, Kitt performed almost exclusively overseas. She was investigated by the FBI and CIA, which allegedly found her to be foul-mouthed and promiscuous.
I knew there was a reason I liked her.
She was not only appreciative of her gay fan base, but was also quite progressive in her thoughts and words about our struggles.
“When I was in trouble with the government and Lady Bird Johnson, it was the gay guys who kept my name alive because they kept looking for my records and they were imitating me.”
Added Kitt, “I feel very close to the gay crowd because we know what it feels like to be rejected.”
Kitt’s sentiments in that interview are still topical now. Speaking on the subject of marriage equality for gay and lesbian families, Kitt said, “I support it because we’re asking for the same thing.
“If I have a partner and something happens to me, I want that partner to enjoy the benefits of what we have reaped together.”
Added the world-famous performer, “It’s a civil-rights thing, isn’t it?”
Though some Black Americans take umbrage at the suggestion that the civil rights struggle of gays and Blacks have close parallels, Kitt herself made that comparison, saying, “We were not allowed to go through certain doors because of our race, our color.
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images all the property of their respective owners.
via WickedGayBlog and Edge
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Despite my lack of interest in R.I.P., I may have to pick up the 2 part follow-up that started today…
This special two-part tale narrated by Sir Alfred Pennnyworth reflects upon the life and times of Gotham City’s most celebrated citizen – and hints at what’s next for The Dark Knight. Grant Morrison delivers a story of past memories, present heartache and future promises. A spectacular, unforgettable farewell to The Dark Knight, mixing memory, dream and speculation as Alfred closes the casebook on the greatest crimefighter of all time. With guest appearances by Batman friends and foes from every era of Batman’s history, this epic adventure cannot be missed.
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via CBR
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If you haven’t yet decked the Halls its time to whip out the tinsel. Christmas Eve has always been my favorite part of this holiday. My family (Me, Mom and Dad) always sat by the fireplace listening to Carols as we opened presents from each other Christmas Eve and opened the rest on Christmas Day when the extended family congregated for dinner. In recent years TBS has added another tradition – watching A Christmas Story at least once during their annual 24-hour marathon. 2008 marks TBS’s 12th annual A Christmas Story marathon.
You Better Watch Out – A stripping Santa from Aussibum…
Second Guessing Grandma – a heartwarming short film set in the 80’s about a young man educating his beloved elderly Jewish grandma as he comes out to her.
The original theatrical trailer for the modern Christmas Classic and personal favorite, A Christmas Story. If you are unfamiliar, tune into TBS anytime from 8pm tonight until 8pm tomorrow as it airs back-to-back.
via WickedGayBlog and WayOutWest
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DC Comics has a new Vigilante, or does it? The guise of Vigilante has been assumed by at least 6 different people since Greg Saunders first appeared in November 1941 in the pages of Action Comics #42. New Teen Titans Annual #2 basically reinvented Vigilante as the DCU’s Punisher with the evolution of frustrated District Attorney Adrian Chase. Subsequent incarnations followed the 80’s reinvention of the character as Chase retired to the Judge’s bench for awhile and was succeeded at first by his cronies Alan Welles and Dave Winston, then rogue cop Patricia Trayce, and finally Multiple personality sufferer Justin Powell.
At this point it is unknown whether this NEW Vigilante has ties to previous versions, and if so to which one.
In New York City, crime is on the rise, and terror fills the streets. Gang warfare is escalating, and metahumans are being drafted into battle. Through the corruption and lawlessness, one man emerges to right the wrongs as only he can. So when a Super Hero conspiracy plot is brought to light, the Vigilante returns to find the traitor and mete out his own brand of justice – with extreme prejudice!
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Writer Marv Wolfman (NEW TEEN TITANS, CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS), who created the Adrian Chase incarnation of vigilante continues the street-level adventures of the mysterious new crime fighter he introduced in the pages of NIGHTWING.
via CBR
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I really do love just about everything that I hear her say. Rachel Maddow is one smart funny politically savvy lady and I hope she enjoys the success she richly deserves. She really adds something to the collective voice of the “liberal media.” Not since Jon Stewart and the Daily Show have I seen a personality such an original and genial perspective speaking on my wavelength.
Here she is with her latest thoughts on Obama’s choice for the Inauguration invocation, Pastor Rick Warren. Warren, in addition to being a bible banging homophobe who has in the past compared homosexuality to incest and pedophilia (though he tries denying it in the video below, Rachel includes video of him saying it on camera). According to Rachel’s guest commenter, The Nation’s Katha Pollitt, Rick Warren not only compares women who have had an abortion to Nazi’s and pro-choice believers to holocaust deniers, but also believes spousal abuse is not grounds for divorce (he believes only abandonment and infidelity are valid reasons. This guy is just plain scary. I do not understand why Obama chose him.
Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy
via Towleroad
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If you aren’t familiar with the work of artist/writer Howard Chaykin, you have a lot of brilliant back issues and trade paperbacks to read and entertainment to watch. Chaykin’s extensive body of work as both artist and writer stretches over the past 40 years of comics, tv and film. Plus this Christmas eve day you can pick up his take on Marvel’s star spangled soldier – Captain America – and I mean Steve Rogers not this new silver clad gun wielder.
In this series exploring the storied history of America’s greatest champion, Howard Chaykin pulls back the Iron Curtain on one of Captain America’s wiliest nemeses — Soviet Russia and her never-ending parade of spies, saboteurs, fifth columnists…so many we had to make this story double-sized! Before his role in “The Death of Captain America,” no one was more patriotic than the Cap of the Fifties, even if he does have Steve Rogers’ shoes to fill. Unfortunately, Nick Fury, a newly minted operative of the CIA, isn’t about to let him off the hook that easily. But Cap and Fury better start working together, or they’ll find themselves buried in Reds! PLUS: a bonus reprinting of a classic Cap tale from the fabulous fifties!
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Those in the know might recognize his name or signature style from American Flagg!, The Shadow, Time2, Blackhawk, Black Kiss, Twilight, Firearm, Power and Glory, Cyberella, The Flash television series (CBS), American Century, Mighty Love, Challengers of the Unknown, Bite Club, Barnum!: In Secret Service to the USA, City of Tomorrow, 24 College Ave, Hawkgirl and Punisher War Journal (2nd series).
via CBR
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I don’t know why the major companies don’t put their product BEFORE the holiday gift giving season. In Hulk VS, an epic new animated DVD coming to stores in January 2009, the Hulk takes on Asgardians, mutants, heroes and villains alike. And as usual, Hulk SMASH! Or he sure tries.
In case you didn’t know, Wolverine was first introduced as a Hulk villain in Incredible Hulk #180 (October 1974). He was created by writer Len Wein and Marvel art director John Romita Sr., who designed the character, and that first Marvel appearance was illustrated by Herb Trimpe. Wolverine later joined the X-Men’s “All New, All Different” roster in Giant-Size X-Men #1 (May 1975).
This dark, violent, smash and slash story was first told in issue 181 of THE INCREDIBLE HULK and the rematches have continued to thrill comic fans ever since. Now Marvel and Lionsgate takes the best of those famous comic book battles and merges them into one heart pounding 33-minute story.
It’s gods versus monsters in this epic 45 minute movie! Never have we explored the explosive power of the Hulk like we have in this new film, every major character from the Marvel Thor universe is thrust into battle with this Green Goliath as he brings a new Ragnarok down upon the realm of gods.
via Marvel
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