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Posted in Comedy, Comics, SFW on 11/26/2012 09:32 pm by fanboi
And by “REAL HEROES” I DO NOT mean they are “Real-Life Superheroes” – a small but very real community of people who fight crime and do good deeds as costumed vigilantes. I’m referring to a film project titled “REAL HEROES,” is a “comedy about a group of lesser known superheroes who go on a reality show to promote their careers” in development by Keith Hartman, director, writer and producer of “You Should Meet My Son,” a “A fish-out-of-water comedy about a conservative Southern mom who discovers that her only son is gay. Determined that he won’t go through life alone, she sets out to find him a husband.”
REAL HEROES is the story of B-string superheroes hoping to hit the big time. The guys you’ve never heard of. The ones who go out every night fighting crime and hoping that someone will notice. The ones who are desperate enough to go on a reality show.
Unfortunately, I didn’t hear about this until literally the day after his Kickstarter campaign ended. I hope he manages to scrape up the rest of cash for the necessary post-production.
I love Malibu Action Girl’s gay sidekicks Kid Krypton A.K.A. Josh (Russel Dennis Lewis) and Comet Boy A.K.A. Rick (Tyler Booth). They make an adorable Supercouple.
Posts will still be spotty for awhile, but I’m back. The number of mainstream comics titles featuring LGBT characters has skyrocketed since I began this blog in April of 2008 with the intent of spotlighting LGBT heroes, villains and supporting characters. Between new characters surfacing and old favorites being retconned, it was inevitable I’d miss a few important stories while I was busy stealing the life of a more successful me from an alternate dimension, so I’m going to try and catch up now… BEWARE SPOILERS ABOUND and PLEASE COMMENT IF I LEFT ANYTHING OUT – or if you just want to discuss how cool it is to have heroic LGBT representation in 10 titles on the racks at every comic store! (well 9 after the end of Avengers Academy). If you want Marvel and DC to keep it up… START BUYING ANY OF THE FOLLOWING TITLES IF YOU AREN’T ALREADY!!! If we buy them, they may keep making them.
I mentioned Northstar‘s Astonishing X-Men nuptials before they occurred but I was too occupied with “moving details” by the actual wedding date to blog about it. The event went off like clockwork despite the telepathic machinations of Susan Hatchi (Karma’s half-sister) and Jean-Paul’s Sh’iar teammate Warbird’s protests. The reception afterward was a total blast until Wolverine exploded.
Kevin Keller‘s solo series is wholesome, sweet and funny. It simultaneously manages the difficult task of empowering LGBT youth and remaining completely appropriate for its intended age group. We’ve seen Kevin’s first date and moment in the spotlight as an Olympic torchbearer. We’ve also seen “Future Kevin” (the one who was married in the pages of Life With Archie) announce a run for Senate with a platform centered on gun laws in LWA #24.
Bunker, (Miguel Jose Barragan) the flamboyantly out-n-proud new member of the Teen Titans is discovering new aspects of his powers (levitation) but his personal story hasn’t really unfolded yet. Interviews with creators mentioned a past love that has yet to surface on panel.
Rictor and Shatterstar are still together as a romantic couple (despite Rob Liefeld’s objections) and both are active members of X-Factor – but with the current arc who knows… relationships are evolving and unraveling at the speed of light as the team gets closer to their milestone 250th issue.
Apollo and Midnighter‘s rebooted relationship continues to grow in the pages of Stormwatch. We’ve seen a number of empowering small moments (connecting with Jenny Quantum), but not that much time spotlighting the personal side of their romance. I ALREADY know they can decimate anything when working in concert… I’d like to see a “date night.”
Gotham socialite Kate Kane, A.K.A.Batwoman stalks the city’s dark streets (to critical acclaim) when she’s not busy canoodling with Detective Maggie Sawyer of the GCPD (not to mention winning her SECOND GLAAD award for “Outstanding Comic” – the first was in 2010).
X-Men Legacy #274 told a touching tale in which Rogue was unable to save a mortally injured closeted gay man and used her ability to “reap” him and deliver a message of love and regret to the man’s former lover. Oh yeah, she also rejected Magneto’s marriage proposal.
In the final issue of Avengers Academy, Julie Power and Karolina Dean are making rainbows in the sky as fame-hungry Striker (Brandon Sharpe) makes his first post scars public appearance at the Prom of a gay teen inspired by Brandon’s “It Gets Better” video – making it a recond-breaking TWO LGBT kisses in one issue! Including Marvels SECOND on-panel gay male kiss, and not that long after the first (Wiccan and Hulkling in the last issue of Avengers: The Children’s Crusade). Someone else will have to write up a scorecard on girl on girl snogging in the Marvel U. Anyone up to it?
DC Comics New 52 has become even more inclusive with an intersex re-invention of “The Shining Knight” who appears in their medieval title, Demon Knights.
In a recent issue (#14), Shining Knight a.k.a. Ystin informs a female comrade who’s seemingly taken a “shine” to the mystical hero. “I think you like one… aspect of who I am,” the Knight explains. “But I’m the other too. I was born this way. I’ve kept saying, whenever anyone asks. I’m not just a man or a woman. I’m both.”
We met Earth-2‘s Alan Scott and his loving boyfriend Sam who was unfortunately doomed to be the emotional loss that drives Green Lantern as a hero and Avatar of “The Green.” During his first heroic battle (vs a reimagined Grundy as an avatar of “The Grey”) he is given a chance to be with an illusion of Sam, but overcomes temptation. After the fight he blows off Flash and Hawkgirl, saying he doesn’t need them. Bullshit. Without them Grundy would have smashed him into paste while his psyche was busy mentally snuggling with a mushroom shaped like Sam.
Buffy The Vampire Slayer: Season 9 introduces a multitude of BtVS fans th "Billy the Vampire Slayer" who is not only the first male character to take on the name of "Slayer," but also the first GAY male "Slayer." Not before you tell me a "Slayer" has to be female – according to the Legend – you are right. Billy has NO "Slayer" powers. He is a bullied teen who started training to defend himself but stepped up to defend his home town from a scourge of "Zompires" – I’ve not been following Season 8 before Billy – but they seem like slow stupid Vampires? More details soon.
Wiccan and Hulkling will appear in the Marvel NOW! January 2013 title Young Avengers alongside original teammate Kate Bishop. Rounding out the roster are teen Loki, Marvel Boy (Noh-Varr A.K.A. “Protector”), and Miss America Chavez. I’m really glad to see Noh-Varr taking off his Protector cowl and joining YA. but I still miss Stature and young Vision and also wish Wiccan’s twin “Speed” was going to be along for the ride.
Posted in Comics, SFW on 06/14/2012 07:53 pm by fanboi
Avengers actor Clark Gregg’s recurring character S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent Phil Coulson was one of the common threads tying together the myriad Marvel movies that laid the complicated groundwork for Joss Whedon’s phenomenally successful launch of the cinematic Avengers franchise. While Coulson’s inspirationally heroic death was just the right kick in the pants our heroes needed, it doesn’t necessarily count him out of the sequel.
Rumorsabound that Agent Phil Coulson will return as The Vision… a sentient synthetic android who (in the comics) possessed a mind based on the recorded memories of Simon Williams. Using Coulson’s memories as a basis for The Vision would be a great way to get the red-faced synthezoid to the silver screen without having to bother with Wonder Man (who I like as a character – but has a name too cheesy for today’s movie audience).
In Stormwatch #10, we learn some backstory on the DCnU Apollo’s history, and his first name… Andrew. The son of a “tough cop” and a “big church goer,” Apollo grew up living a lie, hating himself for hiding.
Now that he feels strong enough (I wonder how he got his abilities… is there a Henry Bendix in the DCnU?) to come out of the closet Stormwatch wants to push him into a BIGGER one. Apollo may going to need some kind of an outlet to offset the covert nature of Stormwatch… or he’ll just have to learn to “appreciate secrets” the way Midnighter does. Maybe some time undercover with the JLA would help?
Oh oh. No one tell OMM. They’ll start a new campaign.
Dale Lazarov, (who you may know from his work as a writer of chic hardcovers of filthy gay comics or as the proprietor of Swanderful, a blog dedicated to the work of famed Superman artist Curt Swan) shared “Comics Made Me Gay (well no they just confirmed it)” a NSFW essay in captions during a presentation he gave to the 2012 Toronto Comics Art Festival.
“Comics Made Me Gay” illustrates and explains how and why the comics/sequential art form is uniquely suited for representing both the objective and subjective experience of homoeroticism.
It features both panel excerpts and full comics page samples from classic superhero comics, from Tom of Finland gay erotic comics and from contemporary gay and gay erotic illustrators and cartoonists.
Bleeding Cool thought it apropos to share it today on the first day of PRIDE month. Dale’s explanation of the “4 Kinds of Illustrations of Men” is thought provoking. I would have liked to hear the talk that accompanied this visual presentation. I get the feeling that the blurbs on each page are just the tip of the iceberg. If anyone has audio or video… share it please!
The “mystery” is over… it’s OFFICIAL, Earth 2′s sole Green Lantern Alan Scott is gay and has a boyfriend named Sam. This is happening, so if we want to see more inclusion on this level, LGBT comic fans (myself included) should try to get past our petty complaints about how he’s not good high profile enough or “what about his kids and wife” and embrace Alan Scott so whole-heartedly that people google “who is Hal Jordan?.” It’s bad enough that thinly veiled hate groups like inaccurately named One Million Moms are saying LGBT adults don’t need Gay Superheroes – as if we spring fully grown from nowhere. Whether or not LGBT adults need gay superheroes, LGBT kids do. There ARE LGBT kids out there who need this. Who the HELL are OMM to tell the LGBT community what we need? Lets make this Green Lantern bigger than Batwoman.
I know many feel let down… That Alan Scott is not “A” list enough. But to those who thought Iconic meant Superman, Batman, Hal Jordan, Flash or even Superboy or Robin – that was NOT going to happen and could have caused more damage than good. It would have pissed off the straight fanboy demographic too much and given too much ammunition to the religious right hate groups. Despite some definite downsides to this direction for Alan Scott (loss of Jade and Obsidian), a gay hero in the captain’s chair (so I hear) of Earth 2′s premier super-squad, the Justice Society is still pretty damn cool. The progress in LGBT empowerment by the comics industry JUST in the 4+ years I’ve been blogging as HeroesNHunks are really amazing.
you can’t fault Earth 2 writer James Robinson’s motivation and aside from temporarily turning Tasmanian Devil into a rug he’s been an ally. Here is his explanation for retconning Alan Scott’s sexual orientation…
In Alan’s prior version, he had been an old man with a gay son [Obsidian]. And removing that character from the DC Universe bothered me — the fact that we were taking a gay character out of circulation. And it occurred to me: Why not just make Alan Scott gay? He’s still interesting, he’s still a dynamic hero, a great man, but he happens to be gay. So I suggested that to Dan, and to his credit, there wasn’t a moment’s hesitation. He was like, “Yeah, sure, that sounds great.” So there wasn’t a huge editorial think tank; it was just an idea that got put forward and was accepted.
Below are a few more panels from Earth 2 #1. Note Alan’s eagerness to get to China (where Samuel meets him at the Hong Kong airport). I hope they don’t kill off the boyfriend as part of Alan’s requisite “inciting tragedy”.
Hopefully at some undisclosed point in Earth 2′s future, emotionally unstable villainess Rose Canton (a.k.a. Rose & Thorn) will become sexually obsessed with Alan and capture him (her plant-based abilities could kick his ass if he is still vulnerable to wood – lets hope not, that was always stupid). Once she has him in her clutches she can take what she needs to grow twins Todd and Jennie. If Nightwing can get raped by a girl, so could Alan Scott. Or she could have been his prom date and he was a late bloomer. Then Obsidian and Jade could arrive along with the rest of their time traveling friends in Infinity Inc.
From the sound of the “magical” country vacation Alan and Sam have planned, it sounds like his origin may or may not still be centered around the mysterious mystical “green flame” that fell in ancient China and was eventually identified as the Starheart , but it won’t be related to the central power battery of an interstellar Green Lantern Corps.
As a gay geek blogger I would be COMPLETELY remiss in my duties were I not to share L. Rey Arzeno’s gorgeous illustration of some of of Marvel’s most significant LGBT characters – still missing Graymalkin, Julie Power, Striker, Victoria Hand and Bling. PRIDE month doesn’t start until Friday – but lets get a jump on it.
From Left to right we have: Anole, Shatterstar, Rictor, Karma (with her new cyborg leg hidden), Mystique, Northstar, Daken, Karolina Dean, Xavin, Wiccan and Hulkling.
Not to be outgayed by Marvel’s gay June X-Wedding, DC’s announcement that “One of the major iconic DC characters will reveal that he is gay in a storyline in June” started a wild round of speculation online. Names such as Booster Gold, Black Adam, and Shazam were bandied about as fanboys and girls tried to guess who it is. But Bleeding Cool claims to have spilled the beans with the as yet unconfirmed “revelation” that it will be Earth 2′s Alan Scott coming out of the CMYK closet. Alan Scott was the original Green Lantern (created in 1940 with a magic based origin, Alan was replaced in 1959 with the modern Hal Jordan space cop concept) and WAS father to Obsidian – the only gay Legacy hero in the former DCU.
Alan Scott has a rich family history including a long marriage to Molly Scott (formerly Harlequin), and long lost twins Todd Rice a.k.a. Obsidian and Jennie Lynn Hayden a.k.a. Jade. I’m not against the idea of a gay retcon in theory – but if it IS going to be Alan Scott I don’t approve. I’m not emotionally invested in Alan Scott’s marriage to Molly. The big issue with making him gay is because he is a YOUNG character now, he’s far less likely to have fathered Obsidian and Jade. The character doesn’t seem old enough to have teen children and being out at an early age makes it even less likely.
I KNOW its still possible for the DCnU to introduce a revamped Jade and Obsidian, but part of the significance of the pair was their status as “Legacy” heroes. Despite writers penchant for writing him as unstable or needing rescue, I liked Obsidian as a gay hero with strong family ties and support – not to mention the relationship he had with Damon Matthews pre DCnU (in the pages of Manhunter). I get that there can’t really be any “Legacy” heroes in the DCnU since the super heroes are a “new” phenomenon in that reality – but these are comic books – anything is possible – Todd and Jennie could AND SHOULD arrive from Earth 2′s future along with the rest of Infinity Inc to fight the JSA.
If Alan Scott is our new “Iconic gay male hero” I sincerely hope he had an early bisexual phase with (lets make her his) High School sweetheart Rose Canton long enough to have fathered a set of twins of which he’s unaware. Otherwise I feel DC is negating the existence of one of their truly ORIGINAL gay heroes.
The impending gay X-nuptials have been garnering a lot of attention from mainstream and gay media. Whoopi and her gal pals on the View even took time to mention that it was “kinda fantastic.” THANKS WHOOPI!
What do you think of Kyle’s reaction? Feel free to spoil it in your comments and discussion. With this recent arc, Astonishing reads more like Northstar and his Amazing Friends than a team led by Wolverine. I’m not complaining mind you. Its great to see Marvel really exploring a gay relationship between a mutant and an ordinary human.
Northstar DEFINITELY could have spent some more time on his Proposal, and his timing could be better as well. It takes more than a ring on bended knee to create the romantic moment of a lifetime. Also belittling your intended’s work right before asking for their hand in marriage isn’t a bright idea either. So now we have Kyle in the clutches of our mystery villain.
From the cover of next month’s Astonishing X-Men #51, it appears saving Kyle’s life yet again next issue may be just the grand gesture that Northstar needs to perform to offset his less than stellar Proposal.
UPDATED: Joss thanks US for liking it. I’ll be seeing the film a few more times in coming weeks and may amend the review with further insights, facts and figures. My first viewing I wanted to come at it as a fan, and as a fan, I sat utterly mesmerized through the entire viewing and thoroughly LOVED every moment!!!
What more could we ask for? What do you want? Blood? No… Maybe Ant Man and the Wasp… but aside from that, The Avengers biggest fault was ending. Director Joss Whedon has done an amazing job of taking a volatile (at best) mix of characters and giving us a real silver screen experience that somehow remains true to the comics.
After his work on Dr Horrible, Dollhouse, Firefly and Buffy, many knew Joss Whedon had a bigger role to play in entertainment. His familiar touch is readily apparent in certain quieter scenes between our heroes, and really goes a long way to both humanizing the superhuman and expressing a movie’s worth of backstory in a few snarky statements. Especially brilliant are the Black Widow’s introductory scene (where we see and FINALLY HEAR a bit more of the Natasha Romanoff we all know and fear) and Iron Man’s short but sweet date with Pepper Potts.
Since Black Widow and Hawkeye were the only characters who hadn’t starred in their own solo movie in recent years, they got a bit more history explained through a previous relationship. Natasha is starting to gel with her comics history, but Hawkeye we still don’t know much about. With six major Marvel characters to convey in a matter befitting the legacy and appealing to the general public, there is a short list of people in Hollywood who could have pulled this off as successfully. I hope Joss Wheedon like’s making Avengers Movies. Because I want at least 3 from him!
After he makes those, Joss NEEDS to make that Wonder Woman movie before he winds down a seasoned film director to do some arty sci-fi films for the Oscar gold. More SPOILERIFIC discussion on what The Avengers 2 and 3 might entail after the jump…
