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- May 14, 13With four critically acclaimed titles, this week may be meagre, but it's amazing books only! Also, there's a lot of blood on every cover... SuperQueeros: all that's lesbian, gay, bisexual, transexual, transgendered, and queer in comics today!Batwoman #20The solicit is short and sweet: Batwoman is getting played. And the game is Bat vs Bat. But with the talking skeleton-man turning from Lawful Neutral to Puppeteering Evil, what role could be in store for his prisoner, Kate's sister Alice? And will his field agent, Chase, be able to stomach it?X-Factor #256M IS DEAD! (So I guess we know who will hold the throne of Hell by the end of this issue...) Normally I'd be psyched at M's power-up, and we ALL know that Peter David is basically my author idol, but this smacks of White Crown ascension: a promotion to CEO of the company's BFN division. And with Banshee's ascension to banshee occurring less than a year ago, this whole thing smacks of some sort of hybrid between Whedon's kill-a-character ethos and reckless disregard for female comic characters. Basically, I'm readying my ire. David, don't eff this up!Batgirl #20Last month Gail Simone gave us a new trans character in Batgirl's roommate, Alysia! Let's hope that this month our newest 'queero gets some story!Wonder Woman #20Err'body in this book gonna betray you. #Diana'sLesson
- May 07, 13What's in Gio's pouch? Does the Shining Knight's newly minted damnation bar yo from achieving zhis quest? And how will the dashing Dr. Riggs react to the revelation of her sweetie's doom-y origins? All this and much more in this week's... SuperQueeros: all that's lesbian, gay, bisexual, transexual, transgendered, and queer in comics today!
Supurbia #7Last issue Aso found the impossible: a third child of a Daughter of Bright Moon! How can she leverage this secret, and will she want to, given that Batu still seems convinced that Eli must die? Plus, this issue Sara is going to reach a turning point in her corruption at the hands of Hector Hunt, who's well on his way to enacting his plan to use the Weapons Expo as cover for his jailbreak. Will Alexis be able to stop him? And what's in that glowing red bag that Agent Twilight liberated from that clearly-a-set-up "arms dealer"? And who wants him to have it? Diabolical shapeshifting robot Ruth, perhaps????Astonishing X-Men #62Iceman has some fallout from his time in the AoA. Probably something to do with that death seed that Dark Beast shoved into him? I'm sure his ex, Mystique, will only be helpful in this situation!Prophet #35"New father prophet" is searching for a weapon. I wonder if gender-bent John Ka will be the 'queero to find it?Avengers Arena #9Did you catch the double coming out last issue? Cammi outed Bloodstone and Apex transitioned! Plus Chase revealed that he's the new Darkhawk, Justin's paraplegic, and Anachronism finally got the bloodthirsty bully of his dreams. What will happen next???
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 9: Freefall #21Willow's back! And Xander has just thrown in his allegiance with the Big Bads!!! Will his work as a double agent double Dawn's chances of survival? Or doom her to fading out of reality completely???? And what are Billy and Anaheed up to? For that matter, where did Illyria go???Demon Knights #20So Sir Ystin is a vampire now? How will that affect zher quest for the Grail? And does Exoristos find vampires sexy???Fearless Defenders #4As the solicit says, "Come for the banter, stay for the suprises!" And by surprises, they mean retcons: Valkyrie kissed a maiden in the first issue and in issue 3 figured out that her whole origin is bupkiss: she's a Doom Maiden!!!! Hopefully this won't affect her budding relationship with Dr. Annabelle Riggs...Life with Archie: Archie Marries Veronica #39So evidently the political muckraking is about to begin for Kevin's senatorial campaign. I'm just confused: if Kevin publicly married Clay, how is it going to be a controversial issue that his opponent can exploit? Unless marriage equality isn't the norm in Future!Riverdale? Because it's impossible to have unrepentant haters in the Archie-verse, right??Witchblade #166Now that Sara knows the truth about the remade universe, it's time to bring it down, starting with the world's only honest politician. Will Dani step in to stop her? (In my fanfic she does, just as Finch/the Angelus is interfering too. Dani and Finch see each other across the room and, WHAMO, love at first-sight-in-this-iteration-of-the-Image-verse!) - Apr 30, 13
Revision to a retraction! Remember how Kid Briton called Anachronism and Bloodstone boyfriends before his untimely beheading? Well, it turns out he was only half being a homophobic jerk: Bloodstone is gay! So go pick up his coming out issue, Avengers Arena #8, and Tong's coming out issue of FF, #6, and then check out all the awesome comics coming out this week that feature... SuperQueeros: all that's lesbian, gay, bisexual, transexual, transgendered, and queer in comics today!
Gail Simone's new Occupy-inspired comic starts this week, and Gail has said on Twitter that there will be an LGBTQ character! Intriguing and exciting!X-Factor #255"Hell on Earth War" concludes and someone "unexpected" will be sitting on the throne of hell. I would least expect Rictor, but given M's recent diagnosis, maybe X-Factor's invincible bad-as will choose to ascend to godhood rather than slump off this mortal coil?Chew #35Chu continues to go after his sister's vampiric killer, while Applebee and his new ally, Colby, set up the next phase in his game.Fashion Beast #9The penultimate issue! With the power structure shifting around her, where will Doll emerge?Artifacts #27I checked out the last issue of this and I'm up on my stuff: Dani Baptiste is just a cop and Finch, her gf in the old universe, is the Angelus in this new universe that the Darkness created! In short: we have superqueero!Earth 2 #12Dr. Fate and Wotan's battle seems to have caught the attention of a certain Lantern...Archie #643"Archie Meets Glee" continues! Will Puck pash Betty? Will Kevin connect with Blaine? Will both universes IMPLODE???Stormwatch #20Apollo, Midnighter, and the rest of the new Stormwatch team pummel aliens in their first off-world mission!All New X-men #11Angel goes AWOL, Jean goes Omega-level, and maybe we'll get some advancement of Mystique's plotting?Ultimate Comics X-men #26Colossus gets a mention by Storm in the first few pages; does this mean he'll be showing up this issue? - Apr 23, 13
The return of a classic queer comic and the beginning of the next chapter in one of today's hottest queer-inclusive series. Plus, more Young Avengers!! It's a great week to be... SuperQueeros: all that's lesbian, gay, bisexual, transexual, transgendered, and queer in comics today!
A Distant Soil #39I haven't ever read this series, but, according to it's Wikipedia page, it was one of the first comics to feature queer characters. Also according to Wikipedia, the debut of the series was with WaRP Graphics in 1983, its current run with Image started in 1996, and issue #38 came out in 2007, so it's been a long, sweet ride for this seminal comic. Looks like this is the week to see what the hype is all about!!!Morning Glories #26Season 2 starts here! Can Cassie save EVERYBODY?Teen Titans #19The solicit says that a Titan shows his/her true colors: looks like this terrible Red Robin story is shifting into high gear!Justice League Dark #19The Flash helps defend the House of Mystery!Invincible #102William probably won't be in this issue, but you never know!True Blood #12...and who KNOWS if Lafayette will be in this one! - Apr 16, 13In the wake of great personal tragedy, the theme seems to be one of a funhouse reflection of reality: it's apocalypses and Hell on Earth this week for... SuperQueeros: all that's lesbian, gay, bisexual, transexual, transgendered, and queer in comics today.<!--3-->Batwoman #19It looks like the D.E.O., specifically Agent Chase, has been planning to take down Kate for a while. So much so, in fact, that we get some backstory on the blonde bureaucrat. And it looks pretty sweet, in a Watchmen-esque fashion! Plus, the return of someone from Batwoman's past, and it is being strongly hinted that it's Kate's twice-dead sister, Alice! Or is there some deeper Kane family secret that is about to be revealed...?Astonishing X-Men #51It's Jean-pocalypse!!! AoA Jean has taken the Apocalypse seed into herself and is going to attempt to stop the multiverse-devouring Extermination from devouring every universe! Without going insane and Apocalypse-level evil that is. Will she be a new Dark Phoenix? Will her White Crown alter-ego come put her in her place? Or is this the beginning of a terrible new era for the AoA????Chew #33John Colby is going to work for Applebee! With both gays going against the story's protagonist, how will Tony retaliate? Well, for starters he's going on assignment with a bunch of hot navy officers while John is stuck in a veritable apocalypse: lending his shoulder to his weeping and wailing bosses. Sigh, poor Colby... the straight chibiopaths have all the fun...Mara #4Mara's brother resurfaces as the military reaches out to the new superhero. Will he be enough of a bargaining chip to sway Mara to the side of shadowy government ops???X-Factor #254Speaking of apocalypses, you should see what New York looks like in this month's X-Factor! The city hasn't looked this bad since it merged with Limbo in Inferno! Thankfully, this story is about one million times better than that one.Wonder Woman #19Diana and ORION?!?!?!?!?! (At least it's better than Diana and Supes...)
- Apr 08, 13
With Hippolyta coming back from the dead in the Marvel U and fighting the undead in the DCnU, Tia rescuing Batu from certain death in the Supurbia-U, and the Gordian knot that is #nowthatchersdead in the Twitter-U, this week is a life-or-death week for powerful women! And that means that it's a great week for... SuperQueeros: all that's lesbian, gay, bisexual, transexual, transgendered, and queer in comics today!!
Supurbia #6Woohoo, Gio gets a storyline! The dashing Nightwing-with-good-hair is investigating an illegal weapons deal without his Batman-esque boy toy and the fallout is going to have ramifications for the whole 'hood! What with Zari thinking Gio is the cat's pajamas (or at least really good at pajama parties), will a bazooka bust gone bad force her to resort to using her evil magic powerstone (courtesy of Hector Hunt) to save Agent Twilight? And will Agent T dig up something incriminating about The Superhero & Weapons Expo? Or is Alexis actually going to acquire HuntTech, and is her doing so part of some sort of convoluted trap????Fearless Defenders #3Hippolyta (Daughter of Ares, not the mother of a butt-kicking clay princess) joins the cast! Hippolyta is so strongly Wonder Woman's mother in my mind that it's odd to me that she is some sort of maiden superhero in the Marvel U. Ditto with the actual Greek stories, too. Every time I see her in an alternate universe I think, "When does she have time for all this queen-ing? Diana must be taking up so much of her time at that age!" Anyway, the awesome Misty Knight-and-Valkyrie recap pages continue in this issue, so this book is perfect even before page one!Kevin Keller #8Kevin Keller has his own love triangle now! This is kind of one of the coolest things to ever happen in comics, you guys. #IMO #DanParentIsASuperQueeroFinal Issue!!!!!!!!!! This has been my favorite X-book for the past year-ish ("Wolver-queers before Weddings", as they say!), so it's hard to see it go so soon... The best I can hope for is that Howlett survives and Dazzler remains totes bad-as. But in terms of what is actually happening this issue:Kid!Nightcrawler makes "the ultimate sacrifice", which I assume means he kills the anti-Celestial with his Spidey lunch box. Either way, I'm still P.O.'d about Howlett's loss... On the LGBT-upside, though, it looks like it's up to Karma and Northstar to save the day! Go remaining 'queeros!Demon Knights #19The Demon Knights take on the vampire army invading Themescyria! (It's like totes Hippolyta week, eh?)Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 9: Freefall #20Xander tumbles into a possible solution to save the fading Dawn! - Apr 02, 13The theme this week is jumping between dimensions or across the universe. That is, it's just another Wednesday in the office for... SuperQueeros: all that's lesbian, gay, bisexual, transexual, transgendered, and queer in comics today!!
Age of Apocalypse #14X-termination continues in this, the final issue of Age of Apocalypse! I kind of love that Northstar, Howlett, and Herc are all on one team with Wolverine. With that character dynamic in play I'm hoping that they'll stop all the "smash and slash" long enough to have some squee sexuality moments!This is the best cover of the week, IMO. The solicit says that ANOTHER new character (SPOILERS) is going to show up, so the chances of some Green Lantern development seem slim... I am hoping, though, that Sam's death being a conspiracy leads to some sort of rebirth for the dead dude!All New X-Men #10Mystique and Sabretooth continue to plot! The Uncanny X-Men show up at the school to recruit some older students. It would be nice to see some more of the students... Maybe Anole will get some page time?Archie #642Archie Meets Glee Part 2! I wasn't sure how I would feel about this crossover, but Dilton's analysis of the parallels of Archie and Glee were nerd-tastic, Veronica getting slushied was sweet, sweet karma, and the prospect of Rachel and Archie in a Battle of the Bands against Josie and the Pussycats???? I'm pretty sure that moments like that is why I started reading comics. But what about Kevin and Blaine?????????Fashion Beast #8"...no one can anticipate the fate of Celestine from inside his citadel of fashion." Aaaaaaand my job is done here!Locke and Key: Omega #4The battle gets taken underground as the prom takes a nasty(er) turn and Dodge's plan starts to come to fruition.Stormwatch #19So I guess Apollo and Midnighter are getting Voyager'd across space so they can crossover with Lobo and have space-adventures getting home? This sounds a lot like when Kurt moved to New York, except that Lobo is way less cute than Dean Geyer... - Mar 26, 13Have you guys seen the MOOC on Gender Through Comics on comixology???? Its course materials are totes on sale now! I mean, you probs own 'em all already, but if you don't, CHECK IT OUT. Also, we've got some AMAZING books this week in... SuperQueeros: all that's lesbian, gay, bisexual, transexual, transgendered, and queer in comics today!!Young Avengers #3FIGHT SCENES. The team knows that there are weirdo putty monsters taking over the "adults" and they are starting to realize that they are a team. Kinda. So that means that everyone needs to be pushed onto the same side, which means: FIGHT SCENES. Also, if this book has "plentiful feels," as the solicit promises, does that mean that we'll get some Sterek???? (J/k! But if we don't get some hot Wiccling I'mma be huntin' that solicit writer DOWN.)Morning Glories #25It's the end of season 1 for this AWESOME, mind-eff of a comic! And it's 8:13!!!! (For readers of this book, I'm TOTES hoping that means that it will finally be 8:14 the next time Hunter looks at a clock...) Who will change sides? Who will die? And who will come back to life as an older, meaner Layla Miller???? #predictionLife with Archie #28Kevin's campaign for Senate continues, with 'Ronnie at the helm as campaign manager! but what happens when there aren't enough hours in the day and Fred Mirth is actively working to ruin each one of those 24 hours???Astonishing X-men #60X-Termination continues! Wolvie fights Weapon Omega (a.k.a. Apocalypse!Wolvie)! Here's hoping that Karma finds the time to get post-apocalypse'd into getting butt-kicking-er!Teen Titans #18So, as I'm sure we've all read, post"Death of the Family" Tim Drake is problematic and evil now, as is the writing in this book. Will Bunker's queerness protect him from being a victim of the weird and disingenuous approach to sexuality, or make him victim number three???? (Also, what with all the women throwing themselves at TD, is it too much to ask for him to hook up with EVERYONE he runs into? Cap'n Jack-esque? #Kon-el/Tim)Justice League Dark #18It's the conclusion of the "Death of Magic" storyline, and it promises to "shift the status quo" of the team. What with Constantine getting his own series, does this mean that team will see him leave and a new leader take his place? Fingers crossed for Madame Xanadu!Hack/Slash #25It's the conclusion of the "Final" finale (and the series)! Cassie fights Samhain to the DEATH!
- Mar 18, 13Are we going to get our first lesbian wedding in comics???? Batwoman is certainly making an effort! And what is going to happen to the Marvel Multiverse when the Astonishing and X-treme X-men get their hands on it? A new New 52???? Find out this week in... SuperQueeros: all that's lesbian, gay, bisexual, transexual, transgendered, and queer in comics today!!X-termination #1This comic gets our number one spot this week not because it is a confluence of three of today's most critically acclaimed X-books, but because it is the largest meeting of queer characters since the Young Avengers teamed up with the Runaways! (Ah, the good ol' days...) This issue has Karma, Northstar, Howlett, AND his bf, Herc! I know that we already have Daken (Meh, he's dead NOW. But he'll get better.), but my fingers are crossed that this series dumps my fav queer-verine, Howlett, in the 616.
Batwoman #18
Wonder Woman is heading back to her solo series, but Bette's back in action! Plus, Kate is marrying Maggie?!?!??? A new story starts here, and it looks like Batwoman and Hawkfire are up against classic batvillain Mr. Freeze!
X-Factor #253
The Hell-on-Earth War continues! Now that Tier has offed one of the Hell Lords, will his mom let him loose on the other demons who want his head? Especially since her teammates are pressuring her to do just that?
Artifacts #26
No one's plans are going as they'd hoped! Next time we should have the Darkness rebuild the world around the Angelus having lots of cute girlfriend time!
Chew #32
It looks like Chew is coming out this week, not February 20, as I had previously reported.
Invincible #101
Who survived into "The Aftermath"?
Wonder Woman #18
Ares has plans for Diana! - Mar 14, 13
Dangit! It looks like Anachronism wasn't into cute mystical punks, but instead likes those mean fish-girls. Which means zero queers in Avengers Arena again...
BUT:
Batman #18
This issue definitely tips the hand of the writers: Harper Rowe is on her way to be
the next (and first no-takesies-backsies, present-day, female) Robin! Which means we get a big dose of her awesome queer brother this issue! You win one, you lose one, I guess. - Mar 12, 13
For perhaps the first time EVER in the history of this column, there are only AMAZING comics this week! No schlock, just seven awesome titles for... SuperQueeros: all that's lesbian, gay, bisexual, transexual, transgendered, and queer in comics today!!
Supurbia #5
Have you read the preview??? Did you see the Easter egg on Zari's shirt?? And I had no idea Tia was such an awesome superhero! Plus Eve gets some storyline! (I feel like she's been relegated to playing an extra to the rest of the team ever since the mini, which I guess is fair turnabout since they were all JLA archetypes to her heroic ingenue for this four issues...) Oh, and Sara and Zari look so awesome in the cold open! I almost want Hector to succeed just to see that Thelma & Louise biz every month!
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 9: Freefall #19
Buffy heads back to San Fran, only to find out that a world without magic may soon be a world without anthropomorphized mystical artifacts, specifically Buffy's sister! Will Willow swing in with a solution? Will Billy's research save the day? Or is it curtains for everyone's favorite inter-dimensional Key??? (File that under "Ways Buffy Summers is like Scott Summers") #DawnIsInTrouble #MustBeAWednesday
Demon Knights #18
No Etrigan and Vandal Savage on the tail of the DK for stealing away Jason Blood... With no villains in the fold, how will the Knights fight evil, vampiric fire with evil, demonic fire?
Avengers Arena #6
Woohoo! Anachronism makes the cover! Hopefully that's not the last thing he does on this mortal coil!!!
Fearless Defenders #2
Moonstar joins the team! But will it be as an archer or as a Valkyrie???
Ultimate Comics X-Men #24
Fingers crossed that we get some Ultimate Colossus again this issue!
X-treme X-Men #12
So now that Xavier-in-a-bottle is an unholy Nazi sorcerer trinity, what the most kick-as team of X-men going to do to save the universe? (Hint: it plays into X-termination) [Also, point of trivia: this team is one Nocturne away from being perfect.] - Mar 07, 13Hey Betches!
Hi folks! We're back this week with a new podcast! We have a lot to dish on this week with SO many good books coming out in the last month. We talk about Harbinger, Young Avengers 1 & 2, Astonishing X-men (and Jen Walters dubious future as an immigration attorney), Uncanny X-men (and how the costumes are OUT! auf weidersen!), Lesbian Awesomesauce in Fearless Defenders, and much much more! Subscribe to our podcast over at the iTunes site, or download it directly HERE!Our picks of the week:
Harbinger #9Young Avengers #1Young Avengers #2
Betching of the week:
love the book, hate the costumes
Worst. Immigration. Lawyer. Ever
Betch of the week!:
Slash Pairings of the Week!:
Clone-cest!
Pretty sure Vandal Savage
is making Jason Blood
smell his cock
Let us know what you think! Plus, any comics you think we missed in our coverage let us know! Send us a tweet @ScarletBetch or by email at scarletbetch@gmail.com - Mar 04, 13
First off, a PA: Avengers Arena has British boyfriends! Yup, Anachronism and Bloodstone appear to be dating! Not sure if they're still alive though... Also, Image's Prophet has a genderqueer character in John Ka! Now, back to this week's regularly scheduled, super-sized... SuperQueeros: all that's lesbian, gay, bisexual, transexual, transgendered, and queer in comics today!!
Earth 2 #10It's the heyday of the genderqueer as Wotan (originally a woman who Anya'd out, becoming a super-awesome magic-user to overcome her oppression by the patriarchy [Note: trigger warning if you look up what that oppression was], Wotan has switched bodies in order to extend zir lifetime and is now in the body of a man) faces off against Dr. Fate! Maybe later Wotan can join these Earth 2 Scoobies like zir Buffy-verse parallel! #fingerscrossed
Fashion Beast #7Speaking of queering gender and coming out on top, Doll is a star!! Unfortunately, now things are going to start unraveling for this 'Queero!Mara #3Super-powered volleyball star Mara is coming out, this time as a metahuman! Now someone just needs to tell her that with great power comes great responsibility, most importantly the responsibility of staying alive once you catch the attention of the wrong people!Stormwatch #18Zealot joins Apollo and Midnighter to form the new Stormwatch!!! This book is a fanfic come true!!!!!!Archie Meets Glee, Part 1Oh my gosh... I am SO buying this JUST so I can see Kevin meet Kurt (Klaine could mean something VERY different by the time this miniseries ends! Oh, maybe Kevin is the real Eli!), but whoever paralleled Quinn with Betty and Rachel with Veronica CLEARLY only sees the world through hair colors!Fairest #13The last issue for the queer Fable, Rapunzel! (Note that the depiction of Rapunzel's sexuality has not gotten the ravest reviews in the comments.)True Blood #10A one-off with Alcide! - Feb 26, 13
Ultimate Comics' non-linear storytelling finally wends its way back to the hottest of superqueeros, the Young Avengers get their second issue, and the two best X-teams slouch their way toward X-termination! Plus some books about gays who aren't mutants or whatever in this week's... SuperQueeros: all that's lesbian, gay, bisexual, transexual, transgendered, and queer in comics today!!
Ultimate Comics X-Men #23We finally get the 411 on what happened to Colossus! After he murdered a guard in the mutant concentration camps we lost all narrative contact with the metal hunk, but this week we see how he and Storm both survived the Nimrod attack and went their separate ways. I'm hoping that Colossus gets picked up by Jean and taken to her mutant city in Asia!Young Avengers #2 NowWill Hulkling's EvilMom kill everyone?? Has she already killed his boyfriend's family??? And what's up with this foe of Loki's that shows up? Are they talking about Miss America Chavez?Astonishing X-men #59Northstar and Kyle are back from their honeymoon just in time to help Karma and the team as they hurtle toward X-termination!X-treme X-men #11Speaking of X-termination, Dazzler and her team are one issue closer to that fateful crossover event! But before they do they have to decide: will they side with or against the Nazis?Artifacts #25The Angelus teams up with the Witchblade and the Rapture to muscle the Darkness into restoring the natural order of the universe! Doesn't sound like she'll have much time for that gorgeous cop she's got on lock...Teen Titans #17So I guess Vibe isn't Bunker's bf... maybe we'll find out who is in this issue!Justice League Dark #17E'erbody is still trapped on a world with no magic. Don't die, very-old-Madame-X! - Feb 17, 13
Just a quick shout-out to two of my favorite series on YouTube (besides the WillSon segments from Days of Our Lives, that is!):
The first is Squaresville, a series that just started its second season and uploads a new episode every Friday. Squaresville is a comedy that follows a group of nerdy high schoolers, most specifically best friends Zelda (Mary Kate Wiles) and Esther (Kylie Sparks), as they navigate everyone's favorite culture touchstone of Bildungsroman, high school. But if suburban high school drama is comedic fodder 101, why should you check it out? Because the actors are awesome, the wit is sharp and nerdy, Zelda's boy friend (Wayne played by David Ryan Speer) is totes dreamy AND someone in the main cast comes out in the first season's finale episode! Plus, the president of the D&D club is really into phallic handles on his replica swords and might have a crush on Zelda and Ester's neighbor Percy?Secondly, if you haven't already heard, The Lizzie Bennet Diaries is CONSUMING the 'Tube with its awesome dramatics. Based on Pride and Prejudice, the central conceit of LBD is that heroine Lizzie is an aspiring vlogger whose life takes a turn for the troubled shortly after she starts sharing her life with the world. Oh, and they have a pretty major queer character: Darcy's BFF, Fitz. The story is in its endgame right now, so do yourself a favor and catch up on the 80-something episodes (5 minutes long, posted on Mondays and Thursdays) and the 50-ish spin-off episodes (posted on Tuesdays and Fridays by ancillary characters on their own YouTube channels) so that you can join me in cheering on romantic comedy's original supercouple! Oh, and did I mention that most of these fictional characters have accounts on basically ANY social media site you can think of? The multi-platform storytelling of this show is AMAZING! - Feb 17, 13
It's a farewell to Vertigo's longest running, queer-lead comic and a possible hello to Bunker's boyfriend? Plus the stalwart classics: Batwoman, Wonder Woman, Kevin Keller, and the studs of Chew, X-Factor and Locke & Key in this week's... SuperQueeros: all that's lesbian, gay, bisexual, transexual, transgendered, and queer in comics today!!
Hellblazer #300That's right, Vertigo is closing shop on its longest running series, the tales of bisexual occultist John Constantine! It's promising to be a retrospective on his 25 year history, so we might get a shout out to the idea that John has had (off-panel) boyfriends. Fingers crossed, and au revoir!Jusitice League of America #1 and Justice League of America: Vibe #1And it's time to say hello to the New 52 version of Vibe! It's been heavily speculated that this version of Vibe will be gay, and Bunker's boyfriend. If there is going to be confirmation, I imagine one of his two debut titles this week would be the place to do it!Chew #32There's a gay dude in your milkshake, brah.Wonder Woman #17Wonder Woman, an old God, and a New God must join forces to save the prophesied baby demigod. This is the comic connoisseur's comic book of the moment!Batwoman #17The Flamebird has risen! Batwoman and her sidekick, Flamebird, are gonna put the smack down on Medusa this issue with the help of Wonder Woman! BLAMO! #excitedLife With Archie #27Kevin Keller needs a campaign manager. With everyone starting new jobs, who in Riverdale will have the time to help out their pal?X-Factor #252The war with the Hell Lords continues!Locke and Key: Omega #3Duncan Locke's nieces and nephews, both possessed and in control of their own bodies, are finishing their preparations for the "Last Dance".
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- Apr 10, 13
I wasn't a big fan of the new Oz movie, but I did love see this witches duke it out! I liked Theodora's (Wicked Witch of the West) costume, but I thought it was needlessly sexified, so I tried to mix both her new and old looks. But I really liked this Glinda's costume over the original.
- Apr 05, 13
Gave Kate a bit of a techno redesign. Batwoman beyond, if you will. She always seemed the more techie of the bat family. Submission to this contest: [link]
- Mar 20, 13
A Fan-Art of Wonder Woman. I was a big fan of the wonderpants and it was important for me that Wondy looks like a warrior.
- Mar 16, 13
Four OCs I created for a Avatar themed RPG I'm running:
Sung Lee-Kai, an impetuous and reckless rookie metalbending cop
Tetsuo Hara, a cocky firebending pro-bender
Akkiak, a former Triple Threat triad waterbender smuggler
Veil, a Chi-blocker with a terrible secret. - Mar 09, 13
Air battle between A Thuulian Air Frigate and Elm'ser Skytrees.
- Feb 17, 13
Ages ago, I had the idea of rebooting Sailor Moon as a contemporary superhero comic. My original idea used a good deal of sci fi and fantasy... and while I've left that idea behind and moved on to other projects, there's still a part of me that believes that this would totally work.
edit: changed venus's colors to orange. Realized i swapped chibi moon's colors for venus. i think i was thinking too much of power rangers with the color palette! (pink ranger and all...) - Feb 16, 13
Inspired by Hellcorpceo's Gritty techno Sailor Moon reboot: [link], I thought I'd try my hand at redesigning the whole inner senshi as gritty techno soldiers.
Moon: generalist and armed with a hard light hilt that can either form a sword blade, or fire intense laser blasts
Mercury: genetically modified for the water and cannot breathe air. she can psionically manipulate and shape water
Mars: The least human of the senshi. her cyborg implants have made her into a flying killing machine. Her retractable hand cannon and optic blasts rain firey death on her enemies
Jupiter: Her body produces massive electrical energy, which is captured by her gauntlets, giving her massive strength and allows her to discharge that energy in the form of electric shocking grip.
Venus: Touch telepath. Her cables are controlled by her mind and respond to her thoughts.She can use them to extend her touch-telepathy. - Jan 29, 13
a commissioned illustration for the Ars Magica fanzine, Sub Rosa of The Ark under construction with a stone fortress built nearby with a small village.
- Jan 29, 13
a commissioned illustration for the Ars Magica fanzine, Sub Rosa of a fallen angel. I tried to give the appearence of his wings in the moonlight.
- Dec 20, 12
just a sketch of two mythological animals I've been jiving on recently. Contemplating doing a bestiary.
- Nov 21, 12
Participating in the annual 30 Character Challenge.
Alias: Xtravaganza
Name: Anong Rattanakosin
Powers: expert martial artist
Background: Anong grew up in Thailand and at a very young age identified as kathoey. Anong's father was a famous professional kickboxer in Thailand, but Anong had no interest in the sport. When her family immigrated to the United States, Anong quickly fell in love with Ball culture and quickly joined the legendary house of Xtravaganza. However the head of the House was suddenly murdered in a string of murders of House heads. Inspired by her friend Marcus who became the vigilante, "Vogue", Anong went to her father to train in kickboxing. Anong swore vengeance on whoever was responsible for her mentor's murder and began patrolling the streets with Vogue, taking her House's name as her alias: Xtravaganza! - Nov 21, 12
Participating in the annual 30 Character Challenge.
Alias: Vogue
Name: Marcus Washington
Powers: Unique "Vogue" fighting style, uncanny flexibility
Background: From a young age, Marcus was an active part of Ball culture. He and his friends poured hours into planning their routines and costumes. However, when a string of murders claimed the lives of several heads of the Ball houses, Marcus put his detective skills to work and set to discover who was responsible for terrorizing his community. - Nov 16, 12
i can't get enough of these guys. I started this as a warm up for some actual work, but ended up consuming all my time!
- Nov 12, 12
Participating the the annual 30 Characters Challenge
Alias: Boi Wonder
Name: Ty Ushkowitz
Powers: Olympic-level athlete and skilled acrobat, hand-to-hand fighter, and armed with combat batons and a variety of crime-fighting gadgets - Nov 12, 12
Participating in 30 Characters Challenge.
Alias: Pitcher
Name: Trenise Marquis
Powers: Can create spheres of energy that when thrown, explode on contact. - Nov 11, 12
more art of my character, Spectrum, that I made for the 30 Characters challenge. I've kind of fallen in love with the idea of this superhero transgirl who kicks major ass.
- Nov 09, 12
I really liked the character of Spectrum that I created a few days ago: [link]
Did a few more sketches of her in action. - Nov 09, 12
Participating in the 30 Characters Challenge. Focusing on creating queer superheroes.
Alias: Switch Hitter
Name: Alyssa Hunter
Powers: Indestructible bat made of vibranium alloy, power suit grants super strength and durability. - Nov 08, 12
Participating in the 30 Characters Challenge. Focusing on creating queer superheroes.
Alias: Stag
Name: Aurelian
Powers: Cervine legs granting increased speed, strength, and balance, Unbreakable antlers, natural empathy. Invulnerability granted through magic
Background: Aurelian is the crown prince of a secluded society of Cervid humanoids, the Fauns. The Fauns retreated into a magical pocket dimension as they became hunted by humans for their magical antlers and pelts. Aurelian discovered a path back to the human world. Once there he quickly came into conflict with human society as he found humans' disregard for nature disturbing. But he eventually came to understand that he had to teach humanity respect for nature, not enforce it. Aurelian is straight, though he frequently teams up with Queer League members, Gaia and Pixie. - Nov 08, 12
Participating in the 30 Characters Challenge. Focusing on creating queer superheroes.
Alias: Flame Dame
Name: Jennifer Embers
Powers: Pyrokinesis and Firey Form
Background: Jennifer Embers was a wealthy socialite in New York City, the daughter of billionaire business man, Arthur Embers. Jennifer received her powers when she was in attendance at a demonstration of a plasma weapon for her father's company. The accident gave Jennifer the ability to envelop her body in super-charged plasma and project firey blasts from her body and fly by focusing her flame behind her. However, unable to turn off her flame, Jennifer, much to her father's chagrin, took to a life of super heroics. Jennifer quickly found herself partnering almost exclusively with queer heroes. Despite being straight, she is a loyal ally and honorary member of the Queer League. - Nov 08, 12
Participating in the 30 Characters Challenge. Focusing on creating queer superheroes.
Alias: Peacock
Name: Alain Montfort
Powers: Flight, Specially design cape that can produce bursts of blinding multicolored light that can blind, disorient, and hypnotize. Powerful enough light blasts can burn and damage objects in its path.
Background: Alain Montfort is a brilliant scientist who pioneered a form of psychiatric treatment through photo-hypnosis. When a large electronics company began funding his work, Alain didn't think to ask any questions, but he soon discovered his funders planned to use his photo-hypnosis technology to create a legion of mass hypnotizing war suits. Alain destroyed all the copies of his research and stole his prototype suit. Alain decides to pursue a superhero with the prototype suit he stole. - Nov 08, 12
Participating in the annual 30 Characters contest, focusing on creating queer superheroes.
Aliases: Spectrum and Prism
Names: Tammy Nguyen (nee Terrence) and Thomas Nguyen
Powers: Emit and control light to a variety of affects, most notably, creating blades of photon energy and using as a weapon
Background: Terrence and Thomas Nguyen were born into the superhero tradition, their parents being notable heroes, The Beam and Morningstar. Terrence and Thomas inherited their parents light powers and were quickly trained as sidekicks: Spectrum and Prism. However, during their teenage years, Terrence comes to the realization that he is transgender but hides this from his family. After almost being turned against his brother by a super-villain promising Terrence a psychic solution to his transgender feelings, he comes out to his brother as Tammy. The siblings took off several years from the public eye and put their super hero careers on hold as Tammy transitioned. Now, they have reintroduced themselves to the crime-fighting scene, hoping to prove themselves and take up their parents' mantles as heroes. - Oct 30, 12
Participating in the annual "30 Characters" challenge. I've decided to try it out and get a head start. Hoping to focus on creating queer oriented super heroes and fill out a queer Justice League.
Alias: Pixie
Name: Kelvin Sung
Powers: Wings, Flight, Eldritch blasts, Contract Magic
Background: Kelvin Sung met a bunch of Radical Faeries while in college. While on a Faerie gathering in the forests of upstate New York, Kelvin inadvertently fell into the realm of Fae-- an alternate dimension which the fae from legend had retreated. While there he became a favored consort of the Faerie King and was gifted with Faerie powers and became "Fae-touched." After finding his way back into our world, Kelvin seeks to bring the values of the Fae to the human world. - Oct 30, 12
Participating in the annual "30 Characters" challenge. I've decided to try it out and get a head start. Hoping to focus on creating queer oriented super heroes and fill out a queer Justice League.
Alias: Gaia
Name: Tara Ferrera
Powers: Can control one element at a time (air, earth, fire, water, animal/plants); Can channel the Goddess of Earth who wields the powers of a nature god, but when channelling, Tara's body is unconscious and vulnerable.
Background: Tara joined a neopagan/Wiccan group while in college and quickly became increasingly devoted. During her studies she was taken as an apprentice witch to an older witch, named Tabitha who was wildly respected in the Wiccan community as a powerful witch. However, Tara had no idea that Tabitha actually was serving as the anchor of the incredibly powerful Gaia, the Earth Goddess. When Tabitha was on her deathbed, she passed on Gaia's amulet to Tara who became the new anchor for the goddess. - Oct 30, 12
Participating in the annual "30 Characters" challenge. I've decided to try it out and get a head start. Hoping to focus on creating queer oriented super heroes and fill out a queer Justice League.
Alias: BullDyke
Name: Karima Hamidi
Power: Bull-inspired power suit with indestructible horns
Background: Karima started her super career as a villain with an animal-themed villain group known as the Menacing Menagerie. But when the group took billionaire philanthropist Anna Gold hostage, Karima turned on her collaborators and saved Anna from them. She and Anna decided to partner in life and in work. Anna finances Karima's equipment while Karima serves as The Gold Foundation's under the radar super hero division. - Oct 30, 12
Participating in the annual "30 Characters" challenge. I've decided to try it out and get a head start. Hoping to focus on creating queer oriented super heroes and fill out a queer Justice League.
Alias: Sappho
Name: Sappho
Powers: Magic sandals that imbue flight, Magic girdle that imbues super strength and invulnerability, Magic Shield that can reflect magical effects, Magic Spear that can cut through any substance
Background: Sappho grew up in a reclusive Greek community descending from the Sappho of antiquity. This group of Greek sorceresses cultivated a matriarchal society, shielded from the outside world with magic. Sappho has been sent out into the world as a champion of the Sapphoia with several magical armaments: The sandals of hermes, the shield of Athena, the Girdle of Hippolyta, and the spear of Ares. - Oct 30, 12
Participating in the annual "30 Characters" challenge. I've decided to try it out and get a head start. Hoping to focus on creating queer oriented super heroes and fill out a queer Justice League.
Alias: Diesel
Name: Leonor "Leo" Vega
Powers: High tech motocycle; high tech gadgets and gun
Background: Leo Vega served as a high-level black ops marine for many years, but was injured on a mission, earning her an honorable discharge. After coming home, she was approached by a commercial security firm for a position as a test pilot for their new mecha-tech. Jumping on the opportunity to serve her country again, Leo signed up. But she soon discovered the weapons she was testing were being sold to warlords and dictators around the world. With the help of a scientist she fell in love with on staff, she stole a prototype mecha-bike and several other gadgets to work against the corporation she had become a part of. - Oct 30, 12
Participating in the annual "30 Characters" challenge. I've decided to try it out and get a head start. Hoping to focus on creating queer oriented super heroes and fill out a queer Justice League.
Alias: Tomcat
Name: Florentina "Flo" Alvarado
Powers: Olympic level gymnast; expert hand-to-hand combat;
Background: Florentina lived in East Harlem all her life. She even stayed after she came out and started dating women. But after a series of anti-gay attacks on lesbians in her neighborhood, Flo refused to take any more of it and put her past gymnastics and subsequent self-defense training to use as Tomcat, guarding the streets and alleys of East Harlem. - Oct 30, 12
Participating in the annual "30 Characters" challenge. I've decided to try it out and get a head start. Hoping to focus on creating queer oriented super heroes and fill out a queer Justice League.
Alias: Poz and Neg
Name: Paul and Nathan Chung
Powers: Poz - fire bolts of lightning, super speed; Neg - absorb electricity, transform electromagnetic energy to increase strength, vitality, resilience; Together - control electromagnetic fields, move ferrous materials, fly
Background: Paul and Nathan Chung are twins, whose mother was HIV+. Paul contracted the virus at birth and Nathan did not. They later developed electromagnetic superpowers later in life and discovered that their twin-bond caused their powers to be split between them, meaning that they can only control their electromagnetic field when they are touching. They adopted the aliases Poz (Paul) and Neg (Nathan). Apart, Nathan can absorb electromagnetic energy from power outlets, static electricity and the like, which gives him near invulnerability to lightning based attacks, in addition this extra absorbed energy gives Nathan increased vitality and strength. Paul can expel electromagnetic energy stored in his body that he generates, but this can run out quickly. Paul can use this energy to increase his speed, metabolism, or as electrical discharges, but excessive use can leave him exhausted and drained. Through their twin bond, Nathan can transfer energy he's absorbed to Paul. Together, Paul and Nathan can manipulate magnetic fields, move ferrous materials, and even fly. - Oct 30, 12
Participating in the annual "30 Characters" challenge. I've decided to try it out and get a head start. Hoping to focus on creating queer oriented super heroes and fill out a queer Justice League.
Alias: Timber Wolf
Name: Arthur Winters
Powers: Werewolf transformation; healing factor; enhanced strength, enhanced agility/reflexes/senses
Background: Arthur Winters was a lumberjack in the Canadian forests when he was selected by the Spirit Guardian of the Forest, the White Wolf to be the forests' champion. Since then, Arthur has protected the Canadian forests from its threats. - Oct 30, 12
Participating in the annual "30 Characters" challenge. I've decided to try it out and get a head start. Hoping to focus on creating queer oriented super heroes and fill out a queer Justice League.
Alias: Otter Boy
Name: Ankit Sundarraj
Powers: prehensile otter tail; expert and fast swimmer; can hold breath for long periods of time; heightened senses; heightened agility and speed; can communicate psychically with otters.
Ankit's grew up in Monterey, CA to an Indian American family. He was a normal kid, but his family kept a secret from him until his 16th birthday. Shortly after revealing that all the members of his family are were-otters, his family, save for his little sister, was murdered by a group of magical poachers looking to score their magical pelts. Ankit swore to use his newfound abilities to protect his sister and to bring the poachers to justice. He fights crime with his best friend, Winston, a sea otter. - Oct 30, 12
Participating in the annual "30 Characters" challenge. I've decided to try it out and get a head start. Hoping to focus on creating queer oriented super heroes and fill out a queer Justice League.
Alias: The Silver Fox
Name: Nathaniel Vulpini
Powers: Unaging; Arcane tools
Background: Nathaniel Vulpini has lived for centuries. No one is sue for how long, but many believe that he has been active since at least the end of the Roman Empire. Over the years, Nathaniel has taken on many identities, but he has always been interested and involved with the arcane. While not a magician himself, Nathaniel has accumulated a massive fortune and an impressive collection of magical artifacts which he uses to protect the innocent from the things that go bump in the night. - Oct 30, 12
Participating in the annual \"30 Characters\" challenge. I\'ve decided to try it out and get a head start. Hoping to focus on creating queer oriented super heroes and fill out a queer Justice League.
Alias: Cosmic Cub
Name: Sav
Powers: Ursine strength; alien tech; unquenchable curiosity
Background: Sav assists his uncle in his scientific research for their home planet Ursa. But since coming to earth, Sav has adopted the role of sidekick to his uncle\'s super heroic adventures. - Oct 30, 12
Participating in the annual "30 Characters" challenge. I've decided to try it out and get a head start. Hoping to focus on creating queer oriented super heroes and fill out a queer Justice League.
Alias: Space Bear
Name: Dax-el
Powers: Ursine strength, Alien technology, Raised Intellect
Background: Dax and his nephew, Sav, were on a reconnaissance mission from their planet Ursa when they crash-landed on Earth. They were quickly adopted by the super-hero community on earth and began using his scientific expertise and alien technology to protect earth from threats. - Oct 04, 12
Participating in the annual "30 Characters" challenge. I've decided to try it out and get a head start. Hoping to focus on creating queer oriented super heroes and fill out a queer Justice League.
Alias: Closet
Name: Sebastian Reyes
Powers: Open portals across great distances, but powers are quantum fueled and don't work when observed.
Background: Sebastian Reyes grew up the apple of his parents eyes. He was the only heir of his Mexican family's media empire. He was always watched over by body guards and electronic surveillance for his safety. In high school, Sebastian starting dating Danny. However, their young love was cut short when on a date Danny severely beaten by a group of bullies. Sebastien fled from the bullies and hid himself in a supply closet. In his state of emotional stress and for the first time being free of observation, Sebastian discovered he could open portals via the dark dimension, but only when no one was looking... - Oct 04, 12
Participating in the annual "30 Characters" challenge. I've decided to try it out and get a head start. Hoping to focus on creating queer oriented super heroes and fill out a queer Justice League.
Alias: Poof
Name: Cameron Worthington
Powers: Teleportation accompanied with a loud puff and pink smoke
Background: Cameron Worthington came of age in the 1890s and was close friends with Oscar Wilde. During an outing with his "light in the loafers" pals, he steps into an opium den to smoke. However, it turns out that the opium he smoked was in fact a magical strain of the flower. He fell into a deep sleep and dreamed that he tumbled through an endless world of pink smoke. He awoke to find that all the hair on his body had turned bright pink and he was able to teleport by travelling through this smokey dimension. He was recruited shortly thereafter by Scotland Yards's Paranormal division. - Oct 04, 12
Participating in the annual "30 Characters" challenge. I've decided to try it out and get a head start. Hoping to focus on creating queer oriented super heroes and fill out a queer Justice League.
Alias: Ms. Mahvelous
Name: Tyrone Ferguson
Powers: Super Strength, Flight, Invulnerable, Magical Transformation
Tyrone Ferguson grew up in the Bronx and was regularly bullied in school for being effeminate, but he quickly found a circle of queer friends. They would hang out in the West Village on the Christopher street pier and have a lot of fun. However one day on his walk home from an evening out Tyrone was followed by a group of bullies from school who attempted to beat him up. However, just as he was about to get beaten, Tyrone remembered something his grandmother told him... that should he ever be in danger to say the word "Shazam!". And so Tyrone uttered the magic words and with a flash of lightning was transformed into the fabulous and fierce drag queen super hero Ms. Mahvelous. - Oct 04, 12
Participating in the annual "30 Characters" challenge. I've decided to try it out and get a head start. Hoping to focus on creating queer oriented super heroes and fill out a queer Justice League.
Alias: Lipstick
Name: Sofia Rovenskaya
Powers: Emotion manipulation through pheromone powers; Expert Spy; Expert Hand-to-hand combat
Background: Sofia is a famed Russian ex-KGB agent. She was the product of a genetic manipulation program where orphans were adopted by the state and trained to be espionage agents and received gene therapy to increase their natural abilities. Sofia was the first to develop metahuman powers from this program, acquiring control of the emotions of others through the emission of pheromones. For many years she acted as a field agent and assassin, developing a signature technique of seducing her targets both male and female with her pheromones, and then poisoning them with specially-laced lipstick. She escaped her handlers and broke ties with the KGB, and started acting as a rogue agent out for hire. - Oct 04, 12
Participating in the annual "30 Characters" challenge. I've decided to try it out and get a head start. Hoping to focus on creating queer oriented super heroes and fill out a queer Justice League.
Alias: Stone Butch
Name: Morda
Powers: Body made of organic stone granting heightened strength, invulnerability, and mass. Stone Butch can also glide through magical means.
Background: Morda is a living legend. The last of a mythical race of stone guardians, the Gargoyles, she broke free from the shackles her people had endured at the hands of mages throughout history, to be a protector of the innocent and servant of good. However, monster hunters throughout the ages have misunderstood her. One such monster hunter cursed her with a spell of immobility, trapping her as a living statue for all eternity. But at some point during the 1970s, Morda was freed when an enterprising crypto-paleontologist, Anna Nyugen, inadvertently lifted the curse by translating the magical inscription carved into the base of Morda's outcropping which had been transported to a museum with her. Morda returned to her lifelong mission of upholding justice and protecting the innocent, but relied on Anna to explain the new world she found herself in. Eventually this blossomed into a romance. Morda took Stone Butch as her superhero alias after Anna used it as a nickname for her. - Oct 04, 12
Participating in the annual "30 Characters" challenge. I've decided to try it out and get a head start. Hoping to focus on creating queer oriented super heroes and fill out a queer Justice League.
First up is Power Bottom:
Alias: Power Bottom
Name: Kent Trevins
Powers: Invincibility and Super Strength below his waist.
Background: Kent gained is powers as a part of a government super soldier program, but the procedure which submerged him in a special super soldier solution, which was intended to make the subject invulnerable and super strong, was interrupted midway through the procedure-- giving Kent invulnerability and super strength, but only below his waist. With the procedure botched and the lead scientist killed, hopes for completing the procedure dwindled as Kent left life as a soldier and began fighting crime in San Francisco under his new guise: POWER BOTTOM - Sep 15, 12
another commissioned piece for Sub Rosa Magazine. I really like the contrast with how peaceful and beautiful the scenery is with the brutality of the hanged man...
- Jul 25, 12
My submission to the Project Rooftop: Fantastic Forward Contest.
I was really trying to give the First Family a retro yet modern feel... kind of Mad Men meets Fantastic Four, which I think honors their origins from the 1960s... - May 26, 12
a commission I recently received for the fanzine Sub Rosa for the Ars Magica RPG. A Magus shipwright constructing a boat with magic.
- May 08, 12
Evese, vatazin princess who sacrificed herself to undeath as a ghost to wait for her beloved.
- May 01, 12
quick sketch of two characters from a Blue Rose game i'm running. Kristos and his lover, Daral Dukay
- Apr 14, 12
Some sketches of the plant humanoid race for my Blue Rose game. Inspired by the Sylvari from Guild Wars 2 and mixed in a little Cylon into their backstory.
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