Good Reads: The Big Lie

"Truth Be Told" Comics

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Sexy Comic Guys

Mmmnn...Blue Falcon!
I was always a sucker for that form, that

voice, and that impenetrable aloofness!

Nothing says good-lovin' like a man

willing to wear nothin' but a loincloth!

Some incredible, sexy 1960s work by

the inimitable Don Newton.

He had such an exquisite eye for

beautiful physiques!

Ah, the old standard; Ted Grant,

Wildcat!

Here, Kitty Kitty!
Mr. Steve Sadowski does us fans right!

Oh my...another 'Big Daddy'

Wildcat by Steve!

And the King of all 'Daddy' art,

Mr. Alex Ross...doing a Jimmy Corrigan piece...

and a lovely contemplative Kal...

shirt pried open and legs spread in wait.

Yikes!

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Fave Raves: Super-Team Family 'mash-ups'

Aren't these ridiculously charming and fun?!?

I love them to pieces!
This guy's blog has a ton of them;

"Brave and the Bold,"

"Marvel Two-in-One,"

"Super-Team Family,"

etc.

Check it out!

"Lost Issue" Mash-ups

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Jose' Luis Garcia-Lopez: DC Style Guide

My Man, JLGL, giving it his all doing

character art standards for DC Comics.

It's a shame they fell by the wayside.

Recommended Reading: Tales of the New Teen Titans

New readers wouldn't know what to do

with this series; a ton of gorgeous, detailed, art
and a novel's worth of info provided in every issue!

To hell with decompression;

This was the best of times.

One of those great examples of why

a mini-series is published;

the need to tell worthy stories!

Ah, for the days of less filler and more substance

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DC Universe

Looks like a Walt Simonson (or perhaps paired with?)

from around DC Comics 2007ish?

Regardless, it's an impressive piece.

Love those crowd shot/time capsules!

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Mo' Homo Fridays

Well, it's official.

After hints and press conferences and leaks

and momentous guessing and betting, DC

revealed to the world that they are in fact

"re-working" and reintroducing original

(WW II era) Green Lantern, Alan Scott,

as a homosexual character.

Robinson interview, Comic Book Resources

I have mixed feelings.

I love Alan Scott, and think it's a bold choice.

On the other hand, the entire emphasis on

'switching him' to being gay is a strange one.

It implies, for me at least, that sexuality is

a matter of choice, even if that's not exactly what's

happening.

I wonder, too, if his son will still be gay.

Obsidian (Infinity Inc.)

I trust Robinson to handle it well, but

it all feels a bit forced and odd.

I guess in the end if a well-written

gay character is now in the new 52,

maybe it will help.

(The awesome Ty Templeton, excellent as always,
in response to fanboys' embarrassing outrage.)


I think, really and truly what has me most upset;
I am a gay, geeky, comic book-loving,
longtime Earth 2 fan.....
and I had to have the morning radio host point
out that "newly gay Alan Scott has one
weakness he's powerless against; Wood!"

Now that's funny!

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