Found on the net

A few things I’ve found on the net and I’ve enjoyed.

  • First, 6,000 years of gay history! With puppets!
  • Then, a not recent, but very interesting article about early comics strips and their representations of gay and lesbian stereotypes.
  • An unusual take on Junji Ito’s Uzumaki, one of my favorites manga. Noah Berlatsky interprets key scenes from a gender/homophobia viewpoint that I must admit I’d completely missed.
  • Dirk Deppey weighs on Boys’ Love manga, with a detailed essay that’s worth reading in its entirety.

I’ve also added a few links recently:

  • Sea of Something, by Annie Hall. From the UK, a comic about a group of people, men, women, lesbian, gay & straight.
  • Drop it!, by Ricardo Checa. The English translation of a humorous strip in Spanish, where real life and fiction intersect.
  • Oliver Frey, a mainstream illustrator who’s had a prolific output in gay erotic art and illustration in the 70s and 80s, has finally launched a site dedicated to that part of his career. And German publisher Bruno Gmünder will soon publish a book of some of his strips. More about that book when it’s out.
  • Speaking of gay erotic artists, I’ve found a new one, nicknamed Nickie.

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