Gays In Comics: From Northstar to Shatterstar
The most recent issue of "X-Factor" ended with two male team members, Shatterstar and Rictor, making out. While we'll have to wait till next month to find out whether they're gay, bisexual, or it's...
View ArticleComics Pride: 50 Comics and Characters That Resonate with LGBT Readers
We are not the mainstream. That's a truth understood by anyone who identifies as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered or in any other way queer. We are not the audience. We are not the market. We are...
View ArticleThe Great Super-Costume Poll: Wolverine Yellow/Wolverine Brown
Today we're inviting you to vote on one of the most contentious schisms in all of comics costume design history; yellow and blue Wolverine, or brown and tan Wolverine? Which is the greatest? And to...
View ArticleAn Icon for Pride: Steve Orlando on Embracing the Charms of Midnighter...
When Midnighter made his debut in the Wildstorm comic Stormwatch by Warren Ellis and Bryan Hitch, he was a black ops Batman pastiche that played directly on the idea of the Caped Crusader as a...
View ArticleThe Great Super-Costume Poll: Wolverine Yellow/Wolverine Brown
Today we're inviting you to vote on one of the most contentious schisms in all of comics costume design history; yellow and blue Wolverine, or brown and tan Wolverine? Which is the greatest? And to...
View ArticleICYMI: The Midnighter Just Threw An Engine Block At A Giant Sabre-Tooth Leopard
There are a lot of really great reasons to read DC's Midnighter ongoing series, but on the offchance that you needed a little extra push to get started, Steve Orlando and David Messina have provided a...
View ArticleCast Party: Who Should Star in a 'Midnighter' Movie?
Welcome to Cast Party, the feature that imagines a world with even more live action comic book adaptations than we currently have, and comes up with arguably the best casting suggestions you’re ever...
View ArticleThe John McClane Of The DC Universe: Steve Orlando Talks 'Midnighter'
Over the past eight issues, Midnighter has sent its title character on a grand tour of some of the weirdest corners of the DC Universe, pitting a leather-clad fighter with a computer brain against...
View Article'WicDiv', 'Midnighter', 'Lumberjanes' Among 2016 GLAAD Award Nominees
GLAAD, the advocacy group that monitors lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender representation in the media, has announced the 2016 nominees for its annual Media Awards celebrating positive LGBT...
View ArticleMidnighter Faces The Suicide Squad (And Gets Shot Out Of A Space Gun) In...
Last week, I interviewed Midnighter writer Steve Orlando, and as you usually do with this sort of thing, I asked him what we could look forward to in the book's next arc. I don't know why, but for some...
View ArticleDC Rebirth: Is Geoff Johns Selling Out DC's Future in Pursuit of its Past?
There’s a lot we still don’t know about "DC Rebirth," despite what we learned from the official announcement of the publisher's latest linewide relaunch yesterday. To begin with, there are no creative...
View ArticleRebirth Anxiety: Our Hopes And Fears For DC's Latest Not-Reboot
It’s been roughly a month since DC Comics announced its latest publishing venture, DC Rebirth, and outside of the titles of the comics, and the news that over half the line will be published...
View ArticleComics Alliance Presents The Queer Superteam Fantasy Draft [Pride Week]
There was a time not so long ago when one could count off all the LGBTQ superheroes at Marvel and DC on the fingers of one hand. We’ve seen an increasing number of queer heroes make their debuts in...
View ArticleDC Unveils 'Midnighter & Apollo' Pages by Fernando Blanco From New Steve...
Everybody's favorite super-boyfriends are returning to DC Comics this October, and we've got some gorgeous Fernando Blanco art to show you from the first issue. The in-progress pages are from the first...
View ArticleThe World's Finest Couple Are Back Together In 'Midnighter And Apollo' #1...
Midnighter was, without question, one of the single greatest books of DC's New 52 Era. The combination of high-octane, senses-shattering action, a thrilling romantic subplot about a man who had always...
View ArticleI Want To See A Gay Character On The Justice League: An Interview With Steve...
Writer Steve Orlando's career has gone from strength to strength thanks to his work on critically acclaimed books such as Midnighter, Undertow, and Virgil. He's now working with some of the most...
View Article'Midnighter And Apollo' #1 Is The Best Thing About Rebirth So Far
If the stated goal of DC's line-wide Rebirth was to restore the connections and the sense of history that have been building between those heroes for 75 years, then at this point, I think we can call...
View ArticleComics Alliance Gift Guide: What To Buy For A Queer Comics Fan
These last couple years have felt like a pretty great time to be a queer comics fan. LGBTQ themes in comics have moved from the fringe to (almost?) the mainstream, but that doesn't mean the fringe has...
View ArticleThe Heroes We Need: Talking To The Comic Shop Worker Who Saved The Day Thanks...
On Saturday December 3, 2016, an Indiana-based comics retail worker named Mary tweeted a story about an an encounter with a young Supergirl fan that made waves across the comics internet, reaching...
View ArticleBest Covers Ever (This Year): DC Comics 2016 Edition
What may go down as one of the worst years in recent memory is slowly crawling to a close, and while we wish it good riddance and hope against hope that 2017 will be an improvement, there is some small...
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