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Gays are Always Explicit

August 11, 2006

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20060811_rawhide_260x220.jpgOur friends over at Gayleague.com are reporting the latest on the ever expanding world of gay comic book characters.

Marvel Comic's Editor in Chief Joe Quesada was quoted as saying: “No ongoing solo series starring gay or lesbian characters at Marvel Comics will go out without a "MAX" or "Explicit content label.”

Which means this. Gays can be the lead characters, but we’re still going to get a warning label.

There were, of course, lots of apologies and justifications about Marvel Comic's support of gay characters, but the explicit warnings are staying in place, due to pressure from the outside. "The last thing we want to do is have everybody come down on the entire comic book industry," Quesada said, "and I do think it is ridiculous."

The comment was made on a panel at this year's Wizard World Chicago. The whole thing started in 2003 when Marvel revealed that “The Rawhide Kid” was, in fact, a gay cowboy. Stan Lee appeared on “Crossfire” and was ambushed by Andrea Lafferty of the Traditional Values Coalition for his “irresponsible” use of a comic book character.

Outzone spoke with this country's leading gay comic book writer, Andersen Gabrych, who has written both Batgirl and Batman: Detective. He had this to say:

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