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Marvel Comics: Gays OK!

August 30, 2006

20060830_rawhide_260x220.jpg A few weeks ago, we reported that Marvel Comics would have to use the warning labels “Max” or “Explicit” for comics with gay characters.

Even though Marvel expressed their regret, the company was clearly irritated with having to, in this day and age, warn people that gay people (and characters) even exist at all.

Yesterday, they backed down, and released this statement from Editor-in-Chief Joe Quesada: "It’s given us the opportunity to spark some internal discussions and revisit this issue, especially in light of the fact that we have characters like Freedom Ring and that we’ve had more gay and lesbian characters appearing in Marvel Comics than ever before. In many ways, the old policy over the last few years has just sort of faded away, so let me just say that there is no longer any policy."

Great news!

 

Comments

Jimmy wrote:

Marvel Comics were and are a refuge for those who feel like they were hated for being who they are. It seemed that Marvel characters like the X-Men and mutants in general were representing all of us who felt and feel outside the norm. All we had to do to when we read the word "Mutant" was to incert our names or the lable we were identifying our selves with at that time.

So now that they want to use overtly gay characters. Whats' the big deal? To me Marvel has always been on the cutting edge. In my guestimation 65% of comic readers are gay or over or under weight people who can't get layed.
People like us need to lose our selves in character we can identify with.

posted at September 3, 2006 04:18 PM

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