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spunchthegoblin:
Some “helpful” reviews, in case anyone is on the fence about watching The Sandman:
Here’s the thing. For everyone whining that they made the Sandman TV adaptation ‘extra gay for no reason.’
These comics were published around the same time (1988) that Section 28 came into effect in Britain - a truly dystopian law that forbade “the teaching in any maintained school of the acceptability of homosexuality as a pretended family relationship” or any kind of ‘promotion’ of homosexuality by any local authorities - it was deliberately vague in order to empower bigots and scare advocates.
This is the context in which Sandman was published. And it was still - beautifully, wonderfully and deliberately - queer as fuck.
They have not changed any character’s sexuality in the show. All they have done is honour them, in a time where it could not be more important to do so. When laws like section 28 are on the rise once more.
Sandman is a story about expectation and legacy and family. It’s a rejection of grand narratives and false ideals. It’s about confronting the darkest parts of the world to find the truest version of yourself.
Of course queer people are carrying this story. We always have.
I’d just done a comic, with Bryan Talbot and Mark Buckingham, for the Artists Against Rampant Government Homophobia (AARGH!) fundraising comic.
From 35 years away it could have been a whole lot better, but yes. This was the world we were making Sandman in…

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Post reblogged from The Marvel Age of Comics

themarvelageofcomics:

Personal Best: SPIDER-BOY #1
This was perhaps the first truly excellent comic book that I put out, a single issue that accomplished its mandate exceptionally well and de
The Tom Brevoort Experience

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mikemaihack:

Zatanna 🎩🐰✨

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neil-gaiman:

theartofthecover:
Doctor Strange piece sketch (2021)
[a Double Visions charity auction for the Hero Initiative and the Book Industry Charitable Foundation (Binc).]
Art by: Chris Bachalo [for pencils & inks] and Neil Gaiman [for letters]
It goes up for auction next month.

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mikemaihack:

Harley. All tangled up. :)

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jimcheungart:

Teddy & Billy (2019)
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It was with great surprise today, to learn that the mayor of Rio de Janeiro decided to ban the sale of my (and Allan Heinberg’s) book, Avengers:The Children’s Crusade, for alleged inappropriate material.
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For those not familiar with the work from 2010, the controversy involves a kiss between two male characters.
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Now I don’t know what prompted the mayor to seek out a work that is almost a decade old, and that had already been on sale for many years, but I can say honestly, that there was no hidden motivation or agendas behind the work in promoting any particular lifestyle, nor targeting any unique audience. The scene merely depicts a tender moment between two characters who are in an established relationship.
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As an artist, my passion is to tell stories; stories of great heroism, compassion and love, with as authentic and diverse characters as possible. Characters that depict every walk of life and color, whether they be black or white, brown, yellow or green.
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The fact that this book, from almost a decade ago, is now being drawn into the spotlight by the mayor perhaps only highlights how out of touch he might be with the current times. The LGBTQ community is here to stay, and I have nothing but love and support for those who continue to struggle for validity and a voice to be heard.
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I hope the beautiful people of Brazil, the wonderfully diverse and proud nation, will see through this political ‘noise’ and place their focus on the light, and on ways to unite, rather than help sow the seeds of conflict and division
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