I nearly spit out my Fruit Loops when I opened about a dozen emails from friends, family and site members yesterday morning, letting me know that the New York Times ran a story on gay comic book fandom. You just don’t expect to see a picture of gay guys canoodling in tights in the venerable old Times. If you haven’t read the article, you really should. It doesn’t contain anything new or earth-shattering to us, the gay fanboys of the world, but it might be news to our hetero counterparts out there. Well, if any of them read the Fashion & Style section, that is. The article tries to tie together superhero fetishists, comic book fans and gay comic book characters all into one piece, which is perhaps covering more territory than space allows. But any exposure, even the “look at the freaks” kind, helps us with visibility. I wish we had some statistics on the percentage of gay comics consumers out there. It would be nice to have a figure that could then be translated into actual dollars and cents. I was just chatting with Sexy Comics Monger the other day about the gay comic book fan population, and he estimated his own LGBT regulars make up over half his store’s clientele. Hopefully, the success of Batwoman and the growing number of gay and lesbian characters in comics mean we have more diversity and representation to look forward to. However, I’m a firm believer that you can’t get anywhere in bad shoes. So I hope the guys in the photo above do the right thing and drop $40 on a pair of generic superhero boots right away. Seriously, girls. New Balance?
I agree with the shoes but love that they also drink Stella! As a Stella fanatic i’m glad to know i’m not the only gay out there drinking that delicious brew now hopefully we can get rid of the Corona as the gay beer staple what are we white ‘hetero’ frat boys from stuck in the late 90s? (by the way TOTALLY love white hetero frat boys stuck in the late 90’s they’re my favorite porn)
Yeah, the sneakers are jarring. They could at least get a pair of army boots at a surplus store. But I’m glad that gay comic fans are finally getting some love.
greg748 04/19/2010 04:44 pm
Great article, and posting! Of course, the picture looks like the flanking superheroes are unable to contain their superpowers within the confines of their Lycra suits. But the fact that that pic made it into the NYT makes it all the more sexy.
Men in Tights and the Men Who Love Them
By Chance
April 19, 2010 at 2:39PM EDT
I nearly spit out my Fruit Loops when I opened about a dozen emails from friends, family and site members yesterday morning, letting me know that the New York Times ran a story on gay comic book fandom. You just don’t expect to see a picture of gay guys canoodling in tights in the venerable old Times. If you haven’t read the article, you really should. It doesn’t contain anything new or earth-shattering to us, the gay fanboys of the world, but it might be news to our hetero counterparts out there. Well, if any of them read the Fashion & Style section, that is. The article tries to tie together superhero fetishists, comic book fans and gay comic book characters all into one piece, which is perhaps covering more territory than space allows. But any exposure, even the “look at the freaks” kind, helps us with visibility. I wish we had some statistics on the percentage of gay comics consumers out there. It would be nice to have a figure that could then be translated into actual dollars and cents. I was just chatting with Sexy Comics Monger the other day about the gay comic book fan population, and he estimated his own LGBT regulars make up over half his store’s clientele. Hopefully, the success of Batwoman and the growing number of gay and lesbian characters in comics mean we have more diversity and representation to look forward to. However, I’m a firm believer that you can’t get anywhere in bad shoes. So I hope the guys in the photo above do the right thing and drop $40 on a pair of generic superhero boots right away. Seriously, girls. New Balance?
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I agree with the shoes but love that they also drink Stella! As a Stella fanatic i’m glad to know i’m not the only gay out there drinking that delicious brew now hopefully we can get rid of the Corona as the gay beer staple what are we white ‘hetero’ frat boys from stuck in the late 90s? (by the way TOTALLY love white hetero frat boys stuck in the late 90’s they’re my favorite porn)
Yeah, the sneakers are jarring. They could at least get a pair of army boots at a surplus store. But I’m glad that gay comic fans are finally getting some love.
Great article, and posting! Of course, the picture looks like the flanking superheroes are unable to contain their superpowers within the confines of their Lycra suits. But the fact that that pic made it into the NYT makes it all the more sexy.
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