![]() ![]() Andy Mangels edited issues #14 to #25 and a special issue featuring Barela Mangels changed the title to Gay Comics starting with issue #15, in part to divest it of the " underground" implications of "comix".Įxcerpts from Gay Comix were included in a 1989 anthology titled Gay Comics. The first four issues were edited by Cruse issues #5 through #13 were edited by Robert Triptow. Kitchen Sink Press published the first five issues of Gay Comix thereafter it was published by Bob Ross, publisher of the Bay Area Reporter gay newspaper. ![]() Its editors each made a deliberate effort to feature work by both women and men. It is generally less sexually explicit than the similarly-themed (and male-focused) Meatmen series of graphic novels. The contents of Gay Comix were generally about relationships, personal experiences, and humor, rather than sex. Much of the early content was autobiographical, but more diverse themes were explored in later editions. The comic books had the tagline “Lesbians and Gay Men Put It On Paper!” Gay Comix (later Gay Comics) is an underground comics series published from 1980–1998 featuring cartoons by and for gay men and lesbians. Howard Cruse, Robert Triptow, Andy Mangels
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