The commercial success of Marvel’s new sassy, pansexual superhero owes much to the groundwork laid down to queer comic book pioneers like Glamazonia’s Justin Hall.
With over $500 million in global sales, Marvel’s box office success with Deadpool has finally shown Hollywood that audiences are snark hungry for a modern pansexual superhero.
When queer superheroes go mainstream, what happens to queer comic book creators?
As hard as it is to believe, there once was a time when people didn’t care to see Ryan Reynolds wearing a skin tight outfit. Ryan Reynolds as the yawn-worthy Green Lantern.
Our guest today is comic book writer, teacher, illustrator and publisher Justin Hall, best known for creating Glamazonia, a super powered gender fluid hero. He’s also the co-creator of Hard To Swallow, an anthology series of erotic queer comics that’s currently out of print but Northwest Press has launched a Kickstarter to bring it back with some additional new sexy comics.
Listen as we talk with Justin Hall about the amazing history of queer and erotic comic books, and what happens when the success of Deadpool means gay films and superheroes belong to everyone?
Just for fun, a sexy photo of Justin Hall eating an apple while wearing a banana.
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Tom of Finland’s masculine eroticism and Nazi imagery.
Tom of Finland’s erotic drawings have always pushed a lot of buttons, both political and sexual.
Will there ever be a Hothead Paisan, homicidal lesbian terrorist, the musical film?
When slash fiction fantasy becomes reality.
Reclaiming hurtful words.