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Queer comic books, strips, etc.


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    • GLBTQ+ comic books, strips, etc.
    • LGBTQ+ comic books, strips, etc.
    • Sexual minority comic books, strips, etc.
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    • found: Work cat: Queer about comics, in American literature v.90, no.2 (June 2018)pp.197-459 (summary: "This special issue explores the intersection of queer theory and comics studies"; "theories of how comics represent and reconceptualize queer sexuality, desire, intimacy, and eroticism, while also investigating how the comic strip, as a hand-drawn form, queers literary production and demands innovative methods of analysis from the fields of literary, visual, and cultural studies")
    • found: More critical approaches to comics : theories and methods, [2019]:p.48 (chapter using queer theory; "queer comics queering continuity: The unstoppable wasp and the fight for a queer future")
    • found: No straight lines : four decades of queer comics, [2013]:editor's note ("queer comics"; comics "that deal with LGBTQ themes"; "it remains the job of mainstream comics to assimilate LGBTQ characters, while it falls to queer comics to dissect queer identities and examine in more profound ways the queer experience"; "complex history and diversity of LGBTQ comics")
    • found: Queer comics database : discover your next queer read, [2018]:(summary: "Website designed to facilitate access to comics that contain queer representation"; "representation from across the LGBTQIA spectrum, as well as intersectional representation. Focus is on the content of the work, rather than on the creators")
    • found: Stanley, M. Drawn out : identity politics and the queer comics of Leanne Franson and Ariel Schrag, in Canadian literature v.205 (2010)pp. 53-68 ("comics that tackle questions of identity formation for their queer heroines"; includes comics that "problematize ... at least one of the following categories: lesbian, dyke, queer, butch, femme, bisexual")
    • found: Being true : LGBTQ+ comics from the Boston Comics Roundtable, [2018]
    • found: Prism comics : your LGBT guide to comics, [2007]
    • found: Q&A with Dale Lazarov, a gay Puerto Rican comic book writer and poetry, 10 Apr. 2019, via PGH Lesbian Correspondents website, viewed 26 Nov. 2019:("sexual minority comics")
    • found: Robert Paul. Little rainbow comics : small book with a big message, [2013](summary: "Little rainbow comics follow the adventures of three gay kids. Stan, Denisha and Zack are your average first graders making their way through life out and proud")
    • found: GLBTQ content in comics/graphic novels for teens, in Collection building v.26, n.4 (Oct. 2007):pp.130-134 ("current teen‐oriented graphic novels with gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning of sexual orientation (GLBTQ) content")
    • found: Earle, T. No straight lines : four decades of queer comics, via Rainbow Round Table Book and Media Reviews site, viewed Nov. 11, 2019:("GLBT comics")
    • found: Flights of fancy : report of the 7th LGBT History and Archives Conference at the London Metropolitan Archives December 6th 2009-12-06:p.[1] ("the world of LGB comics and graphic novels")
    • found: Comic Book Legal Defense Fund website, viewed Nov. 27, 2019:("Adding LGBTQIA+ comics to your classroom or library")
    • found: MacDonald, H. The inaugural Prism Award winners announced for the best in queer-themed comics, Jul. 9, 2017, via ComicsBeat website, viewed Nov. 27, 2019:("LGBTQIA+ comics")
    • found: LGBTQIAP+ comics you should read part I, Jun. 7, 2018, via The Writing Hufflepost blog, viewed Dec. 4, 2019
    • found: "Alphabet" edited by Jon Macy and Tara Madison Avery : review, via Lambda Literary website, viewed Dec. 5, 2019:("Reading Alphabet will plunge you into the welcoming rainbow of LGBTQAIU comics")
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    • 2019-11-27: new
    • 2020-08-06: revised
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