Comic Book Resources (http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=11165)
by Emmett Furey, Staff Writer
CBR News spoke with nine comics industry professionals about the portrayal of GLBT (Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transsexual) characters and themes in comics, past and present.
Parts I and II will introduce the nine participants. Part I features Marc Andreyko, Lillian Diaz-Przbyl, Devin Grayson, Terrance Griep and Mark Millar, and part II introduces Allan Heinberg, Scott Lobdell, Alan Moore and Greg Rucka.
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Diaz-Przbyl mused that one of the reasons yaoi and yuri are so popular is because they subvert traditional gender roles. "While I think a real selling point of manga in general is its emotional realism and potency, it often occurs in very non-traditional, fantasy situations," Diaz-Przbyl said.
Posted on: July 17, 2007, 07:50:08
A bump since I posted a link to Part II today.