Comic Book Resources
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

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A bump since I posted a link to Part II today.