MARVEL NOW: Uncanny Avengers and All New X-Men

Here are some more details on the new Marvel relaunch. Starting with the Uncanny Avengers

 UNCANNY AVENGERS: Writer Rick Remender mixes Avengers characters like Captain America and Thor together with such X-Men as Rogue and Havok in the flagship title of Marvel NOW!

 And more of Jean Grey's return with the All New X-Men:

ALL NEW X-MEN: Brian Bendis takes on the most eccenctric and controversy-baiting Marvel NOW! book. The pitch: The original five teenage X-Men time-travel to the present day. “Here’s the big question that the original X-Men are gonna be faced with: ‘We’re gonna grow up and this is what we’re going to to get? That is not acceptable.” NOV. 2012

So she does return, but how? And why? More to come comic fans.

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New Cover: AvX #8

Has the Phoenix Five one?

My Top 5 Interesting Dads in Comics

It's Father's Day and to celebrate the faux holiday, I have found my top 5 interesting Fathers in comic books.

Please check them out after the jump

Rick Grimes from The Walking Dead

Batman, his kids are Damien and Helena Wayne from Earth 2

Cyclops, his kids are Nathan/Cable, Rachel and Nate Grey

Mags, his kids are Quicksilver, The Scarlet Witch and Polaris

Wolvie, his kids are Daken and Amiko (adopted)

One Million Lonely Housewives goes after Comics Books

I knew DC and Marvel Comics' Gay initiative would get these tramps' attention. Seems like OMM are trying to attack the titans of comics over Northstar's wedding and DC Comics coming out story.

Here's some of  their press release:

 This is ridiculous! Why do adult gay men need comic superheroes as role models? They don't but do want to indoctrate impressionable young minds by placing these gay characters on pedestals in a positive light. These companies are heavily influencing our youth by using children's superheroes to desensitize and brainwash them in thinking that a gay lifestyle choice is normal and desirable. As Christians, we know that homosexuality is a sin (Romans 1:26-27).

Unfortunately, children are now being exposed to homosexuality at an early age. Comic books would be one of the last places a parent would expect their child to be confronted with homosexual topics that are too complicated for them to understand. Children do not know what straight, homosexual, or coming out of the closet even means, but DC Comics and Marvel are using superheroes to confuse them on this topic to raise questions and awareness of an alternative lifestyle choice. These companies are prompting a premature discussion on sexual orientation.

Northstar's wedding will be the first same-sex wedding in the world of mainstream superhero comics, but not the first gay comic books character. Earlier this year One Million Moms emailed Toys 'R' Us concerning the "Life With Archie" No. 16 with two gay characters getting hitched. Toys 'R' Us had the audacity to display "Archie- Just Married" at the front of the store by the checkout counters.

TAKE ACTION

Please send DC Comics (Warner Bros. Entertainment Company) and Marvel (Disney) an email urging them to change and cancel all plans of homosexual superhero characters immediately. Ask them to do the right thing and reverse their decision to have sexual orientation displayed to readers.

Ladies, you will fail trying to attack comic books. We geeks are some fierce bitches.


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First Look at the First X-Men

Neal Adams and Christos Gage are bring the "First X-Men" a new comic from Marvel. Bleeding Cool reported this earlier, but now we have so info from the famed artist, Neal Adams:

“You guys probably know I was at one time associated with X-Men…then they canceled the book. I had great fondness for the original X-Men, had the time of my life, then they canceled it. At the beginning, Stan and Jack were experimenting. You had Professor X, bald and in a wheelchair. These strange kids already in costume. It seems to me like this was not the beginning of the story, but the middle. Of all the mutants on Earth, Professor X could easily pass as a human. Why would he want to get involved in this? Maybe all this was going on before Professor X was Professor X…when Professor X was a teenager. Maybe mutant kids were getting abused by the military, by the government. Somebody would have been looking out for them, but maybe that person came to Charles Xavier, realizing he couldn’t protect these kids. That was my pitch. Marvel was very generous to provide Christos Gage to me, who is an expert in all this stuff. He’s taking my pitch and turning it into scripts that are in my opinion groundbreaking. 

It’s the X-Men before there were X-Men. How deeply is Wolverine entrenched in the X-Men? Why was this first team…maybe a failure? Lots of questions to answer. The natural instinct is that this is like the ‘X-Men: First Class’ movie, but it’s not. We didn’t mind stealing the Nazi Hunter version of Magneto though. There’s a character who calls himself Bombastic Aghast, but they call him Bomb. Wolverine saves him from a cave-in then gives him a leather jacket that fits like a tent. He looks ridiculous, but he thinks it’s his costume. Later, Wolverine buys him a jacket that fits, but he throws it back in his face. That jacket means so much to him and represents his relationship with Wolverine. That’s the origin of his costume… There will be early versions of the Sentinels. I did the giant ones, now I’m getting to do different one."

I don't know about this. I mean, Wolverine? Let's stop using him for Goddess' sake! And why do we need an early X-Men story? I feel like we have enough back stories, let's move forward.

New Gay Geek Project: These Quiet Worlds

I supporting a fellow writer and his exciting new project. Dillon Bishop has created a fascinating story in his Graphic Novel, These Quiet Worlds

Dillon gives some info on his comic:

The Story: Set in two separate universes, the main character Dorian Rhodes has been taking anti-psychotics ever since Incident Zero when he was 13 years old. In the first universe, which is represented in photography, he goes off of medication and moves to California to start a new life on his own. In the second universe, Dorian goes through withdrawal to discover he is part of a small percentage of the population, along with his two best friends, who have mutant powers.

It's not a story about superpowers, as it is a story about the state of humanity today and how to exist in the current world.


I set out to tell a modern story, and set it apart by featuring characters who act like all people do. They do things out of self-interest, they have sex, they fall in love, they try and find who they are through experiencing what we all do.


This will be different because it features real living people in the first universe. It shows people acting as people which will give this graphic novel a new dimension.

I like the concept. It's something new and fresh.

Dillon is raising money for his project on Kickstarter. So, if you can help, please do. Also check out his tumblr.

My Top 5 Resurrected Comic Book Characters

Easter is all about resurrection and death... and church. But for me, I can't help but to think about my favorite comic book characters that died, came back and at times, died again.

So here are my top 5

Magneto brought back at least 4 times

Donna Troy/Wonder Girl/Troia died twice

Jean Grey has died and came back twice

Teen Titan's Raven, died and returned three times

Flash, well he travels in time

New Cover: Avengers vs X-Men #5 VARIANT

Gay Couple Hulkling & Wiccan Kiss in Avengers: The Children’s Crusade #9

After 7 years together, we see their kiss

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Interesting Quote: John Goldwater

John's the tall one

"We stand by Life with Archie #16. As I’ve said before, Riverdale is a safe, welcoming place that does not judge anyone. It’s an idealized version of America that will hopefully become reality someday. We’re sorry the American Family Association/OneMillionMoms.com feels so negatively about our product, but they have every right to their opinion, just like we have the right to stand by ours. Kevin Keller will forever be a part of Riverdale, and he will live a happy, long life free of prejudice, hate and narrow-minded people.“

John is the co-CEO of Archie Comics

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Juliet Landau will write her famous character "Drusilla" in a Spinoff Comic

Probably one of the best vampire characters ever made gets new life in the comic world. Dru, will get her own tale in a 5-miniseries.

And the winning part, Juliet Landau (Dru) will write it! The series starts in June.

So excited about this.

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Comic Book Moment: Paradise Island

I found these pics today and I was taken back to the past.

 I used to stare at thes pics for hours (maybe not hours, but it felt like it) and think about what Paradise Island would be if it was real.

God, I was such a geek.

GLAAD's Outstanding Comic Book Nominees for 2012

For my gay geeks, I wanted to show you the nominees for Outstanding Comic Book in the GLAAD Media Awards!  All of these are great books and the storytelling is on point.

Batwoman, DC Comics

The Avengers: The Children Crusade, Marvel Comics

X-Factor,  Marvel Comics

Veronica Presents: Kevin Keller, Archie Comics

Secret Six, DC Comics

You can get a Degree in Comic Books?

In Utah, you can get a comic book degree.

Students at Broadview Entertainment Arts University will soon be able to earn a Bachelor of Fine Arts in comic and sequential art.

“This program is built for people who are passionate about telling stories that often begin as paper-napkin doodles, move to freehand sketches and finish with creative products that connect emotionally with audiences,” said BEAU’s dean of programs Mitch Hare.

The new degree in comic and sequential art prepares the artistic person to create such products as comic books, graphic novels, cartoons, storyboards and animated feature films.

Where was this degree in 1992?

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New Show: Comic Book Men

Starts in February

My List of the Best Gay Cultural Moments Of 2011

I've seen some of these 'Gay Cultural' lists and thought "WTF?" Lady Gaga seems to top them all, but I believe there were more substantial things that happened this year.

In no order:

• The Obama Administration stop defending DOMA 

• The Comic Book world continued to introduce and develop LGBT characters like Kevin Kellor, Bunker in Teen Titans, Voodoo in DC Comics, Wiccan and Hulking in The Young Avengers and Wolverine's son, Daken. In fact, there were more LGBT characters this year than before.

• We lost more teens to bullying, however our lost inspired more attention to the issue nationally. It even inspired Zachary Quinto to come out.

•  New York became the 6th state to have Marriage Equality. And slightly more Americans are open to Marriage Equality this year as well.

• DADT was put to death, completely.

• Over 50 LGBT candidates won in elections.

• Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's landmark Human Rights Day speech.

• Don Lemon comes out. Putting a face to LGBT people of color on television.

• Chaz Bono on Dancing With The Stars. He brought much needed attention to the Trans community. 

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Marvel Comics Presents Avengers vs X-Men

Here's a description from CBR:

On a story level, the focus of 2009's X-Men "Second Coming" crossover, Hope Summers, will once again be the center of attention in "Avengers Vs. X-Men," as the presumed host for the returning Phoenix Force. In fact, it's the threat of the returning Phoenix Force that will instigate the conflict in the first place, Alonso says. "The Phoenix Force is the spirit of destruction and rebirth. It razes worlds to create something new. It's bad news if you happen to be living on the world about to be razed. It's great news if you're what's going to be the outcome of that world."


Also taking center stage is the Scarlet Witch, who, in many ways, instigated this conflict years ago when she used her reality-altering powers to all but erase mutantkind from the planet. Bendis, who scripts her story in the series' prologue issue, told the newspaper,"She's been on a road of almost impossible-to-perceive redemption over the last few years and now is going to come face-to-face with the Avengers."

This could be fun.

New Trailer: Bent-Con 2011

New Trailer: Buffy: Season 9 & Angel and Faith

Things I Learned from Comic Books

Comic Books taught me a lot over the years. I learned how to use big words, fashion, and how to give a grand entrance with a long monologue. But I also learned how to be an effective and strong person.

So, here are a few examples of what I've learned that shaped me in my life.

 Sometimes you have to make TOUGH decisions.

 Sometimes you have to step aside and the better person lead.

 You will need to leave the past behind and move forward with an open heart and open mind.

You have to be honest about yourself... Sometimes to others