by Lyle Masaki

The Week in Gay Geek: "Manhunter" returns, the gayest party game ever and more!

Lyle Masaki

Brilliant but uncanceled:
Here's some very good news for DC fans, the critically-adored series Manhunter will be returning in June. Out writer Marc Andreyko is still writing the series, thankfully. Meanwhile, Michael Gaydos, who gave us some really dramatic work on Alias, it taking over the art duties.
Manhunter was the series where Obsidian's sexual orientation was finally confirmed to readers, after years of speculation. There's no word yet if Obsidian will continue to appear in the title, but does JSA really need him to appear in the background of crowd scenes every couple issues?
Plus it's hosted by Guy Smiley's CGI brother:
Could Buzz! The Hollywood Quiz be the gayest party game ever? According to GayGamer's tiny dancer, the game's trivia questions reveal a definite gay sensibility -- what other Playstation game would expect you to know Elizabeth Taylor's eye color? Sounds fabulous.
Praising Strangers:
Among this year's GLAAD Media Award winners is Terry Moore's Strangers in Paradise which just wrapped up its 14-year run and I couldn't be happier to see the title end on that note.

I'm a huge fan of SiP, which was a big soap opera where all the old romantic cliches are thrown at a same-sex couple (I tuned in at the point where Katchoo deliberately broke Francine's heart because she was afraid her mob past would put Francine in danger.) In honor of the win, I'll share a panel from my favorite moments from the series:
It turns out that the woman is the ghost of Francine's ancestor who killed herself after giving in to family pressure not to marry the man she loved. I just love how Moore found such an emotional way to compare the struggle for same-sex marriage rights with the bigotry interracial couples once faced. Now, if only someone would create a gay male comic like SiP.
What was that line about underestimating the intelligence of people?
A few weeks ago, I mentioned Get Off the Internet, a blog collecting the dumb things said on message boards. Lately, it's been taking frequent aim at homophobic fools, including people outraged at Angels in America being taught in schools and a guy still bitter about that Rawhide Kid comic. Not only is this turning out to be the funniest thing since the Fanboy Rampage blog closed shop, it's giving some people a long-overdue public shaming.
It's the return of the fanboys with an easily-threatened masculinity:
Sigh. Well, last year there was a big hubub when photorealistic painter Alex Ross created a cover portrait of Citizen Steel that realistically depicted the kind of bulge you'd see on a guy wearing skintight spandex and a chorus of straight fanboys hilariously turned into Aunt Sassy, howling "I don't need to see that!" Apparently, pink jogging suits are back in fashion because there's another freak-out over an Alex Ross cover (warning site may be NSFW due to, uhm, photoreferences). Here's the cover in question
It took me a moment for figure out what the fuss was about. How come straight guys are so much better at spotting pickle?

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Lyle Masaki

on Fri, 2008-03-21 14:23.

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Argiebear (82 points) (16 posts)

on Fri, 2008-03-21 21:00.

As a gay DC reader, who follows JSA, but just recently stated following AfterElton this is the first I heard about outrage at these Ross portraits ( I did notice the manliness in them, though ). Funny, these fanboys...

Speaking of which, one of the reasons I feel really at home in the site is the fact that this report exists, as well as the Angry Puppy blog, who cater to us gay geeks. Thanks guys, keep on doing it.

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The Week in Gay Geek: "Manhunter" returns, the gayest party game ever and more!

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