This trend arguably picked up speed with the 1972 adult black comedy Fritz the Cat, one of the first and undeniably filthiest animated films of all time. Updated June 28, 2023: If you're a fan of raunchy animated films, then you'll be pleased to know this article has been updated recently by Amanda Minchin. This raunchy style of animated storytelling gives the young at heart the best of both worlds - the nostalgia of watching a weird cartoon paired with the outrageous and downright dirty humor of adulthood. This dissonance between reality and fiction allows for humor that's down-to-earth, vulgar, and even sexually explicit at times. Andy Mangels edited issues #14 to #25 and a special issue featuring Barela Mangels changed the title to Gay Comics starting with issue #15, in part to divest it of the “underground” implications of “comix”.Įxcerpts from Gay Comix were included in a 1989 anthology titled Gay Comics.One way studios have woven their way into the hearts and minds of the adult public is by leaning heavily into the more absurd elements of animation. The first four issues were edited by Cruse issues #5 through #13 were edited by Triptow. Kitchen Sink Press published the first five issues of Gay Comix thereafter it was published by Bob Ross, publisher of the Bay Area Reporter gay newspaper.
Lee Marrs and Trina Robbins, two of the original members of the Wimmen’s Comix Collective. Syndrome, Satyr, and the cover of issue #3 Robert Triptow, editor of issues #5 through 13īurton Clarke, creator of Cy Ross and the S.Q. Howard Cruse, editor of the first four issues Roberta Gregory, who created Dynamite Damsels (1976), the first lesbian underground serial comic book, and the character Bitchy Bitch Mary Wings, creator of the first one-off lesbian book Come Out Comix (1972) and Dyke Shorts (1976)Īlison Bechdel, who created Dykes to Watch Out For and whose graphic novel Fun Home was adapted into a Tony Award-winning Broadway musical All three editors made a deliberate effort to feature work by both women and men.Īrtists producing work for Gay Comix included It is generally less sexually explicit than the similarly-themed (and male-focused) Meatmen series of graphic novels. The contents of Gay Comix were generally about relationships, personal experiences, and humor, rather than sex. Gay Comix also served as a source for information about non-mainstream LGBT-themed comics and events. Autobiographical themes include falling in love, coming out, repression, and sex. Much of the early content was autobiographical, but more diverse themes were explored in later editions. Created by Howard Cruse, Gay Comix featured the work of primarily gay and lesbian cartoonists. Gay Comix (later spelled Gay Comics) is an underground comics series published from 1980–1998.
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