Gay comics and cartoons
postings on gay comics and cartoons (on AZBlog and AZBlogX)
postings on Josman’s gay (pornographic) comics are inventoried on this page (and also below):
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/the-language-of-comics/comics-lists/josman-comics/]
postings on William Haefeli’s cartoons are inventoried on this page (the ones treating gay male themes are included below):
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/the-language-of-comics/comics-lists/new-yorker-cartoons/haefeli-cartoons/]
postings on Tom of Finland are inventoried on this page (the ones on his cartoons are included below):
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/the-language-of-comics/comics-lists/tom-of-finland/]
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6/30/10: Footnote on marriage equality:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2010/06/30/footnote-on-marriage-equality/]
Haefeli
7/12/10: Fair and balanced:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2010/07/12/fair-and-balanced/]
Haefeli
8/2/10: Who is this message intended for?
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2010/08/02/who-is-this-message-intended-for/]
Tom of Finland XXL book
9/21/10: Phallicity: hi-def meets hot dog:
[http://arnold-x-zwicky.livejournal.com/11205.html]
Gay Comix #1
4/19/11: Tom of Finland collages:
[http://arnold-x-zwicky.livejournal.com/26323.html]
incorporating his gay cartoons
4/24/11 Gay cartoons:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2011/04/24/gay-cartoons/]
Two cartoons from Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal (by Zach Weiner) on gay subjects: the Kinsey Scale question (“How gay are you?”) and a proposal to use gay to mean ‘awesome’.
4/25/11: Marriage equality:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2011/04/25/marriage-equality-3/]
Haefeli
7/30/11: X of death, killer X:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2011/07/30/x-of-death-killer-x/]
Ortleb & Fiala cartoon
1/1/12: Late entries in the gay Santa sweepstakes:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2012/01/01/late-entries-in-the-gay-santa-sweepstakes/]
ToF Santa
2/15/12: How can I put this?:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2012/02/15/how-can-i-put-this/]
Haefeli
5/21/12: Marriage and divorce:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2012/05/21/marriage-and-divorce/]
Haefeli
8/5/12: Vintage gay comics:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2012/08/05/vintage-gay-comics/]
Gay Comics from the 1940s, Gay Comix from later
1/23/13: Piss porn 2: background:
[http://arnold-x-zwicky.livejournal.com/68906.html]
gay cartoons: Etienne, The Hun
1/29/13: Sexuality:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2013/01/29/sexuality/]
Haefeli
3/25/13: Men kissing:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2013/03/25/men-kissing/]
ToF drawing
4/8/13: Ralf König:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2013/04/08/ralf-konig/]
gay cartoonist
9/25/13: Josman:
[http://arnold-x-zwicky.livejournal.com/102301.html]
Josman cartoon porn
1/19/13: Kinu Sekigushi:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2013/01/19/kinu-sekigushi/]
cartoonist of Manga Boys; yaoi; bara, and Gengoroh Tagame
5/7/13: The protean Colby Keller:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2013/05/07/the-protean-colby-keller/]
and 5/9/13: Pin-up boys:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2013/05/09/pin-up-boys/]
gay comic book artist J. Bone, with heavily scruffy character Josh
9/16/13: Joe Boys:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2013/09/16/joe-boys/]
cartoonist Joe Phillips and the Joe Boy — young, fit, hung, playful, celebratorily gay, and highy sexed
9/17/13: Joe Phillips displays dick:
[https://arnold-x-zwicky.livejournal.com/100048.html]
9/20/13: Fritz of Holland:
[https://arnold-x-zwicky.livejournal.com/101438.html]
gay cartoonist
9/25/13: Josman:
[https://arnold-x-zwicky.livejournal.com/102301.html]
gay cartoonist, esp. of intergenerational sex
5/3/14: Tom of Smurfland:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2014/05/03/tom-of-smurfland/]
mash-up of ToF and Smurfs
6/27/14: queens:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2014/06/27/queens/]
Haefeli
6/10/15: Butch Dykeman, Toni Gay, and a moral panic:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2015/06/10/butch-dykeman-toni-gay-and-a-moral-panic/]
comic books from the 1950s
11/17/15: Cockfest #3: Josman boy on boy:
[http://arnold-x-zwicky.livejournal.com/116945.html]
Josman gay cartoons (X-rated)
1/1/16: BDSM holidays:
[http://arnold-x-zwicky.livejournal.com/119866.html]
#2-#4: Etienne gay cartoons
1/14/16: Kike Sorroche, ilustrador homoerótico
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2016/01/14/kike-sorroche-ilustrador-homoerotico/]
4/24/16: Two gay graphic novels:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2016/04/24/two-gay-graphic-novels/]
Milligan & Fegredo; Howard Cruse, graphic novel and also comic strips (Wendel, etc.)
4/24/16: Donelan:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2016/04/24/donelan/]
gay cartoonist Donelan
4/25/16: Sex comics: Brad Parker / Ace Moorcock:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2016/04/25/sex-comics-brad-parker-ace-moorcock/]
4/26/16: Dyke comics:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2016/04/26/dyke-comics/]
Diane DiMassa, Andrea Natalie
4/27/16: Sex comics: the kinksters:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2016/04/27/sex-comics-the-kinksters/]
Josman, Tom of Finland, Etienne, The Hun
4/28/16: Gay comics in the 21st century:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2016/04/28/gay-comics-in-the-21st-century/]
the 2009 volume Stripped: A Story of Gay Comics, by Markus Pfalzgraf, with 13 cartoonists featured, plus a series of essays (in parallel English and German) on aspects of gay cartooning
4/29/16: Meatmen 1989-2004:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2016/04/29/meatmen-1989-2004/]
the anthologies of gay male comics; Volume 1 has contributions from the following artists who have already appeared on this blog: Tom of Finland, Howard Cruse, Brad Parker, Donelan, The Hun, and Robert Triplow. Most of the strips are X-rated, but one, strikingly, is not: Tim Barela’s Leonard & Larry, a touching couples comic
5/1/16: Patrick Fillion:
[https://arnold-x-zwicky.livejournal.com/123712.html]
the gay cartoonist and his work
5/1/26: The news for (big) penises:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2016/05/01/the-news-for-big-penises/]
gay cartoonist Patrick Fillion
5/2/16: Where is he now?:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2016/05/02/where-is-he-now/]
about gay cartoonist Brad Parker
5/3/16: Side by Side:
[https://arnold-x-zwicky.livejournal.com/124409.html]
Mioki’s graphic novel about gay sex
5/8/16: Shirtlifter:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2016/05/08/shirtlifter/]
series of gay comics by Steve MacIsaac
6/28/16: Michael DiMotta:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2016/06/28/michael-dimotta/]
#3 elephant’s trunk in gay cartoon
8/15/16: November 24th, 2016:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2016/08/25/november-11th-2014/]
#2 Haefeli
9/16/16: Going all the way gay with the X-Men:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2016/09/16/going-all-the-way-gay-with-the-x-men/]
Gay characters in the Marvel universe
10/19/16: French lessons:
[http://arnold-x-zwicky.livejournal.com/131919.html]
10 collages, in pairs; Tom of Finland and Bob Mizer
10/19/16: Five sets of gay collages:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2016/10/19/five-sets-of-gay-collages/]
set with ToF images
12/9/16: The abacus:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2016/12/09/the-abacus/]
#1 shelf of books of gay cartoons and comics
12/17/16: Two late December holidays:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2016/12/17/two-late-december-holidays/]
ToF Santa
2/15/17: The news for penguins and, of yes, penises:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2017/02/15/the-news-for-penguins-and-oh-yes-penises/]
#5: Felix d’Eon’s “Love Rocket”
2/17/17: Feliz d’Eon: on normalizing gay:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2017/02/17/felix-deon-art-normalizing-gay/]
on the artist and his work
4/21/17: Seahorse on a stick, GBF, and the Describe-A-Muffin Task:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2017/04/21/seahorse-on-a-stick-gbf-and-the-describe-a-muffin-task/]
#6 Haefeli
6/30/17: In the dunes, in the dunes:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2017/06/30/in-the-dunes-in-the-dunes/]
reference to Kike Sorroche cartoons
7/6/17: Chast, Haefeli, Kaplan:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2017/07/06/chast-haefeli-kaplan/]
#2 Haefeli
9/19/17: Disney meets Tom of Finland:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2017/09/19/disney-meets-tom-of-finland/]
mash-up of Disney and ToF by graphic designer Silverjow
3/17/18: Josman’s family:
[https://arnold-x-zwicky.livejournal.com/145593.html]
3/18/18: The family fetish:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2018/03/18/the-family-fetish/]
section on the cartoonist Josman, the high priest of gay incest porn
12/14/18: Appearances:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2018/12/14/appearances/]
#2 Haefeli
2/20/19: Gay Heart Throbs:
[https://arnold-x-zwicky.livejournal.com/153747.html]
gay comics from 1976, 1979, 1981; settings and themes for gay porn
12/19/19: Zeitgeisty:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2019/12/19/zeitgeisty/]
Haefeli
8/27/20: John Klamik:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2020/08/27/john-klamik/]
gay erotic artist and cartoonist, publishing under the names Sean and Shawn
2/16/21: Hello, Sailor:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2021/02/16/hello-sailor/]
#6 Tom of Finland
2/10/22 Hustle and trick: the cruise pose:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2022/02/10/hustle-and-trick-the-cruise-pose/]
Tom of Finland
2/15/22: VDay kisses:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2022/02/15/vday-kisses/]
Tom of Finland