Welcome to another fun-filled week at COMICSCAPE! Last week I asked you to write in with your thoughts regarding Marvel's hiring of Orson Scott Card to write ULTIMATE IRON MAN. The problem, according to many gay and lesbian comics fans, is that Card has w...
...mely some gay and lesbian comic book fans, who feel that Card's opinions regarding homosexuality make him a questionable choice for the title at best and a dangerous one at worst. Many of these fans have threatened to boycott the title, while others pl...
William Hurt and Marcia Gay Harden have joined the cast of Paramount's INTO THE WILD. They will join Emile Hirsch, Vince Vaughn and Catherine Keener in the cast for the film.The film is based on a non-fiction book and centers on Christopher McCandless (H...
According to the Hollywood Reporter, Marcia Gay Harden and Toby Jones have signed on to join the upcoming adaptation of Stephen King's The Mist. They will join Thomas Jane, Andre Braugher, Laurie Holden and Amin Joseph in the cast.The film, to be wr...
VARIETY reports that German company Constantin has picked up German language rights to (T)RAUMSCHIFF SURPRISE, a gay-themed STAR TREK parody feature film that originated as a sketch on BULLYPARADE, a German sketch comedy variety show.As the article notes,...
September's issue of GREEN LANTERN is blending gut-crunching comic book action and advocacy of tolerance of gays and lesbians. DC has announced LANTERN #154 will tell the story of Kyle Rayner's pal Terry Berg, who came out last year in #137, being nearly ...
Brendan Fraser is in talks with Revolution Studios to play the title role in GAY SECRET AGENT. Rather than be a ladies man, Fraser would play a charismatic and suave secret agent who also happens to be homosexual. The comedy is described as equal parts Ja...
MTV.com reports that manga's focus on relationships and the lives of young people have brought girls to comics in a way that action comics never did.Today girls are avid readers of Tokyopop's "Fruits Basket," a long-running series about a girl who lives w...
Gay Secret Agent by Corona's Coming Attractions (Thu 06-17-2004)
...e role in GAY SECRET AGENT. Rather than be a ladies man, Fraser would play a charismatic and suave secret agent who also happens to be homosexual. The comedy is described as equal parts James Bond, Austin Powers and OUR MAN FLINT, and will benefit by h...
OPINION: I fully expected to hate Ron Zimmerman's take on THE RAWHIDE KID - in other words, his decision to make the character gay - for two reasons: 1) I've disliked, if not outright despised, just about everything Zimmerman has produced since he started...
The comics world seems slowly to be catching up with the real one once again in its sensitive depiction of gay characters, especially this month. First Judd Winick brought us the story of Kyle's gay friend getting beaten nearly to death by homophobes in t...
...out horny gay NYPD cops on holiday in England. She is kinda into shojen love I guess. Yes horny and gay, this duo of NYPD's finest solve crime and passion all at once. Warning though, if you have a weak stomach for gay lovers then stay clear of this. I...
... me I was gay because I suggested the film had a subtext about the cultural conflict over homosexuality. And I mean really gay -- not "Hey, I broke down and bought a Celine Dion CD"" gay. As for Jean, well, yeah she's probably dead... In either case, ...
... out, the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAD) has taken complaint with the film's depiction of homosexuality onscreen.Smith, on the other hand, takes a rather nonchalant stance of the subject. "All the movies that I've done have been ver...
...oducing a gay character and then promptly killing him – to them, a story in decidedly poor taste. Kirkman later explained that he wanted to create a gay character not defined exclusively by his sexual orientation. He felt that so ...
...ed is NOT GAY! NOT GAY! NOT GAY! GOT IT!?HAWKMAN #40 $2.50This month we get to find out whether last month's apparently sea-changing cliffhanger - major character! dead! - was a red herring or the real deal. My guess: red herring.HELLBLAZER SON OF MAN ...
...the local gay bar, and it is his “demonic gay charm” that has gotten him fired at all of the restaurants he’s worked at until now. As it turns out, Tachibana and Ono have a history together. Back in school, Ono told Tachibana about hi...
OPINION First of all, our congratulations to Judd Winick and the team formerly on DC's GREEN LANTERN for being honored with a Media Award for Outstanding Comic Book by the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation. The award was given for the highly con...
...oos (i.e. gay sex, bestiality, rape, tentacle sex--you know, the main taboos of most cultures at certain times) find their place in hentai. Additionally, hentai aims for extreme sex acts to push viewers’ comfort zones, leaving the soft pornogr...
...ng openly gay. What kind of response has your stance received from fans?
J - Actually, I'm really glad you asked that. I have yet to have a negative experience at a convention regarding being out. As a matter of fact, once in a while, I get an email f...
...be actual gay characters?
Packaging:
This book has DMP\'s standard large trim size and full color dust jacket. The print quality is very nice, with sharp lines and dark blacks, while the paper quality isn\'t quite as good as DMP\'s best.
Art:
Yama...
...o, a very gay member of the club with the hots for Takakura. Whee, fun already! Sae shoots into view shortly thereafter and we immediately learn she's a complete klutz. Soon after, Nanaka shows up, and then way later, Akane is introduced sort of. Okay,...
... his faux-gay mode with Maiku and the girls, being as gullible as they apparently are, fall for it so completely that they have to really prove it to themselves that Maiku is gay since it would crush many of their dreams.
This proves to be a very amus...
...omen, and gays. Openly gay himself he directed the gay art house film Leather Jacket Love Story in 1996 - DeCoteau had often populated his films with strikingly attractive males, but otherwise had played the exploitation film market as others had, rel...
...nd-coming gay comics writer who boosts the hero's flagging sales by remaking her as a lesbian. A stereotypical comics fan (who bears a remarkable resemblance to Ignatius J. Reilly from John Kennedy Toole's A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES) objects to the change...
`Tell me why there are no gay characters in STAR TREK,` says Ron Moore. `This is one of those uncomfortable questions I hate getting when I was working on the show, because there is no good answer for it. There is no answer for it other than people in cha...
...target of gay bashing. Instead of defending himself or denying the accusations he takes his frustrations out on Naoki, beating him up in front of everyone then, much to Naoki’s surprise, having sex with him when no one is around. The “Ext...
...'s ersatz gay relationship into a real one, a subplot that thankfully is given some attention. One misguided letters column writer this issue complained about making these two characters gay "just for the sake of having gay characters on the team," unl...
...id, `That gay black guy in your movie did an excellent job; thats what we need in SUPERMAN. We need that kind of attitude, that voice. What about L-Ron [Brainiacs robotic assistant], cant he have a voice like that? Cant he be gay? I want a gay R2D2...
WARNING: SPOILERS AHEADMy first reaction to the news that Judd Winick would be doing a story addressing the gay bashing of Kyle Rayner's friend Terry was that it would be a must-read issue. Granted, much of my enthusiasm might have come from the fact that...
...oducing a gay character and then...not treating him very kindly. I think it's ridiculous to try to make a rule that nothing bad can happen to gay characters. We should judge based on the story, not its summary. While the Freedom Ring arc wasn't a gr...
...d he was Gay to the world last November but now, it’s being said by him that his coming out wasn’t something he was really interested in. It was just something to do before the “witch hunt” got him first.
“There...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Hyouta FujiyamaTranslated by:Andrew MarshallAdapted by:What They SayNanase and Heiji are supposed to be two the only straight guys in a school where 90% of the students are rumored to be gay (or bi). When a simple White Day ex...
...He's also gay, which comes up in discussion a lot more on this in a minute.) The two find themselves bewilderingly at the center of a real case involving a couple of corpses (one of which keeps mysteriously being transported to wherever Harry goes) as...
Last weekend, fans from around North America and elsewhere convened for the excellent annual Toronto Trek convention. I attended as a panelist, moderating discussions on everything from real-world science to space romances to intolerance of gay fans to pr...
...'t really gay... or are they?The ReviewThis is one book that no BL fan should skip.
Packaging:
The cover features an attractive image of Reni and Youichi in business attire, with Youichi looking slightly uncomfortable. The striped background works n...
...raight or gay, man or woman, everyone loves SEX AND THE CITY, [so] how about a Marvel MAX title about social butterfly/superhero Janet Van Dyne in the Sarah Jessica Parker role with her friends Warbird, She-Hulk, and Scarlet Witch? Make one of them a s...
...RILMarcia Gay Harden in MYSTIC RIVERHolly Hunter in THIRTEENRenee Zellwegger in COLD MOUNTAINBEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:AMERICAN SPLENDOR by Robert Pulcini and Shari Springer BermanCITY OF GOD by Braulio MantovaniTHE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE K...
... say: I'm gay, and even I was embarrassed by the shot of Batman's ass in BATMAN FOREVER.) I mean, really. Matthew Foster cites the first one for "[presenting] The Penguin as a freak of nature living in the sewers with evil circus acrobatic freaks [, an...
...t's not a gay hardcore version of CHARLIE'S ANGELS, but a 1971 biker movie starring already leathery Scott Glenn and already drunk Gary Busey. Hmmm, maybe it is a...(O) BLACK COBRA WOMAN (Brentwood) Laura Gemser tries to find out who killed her girlfri...
...child was gay, and to a school where she's not welcome. On top of that, Angel makes a startling return from the hell she sent him to just as he regained his soul, a fact she must then hide from her other loved ones. If all that wasn't bad enough, a bad...
...ate) Hes gay. [IMG6L]Shes neurotic. Theyre attractive and funny. 23 episodes on four discs, plus commentraks, featurettes, outtakes, etc.(O) YONGARY, MONSTER FROM THE DEEP (Alpha) Incredibly silly 1967 Korean giant monster movie.ANIME ADDI...
...after the gay bashing of his friend, Kyle leaves Earth with Jade in tow, putting the newly mobile John Stewart back in the green saddle again. Ironic, then, that his latest mission would have made Kyle lose all hope for our race and chuck the ring for ...
... hardcore gay porn film in his parents house while they were on vacation, and thought hed managed to destroy every print when his pro career began. However, the film lab held onto the negative, and now the disgusting results are available for all the...
...oncept? A gay couple find themselves sleuthing via their interior design biz.Questions? Comments? Let us know what you think at feedback@cinescape.com.
...ses like "gay ass" and "c**ksucker" so indiscriminately. Finally, a few strips make you wonder just why they're here, as they're neither thought-provoking reflections nor balls-to-the-wall attacks on society's sacred cows. Mahfood's paeans to funk musi...
...k like a "gay biker" outfit - no wonder I find it so appealing.) On top of that, Charlie Adlard's artwork is still taking some getting used to, but it provides a visual continuity to the crossover that most events like this rarely get. (That, and I ima...
...er to the gay community, RAWHIDE KID, also ships this week with issue #5. Marvel's site proudly crows that this series has been featured on CNN's Crossfire, The Howard Stern Show, Fox News and in The New York Times, The New Yorker, the Associated Press...
...tures the gay-bashing storyline - and which probably many of you bought last year, anyway. Ah, DC: the comics so nice we pay for them twice.Wow - X-MEN UNLIMITED is actually worth buying this week! Issue #49 features a Nightcrawler story written by non...
...nbathers, gay prostitutes, spring break hedonism that goes beyond American Internationals BEACH PARTY movies, modern art and pin-up photography. Its here that notes of relevance begin to creep into this festival of titillation, as the cameras capture...
...in with a gay couple, subsequently divorces Marge. (Repeat)THE CROW (8 pm, TBS) This revenge fantasy is one of the better comic book adaptations out there. Every Goth friend I have has this film and A NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS.ALIAS (9 pm, ABC) Sydney...
...ola), and Gay-Yee Westerhoff (cello) complete the bevy of talented and beautiful women that make up bond. Over the past 4 years they have sold over 4 million records worldwide, making them one of the best-selling string quartets of all time. The girls ...
... around a gay teen that dies in police custody.NUMBERS (9 PM CST, CBS) "Sacrifice." A computer-science researcher is murdered in his Hollywood Hills home, and data from the government project on which he was working is found missing. Sadly, the resea...
...e or less gay? SLEEPER VOL 3 A CROOKED LINE TP (MR)$17.99 SUPERMAN BATMAN VOL 1 PUBLIC ENEMIES TP$12.99 If you don't know about this book, you're living in a cave reading ARCHIE.TERRA OBSCURA VOL 2 #6 (OF 6)$2.95 TRANSMETROPOLITAN VOL 4 THE NEW SCUM T...
...zation of gay marriage. Supposedly features the "outing" of a long-running character. CHARMED (7 PM CST, WB) "Show Ghouls." Inset your own Elizabeth Berkley/Kyle MacLachlan joke. ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT (7:30 PM CST, Fox) "Out on a Limb." Julia Louis-Drey...
... The semi-gay alien? Also, you guessed it, not funny. To say that these characters are one-note would be an insult to monotonal compositions the world over. They're giant, convulsing portals of suck, draining any momentum or jocularity from every s...
...rder of a gay man. (O) DICK VAN DYKE SHOW Complete Series (Image) Classic sitcom in a 25-disc box set! Includes commentraks, interviews, commercials and more. (O) DRENCHED IN BLOOD (Navarre) Horror 4-pack includes FUNGICIDE, GOREGOYLES, DEVIL'S MOON an...
...tures the gay pride anthem Why Dont We Switch. Youll be Ozified by former nudie king Barry Mahons THE WONDERFUL LAND OF OZ that is filled with the largest amount of comely young ladies outside of a porn. Youll see live animals who act and thin...
By reviewing Marvel's 28th issue of WOLVERINE, I likely open myself to weeks of gay jokes by my partner in crime and colleague of questionable esteem, Al Brown (you know, the guy that does the listings everyone skips to?). However, given the avalanche of...
...Zero, the gay French-Canadian flight attendant accused of bringing AIDS to North America. Plus bonus short and music video. And be sure to check back next weekand every weekfor CINESCAPE's DVD Shopping List! DVD Shopping List ( 2004 Brian Thomas) is o...
...nd Batman gay, so don't even try to get me to put that on the site). If you're writing an independent or self-published title, I'd love to review it on the site. I like self-published titles and if it's worth reading, I want everyone to know about it...
...f banning gay marriage.ALIAS (8 PM CST, ABC) "Authorized Personnel Only."
The cast of STARGATE ATLANTIS: (left to right) David Hewlett (Dr. McKay), Rachel Luttrell (Teyla), Joe Flanigan (Major Sheppard), Torri Higginson (Dr. Weir) and Rainbow Su...
Giving Thanks by David Michael Wharton (Mon 11-22-2004)
...defends a gay, cross-dressing Santa who was fired from his department store. Featuring another appearance by the Reverend Al Sharpton, because this a David E. Kelley show, and he's got a "quirky quota" to fill. This concludes our broadcast day. Ha...
Marcia Gay Harden has joined Billy Bob Thornton and Greg Kinnear in the remake of THE BAD NEWS BEARS. The Oscar-winning actress will play a legal attorney who is the one that talks Thornton's character into coaching the down-on-their-luck little league te...
...sing anti-gay propaganda can take comfort from the notion that Kynaston's liaisons with men are presented more as a matter of social climbing than sexual passion from the outset and his lovers prefer to think of him as a woman in any event. The section...
...ominantly gay that we get actual lectures (from Christopher Plummer as Aristotle, yet) that love between men is best when it transcends sexuality. Alexander and Hephaestion hug a lot and otherwise exude zero chemistry (Alexander does seem to have some ...
...rs, being gay, and having a personal web site showing a picture with my shirt off. (Trust me, it's really not the sort of picture it sounds like - that one is on another site.) To all this, and to his two nasty e-mails strewn with [sic]'s all over the ...
... his anti-gay views, to write ULTIMATE IRON MAN. As you might expect, this has kicked up something of a firestorm. If you already know something about the issue and would like to send in your comments about it, send them to me either here or here - oth...
... from the gay male perspective here, and it says far more interesting things about this book than I ever could...Gee, is it time to go to bed and wait for Santa already? Yes, I'm afraid it is (and get your minds out of the gutter when you read that las...
... know I'm gay at all...Anyway. On to more important things. Last week I asked about your feelings concerning the imminent return of Hal Jordan and its effect on Kyle Raynor. From the latest (and last) issue of GREEN LANTERN, it appears that, while Kyle...
.... Izzy is gay but has never announced it officially - though there is lots of speculation at the school and within the team. He is a good sports writer and is respected by the team - except by a few whose ugly fears about Izzy rise as the going gets to...
...ng, buff, gay, and evil; and Shaddam Corrino, the man who will be emperor through his and his henchman`s sinister plan. Numerous other characters abound, but if one set of them begins to bore you, no matter: the next chapter will bring another set who ...
...esence of gay characters, including Selar`s brother, and strongly-stated disapproval of Spock`s mind-rape of Valeris in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, in an eerie parallel context which makes that condemnation doubly powerful.I am a great fan ...
...n, Marcia Gay Harden, William Devane, and James Cromwell all turn in solid, entertaining work. This really is a movie where almost every character, no matter how briefly seen, registers in a memorable way.The result is that when the shuttle finally doe...
...nd Norman Gay, and a small number of Warners executives. Screened in a moviola at the appropriately located 666 Fifth Avenue, the final result was `astounding!` according to Blatty. `I recall standing up in a moviola in this office, and I was just blow...
...r who was gaysomething none of the televised shows have ever done, though Pocket Books has introduced both gay and hermaphroditic officershe told Cinescape recently only that they had `decided to create four new faces who will shake things up a bit.`...
... from the Gay and Lesbian community.The audio commentary from Paul Verhoeven and Jan De Bont is great. These two old friends really go into detail about the movie and are quite honest on problems they have with the film. Even better, you can make out w...
...irector's gay subtext remains a presence here, particularly in a sequence in a swimming pool, but DeCoteau also offers a strong heterosexual aspect to the proceedings that will probably keep the homophobes from catching on to the subversive nature of t...
...). Norman Gay, Evan A. Lottman, and Bud S. Smith handled the editing; the disturbing sound effects were overseen by Bob Fine, Gonzalo Gavira, and Doc Siegel, while Mercedes McCambridge dubbed the voice of the Demon. The film took over a year to complet...
...neral and gay and lesbian media issues in particular has made me very happy. I try not to think too much about her romantic life, because I can`t stand what Brannon Braga has done to Star Trek--I just hope they`re happy together. I know many other fans...
... desires, gay jokes, and humor reminiscent of Excel Saga, which makes sense when you realize the man behind this is Shinichi Watanabe " the infamous Nabeshin!
Hideki, Ichiro, and Mako are the three main characters (the "Nerima Daikon Brothers" "even ...
... might be gay. As if my life weren't interesting enough! Too bad they are both neutered.... Onto the reviews! We have a winner, a loser, and a middling to fair, so dive in with me and the 'Pod!! Summer may be over, but the heat is on!
Azumanga Dai...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Hyouta FujiyamaTranslated by:Andrew MarshallAdapted by:What They SayAt an all-boys school, where it\'s said that 90% of the entire school\'s population is gay, high school third-year Kouichi Nanase shares a mutual love with He...
... And the 'gay Nazi' uniforms in the game look great."
Although the games feature male/male couplings, a majority of consumers of yaoi anime and manga have traditionally been females, with approximately 80% or more of customers at anime conventions or...
...ayed many gay characters, I think that?s somewhat similar to feeling/playing a woman.
Q: When you work on the Japanese dub of a foreign film, do you worry about losing any of the meaning from the original work when you perform your role in Japanese?
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...lso has a gay sister, who is basically just a stereotypical butch dyke. There`s no Jame Gumb or Francis Dolarhyde to menace us in this book. The only serial killer on the loose is Dr. Hannibal Lecter, and that`s a bit of a problem. Why? He`s the novel`...
... might be gay. Soon after Alex starts to make passes at him, Scotty makes friends with his coworker Cammie, an older girl who has a reputation for drinking and whoring around. When Alex gets expelled from school and Cammie tells him her family is movin...
Kurt Russell, Richard Dreyfuss and Emmy Rossum have all signed on to star in the remake of THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE.Russell will play an ex-fireman and politico who is traveling with his daughter (Rossum) and her boyfriend. Richard Dreyfuss will play a gay ...
... he looks gay, and it hurts Fred's feelings because he loves the ascot and she slams the door in his face. He looks at it sadly and doesn't want to take it off, but he takes it off and it breaks his heart, and it broke my heart. I still wear it in spir...
...er up her gay son's murder of his lover, since her offspring is innocent of any wrongdoing in the death. The film is a highly effective, modern day take on the "film noir" genre and also a commentary on motherly denial, dysfunctional families and on th...
...te openly gay) villain, Cosmo Devine, who steals the show. While the story is a rather thin one, reveling in the setting and historic touches (while getting a few details such as the number of states in 1938 America wrong) at the expense of an involvin...
...hers in a gay bar?)Speaking of writers interested in the Golden Age, JSA's own Geoff Johns begins working his magic for That Other Company(tm) with AVENGERS #57, which sees the return of the Black Panther and the Falcon! I know, they're not Golden Age ...
... world of gay porn shortly after this, making a number of films with titles like BUTT BLAZER and LATIN CROTCH ROCKETS. No criticism of his lifestyle choice is meant, but he was a charismatic and talented performer and its a shame mainstream cinema los...
... with her gay neighbor (yes, thats right), she realizes that Abigail is up to no good. No problem, Cindy discovers that if she calls Abigail a witch bitch it will break the spell. Sadly Abigail turns her sights onto Cindys brother who she turns int...
...o much on gay stereotypes. The lettering in the dialogue also may make for difficult reading. But the artwork makes it all worthwhile - Lee has an artistic style that combines influences from manga, '60s romance comics, and modern-day artists such as A...
...mmaker a gay, misogynistic devotee of S&M who helped start "Off-Broadway" theater and led a life both appalling and fascinating prior to his 1990 death from AIDS. While I strongly recommend the book, this movie is another story. Like most of Milli...
...ens to be gay, but in denial, and Colby knows his secret. One doesnt expect a film such as JOHNNY FIRECLOUD to contain a positive homosexual figure, as it turns out the Sheriff is one of the few persons of integrity in the whole picture, but it does, ...
... takes on gays and lesbians, Jews, Mormons, liberals, African-Americans, and...er, PEANUTS fans. Since I fit into at least two of those categoriesand don't ask, 'cause I won't tellI should have been doubly offended. Instead, I was laughing twice as har...
... mincing, gay fashion guru who befriends the bedazzled duo.TRULY, MADLY, DEEPLY is a ghost story with a difference. A variation on the idea behind films such as GHOST, this is the story of a woman mourning the death of her lover (Alan Rickman) who sudd...
... set in a gay bath house, VAPORS played in art houses throughout the country as well as on the adult film circuit. Milligan's bleak, unflinching vision was perfect for a new genre of adult film that had just been born the "roughie." Plus, he knew how ...
...ddle-aged gay men, Howard smells a rat. Only problem is, that rat...is him. As it so often turns out in comics, the monolithic corporation is actually dabbling in dark things, and at the center of it all is an old enemy that has his sights set on reven...
...at he was gay or ask Meg Ryan when she had to promote PROOF OF LIFE during her very publicized divorce from Dennis Quaid. In fact, a lot of times the press won't even see the actor or actress if he or she is going through a personal crisis of some sort...
...ek, being gay, or being a jock, you also have to worry about them possibly being a mutant. It's not an easy world to live in, but that's the world Karl Boller's script perfectly captures, with all the disease that goes with living in it, particularly i...
... actually gay. Hilarity ensues. I guarantee it.But they'll never take our freeeeddddoooommmmm!!! That's all I remember from BRAVEHEART (USA, 8 p.m.). Damn this stupid short attention span. Hey. BRAVEHEART is on tonight. Remember that line "But they'll ...
...friend is gay-bashed and left for dead in GREEN LANTERN #154. As I said earlier, there aren't many must-haves this month, but this is one of them.Another possibility is X-MEN UNLIMITED #38, written by Greg Rucka, in which Nightcrawler and Kitty Pryde r...
...ronmental gay disco musical. Plus, it’s not even really a penguin movie. It’s a funny movie about surfing, relationships and philosophy, which just happens to have penguins playing most of the characters.The basic structure is that of a spo...
...ends, one gay and one straight, and the young girl they befriend at a bar. In another chapter, a woman goes on vacation to a tropical island that was supposed to be for her and her businessman boyfriend. Unfortunately, he's delayed for what he says are...
...typically gay, although some of their fellow policemen do (which got a chuckle out of me.) Dee\'s voice is very nice and fairly deep. Ryo\'s is nervous at the beginning and a bit stale, but he gets into the role pretty quickly. This is a disc I can wat...
... Fiore is gay! I thought that the scene with the discussion of Fiore's sexuality would surely have been cut out of the dub version, but they just changed it to a discussion about how "Darian" is popular with everybody. In fact, I was wondering what had...
...biguously gay seamen. Unfortunately, it\'s not as funny as typing the last three words of that last sentence. The side-story really kills off the momentum of the book and left a sour taste in my mouth. Luckily, I have volume 3 ready to get rid of that ...
...a is also gay, it's still forced. Afterwards, Hikaru begins to understand just how terrible a thing it was he did. The guilt is almost overwhelming, but he's saved by Shima himself. Shima suggests they play act at being lovers. They'll keep it quiet an...
...ey aren't gay and "well, that's how we do it." It's a toss up as to which is more disturbing: the Siva-Cipher "twincest" or thousands of Japanese readers thinking this normal for 80's New York City. Next on the list is Anise and her father. Anise an...
...u, who\'s gay and has been hiding his love for (supposedly straight) Sachi. He doesn\'t take Sachi\'s new relationship with Tamotsu well, but Tamotsu\'s whole-hearted charm might thaw even Tamotsu\'s hard heart.
Sora has a tough time of it as well - ...
...life of a gay couple. If you enjoy the characters, you'll enjoy the continuing adventures that they have. Volume two helped this for me, but I'm not sure how long the enjoyment of these stories will last. A series like Kizuna should last no more than t...
...d of mild gay content, this one warns of both enema\'s and urination. Thanks guys! The layout of the cover is decent but text heavy with the summary and the shows origins. A few shots from the show are included and the remainder is filled out with the ...
...i and her gay robotic partner Kuma are there to put a stop to it! But can they resist the lure of the madman's incredibly tempting technologically-enhanced body?The Review!The hermaphrodites are back in a newly repackaged release with a first-time dub...
...e a puffy gay pirate in some ways but there isn\'t anything terribly surprising about the designs at all here. Combined with some decent sex scenes and some mildly creative uses of sex on trains, this was more fun than I expected it to be.
In Summary:...
...mboyantly gay nazi) by the name of Gueler exposes Anna's operation. David, now leader of the resistance, comes to her aid but is captured along with her. They are both scheduled for public execution. At the detention center, they meet Roanne, who has s...
...er him (a gay boxer, in particular) because he hangs out with the geeks. Given what's happening at home, Kato really takes it to the bullies and gives everyone a reason to be scared of him.
We're also introduced to some new characters as well. A biker...
...rody of a gay couple. Which is even weirder when the snail starts birthing tiny snails and Papuwa snaps them all up to make escargot. Tiny snail angels was not what I expected to see. The setup to all of this is weird but the plot early on here isn\'t ...
... he looks gay. Shido's animals aren't even enough to stop her attitude. There's more in store when one of the transporters (no prizes for guessing who) turns up to spoil the party. This is another goofy episode but it is a lot of fun if you take it at ...
...e obvious gay references and feels even more so because of how Chris Patton voices him. In some previous dubs where the profanity is brought into it, it\'s something I come away from with the feeling of it being either completely unnecessary or just to...
...lf as her gay husband tortured her over jealousy issues. To make up for her lack of post-grave nookie, she comes back and possesses hot young women and has them take as many lovers as possible. While she can possess them, she can\'t actually get the fe...
...g seen as gay, and balks at having sex with a man pretty much every time it comes up. This struck me as odd, given that he's a porn star, and made him seem conceited. Furthermore, his self-depreciation and adolescent outbursts tell a tale of insecurity...
...women and gay men, but the only way she'll agree is if Kiri will dress up as a man. Kiri initially refuses, since she's been striving so hard for all these years to be more feminine, but due to her mom's coercion (it's really more manipulation than any...
...to air of gay TV stations, however I don\'t know which stations or when.
Berserk second season has a very good chance of happening, but the author doesn\'t believe that enough story has been done yet in the manga for a second season. Since Berserk did...
... give off gay signals?\" Chris I\'m frog marched off and made to give ADV an interview. This job isn\'t all beer and skittles? come to think of it the beer\'s crap and there were no skittles, and no one lets me on the DDR machine either [small sob].
...
...he Undead Gay Detectives.\"
\"Keep an eye out\" for possible release of older CPM manga in smaller form factors.
Work continues on the backlog for titles to which CPM has DVD rights.
New Licenses: None
ADV Films
ADV will be returning to the manga publi...
...to air of gay TV stations, however I don\'t know which stations or when.
Berserk second season has a very good chance of happening, but the author doesn\'t believe that enough story has been done yet in the manga for a second season. Since Berserk did ...
...civil and gay rights movements without a cell phone, computer, PDA or MP3 player -- suddenly hurtled back in time when he's ripped from 2008 after being hit by a car while chasing down a criminal. He's trying mightily to understand what has just happen...
...biguously Gay Duo. When the Green Lantern’s little alien buddy, Cairo, jumps on his back I just about lost my lunch. There was the first Ace and Gary moment, plain as day. The Justice League episodes also screamed of the X-Presidents, Smigel&rsqu...
...beautiful gay men. On top of that, relationships between employees, or even between passengers and employees, are highly encouraged! This is of course the premise for many hilarious situations and strange adventures both for them and for their passenge...
..., flaming gay writer. But one lonely night, at his wits end, Tadashi sends Kouhei a text message and receives a reply. Of course Tadashi has secretly harbored feelings for Kouhei for a long time. But when he finds out Kouhei is getting set-up for an ar...
...but to be gay. The story deals with homosexuality through the four main characters. There’s Yuasa and Kagami, who have known that they were gay for as long as they can remember and are comfortable with their orientation. Kagami ...
...while the gay cosplay hostess bar chapter was pretty funny, it was pretty pointless. Things get back on track for the last third of the book with the unwelcome return of an old friend but we are left with an awkward cliffhanger. So this volume left me ...
... Tohru is gay and that Shihoudani is his lover. When Sakaya doesn\'t believe this, he decides to prove it by planting a long kiss on Tohru - who is more than slightly shocked at this whole turn of events. This sends her on her way, but it\'s clear that...
...hink that gay people are disgusting.
VS
Natsuki is the number one host at the club he works at, but things take a turn when a new kid named Ryuuji comes in and proclaims that he will be number one in just a month. As Ryuuji becomes more and more ...
... give off gay signals?" Chris I'm frog marched off and made to give ADV an interview. This job isn't all beer and skittles? come to think of it the beer's crap and there were no skittles, and no one lets me on the DDR machine either [small sob].
Afte...
...red to be gay (or bi). When a simple White Day exchange of chocolates starts to go awry, however, sometimes the consequences are unavoidable.
Can't Win With You Volume 1
Written by: Satosumi Takaguchi and illustrated by: Yukine Honami
Rated 18+; MS...
...the usual gay stereotypes. Luckily Kevin does a good job of staying away from that with a consistent performance.
Of course, what's a group of heroes without a nemesis? Voiced by Sue Gillad, Miyama Mizuha fits the bill nicely as a recurring villain. W...
...aken to a gay bar and being hit on by the professor.
Through what is likely planning on his part, one of the waiters at the club is Enjoji\'s half brother from another marriage, and he manages to rescue Ranmaru from his would be attacker after the dri...
...in isn\'t gay. There\'s a great little conversation about that between Mugen and Fuu where he almost gets her to reveal herself to him. Mugen may not be able to read or have book smarts, but he\'s slick when he wants to be.
I\'ll even say that the rec...
...llip;in a gay club.
Battler Britton #5 (of 5) $2.99
Blue Beetle #8 $2.99
Detective Comics #825 $2.99
Kurt: Another one-shot by Paul Dini. This has been pretty good.
Ex Machina #24 (MR) $2...
...nd make a gay joke, like "Marvel certainly does like a lot of men in their books!" Or, I could just wrap this up so I can get some sleep. Until next week, Comicscape faithful, I bid you adieu. Questions? Comments? Let us know what you think at comi...
...b. Forget gay marriage back in the 1930s it was still legal to marry a 12-year old in some states. Turmoil in an Appalachian community centers around the efforts of a crusading school teacher (Dianne Durrell) to not only educate the barefoot children,...
...llenge of gay French racing champ Sasha Baron Cohen. Rated widescreen and “fullscreen” editions include “25 years later” commentrak, deleted footage, interviews and more, and unrated widescreen and “fullscreen” editi...
Just imagine Lupin III crossed with Case Closed, with a teaspoon of gay love. That’s Gorgeous Carat Galaxy in a nutshell.
I’m not a fan of generic yaoi titles with plots straight out of mainstream porn, where the two characters are ...
...’re gay for him too, eh?
Incredible Hulk #105 $2.99
Iron Man Hypervelocity #4 (Of 6) $2.99
Irredeemable Ant-Man #7 $2.99
Marvel Adventures Spider-Man #26 $2.99
Marvel Zombies Army of Darkness #2 (Of 5) $2....
...w another gay character to perish.
X-Men Phoenix Warsong #5 (of 5) $2.99 Al: Awesome! This is over! Now I can start counting the days until someone retcons it!
Kurt: What? Like Daredevil?
Questions? Comments? Let us know ...
...eir inner gay and starting holding hands at school (I can accept eating lunch together; that’s what best friends do), and then move on to living with each other after high school. Their story seems to strive to illustrate that no matter how di...
... met in a gay bar and another he met at Finally Fred's in the Meatpacking District while posing as the musician named Best Progressive Rock Drummer by Modern Drummer magazine eight years in a row. Portnoy has posted the following e-mail he received fr...
...ica: yes. Gay love story: yes. Ruins of World's Fair: no. Long Island: no. Orson Welles: no. Salvador Dali: yes. Loving reference to Betty and Veronica: no. Stan Lee: no.Michael Chabon also wrote the screenplay for the film which is expected to be dire...
...iccan are gay have proven to be completely true. And in Young Avengers #8, Heinberg reveals that the big cliffhanger from last issue is...well, exactly as serious as you thought it might be. It's a great twist. I have no idea how he's gonna write himse...
GATE Mail by David Michael Wharton (Mon 08-08-2005)
...party his gay son is throwing for his boyfriend.MINISTRY OF FEAR (9 PM CST, TCM) Fritz Lang directs this WWII-set Graham Greene spy thriller.WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10SUKHAVATI: A MYTHIC JOURNEY WITH JOSEPH CAMPBELL (7 PM CST, PBS) Assuming George Lucas hasn...
...cide of a gay priest. (O) THE CROW: WICKED PRAYER (Buena Vista) In the fourth Crow film (are you keeping track?), biker Satanists murder Edward Furlong so he won't oppose Skynet. Oops. No, it's part of a demon-raising ritual, but he becomes the Crow an...
...ar Openly Gay High School Student?"I can't tell you how much I loved ANDY RICHTER. Still very, very bitter about that one. Come, DVD gods, grant me respite.Kyle writes: "When I was a kid I kind of liked SPACE RANGERS on CBS, but it was on and off the...
...bed young gay man ala FATAL ATTRACTION, guest starring Judith O'Dea and Brinke Stevens. Includes commentrak, Making-Of and more. (O) QUICK CHANGE (Warner Bros.) Bill Murray and Geena Davis swipe a million bucks but have trouble getting away with it in ...
...en have a gay best friend. With 2 commentraks, an "anti-commentary", laugh track recorded from a test screening (cool idea), featurettes, alternate footage and more. An unrated edition adds on more featurettes, a game, audition tapes, video diary and m...
...g to do a gay musical number? I'm waiting. Ultimate X-Men Vol 7 Blockbuster TP $12.99Kurt: Hey, speaking of Blockbuster...f--k it. Uncanny X-Men Omnibus Vol 1 HC $99.99 Uncanny X-Men Omnibus Vol 1 HC Variant $99.99 What If Mirror Mirror TP $16.99 ...
...not being gay and only wanting to be friends. Poor Shogo is stuck in the middle of his friend and his brother, getting more and more agitated with each turn of the page. We get both sides of the story, and we get one guy caught in the middle of both ...
...biguously gay enough.
Conan #41 (MR) $2.99
Grendel Archive Edition HC $14.95
Ben: I used to really look forward to these books. Maybe I’ll pick this up for old time’s sake.
Maxwell Strangewell GN $19.95
Ben...
... Now that gay marriage is legal in California, Ed Brubaker and I can finally be together.
Dark Tower Long Road Home #4 (Of 5) $3.99
Essential Captain Marvel TP Vol 01 $16.99
Essential Fantastic Four TP Vol 01 New Ed $16.99
&...
...ter being gay. It would have been interesting if this admission had some weight in the film – if it influenced his decisions in some way – but it doesn’t have any effect on the character at all. In fact, the whole scene feels extremel...
... get at a gay bar. “Bob and I had a couple of High Lifes, and then he asked me if I wanted a midnighter in the back. I was all for it.” Oh, wait.
New Dynamix #2 (Of 5) $2.99
Nightwing #143 $2.99
Scalped #16 (MR) $2.99
Ben...
...a book by Gay and Laney Salisbury. Sean O'Keefe and Will Staples will write the script. Johnson will oversee production. Plot Concept: The novel tells the story of how a team of 20 men and more than 200 sled dogs undertook a 674-mile race against time...
... a token gay character. (I AM SEETHING WITH ANGER) As always, the dubbed version replaces the original orchestral Japanese score with a terrible wannabe techno/heavy metal remix. Also, the Japanese track at the end of the disc actually becomes (not...
...lf as her gay husband tortured her over jealousy issues. To make up for her lack of post-grave nookie, she comes back and possesses hot young women and has them take as many lovers as possible. While she can possess them, she can\'t actually get the fe...
...es in the gay adult marketplace, we only have a basic stereo mix in Japanese for this disc. The track is pretty standard in what to expect without much in the way of noticeable directionality since it�s mostly just dialogue and the occasional scream ...
...biguously gay title around.
Last Defenders #1 (Of 6) $2.99
Magician Apprentice Prem HC Vol 2 $19.99
Magician Apprentice Prem HC Vol 2 Dm Ed $19.99
Marvel Adventures Hulk #9 $2.99
Marvel Comics Presents #7 $3.99
Marvel Illustrated Last Of The Moh...
...nders you gay on contact. It will be worth it. I am buying this.
Marvel Spotlight One More Day Brand New Day $2.99
Ben: I’m a pacifist, but my alter-ego “I-Hate-You-For-Buying-This-Excrement-Man” is not. ...
...e Office: Gay Witch Hunt," NBC.
Writing, Miniseries, Movie or Dramatic Special: "Prime Suspect: The Final Act," PBS.
Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program: Late Night With Conan O'Brien," NBC.
...’re gay?
Heroes For Hire #13 $2.99
Loners #5 (Of 6) $2.99
Marvel Adventures Hulk #3 $2.99
Marvel Illustrated Man In The Iron Mask #3 (Of 6) $2.99
Marvel Zombies Army Of Darkness HC $19.99
Ben: This wa...
...e, Marcia Gay Harden, Toby Jones, William Sadler, Laurie Holden & Andre Braugher.
Plot Summary: After a severe thunderstorm, David Drayton (Thomas Jane) and a small town community come under vicious attack from creatures prowling in a t...
Martian Child is based on David Gerrold’s book about his experiences as an adoptive dad. The stumbling block to adoption on film has been changed to make lead David Gordon (John Cusack) a single widower rather than a single gay man (as Gerrold is), ...
...I’m gay for you.
Kurt: I hope you’re into open relationships, because he’s mine too.
Captain America Chosen #4 (Of 6) $3.99
Captain America Vol 1 Death Captain America Prem HC $19.99
Franklin Richards Fall ...
...r, Marcia Gay Harden, Emile Hirsch, Hal Holbrook, William Hurt, Catherine Keener, Jena Malone, Kristen Stewart, Vince Vaughn"No Country for Old Men" - Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, Garret Dillahunt, Tess Harper, Woody Harrelson, Tommy Lee Jones...
...y (Marcia Gay Harden) keeps insisting that this is a sign of God’s judgment.
Harden and Darabont do a terrific job of keeping Mrs. Carmody recognizable as a thinking, feeling person while at the same time making a good case that she&rsqu...
...0Kurt: No gay joke, Al? I feel kind of cheated. Anyway, Wolverine's kicking ass for S.H.I.E.L.D. now, instead of slaughtering B-listers and hundreds of unnamed-and-just-made-up heroes.Questions? Comments? Let us know what you think at comicscape@cinesc...
...aken to a gay bar and being hit on by the professor.
Through what is likely planning on his part, one of the waiters at the club is Enjoyji\'s half brother from another marriage, and he manages to rescue Ranmaru from his would be attacker after the dr...
... unfunny) gay tailor who helps Willis come up with a fabulous outfit (he never says that, mind you, but it might have been funnier if he had). By contrast, one of the