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The 15 Best LGBTQ Cartoons of All Time
It took a extended time, but mainstream cartoons are finally coming out of the closet. Now, we can only hope they stay that way.
When live-action television began making inroads for gay representation during the turn of the century, animation remained a frustratingly straight (if frequently queer-coded) affair. The reasons behind the medium’s slowness were obvious and, predictably, homophobic. Animation is too often seen as content made for kids, and same-sex attraction is regarded as an “adult” topic. So, pearl-clutching TV critics would argue, children shouldn’t be exposed to “adult” (read: gay) characters through raunchy cartoons.
That’s not to say that there weren’t LGBTQ people in cartoons before the 2010s; Japanese anime, in particular, was slightly ahead of the curve on this front, with ’90s classics like “Sailor Moon” and “Neon Genesis Evangelion” featuring explicitly queer themes and love stories. But that content was often mercilessly squashed when it ma
“This Town Is Big Enough For All Of Us”: Ralf König On Lucky Luke
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Aug Stone | February 21, 2022
On November 25th, Europe Comics published Ralf König’s Swiss Bliss, the German artist’s take on Lucky Luke. König came out as a gay man in the late 70’s and has been publishing comics teeming with sexuality for the past 40 years, to adj success. His books have been translated into fourteen languages and sold upwards of seven million copies. In 1990 he won Best German Comic Artist at the Grenoble BD Festival and Best International Comics Artist at the Barcelona International Comic Impartial in 1992. In 2009 his Prototype won Best Comic Of The Year at the Frankfurt Book Fair. Four movies possess been made from König’s labor, with 1994’s Der Bewegte Mann (published in English as Lovely Baby) becoming the second most successful film in German history with its 6.5 million viewers grossing $43 million at the box office and earning a Federal Film Prize. Kondom des Grauens (The Killer Condom), Wie die Karnickel (Like Rabbits), and his adaptation of Aristophan 12345678910Next Page Two South Australian crossbench politicians are calling for an urgent review of classification laws, after discovering videos and comic books sold in Australia that depict sexual images of children, including rape scenes. SA Optimal Upper House MP Connie Bonaros has been investigating Japanese anime and manga publications and initiate many for sale that she believed should not have got past the Classification Board. "They are effectively regulating this material appreciate they would a video game or like they would a film, but they are doing so in isolation of our criminal law," Ms Bonaros said. "Our federal criminal code clearly says that this material would verb the definition of child exploitation material and therefore should not be availab
Anime and manga depicting sexual images of children spark calls for review of classification laws
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