X-Men Comic: Generation Hope #9 will address Gay Teen Suicide

X-Men writer Kieron Gillen and artist Jamie McKelvie, will be collaborating on a story about gay teen suicides in, Generation Hope #9 (A X-Men Comic).

Kieron talks about the story on iFanboy:

It was directly inspired by the conversation around the very public gay suicide stories. It doesn't get much more sensitive."
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"When the stories [about gay teen suicide] started to break, the first place I heard about it was actually from Fraction. We'd just passed the baton, and he said "If I was still writing the X-Men...". I read the news and could only agree.

It's not the type of story that fits in any other major superhero book. It's simply not what those books are about. But the X-Men? X-Men is a book about mutants, used as a metaphor about prejudice. And of the X-Men books, Generation Hope is fundamentally about new mutants trying to survive dealing with the fact they're mutants. With the metaphor in place, you can not just do a story about it - I dare say you should tell a story about it. In a real way, it's the sort of story Generation Hope exists to tell. If we can't tell this story and tell it as well as we can, the book may as well not exist."
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Comic Book Writer takes on Spider-Man on Broadway, 'Glee' and a 'Carrie' Remake

Comic Book writer Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa will get to spread out his talents very soon. One of his opportunities is rewriting the Broadway madness, Spider-Man Turn Off The Dark, then he will be a co-producer and writer of 'Glee' (maybe he can save that mess) and then... He may be writing the remake of 'Carrie'!

CARRIE!

I had to clutch my pearls on that one. However, Roberto is a good writer. I enjoyed his work on the Nighcrawler comic, so it's in good hands. But it's 'Carrie'; I LOVE Carrie! I hated the TV remake in the early 2000s and I heard the Broadway version was horrid. But I have faith in Roberto. I'm sure he will make it right.

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What if Male Superheroes Had Costumes Like Women?

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Ms. Marvel takes a Day off

For you non-comic folks, Ms. Marvel is a superhero, Avenger and a fashion icon (that sash does it). But here's a cute clip of what happens when she takes a day off.
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Superman: Truth, Justice and __________ Way

Superman is no longer an American. To be honest, I didn't know he claimed to be. Anywho, in the milestone comic, Action 900, Kal-El renounces his US citizenship because he feels it will be better for other nations if he's global.



That's a big step for a hero that has been defined by this country. I understand Supes decision. Wonder Woman and Storm are also non-Americans. They claim their home 'countries'. But those two are different in the eyes of non-comic folk; so I wonder what impact this decision will have?

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Comic Writers & Artists join together for the Anti-Bullying Comic: "The Power Within"

 Here is a great comic book initiative that really touches on impact of teen bullying and suicide.


The comic is called The Power Within and famed writers & artists like Gail Simone, Phil Jiminez, Carla Speed McNeil, Dan Parent, Donna Barr and Andy Mangels are adding pages for a new print of the comic.

Here's more from their Kickstarter page


We are looking to do a large print run of The Power Within, a comic book that tackles the subject of teen bullying and suicide. It focuses on Shannon, who gets picked on a lot at school because he is smaller, quieter and more "artistic" than the other kids. His dad and his teachers think the other kids wouldn't tease him if he just "fit in" more. Their advice is for him to hide, or he's bringing it on himself. 

Faced with all this, Shannon has created a super-powered alter ego that he can escape into whenever he's in a bad situation. Pretending he's a powerful hero helps him stand up for himself. But will the power within be enough to save him?

We originally created this comic book for 24-Hour Comics Day last year, in response to the rash of teen suicides in September of 2010. We were so proud of the results that Mark went back and finished and cleaned up the art, and we released it as a "DiY" comic book and sold it at a few conventions on the west coast this spring.
The  The Power Within is created by Charles “Zan” Christensen and Mark Brill. If you can, please contribute and move this project forward.

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Marvel considered The BLACK Avengers TWICE?

Today, I learned that Marvel thought about making the Black Avengers. Seriously? The BLACK Avengers? Yes, honey and it was brought a couple of times.

Marvel SVP of Publishing Tom Brevoort reveals the idea:

The third one I can remember — and at least two different people pitched this at two different times — was an idea that never got as far as an official title, but it was essentially “Black Avengers.” It was “Let’s put all the African or African-American heroes together on a team for an adventure,” and in those cases too, there was nothing about the idea beyond “It’s a bunch of super heroes together” that said “Avengers” beyond the fact that “Avengers” is a term that’s salable. I think there’s something very specific about what “Avengers” means to the Marvel Universe. They’re the varsity. They’re the A-list. They’re the Man. They’re not about being super heroes because of demographics or ethnicity. They stand for something specific and occupy a certain role. If you don’t have some degree of that, then it doesn’t feel like Avengers.

I wonder why The Black Avengers was even thought of or what did they hoped to accomplish. What was next, the Asian Avengers the Gay Avengers? Thank Hera they passed on this, because I think it would have caused a huge backlash.

While I would enjoy seeing more Black characters in comics, I wouldn't want see this team like this formed out of some form guilt or a misunderstanding. I very glad they passed on this concept.

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Gay Comic Character gets His Mini-Series

Archie's Kevin Keller gets his own 4 part mini-series.


The four-issue series shows how Keller arrived in Riverdale, where he's become close pals with Archie and the gang. But it will also deal with heavier fare than the typical "Archie" comic -- including how the character struggled with coming out to his parents, and bullying. 

If the title does as well as Archie co-CEO Jon Goldwater expects, it could lead to an ongoing series for the character, whose presence in the imaginary town would have been unthinkable not long ago. "This is the most important book this company has released in 70 years," Goldwater said. 
Sounds exciting, I hope these are good stories to read about.



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The Year of The X-Men: MMXI

The folks over at Marvel promises a kick ass year for the X-Men. Here are a few teasers










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Frank Miller for Gucci?

The man that gave us Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Daredevil, Sin City and 300 is giving us fashion and fragrance for Gucci.

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A Gay (Kiss) on an Ultimate Spider-Man Cover

This is a first.

If you look at your right, you can see a loving gay couple sharing a moment.

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