![]() ![]() Comic companies need to be keeping an eye out for people like them for their very livelihoods. Certainly not when it comes to characters leading books and pushing plots forward, and certainly not to the extent of that Fyodor, Lawrence, and Kelsey have gone in Bash Back. The big two have a couple of books with LGBTQ leads, smaller publishers seem to have more representation, but not a great deal more. Not that they aren’t great reads, like Jeffrey Brown’s Clumsy, but we are still lacking in terms of LGBTQ stories. ![]() Some of the other smaller publishers putting out more autobiographical books still put out a great deal of graphic memoirs from predominantly straight white men coming of age. Over at Image, the incredible success of Saga has opened the floodgates for science fiction driven stories – over there. Just having people with different life experiences and points of views to tap into alone can help make fresh and new stories for a general audience.Įven beyond the mainstream, many of the smaller publishers get stuck telling similar stories as well. Part of solving this problem is diversity. I own or have read more #1 issues of comics from the big two currently than I ever thought I would have when I was in grade school. The same stories happening to the same characters in an endless loop that recycles itself faster and faster. Mainstream comics have become more or less stale. The point is, the LGBTQ community has incredibly talented people in it like Fyodor Pavlov, and the comic industry should be aware of him and others like him, because they need him. I could continue going about Fyodor’s many impressive artistic accomplishments, but it might be easier if you just check out his website here. Sketchy’s for New York, the flagship of the Dr. Lawrence and Fyodor, in addition to both being accomplished artists, produce and direct Dr. Their work on Bash Back speaks much better than I ever could on it, so please check it out here. Retribution.” Sounds pretty tense, doesn’t it? Bash Back is a uniquely queer creation delving into a queer power fantasy a subgenre that is scarcely seen or heard of in just about every entertainment medium, particularly as well thought out and diverse as this story. Here’s the quick pitch as taken from their page, “Thousands of of years of bloodshed, torment and ridicule. Additionally, he works on comics including Baritarian Boy co-created with his partner Lawrence Gullo and Bash Back, his current web comic co-created both his partner and with writer Kelsey Hercs.īash Back is a queer mafia story. His art has been commissioned both privately and commercially. It was an evening of celebrating queer art in many forms, and something that the comic book industry should be aware of.įyodor is a queer artist, a Russian immigrant, and a New Yorker. The opening reception featured not only wine and cheese, but music and burlesque performances. Last Thursday, Fyodor Pavlov, a person I’m honored to call a friend, had the opening reception for his exhibition at the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art.Titled Carpe Noctem: Eros to Thanatos, the exhibition celebrates the interlocking themes of queer desire, sex, myth and death. ![]()
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