Graphic Novels & Comics

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Offsite, see Beek's Books for great reviews of superhero & action, sf, fantasy, lbg, & other comics

Doom Patrol

Rachel Pollack. [transsexual lesbian superhero]

Fags in Space: A Completely Queer Cosmic Comic

http://www.fagsinspace.com/

Futaba-kin Change

Gender-changing Japanese manga.

Hothead Paisan

pretty much revenge fantasy, but sometimes an actual Fantasy element creeps in ...

Invasion of the Space Amazons from the Purple Planet

$2.25. Grizmaer Productions, P.O. Box 442612, Lawrence KS, 66044.
Haven't actually seen it, but it was reviewed in Feminist Bookstore News v. 20 no. 2 pp. 29 (July/August 1997) by Julie Mitchell. "New feminist science fiction quarterly in comic form."

Ranma

Anime / manga. Character who changes from male to female.

Tank Girl

The X-Men (Marvel)

And related series in the Marvel Universe. While I was a big fan in the 80s during high school, it wasn't until the last few years that I started going back and appreciating The X-Men on a more political level. The X-Men, unlike many superhero teams, had actual real stand-alone female superheroes -- not mere adjuncts to the men. In fact the X-Men was led by a woman of color -- Storm -- for years. The X-Men also was more political in its attempt to deal with racism -- analogizing hatred of mutants to racism -- than most other comic series. And finally, the Marvel Universe introduced the first mainstream gay superhero, Northstar, in Alpha Flight #104 or #106 (1992) (Alpha Flight was a Canadian mutant superhero team). -- lq, 2003-08-08

Other Suggestions

• Aeon Flux
• Akiko by Mark Crilley
• Best American
• Books of Magic
• Castle Waiting
• Clockwork Angels by Lea Hernandez; other works by Lea Hernandez
• Finder
• Hellblazer: The Restoration Comedy (Vertigo, 4-part mini, 2 dyke heroines)
• House of Secrets (from Vertigo; about 20 issues)
• League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
• Love and Rockets - Gilbert and Jaime Hernandez
• Promethea
• Rumble Girls
• Sandman by Neil Gaiman
  
  • "A Game of You"
  • "Death: The Time of Your Life"
• Strangers in Paradise
• Top Ten (police series of superheroes; a lesbian character)