Batwoman
Catman
Harley Quinn
Catwoman
Pied Piper
Poison Ivy
Midnighter
Constantine
Scandal Savage
Shrinking Violet
Renee Montoya
Bunker
Obsidian
Alan Scott
Other (not listed)
I voted for Batwoman before noticing that Renee Montoya was an option. Oh well, but I guess she's not a superhero ATM so I can live with that.
While never explicitly stated as such in the comics I really would've loved to see Triumph come out as gay in story like Christopher Priest apparently intended to reveal.
I thought it helped make some of his interactions make a bit more sense. And as Priest mewntioned it would fit in with his narrative of feeling out of place and out of time.
Interestingly I have a hunch Priest who also wrote Ray at the time in the 90's might've intended to have Ray come out as gay (or bi) and have them be a couple given some events that happened in Ray's book, that I'm guessing DC nixed in the end which would've led to it.
Question for y'all: If a writer or artist writes or draws a character as lgbt, but they're never outed or made explicit on the page, does it count for you?
I'm going to say that, at least for those issues/that run, it does count for me, but the fan-side of me also feels that it "counts" completely, even though I know that's not logical.
Patsy Walker on TV! Patsy Walker in new comics! Patsy Walker in your brain! And Jessica Jones is the new Nancy! (Oh, and read the Comics Cube.)
I remember reading somewhere that one of the inspirations for Constantine was a blond man in a trenchcoat who had once slyly grinned and winked at Alan Moore in a London cafe or bar before disappearing. For the life of me I cannot remember where I read that from and cannot seem to find it online. Does anyone know what I am talking about?
Moore's mentioned seeing him twice, but I think only after the character was created. Mainly, the artist said they were going to put Sting in the comic, and Moore decided to actually make it a character, since it was fait accompli.
That's the thing, though: I think, any version you have of John, he's a winky guy. It's easy for me that, at the very least, he hits on a lot of people, whether it's more serious than that or not.
Patsy Walker on TV! Patsy Walker in new comics! Patsy Walker in your brain! And Jessica Jones is the new Nancy! (Oh, and read the Comics Cube.)
Richard Stone from Static
or Richie Foley, as he was known on Static Shock
While I never really cared for the character (mostly because he was shoehorned into existence), this would have totally made sense to me.
I totally forgot Mike S. Miller - a noted "conservative" - drew this mini-series! I wonder what he would have thought had Priest been able to out Triumph after all...
Midnighter all the way! I love the way Orlando is writing him and the way he handles his sexuality. The Prometheus story was awesome and twisted at the same time.
Please Remain Calm
Midnighter,Kate,Constantine,Renee,Scandal are my favourites but if I had to choose it'd be Midnighter. Catman,Catwoman and Ivy are "failed" gay/bi characters and actually lumping them with the others is an insult to actual LGBT characters. For the latter characters the writers tried to live some weird fantasy or fetish that they obviously were not fully comfortable with and committed to. Eg Harley/Ivy which is vague and only exists in Dini's head or Catwoman/Eiko which Valentine showed for one page and that was all there was to it,or Catman who is bi in Gail Simone's head.
Pied Piper is one of my fav C level characters ever!
Current Pull: Lazarus, The Realm, Seven to Eternity, Aquaman, Flash, Justice League Dark, Justice League Odyssey, Sideways, Black Panther, Captain America, Daredevil, Death of the Inhumans.
Future Pull: Killmonger.
Me too!
I disagree wholeheartedly. I'm not reading Secret Six atm, so I can't comment on Catman, but I don't see how Catwoman and Ivy are failed bi characters. Catwoman was just recently officially outed, so it's not like there's a whole lot of time for in depth analysis on her sexual orientation. She's bisexual no matter how many men vs women she's been with. Plus, Ivy and Harley are shown in bed together. I'm not sure what more is needed for them to be successful bi characters.