http://www.gayleague.com/wordpress Have a beverage and stay a while, won't you? Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:33:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.gayleague.com/wordpress/2010/10/01/silver-age-bigot/ http://www.gayleague.com/wordpress/2010/10/01/silver-age-bigot/#comments Fri, 01 Oct 2010 13:58:02 +0000 Joe Palmer http://www.gayleague.com/wordpress/?p=3032 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: absolute; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } Nightmaster was created by Denny O’Neil, Jerry Grandenetti, and Berni Wrightson created Nightmaster in 1969, taking rock musician Jim Rook and putting him into the role of a confused hero in a sword and sorcery setting in the land of Myrra for Showcase #82 – 84. Despite the stories and art exciting my 11 year [...]]]> http://www.gayleague.com/wordpress/2010/10/01/silver-age-bigot/feed/ 0 http://www.gayleague.com/wordpress/2009/03/19/looking-back-at-wonder-woman-185/ http://www.gayleague.com/wordpress/2009/03/19/looking-back-at-wonder-woman-185/#comments Thu, 19 Mar 2009 19:08:55 +0000 Joe Palmer http://www.gayleague.com/wordpress/?p=210 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: absolute; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } By Joe Palmer IT’S THEM! Sadistic lesbians menace Diana Prince? It was 1969 when WONDER WOMAN #185 hit the spinner racks, shelves of drugstores and supermarkets around the country. The comic had undergone a radical revision the year before in an attempt to attract new readers. The Powers That Be decided to greatly downplay the [...]]]> http://www.gayleague.com/wordpress/2009/03/19/looking-back-at-wonder-woman-185/feed/ 0 http://www.gayleague.com/wordpress/2009/03/19/sealed-with-approval-1989/ http://www.gayleague.com/wordpress/2009/03/19/sealed-with-approval-1989/#comments Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:24:31 +0000 Joe Palmer http://www.gayleague.com/wordpress/?p=192 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: absolute; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } The Comics Code underwent its most drastic revision in 1989. For the first time homosexuality (see “Institutions”),  sexual preferences (see “Language”), and sexual orientation (see “Characterization”) are openly mentioned. Despite these and other similar changes this most recent and still in effect version makes it clear that its emphasis is on assuring that comics displaying [...]]]> http://www.gayleague.com/wordpress/2009/03/19/sealed-with-approval-1989/feed/ 0 http://www.gayleague.com/wordpress/2009/03/17/sealed-with-approval-1971/ http://www.gayleague.com/wordpress/2009/03/17/sealed-with-approval-1971/#comments Tue, 17 Mar 2009 17:43:39 +0000 Joe Palmer http://www.gayleague.com/wordpress/?p=176 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: absolute; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } The Comics Code Authority made its first revisions to its standards in 1971. These revisions are largely reflected in items number 1 and number 5 under GENERAL STANDARDS PART B. These changes allowed for the judicious use of the words “horror” and “terror” within the pages of a comic, but not on its cover, as [...]]]> http://www.gayleague.com/wordpress/2009/03/17/sealed-with-approval-1971/feed/ 0 http://www.gayleague.com/wordpress/2009/03/17/sealed-with-approval-1954/ http://www.gayleague.com/wordpress/2009/03/17/sealed-with-approval-1954/#comments Tue, 17 Mar 2009 17:21:10 +0000 Joe Palmer http://www.gayleague.com/wordpress/?p=169 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: absolute; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } Preamble [Please note that bold and italic emphasis has been added here.] The comic book medium, having come of age on the American cultural scene, must measure up to its responsibilities. Constantly improving techniques and higher standards go hand in hand with these responsibilities. To make a positive contribution to contemporary life, the industry must [...]]]> http://www.gayleague.com/wordpress/2009/03/17/sealed-with-approval-1954/feed/ 0 http://www.gayleague.com/wordpress/2009/03/17/sealed-with-approval-1948/ http://www.gayleague.com/wordpress/2009/03/17/sealed-with-approval-1948/#comments Tue, 17 Mar 2009 17:05:05 +0000 Joe Palmer http://www.gayleague.com/wordpress/?p=164 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: absolute; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } The following guideline constitute the original pre-Wertham Comics Code which was established in 1948. Publisher adherence to the code was voluntary and largely ignored the industry. Association of Comics Magazine Publishers Comics Code The Association of Comics Magazine Publishers, realizing its responsibilities to the millions of readers of comics magazines and to the public generally, [...]]]> http://www.gayleague.com/wordpress/2009/03/17/sealed-with-approval-1948/feed/ 0