Subtextual Presence

Welcome to the first episode of the Queer Comics Podcast! Today Nina Kester and Jessica Vazquez discuss coding, subtext, innuendo, and queer baiting and give examples from some of their favorite comic books and comic book inspired TV shows. Make sure to follow QCP on twitter @QueerComicsPod and instagram @queer_comics_podcast . This podcast features original music by Tyler Francis, you can checkout more of his work on his bandcamp page and follow him on instagram @Tylerirl_ If you’re in the SF Bay Area between now and March 10th 2019, try and catch the Rawhide Kid exhibit at the Cartoon Art Museum featuring artwork by John Severin. RECOMMENDED ARTICLES & ESSAYS Comics Bogeyman: A Look Back At ‘Seduction of the Innocent’ by Matt D. Wilson Venom, Subtext, and the Race for On-Screen LGBT+ Representation by Kate Gardner Kitty Queer by Sigrid Ellis The Gayness of Batman: A Brief History by Andrew Wheeler Why The Erasure Of Queer Kitty Pryde Matters by Sara Century Give ‘Em Elle: Queer Subtext Through The Years by Elle Collins The Queer Subtext of X-Men Shines Bright at Flame Con by Manuel Betancourt Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy Sitting in a Tree by Steve Morris Drawn to Comics: Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy Finally Have Their First In-Canon, Main-Universe Kiss! by Mey Harley and Ivy Married In The World of Injustice by Matt Morrison Chosen One of the Day: Bugs Bunny’s Gender-Bending Performance in What’s Opera, Doc? by Riley Silverman RECOMMENDED LISTENING Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men episode #100 – Unexpected Wonder, with Chris Claremont