Fanboys and girls got their panties in a bunch when a trailer for Watchmen, Alan Moore's 1985 graphic novel about masked vigilantes, previewed before The Dark Knight several weeks ago.

The tome holds a special place for most comic book lovers; it was one of the first comics, along with Maus, to earn the title of graphic novel (though it was released in sections) due to its meta-commentary on the traditional world of superheroes and crime fighters.

Despite a giant marketing tie-in at this year's Comic-Con, Watchmen seems doomed to have the impossibly high expectations of a super-hero action piece that also says something resting on its shoulder. That is, if it even gets released now.

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Oklahoma County Commissioner Brent Rinehart went on CNN earlier this week to defend his virulently anti-gay campaign comic book.

We wonder what he'd have to say about Juliana Stein's send-up "Conservatives Can't Spell." Above you see a panel taking on Rinehart's preferred spelling of pedophile, a grammatical error CNN's John Roberts gleefully highlighted.

Download the entire "Conservatives Can't Spell" PDF here.

With regard to an earlier post on Oklahoma County Commissioner Brent Rinehart's anti-gay comic book, here's a page. And here's the PDF for the entirely terrible tome.

[via Towleroad]

Goth gays rejoice! Buffy The Vampire Slayer's comic book incarnation will soon delve deep into a lesbianic love affair:

In the latest installment of the comic book series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight" — which continues the saga that began in a 1993 film and then continued during seven seasons of a hit television series — Buffy takes a break from her vampire duties to jump into bed with Satsu, a fellow slayer.
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Joss Whedon, executive producer of the strip, told ABCNEWS.com that the story line flowed naturally and is nothing to gape at.

"We had already established that there was this character, Satsu, was in love with Buffy and that Buffy was kind of lonesome," said Whedon. "[We decided] it would be fun if they just went ahead and did it, rather than have it be a 'will they won't they' situation."

Despite Whedon's assertion that Buffy's adventurous sexuality is nothing new — after all, her best friend on the show, Willow, came out in Season 4 — industry insiders still aren't convinced that the latest plot twist isn't anything more than a marketing ploy.

Well, it is the year of the lesbian.

While we're on the subject of gay super-heroes, we'd like to direct you to queer comic creator Brian Anderson's super series: So Super Duper.

Ch-ch-check it out!

(PS: If people really spoke with word bubbles, ours would totally be punctuated with hearts. And probably some daggers, too.)

A lot of homo-related novels tend to revolve solely around sexual identity. Not Perry Moore's Hero.

Though the story focuses on a gay superhero, Moore - who produced The Chronicles of Narnia, as well as worked as White House intern under Bill Clinton - makes sure to keep things as universal as possible. He tells AfterElton:

It’s not an “afterschool special” kind of thing like “Timmy has a problem.” I mean, he is gay, that is part of his identity, but in a lot of ways he just happens to be gay. It’s one of many things he has to deal with, one of many challenges he has to confront and overcome and integrate into his life.
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I wanted to teach people that what makes you unique is actually very special and that very thing that may make you feel alienated, if you’re willing to embrace it, can become the most empowering thing in your life.

Just reach out and grab it, squeeze it, lick it and love it. That's all it takes.

There's a virtual homophobe lurking these waters, readers. Some naughty nerd took it upon himself (or herself) to launch a series of technological attacks against gay gaming site GayGamers.

It alt started on Wednesday when the site began receiving denial of service assaults, which disrupts service like a computerized cock block. Owner Flynn De Marco and company contained those strikes, but the site then suffered a stream of hateful messages, reports website Destructoid.

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• Country crooner Faith Hill does not tolerate other women's hands on hubby Tim McGraw's package. An overzealous fan learned that the - (turn and) cough - hard way when she got too friendly at a concert this weekend. Hill wasn't trying to make any friends when she chastised the cock grabber:

Somebody needs to teach you some class, my friend. You don’t go grabbin’ somebody else’s, somebody’s husband’s balls, you understand me? That’s very disrespectful.

Read those first two sentences and tell us that's not the best study in contradiction since the concept of "friendly fire"

• Two lawyers, their sex club tenant and the legal space in-between.

• French actor Michel Serrault, best known for his stage and film work on La Cage aux Folles (The Bird Cage), has died.

• AfterElton offers you ten gay superheroes "you (probably) haven't of"! We know Lord Fanny. She's awesome. Except when she turns into that scary monster. That's not so awesome.

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Thousand upon thousands of nerd-a-licious ladies and gents are currently swarming around San Diego, cross-pollinating their endlessly useful knowledge of movies, comics and all things fantastic. Considering we gays make up about ten percent of the population, you can be sure there's plenty of queers on the scene. One of the biggest gay presences comes from Prism Comics, the justice loving advocates of queer comics.

Oh, and Superman showed up, too.

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• Isaiah Washington really can't stop talking about being fired from Grey's Anatomy. Why? Because you're all racist:

I apologized and showed my remorse for what I said and for the pain I caused anyone. If a black man can’t get forgiveness in this country, when so many other people like Robert Downey Jr. and the governor of California get second and third chances … I think that says a lot about race and this country where we stand.

Washington also says that he didn't go to"homophobia rehab":

There is no rehab for homophobia—that was just some crap being put out by the network. I went into an executive counseling program which many people in this industry know about and go to. They knew what the program was but chose to call it what they wanted to fit their agenda. And more importantly, I volunteered for it because I wanted to understand my fight with Patrick and how it got out of hand like that. I wanted to know what I could do to avoid it happening again.

What a saint. And a studio's liability.

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Below you'll notice a story about fake tits. Obviously we needed a picture of some big ol' titties, so we turned to trusty Google for a little visual guidance.

We typed in "fake tits" and got quite a selection. Among the cornucopia of cleavage, we came across a comic book called Berry Girl in which a girl eats some Willy Wonka-esque gum and turns into, you guessed it, a blueberry.

Not the most exciting premise for a comic book, no, but it sure as fuck makes for great lesbian soft core porn.

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Comic nerds and gossip hounds unite! Ben Widdicombe reports that Marvel Comic's legendary Spider Man and X-Men creator Stan Lee's set to develop an MTV-backed animated Paris Hilton series.

Lee's not the only big name joining the project - Paris' ex-boyfriend Paris Latsis has also signed on. Of the Greek shipping heir's involvement, "He's not doing much, but she wanted him involved." That Paris sure is generous with her fame.

A young homo humorist by the name of Drew Ridama sent us a collection of his queer cartoons yesterday and they definitely gave us a giggle. So, we're passing one of them on to you. It's been a long day. You need a laugh.