Object number:
H84.398.2
Object name:
comic book
Title:
Gay Comik No. 3
Maker:
Kitchen Sink Comix
Date made:
1982
Dimensions:
H: 9.75 in, W: 6.75 in
Credit line:
Museum Purchase
Copyright status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Content description:
Comic book:: "Gay Comik No. 3" December 1982 - full cover, black & white interior, staple bound, 44 pages. Cover image show two bare-chested white gay men wearing shorts and backpacks, carrying a sign reading "San Francisco or Bust!" at the side of the road, with an interracial lesbian couple driving a pickup truck and offering them a ride. Back cover has a "Castroids" comic by Robert Triptow, c. 1982. Howard Cruse, Editor of Gay Comix. Features work by comic artists: Lee Marrs, Roberta Gregory and Howard Cruse.
Concepts:
gay culture; lesbian; gay visibility; Lesbian and Gay Community; homosexual
Persons:
Howard Cruse; Lee Marrs; Roberta Gregory
Organizations:
Kitchen Sink Comix
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