The history of gay characters in mainstream comics is woolly: George Herriman, whose earliest comic strip, Lariat Pete, appeared in this paper in 1903, also penned Krazy Kat beginning in 1910.

Pogo would influence iconic comic strips like Calvin and Hobbes, Peanuts, and Krazy Kat by incorporating consistent characters. Preserving the Pogo comics has proven difficult for comic strip fans ...

But whether they are comedy characters or messed-up ... when Marvel was known as Timely Comics, the duo appeared as part of separate adventures in Krazy Komics #1, all the way back in 1942.

“In the comics page no less than ... in some touching scenes, the characters even nestle together to sleep. For all his pestering and punishing of Krazy, Ignatz ultimately seems to have a ...

Stripped of humans, Herriman's Krazy Kat cartoons, which appeared from coast to coast, allowed him to subtly comment on the superficiality of race, as the animal characters occasionally swap colors.

Michael Simeon, also known as the “Black Gay Comic Geek,” deeply understands the struggle of finding Black queer characters in comics and other genre fandoms. “I find myself constantly ...