If you're familiar with anime, you may be familiar with the name Jamie McGonnigal. If not, you may more then likely know some of these titles: Jungle Emperor Leo, Weiss Kreuz, World of Narue, One Piece, Pokemon, Yu-Gi-Oh GX, or even Viva Pinata. Jamie's dubbed them all. An award-winning voice actor, Jamie has done work in anime, video games, and even the occasional American cartoon. He also happens to be gay. I pulled up an e-chair and sat down with Jamie, getting a nice inside look at the industry. Jamie also shared some juicy tidbits about Kizuna, one of the first yaoi (or gay-themed anime for those not in the know) to be dubbed in the states. Read on for the full interview.
Hiya folks, remember me?
After a long absence from the site (due to a beyond hectic schedule and the fine act of balancing 4 jobs), I'm finally back!
We have some incredible things cooking up, including a PK exclusive interview with a top Marvel writer that our very own Sgt. Sausagepants conducted. Look for it next week!
We also have two new writers starting on Tuesday: Dr. Lexicon and Jaffa. One is an expert on horror comics and the other's a pretty talented artist (he'll be helping in sprucing up PK).
Finally, don't forget to send Oraclechele your info for our PK Reader feature.
Stay tuned...we're just getting started!
GayGamers descended on the Metropolitan Museum of Art Wednesday evening for a Gay and Lesbian membership drive that featured the current exhibit, Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy. The exhibit, although short, was a thrill for comic book fans. It featured superhero costumes from a number of Hollywood films and haute couture from various well known designers inspired by the superhero theme. The end of the exhibit featured rare art treasures including original copies of Action Comic #1, Detective Comics #33, Sensation Comics #1, & X-Men #1 among others. The event featured an open bar which turned a Greek and Roman statue gallery into a vibrant gay bar. Although I was unable to snap pictures of everything, you can get a feel for the event below.
Previously existing as a group page, PK has moved to a product page to provide for more stability and so you folks can become fans and spread the love on Facebook!
Watch out web 2.0! We got our twitter AND our Facebook!
Hey folks!
I just wanted to let you know that the official Pink Kryptonite Twitter is up and running. You can view our most inner, deep, naughty thoughts over on the lower right side of the main page.
Enjoy! And be prepared for some awfully embarrassing TMI moments from your dear old bloggers.
Thanks to Goblin for the idea, and our dear Editor-in-Chief Fruit Brute for making it happen!
If you have a twitter account, you can add our feed, PKcrew. Leave your Twiiter in the comments section if you'd like for us to add you!
[Don't forget to check out Part I of our interview with Charles "Zan" Christensen, founding president of Prism Comics and creator of the erotic gay thriller, Mark of Aeacus.]
Welcome back! In part II of our exclusive interview with Zan, we discuss LGBT comics and whether or not we should hold them to the same standard as "mainstream" comics. You can check out our official stance here, but read on to find out what Zan thinks! Plus information on his latest project, Eleven Pages and see if he survives our round of raunchy PK questions!
PK: Now as Pink Kryptonite starts focusing on more LGBT content, we find ourselves going into uncharted territory: When it comes to reviewing these titles, we find that a lot of the stuff that's out there doesn't fare too well when compared against "mainstream" comics, and so it becomes easy to simply dismiss an LGBT comic because of this.
My question to you is-- as readers and reviewers, should we hold a different set of standards when reading LGBT books? That is, in the case of LGBT books, is the intention more important than the content?
Hit the jump for his response!
PK is proud to present a first in a series of original LGBT creator interviews. We recently sat down with Charles "Zan" Christensen, founding president of Prism Comics and creator of the erotic gay thriller, Mark of Aeacus .
Pink Kryptonite: Thank you very much for joining us Mr. Christensen, or do you prefer Zan? Charles?
Zan: Zan will be great
PK: All righty, Zan, thanks for taking the time to chat with us here at PK.
Zan: Always glad to be exposed to Pink Kryptonite!
PK: Did it make you more gay? Because we haven't studied its effects on people who are already gay.
Zan: Maybe it will make my gayness more deep and special.
PK: Hmm...maybe, we'll get the PK staff to do some studies. First of all congrats on your recent nomination for the 2008 Queeries!
Zan: I'm so excited about the Queeries! I'm such a fan of the Comic Book Queers podcast. It was great having my book reviewed on the show, but I had no idea I'd get nominated.
PK: And that particular book is The Mark of Aeacus, right? can you tell us a little bit about what it's about?
Zan: It's Spawn, but gay.
Hit the jump for the rest of Part I of the interview!
"Oh Lois, you SO don't want to know!"
Comic of the Week
You guys may recall I was a bit cranky about Northstar and his lack of lovin' about a year and a half ago. In fact, at the time, I issued a challenge to Marvel to get him a kiss by June 2009 or I would declare him not really gay. I have not forgotten about this. However, when the X-men moved to San Francisco this year, we were teased with the existence of what looked to be Northstar's boyfriend (and manager), so I delayed judgment until we could see more. Since then, Northstar hasn't had a lot of major appearances, as there have been about a thousand major crossover events in the Marvel universe in the last six months, and each one tends to disrupt the normal storyline for most books, including the many X-books. So I waited. Our patience seems to have been rewarded! Artist Tim Fish revealed on his blog that his upcoming story in Nation X #2 (which comes out in Jan.) is a story about Northstar, and will feature Kyle, his boyfriend in an 8-page story. I'm not sure if an actual kiss is in it, but it's implied that there is some lovin' going on. Check out some sketches of Northstar, Kyle, and Aurora below, and we'll keep you up to date when we get closer to Jan. NATION X #2 1/6/10 [TimFishWorks]...
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