Beefcake Heroes: Comic Book Icons Go Gay (NSFW)

[WillParkinson]

Last edited Mon May 28, 2012, 02:01 AM - Edit history (1)

http://weirdnews.about.com/od/artisticendeavors/ss/Gay-Superheroes.htm

Comic artist Joe Phillips has re-imagined the Web slinger in his series, "Beefcake Heroes."

Please note: The NSFW tag is there to keep people from opening this link and being offended. There is one butt shot (Iron Man). The rest are clothed but mostly shirtless. Please keep in mind these are drawings, not flesh-and-blood people.

Spider-Man, Green Lantern and Batman were my favorites.

On edit: Huffington Post did an article on this collection. I liked the artist's reasons for doing them.

He admits the pictures are provocative, especially because he's using iconic male characters, but takes a "what's good for the goose" posture.

"There's a huge audience that loves seeing pin-up pictures of girls," he said. "I wanted to take the same approach with these iconic characters and have them them do the same sexy looks and poses."

By design, Phillips makes his pictures perfectly suitable for publication in a mainstream comic -- except he has the character raise an eyebrow or stare provocatively at the viewer.

"We are so used to seeing women as sexual beings, but we don't want to see men doing the same thing. Men are supposed to be stoic and distant," he said. "I wanted these works to show off these heroes' strength, but also their cockiness and competitiveness."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/25/superheroes-come-out-of-the-closet_n_906716.html#s313913&title=Gay_Comic_Artist

[Scootaloo]

1. In other words, Joe Phillips is catching up with two generations of teenaged girls?

Well, granted, most of their work was in the "cake" department more than the "beef," but still.

Also, I think I'd play catch with Thor's hammer. Just sayin'.

[DCKit]

2. Your post is SFW... don't scare everyone off. nt

[WillParkinson]

3. Not trying to scare anyone off...

Just being safe and respectful.

[DCKit]

4. When words and links are NSFW, you're in the wrong job. nt

[MNBrewer]

6. Maybe "NSFW after the jump" would work?

Indicating that there might be NSFW links included in the text of the post?

[MNBrewer]

5. Except for Superman, Dr. Strange, and maybe Batman

they were more like twinkies than beefcake, IMO. Nice, none-the-less. I'm eclectic (some people use a different word, "slutty&quot .