| Meatmen | |
|---|---|
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Leyland Publications |
| Schedule | irregular |
| Format | anthology |
| Genre | erotic, humor |
| Publication date | 1986 – 2004 |
| No. of issues | 26 |
| Editor(s) | Winston Leyland |
Meatmen: An Anthology of Gay Male Comics is a series of paperback books collecting short comics featuring gay and bisexual male characters. The comics included a mixture of explicit erotica and humor.[1][2] Between 1986 and 2004, 26 black-and-white volumes of the series (160–200 pages each) were published by Leyland Publications, making it the longest-running anthology of gay male pornographic comics.[3]
During its run, the series was said to feature "every gay male cartoonist of note who has worked since the 1970s".[2] Cartoonists whose work was featured include:
- Al Shapiro (A. Jay)
- Tim Barela
- Belasco
- Bruce Billings[4]
- John Blackburn
- Howard Cruse
- Donelan (two front covers and many back covers)[4]
- Kurt Erichsen[4]
- Patrick Fillion
- Oliver Frey (Zack)
- M. J. Goldberg[4]
- Joe Johnson
- Rupert Kinnard (as Prof. I.B. Gittendowne)
- Jeff Krell[4]
- Mike Kuchar
- Touko Laaksonen (Tom of Finland)[4]
- Jon Macy
- Jerry Mills[4]
- Nico (early covers)
- Dom Orejudos (Stephen, Etienne)[4]
- Brad Parker (early back covers)[4]
- Sean (John Klamik)[4]
- Bill Schmeling (Torro, The Hun)[4]
- Robert Triptow
- Vaughn
- Bill Ward
- ^ Tom Kvaale. "MEATMEN". International Gay & Lesbian Review. Archived from the original on September 13, 2015. Retrieved August 11, 2015.
- ^ a b D. Aviva Rothschild (1995). Graphic Novels: A Bibliographic Guide to Book-length Comics. Libraries Unlimited. p. 70. ISBN 9781563080869.
meatmen comics.
- ^ Michael J. Murphy. "Zap! Pow! Out!: Twentieth-Century Queer Comics" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 14, 2015. Retrieved August 11, 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Leyland, Winston, ed. (1989). Meatmen: An anthology of gay male comics. Vol. 6. San Francisco: Leyland Publications. ISBN 9780943595207 – via WorldCat.
Authors:Winston Leyland (Editor), Tom (Illustrator), Jerry Mills (Illustrator), Howard Stangroom (Illustrator), Stephen Lowther (Illustrator), Domingo Orejudos (Illustrator), Kurt Erichsen (Illustrator), John Klamik (Illustrator), Rupert Kinnard (Illustrator), Gerard P. Donelan (Illustrator), Jeffrey A. Krell (Illustrator), Michael Goldberg (Illustrator), Brad Parker (Illustrator), Bruce Billings (Illustrator), Hun (Illustrator), A. J. Toos (Illustrator), Rick Campbell (Illustrator), Leyland Publications (Publisher)