Another GLAAD Comics Slate Clings To The Spinner Rack

Various sites have by now passed along the announcement from the Gay And Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation's Media Awards program about the comic book category of their high-profile, yearly awards round. The awards honor portrayals of the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender communities.

The nominees in the comic book category are:

* Avengers: The Children's Crusade, Allan Heinberg and Jimmy Cheung (Marvel)
* Batwoman, J.H. Williams III and W. Haden Blackman (DC Comics)
* Secret Six, Gail Simone and Jim Calafiore (DC Comics)
* Veronica Presents: Kevin Keller, by Dan Parent (Archie)
* X-Factor, by Peter David, Emanuela Lupacchino and Valentine De Landro (Marvel)

The X-Factor comic book won the award last year. I'm happy for the nominees, and I'm glad there are several mainstream comics that portray these communities in a positive light. Kudos to those creators.

As has frequently been the case since they started this category, it's a tiny bit distressing to encounter a viewpoint that all of the best portrayals of this community in a calendar year come in mainstream comic books, or that these portrayals are more worthy of notice than those in other comics to the point that other kinds of comics seem to be considered much less frequently.
 
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