No Straight Lines: The Rise of Queer Comics

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No Straight Lines: The Rise of Queer Comics

2021

1h 19m

Documentary

LGBTQ+

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Filmmaker Vivian Kleiman profiles five LGBTQ+ comic book artists whose careers progressed from the underground scene to the international stage.

Greg Carlson

Vague Visages

03/25/2024

The element of game recognizing game in the broadest sense, the mutual admiration of top-flight talent and expressions of love fill in the spaces between looks at specific titles and publishing milestones.

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Charles Pulliam-Moore

The Verge

11/20/2023

It hammers home how the creation of each of these deeply personal, heartfelt comics was also a powerful political act challenging the publishing status quo and pushing readers to grapple with the realities of a rapidly changing and more inclusive society.

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David Reddish

Queerty

03/13/2022

3/4

Its a candid and colorful look at the daring creators who helped change a medium, and a story of artisticand queertriumph.

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Gregg Shapiro

Bay Area Reporter

12/08/2021

B+

If ever there was a documentary subject that was long overdue, it would have to be that of LGBTQ+ cartoonists and comic book creators. Fortunately, Peabody Award-winning filmmaker Vivian Kleiman saw fit to do so.

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Emily Wheeler

Film Inquiry

10/18/2021

A fascinating piece of history that will have plenty of familiar parallels to anyone familiar with censorship in the arts.

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Evan Dossey

Midwest Film Journal

10/08/2021

An overdue look at one of comic book's cornerstone communities.

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Filmmaker Vivian Kleiman profiles five LGBTQ+ comic book artists whose careers progressed from the underground scene to the international stage.

Director: Vivian Kleiman
Producer: Vivian Kleiman, Justin Hall
Genre: Documentary, LGBTQ+
Original Language: English
Runtime: 1h 19m

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