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

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.

Mar 25, 2024

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Charles Pulliam-Moore

The Verge

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.

Nov 20, 2023

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David Reddish

Queerty

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

Rated: 3/4

Mar 13, 2022

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Gregg Shapiro

Bay Area Reporter

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.

Rated: B+

Dec 8, 2021

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Emily Wheeler

Film Inquiry

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

Oct 18, 2021

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Evan Dossey

Midwest Film Journal

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

Oct 8, 2021

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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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