#pride month variant covers

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Star Wars: The Mandalorian Season 2 #1, featuring Just Lucky (Marvel, June 2023) Pride variant cover by Paulina Ganucheau

"Always such a pleasure taking part in the Star Wars Pride Celebration! I can't wait to see what the other artists and creators have cooked up. Just Lucky is honestly a new character to me, but just from our first 'meeting' I already want to party with him." — Paulina Ganucheau

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DC Pride 2024 by Nicole Maines, Phil Jimenez, Ngozi Ukazu, Claire Roe, Al Ewing and various. Cover by Kevin Wada. Variant covers by (2) Babs Tarr and wraparound variant (3) by David Talaski. Out at the end of May.

"DC’s Eisner and Ringo award-winning Pride anthology returns in the form of a universe-spanning travelogue like you’ve never seen! In its pages, Dreamer makes a first-time pilgrimage to her ancestral planet, Naltor! Poison Ivy and Janet from HR go spore-hunting on Portworld! Superman (Jon Kent) gets the boys together for a night out in A-Town, but things go sideways when The Ray vanishes into thin air! Steel (Natasha Irons) works up the courage to face Traci 13 at the Oblivion Bar’s Pride party for the first time since they broke up! Aquaman (Jackson Hyde) catches an unexpected ride to the Fourth World just in time for their annual Love Festival! All this and more in a volume celebrating how the LGBTQIA+ community is everywhere and belongs anywhere—even the very furthest reaches of the universe.

Plus, this year’s anthology features a special preview of the upcoming YA OGN The Strange Case of Harleen and Harley, as well as an unmissable autobiographical story written by industry legend Phil Jimenez about the fantastical worlds that shaped him, brought to life by Giulio Macaione!"

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Celebrate Pride Month in a Galaxy Far, Far Away with Star Wars Pride Variant Covers

Celebrate Pride Month in a Galaxy Far, Far Away with Star Wars Pride Variant Covers #comics #comicbooks #starwars

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Omg I just remembered these two beauties come out next Wednesday <3

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spellentine real‼ happy monster high: pride comic release day 🌈

I had the honor to do character design for these sillies (mainly spelldon, I'm so excited for yall to meet him!), such a fun experience! here's a cooldown doodle I did a few months ago while working on my variant cover~

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Green Arrow (2023) #13 Connor Hawke Pride Month variant cover by A.L. Kaplan

[thasminfanzine]

Happy Pride Month!🏳️‍🌈

To celebrate, we’re announcing that pre-orders for More Of The Universe will be opening… on June 13th! And the cover you’ve seen isn’t the only one… It will be available in BOTH of these cover designs—the Daylight & Night Variants, as designed by @vixxnev.

[brandtandstein]

Hooray! The DC Pride Month solicits are out, which means as well as being able to be excited about the illustration we have in DC Pride 2023, we can also show off the Pride Variant cover we got to do for Wonder Woman 800!

More details at the link!

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"Submissive" -Harley Quinn 30th Anniversary Special story (Comic Books 2023)

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Pride Month posts 2024 🌈 Day 1

What happened when DC Comics let Stjepan Sejic, the writer/artist of "Sunstone", an incredibly successful series of BDSM graphic novels, create a story for one of it's most popular characters for the character's 30th anniversary?

The writer/artist produced a charming little story titled "SUBMISSIVE"...

..and DC comics published it!

This 9 page story is one of the best kinky things in comics I've read in a long while.

You you can read the whole thing here (at least at time of posting)-

Wasn't even the only story in the special to have some kink in it.

I don't know why Harley appears to be wearing a slave collar in the story, but she is.

I've yet to read the whole book so I don't know how kinky the rest might be.

Here's the main cover if you want to search out a copy of your own.

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Look, Stjepan Sejic did a variant cover, too!

[poisonousquinzel]

sometimes the takes I see in the Harley Quinn tag are just beyond stupid.

but fun fact, this is a Straight moment. Cause there's actually just no universes where they read as Gay. None at all. A provable fact.

Batgirl Adventures

c'mon is it gay to be able to Play with your bestie in an implied sexual manner? totally not. Big Straight moment.

Batgirl Adventures

Love calling my straight bestie, as a straight, bay-bee. Nothing to see here, just hets being hets.

Ladies, is it gay to wax poetry about the woman you're going to / just had wild, loud sex with?

"But there is nothing to say.

Because you already know my heart.

I showed you everything--the darkest corners of myself--and you still came back.

What else is love?"

Poison Ivy (2022 - ) #9

"This is my favorite time. When there's absolutely no reason to get up... and I can watch the light change as it moves across your face."

Poison Ivy (2022 - ) #9

DC Love Is Love (2017)

Just some readable platonic heterosexuals in the 2017 Love Is Love comic. (Straight rep matters <3 and they are that. Straight.)

Dark Knights Of Steel #5 - #8

Saying you'd bury an army for her? And then kissing her chapters later? Uh, Het Behavior 🙄

Just a couple of straight besties getting *checks notes* married.

Injustice: Year Zero #8

Calling your bestie your Home, clear and obvious straight behavior.

Harley Quinn (2021 - ) #27

Calling your new bestie "Cherie" and kissing her after she cuts off a loser's hand for you <3 only readably straight behavior.

DC Comics: Bombshells #42

This? Also Straight.

Batman: Wayne Family Adventures EP 67 "Branching Out"

"Harley Quinn's Girlfriend" FRIEND

Case closed.

Just a couple of readably platonic, heterosexual besties.

Ladies, is it gay to have numerous Pride Covers for Pride Month's DC Pride comics together?

DC Pride: Connecting Covers for Harley Quinn (2021 - ) #31 and Poison Ivy (2022 - ) #13 | Artist: Claire Roe

DC Pride (2023)

Gold Foil Variant Cover | Artist: Jen Bartel

Wraparound Variant Cover | Artist: Gabriel Picolo

Harley Quinn (2021 - ) #4 | Pride Card Stock Variant • Artist: Kris Anka

DC Pride 2021

Artist: Jim Lee

Artist: Jen Bartel

DC Pride 2022

Cover B; Swaby Wraparound Variant | Artist: Joshua Sway

Cover D Incentive 1:25; Foil Variant | Artist: Jen Bartel

The DC Book of Pride | Cover by Paulina Ganucheau

We're just imagining all the subtext, coding and flat out confirmations.

We're the illiterate ones ig. Clearly, that's all Straight behavior.

There's nothing in any universe they've ever appeared in that actually reads as Gay, it's all just Bruce Timm and co being horny and thinking Ladies Kissing Hot, and that's IT. all the years worth of content that's not even written by Timm, Conner or Palmiotti is IRRELEVANT!

If you consume any of their comics and read them as Gay, that's on you!

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Batman #148 (DC, June 2024) Pride Month variant cover by Skylar Patridge

[monsieuroverlord]

Some of the Pride Allies Variants are up

General housekeeping before I proceed with the Roast Fest

I want to make this explicitly clear: it is not my intention to hate on the artists themselves nor their art skills or anything along those lines.

Betsy Cola and Davi Go are both extremely talented and skilled artists. Support their work. Art is fucking hard and its even harder to actually get paid for it.

Betsy Cola is a queer Filipina and has an Instagram Page (but no online shop for prints). Lots of fun retro style (think 50s-60s-70s Pop Art)

Davi Go does have an INPRNT with lots of Marvel and DC Characters. Like nine different Emma Frost prints alone. A couple of lovely Laura Kinney and much more. For fine Art Prints, artists earn like 50% of the sale, I'm pretty sure.

I personally have no idea what goes into getting contracted to do any cover by Marvel, but I'm sure it was absolutely thrilling to get to do ANY work by a big company such as Marvel, where so many would get to see something I had made. I also have no idea how much an artist is told when they are contracted to make something. (Do they get told what it's for, or are they just given a generalized prompt? I truly have no idea)

I do know, that personally for me, doing ANYTHING of that caliber would be a dream come true. I've been reading comic books since I was five/six years old. While I only make shitty little fans arts and the occasional fanfic, if by some astronomical chance, I was offered to write or do a cover, I would absolutely jump on the chance. Or at least strongly consider it.

I am specifically critiquing Marvel's decisions as corporation to even come up with and sign off on something as obnoxious (and frankly, insulting) as "Pride Allies" for a variant series. Especially considering the overarching fact that historically Marvel has had its fair share of issues regarding its treatment of its queer characters -- lack of consistent appearances/storytelling, questionable treatment/writing choices, and blatant rainbow washing during Pride month to give a few generalizations (pick your favorite example, there's a lot). Sometimes its enjoyable to poke fun at company's ridiculous marketing ideas.

Much like the fact last winter they did a "Ski Chalet" variant series with skiing and snow activities, yet somehow didn't find an artist to do a variant of their ONE CANON OLYMPIC SKIIER.

But I digress.

In Summary: the act of creation is beautiful, don't be a douche canoe. Being punk is anti-establishment, not anti-people.

Thank you.

Now, ladies, gentlemen, and everyone in-between and outside thereof, first up we have:

Amazing Spider-man #52 by Davi Go

Davi Go does a pretty Northstar, I'll give him that.

But why is Spider-man here? What are they even doing? I know JP has canonically crushed on chatty dumbasses *cough cough* Iceman *cough cough* but I don't see the point of this pairing.

What are they even doing? Did Parker get lost on his way to the Pride Parade? Lmao.

Next:

Daredevil #10 by Davi Go

Rachel is very pretty. Looks very powerful here.

They both wear red, I'll give them that.

(I don't have much more to say on this one. I think my brain broke a little)

I genuinely do NOT see the point in pairing up a queer character with a random more popular Marvel hero. I repeat my question, who the hell signed off on this?

In my personal opinion, its just new lows in performative allyship and rainbow washing and whatever kind of marketing you wanna call it.

Source here for first two (directly from Marvel site)

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Happy pride month 🏳️‍🌈 (I'm not late 😭) and this year I decided to draw these spiders after I saw the pic of the variant cover for Edge of Spiderverse! Miguel definitely protecting Peter and nothing else 🫵🤨🏳️‍🌈⁉️

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Marvel reveals its Pride Month Star Wars Pride Variant Covers

Marvel reveals its Pride Month Star Wars Pride Variant Covers #lgbtq #lgbt #pridemonth #starwars

Marvel has revealed all seven covers that will adorn some of your favorite Star Wars Pride Variant Covers being released this June. Dedicated to uplifting, honoring, and supporting LGBTQIA+ storytelling, Marvel’s Pride Month Celebration will once again extend to the galaxy far, far away by spotlighting LGBTQIA+ Star Wars character, many of which star in Marvel’s current line of Star Wars comic…

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DC pride 2024

[zombro-draws]

Happy (belated) Pride Month everyone!!

Decided to revamp my adult Charlotte and Vendetta designs for the occasion (once again lol, + alt color variant)

I kinda tried to make it where their outfits are swapped to represent their relationship. Charlotte has a jacket Vendetta gave her, and Vendetta has a baking/cooking apron that Charlotte gave her (both being comforting for each other) Also, I tried to make their clothing choices representative of how they'll be portrayed with the Retold AU. Charlotte, who's more relaxed and usually wears more laidback clothing, becomes scared and secluded after finding out Vendetta tried to destroy her, which makes Charlotte quiet and afraid. And Vendetta, who's usually stern and reserved/quiet wearing more covered attire, becomes more laidback and friendly, allowing her to be freely happy and relaxed, now wearing loose clothing. Both of them become accustomed to each other's clothing and lifestyle styles, while also healing from their traumas and opening up to each other together A perfect parallel for their relationship and the hardships they've endured together, and of course, a happy ending :33

UPDATED:

Updated the drawings because I think it would be better if Vendetta were lesbian rather than bi. I feel like it would do better in the long run, with Vendetta being closeted and thinking she's bi throughout part of the AU, only for her to realize that she's lesbian and I think that small bit of character growth would work, as it would also explore Vendetta's thought process and how she feels about herself, expanding her character even more