Belasco_(cartoonist)

Belasco (cartoonist)

Belasco (cartoonist)

African-American cartoonist

Belasco is an African-American cartoonist, known for his erotic comics, illustrations, and animations featuring muscular African-American gay men.

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Career

Cover of The Brothers of New Essex by Belasco

Belasco began producing homoerotic art in 1991, published in small-press magazines such as Thing, Kick, and JFY magazine. He then created the covers for the first few B-Boys Blues books by James Earl Hardy.[1] Meanwhile, he began self-publishing erotic comic books, and produced regular erotic strips for GBM magazine. It was in these comics that he introduced his signature character Boo: a muscular, sexually dominant, gay African-American construction worker in the tradition of Tom of Finland's work.[2]

His work has been featured in the Meatmen series of books of gay erotic comics. His short story "Punks: Featuring a Bruh Named Boo" was included in Last Gasp's Best Erotic Comics 2008,[3] and "Th' Flood Gates" was included in Best Erotic Comics 2009.[4] His work has been commissioned by the Black Wrestling Network, featuring original artwork based on existing wrestlers and fantasy wrestling matches between celebrities.[5]

In 2000, Cleis Press published The Brothers of New Essex, a 200-page collection of his comics. This was followed in 2011 by Boo and the Bruthas from Magnus Books.[6][7]

Personal life

Belasco lives in Los Angeles.[6]

References

  1. [1]
    Belasco, Belasco (2012-12-11). Belasco's Book and the Bruthas: Afro Erotic Adventures. Magnus Books. ISBN 9781936833047.
  2. [2]
    "Belasco". lambiek.net. Retrieved 2017-02-08.
  3. [3]
    BEST EROTIC COMICS 2008.
  4. [4]
    BEST EROTIC COMICS 2009.
  5. [5]
    "Black Wrestling Network". blackwrestling.tumblr.com. Retrieved 2018-01-30.
  6. [6]
    "Belasco's Boo and the Bruthas by Belasco". Flickr. 15 December 2010. Retrieved 2017-02-08.
  7. [7]
    "New In December: Elisha Lim, Justin Chin, Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick..." Lambda Literary. 2011-12-01. Retrieved 2017-02-09.


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