Comments on: When Beefcake Goes Bad: Northstar & the Swimsuit Specials

By: Timmy!

Timmy! — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 10:40:35 +0000

i didnt see anything “sterotypical” in the pics at all.. except maybe that hot buff gay guys wear skimpy speedos and enjoy sun worshipping. lol! but if you wanna nitpick, then howcome they are drawn in the the 69 position? ever think of that? lol! oh and to jon plante… i seriously doubt northstar is a top in ANY fashion! lolol!

By: Jason

Jason — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 22:42:56 +0000

Um, that’s not gay sex. If it is, I’m doing it way way way wrong.

But seriously, I think it just means sun worship. And why isn’t anyone else there? I don’t know, perhaps they just wanted to draw the two hottie gay characters doing something that showed off their bods without it being softcore porn?
Nothing about the picture suggests they are even interested in each other. I’ve been sunbathing with gay friends of mine. , it looked a lot like that picture except for the unrealistic body types.

That’s possibly the least stereotypical drawing of two gay men that I can think of. I’m very critical of media representations of gay men, and trust me this could’ve been much worse.

“Northstar and Hector sneak off to get some swimsut shopping done” cue picture of them in sparkly numbers prancing around.

Or it could be “Northstar and Hector sneak off to do some meth! Dress in drag! Enjoy martini’s and banana splits! Dance shirtless at a club!”

By: GeekanerdAHR

GeekanerdAHR — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 22:01:26 +0000

I have to agree with Scott. Sex appeal and idealized bodies are half of what most mainstream superhero books trade on. I think it’s kind of cool that a male gay character is allowed to be portrayed as sexy - usually it’s women who get put in unlikely poses for the benefit of the heterosexual leader, so isn’t it fair game to put sexed out male characters in for the gay comic fan?

By: Andrey

Andrey — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 22:00:37 +0000

I think you’re way of the mark here.

If I was a gay superhero I would totally hang out with the other gay superhero. Or at least chat him up at the beach. I think it’s great they showed them together. I’d much rather have it implied that Northstar is getting laid then have him crushing on striaght men.

By: admin

admin — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 14:07:40 +0000

If the “worship” is sun tanning, then why are only gay characters shown. No doubt plenty of other characters would like to get a tan. By placing Northstar and Hector together (and isolating them from other characters while get night group shots) there is an implication that there is something “gay” going on.

By: Scott Anderson

Scott Anderson — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 10:13:56 +0000

I think the worshipping refered to here would be “sun worshipping” which is a slang for “tanning.” Hector is reading a book. Are you suggesting that if gay men hang out together it must mean sex? Are you sure it isn’t you who is doing the stereotyping?

May I say also that one of the biggest criticisms of gays in comics is that they don’t have sex lives, so it’s a little odd to be critical of an implication of one here.

By: GQ

GQ — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 11:18:03 +0000

LOL

Fantastic, Jon….

By: Jon Plante

Jon Plante — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 00:51:27 +0000

Marvel has mistakenly put two tops together.

By: GQ

GQ — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 17:10:38 +0000

They actually did meet at Rick Jones’ wedding in Incredible Hulk. They were “chatting gayly at the bar” much to Hector’s team-mate’s annoyance. He had issues with gayness, i think.

But still, despite the stereotyping, Hector looks hot in that pic!