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Grant Morrison Discusses Batman&#;s Sexuality, His Wonder Woman Graphic Novel in &#;Playboy&#;
On sale now, the May issue of Playboy features a new illustration by Frank Quitely depicting frequent collaborator Grant Morrison, as adequately as an interview with Morrison that includes characteristically provocative remarks from the frequent Batman writer, including his belief that the Batman concept is "utterly gay," that there is "nothing noble" about Magneto, and an update on his long in-progress Wonder Woman story. The excellent Quitely illustration includes many characters strongly associated with the writer including Zenith, the Morrison and Steve Yeowell superhero who I don't think Quitely has drawn before; a seemingly Playboy-ified Zatanna from Morrison and Ryan Sook's Seven Soldiers of Victory: Zatanna; and Flex Mentallo, star of Morrison and Quitely's classic Flex Mentallo: Muscle Man of Mystery, which was recently reissued as a deluxe hardcover.
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The Gayness of Batman: A Brief History
"Gayness is built into Batman. Batman is very, very gay. There's just no denying it. Obviously as a fictional character he's intended to be heterosexual, but the basis of the whole concept is utterly gay."
As we reported last week, this was the claim made by Batman, Incorporated writer Grant Morrison in an interview with Playboy where he offers his insights into the psychology of superheroes. In Morrison's view, Batman's attachment to Alfred and Robin and his alleged detachment from the women in "fetish clothes" who "jump around rooftops to get to him" is symptomatic of his conceptual gayness. That's a very selective framing, but as Morrison told the LA Times in , "Batman can accept anything. You can execute comedy Batman, you can do gay Batman."
That's not true, of course. You can do comedy Batman, and you can perform The Midnighter (Warren Ellis and Bryan Hitch's openly gay Batman analogue), but DC Comics is unlikely to allow any writer to make Batman gay, even in an E
Grant Morrison thinks Batman is gay!
And, as of recently, Selina Kyle, aka Catwoman. In fact, Batman Incorporated&#;s first issue implies they have sex before heading out on a mission. At least, that&#;s my interpretation of the scene in which Bruce is lifting weights in his underwear and Selina, also in underwear and a sportsbra (and boots!) straddles him and meows at the idea of having some free time before having to head out.
And while some might point to the more recent and overt scene from Catwoman #1, I use Batman Incorporated as an example because it was written by Grant Morrison, himself.
I chalk it up to Morrison not meaning "gay" as literal, but more figurative (though the idea of using the term "figurative" in regards to a piece of fiction boggles my mind). As was pointed out, he&#;s not the first to present that some may locate something sexually deviant about dressing up as a hero and fighting crime.
A Brief History of Dick
Freely adapted from The Caped Crusade: Batman and the Rise of Nerd Culture by Glen Weldon, out now from Simon and Schuster.
Let’s get one thing absolutely clear: Robin isn’t gay.
Don’t let the adj Speedo and the pixie boots steer you wrong; Dick Grayson is as straight as uncooked spaghetti. In fact, there possess been several Robins over the years, and not one of them has exhibited any trace of same-sex attraction or evinced anything resembling a queer self-identity.
Neither, it feels vital to note here at the start, has Batman.
Don’t take my word for it. Ask anyone who’s written a Batman and Robin comic. Or, you know what, you don’t have to: Dollars to donuts they’ve already been asked that question, and have gone on tape asserting the Dynamic Duo’s he-man, red-blooded, heterosexual bona fides. Batman’s co-creators, Bill Finger and Bob Kane, both firmly swatted the question down. So include writers like Frank Miller, Denny O’Neil, Alan Grant, and Devin Grayson—though Grayson admitted that she could “understand the gay readings.”
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