The Complete Wendel

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A subscriber to Intellectual Gay Journal, Wendel is a skinny redheaded stamp collector who can talk about ornithology and cooking. Sounds hot, right? Well millions of readers of the Advocate thought so, making Wendel, his boyfriend Ollie, Ollie's son Farley, and their friends Sterno, Deb, Tina into comic strip icons. Before Will and Grace, Queer as Folk, The L Word or even RuPaul, Rosie, and Ellen, there was Wendel. Originally appearing in the Advocate For The better part of the 1980s, Cruse's characters lived in the real world, and experienced the problems, heartaches, triumphs, and experiences of ordinary Americans. Though some may see this as a gay-only comic, there were plenty of straight people, Wendel's parents, Ollie's son, and various friends and family to name but a few. And all of the characters were seen as fully-formed complex people. Parents could be overbearing, friends over-sexed, children confusing and confused, but what bound them all together was their love and respect for one another, and their constant battle to be seen and accepted for who they are- regular, ordinary people trying to make a living who had the same hopes and dreams as everyone else. Incalculably influential, Wendel opened the door (And The closet) for countless LGBTQ people to pursue their careers (including bestselling author/illustrator Bechdel), their loves, and participate in political and social conversations they might not have had the opportunity to otherwise. Political, funny, satirical, and sometimes sad, Wendel demystified homosexuality and chronicled the development of the gay rights movement within the confines of the Reagan-Bush years

ISBN10: 0789322161	ISBN13: 9780789322166
Format: Paperback	Pages: 288
Publisher: Universe Pub	GoodReads Rating: 4
Author: Howard Cruse, Alison Bechdel,

The Complete Wendel

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