In conjunction with Prism Comics, the preeminent website for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered (LGBT) comics and creators, every day this month I will be detailing one good comic book/graphic novel with LGBT themes.

Here’s an archive of the featured works so far!

Today we look at an intriguing work by a favorite artist of mine!

how loathsome is a tour de force performance by aritst Ted Naifeh, who folks might know best from his amazing work on Gloomcookie, Courtney Crumrin, Polly & The Pirates and Death Jr.

how loathsome is decidedly less All Ages-friendly, as it follows a young lesbian (or as Naifeh calls her, a “gender outlaw”) exploring the “freak” scene in San Francisco - S&M clubs, drag bars, etc.

Catherine Gore, our protagonist, is an engaging and spirited character, which is due both to Naifeh’s unique artwork as well as the dialogue that scripter Tristan Crane delivers for her. Crane really does a marvelous job taking Naifeh’s ideas and making them into a story that both entertains and enlightens, especially in the way that the various stories of the collection (it collects the four individual issues of how loathsome) combine by the end to make an overall statement about how we are all basically searching for love and acceptance, both with others and also with ourselves.

Here is a sample from early in the comic, in probably the story that I found most engaging, when Catherine becomes enthralled with the transgendered Chloe…

Naifeh perfectly creates a “scene” for the reader to see the characters engaging in, while also giving them an engaging personality. I especially love how open Catherine is to her own faults. Very intriguing.

Naifeh is such an amazing creator - I really would read anything by him, I’m just glad he has chosen such quality projects over the years.

Click here to visit Naifeh’s website where you can read more about how loathsome (and his other projects).

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On a normal weekend, there are usually eight or nine new independent films opening in limited release, compared to three four wide releases. But for Thanksgiving, those numbers switch sides -- the multiplexes will be crowded with Twilights and Bolts and Transporters and Christmases and so forth, while the art houses have only a few new titles arriving.

In other words, there's not much to say in this week's Indie Spotlight, and there won't be any need for a Spotlight next week at all. So enjoy these few limited-release films opening today and next Wednesday: The Betrayal, I Can't Think Straight, Lake City, and Special.

The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)
What it is: A documentary about a family that emigrated to the U.S. after the bombings in their native Laos that occurred during the Vietnam War.
What they're saying: Wow -- all 12 reviews at Rotten Tomatoes are positive. "Lyrical, expansive, unbearably beautiful," etc.
Where it's playing: New York City (IFC Center).
More info: The official website has a list of release dates, most of which are several weeks hence.

Lake City
What it is: A drama starring Troy Garity as a man who returns to his Southern home and his mom (Sissy Spacek) after a tragedy separated them for many years.
What they're saying: Lake City is a lovely title, but the critics are saying it's all wet, or some other water-related metaphor. With 11 notices at Rotten Tomatoes, only one is positive, the rest indicating that despite Sissy Spacek's good performance, the movie is too serious, contrived, and banal.
Where it's playing: New York City (Quad Cinema).
More info: I can't find an official site anywhere.

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In conjunction with Prism Comics, the preeminent website for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered (LGBT) comics and creators, every day this month I will be detailing one good comic book/graphic novel with LGBT themes.

Here’s an archive of the featured works so far!

Today we look at one of the most acclaimed and long-lasting comic strips out there!

Alison Bechdel has been producing Dykes to Watch Out For since 1983, and ever since it began it has been a striking strip, with it’s mixture of humor, characterizations and topical discussions.

The book follows a diverse cast of characters (with a lesbian named Mo as more or less the main character), and while Bechdel has allowed their lives to develop in a serial narrative, the strips also tend to revolve around the characters reacting to whatever topic Bechdel feels like writing about.

It’s really a fascinating strip, and it is to Bechdel’s credit that it all flows so very naturally, and has done so for literally decades.

Check out how many collections of the strips there are!!

Currently, Bechdel is touring in support of the Essential Dykes to Watch Out For.

The strip is actually on hiatus right now, as Bechdel is working on her next graphic novel (her last graphic novel was the amazing memoir, Fun Home, which I featured earlier this month here).

Here are the last three strips before the hiatus…

Bechdel has also become a part of the pop culture lexicon with this strip from early in the strip’s run (before she even had settled on a serial storyline approach - these earlier strips were with nameless characters just talking)….

The “rule” here is not one of Bechdel’s creation (she credits in the strip the friend she heard it from), but it has been a very popular “rule” in discussing films.

Here is a link to Bechdel’s site, where she has a strip archive and a handy dandy guide to the characters in the comic!