No straight lines : the rise of queer comics / Compadre Media Group presents ; director & producer, Vivian Kleiman ; producer & principal consultant, Justin Hall.

[Los Angeles, California] : Good Docs, [2021]

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1 online resource (1 video file (79 min.)) : sound, color with black and white sequences

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This film tells the story of five scrappy and pioneering LGBTQ cartoonists- Alison Bechdel, Jennifer Camper, Howard Cruse, Rupert Kinnard, and Mary Wings- who depicted everything from the AIDS crisis, coming out, same-sex marriage, and themes of race, gender, and disability. The film explores how these trailblazing LGBTQ artists resisted censorship and displayed tremendous courage and conviction in providing an uncensored window into queer lives from the 1970s onward, beginning at a time in which there was no other genuine queer storytelling in popular culture. Equally engaging are their personal journeys, as they helped build a queer comics underground that has been able to grow and evolve in remarkable ways-against all odds.

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English

May 10, 2023

Edited by Christiane Badgley, Linda Peckham ; director of photography, Andrew Black ; original music, René-Marc Bini ; art director, animator, Suzanne Slatcher.

Featuring Alison Bechdel, Jennifer Camper, Howard Cruse, Rupert Kinnard, Mary Wings.

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