![]() ![]() Paying it forward, but trying to do better too, by being open and straight up honest.Īnd hopefully, one day, I would love to see the series spun off into multiple books and creators, each building on their own corner of both the fiction and their community. And also, to maybe become that safe haven that the next generation of young queer readers to find solace and hope in. So the goal was to make a superhero world where the main cast were all LGBTQ+ and try to give as much of the community as possible the air they were gasping for. But the thing with only ever being able to see yourself in metaphors and allegories is it starts to feel like another kind of closet: like the very nature of who you are cannot be talked about, even in the context of a fictional story of mutants and aliens and people running faster than the speed of light. I had to rely more on analogies and metaphors, which is why X-Men became my safe haven during some of my toughest times growing up. Superheroes in my favourite genre, but finding LGBTQ+ representation in it as I grew up was almost non-existent. JG: I just wanted to tell stories where people like me and my friends could feel seen and be the heroes. ![]() MN: What was your original hope and inspiration for The Pride? We’ll have Diamond Order Codes nearer the time, but people should definitely make sure their local comic store knows about it, and book stores can already preorder too, I believe. The print collection, a mammoth omnibus collecting everything (and I mean everything), is being made by legendary comic publisher Dark Horse Comics, and will be released in time for Pride Month 2021! I’m super excited. Joe Glass: Indeed! My LGBTQ+ superhero series, The Pride, is coming to print for the first time since the series was picked up and extended with ComiXology Originals. Monty Nero: You’ve had some exciting news about The Pride recently. Read on to see what else these two indie comics titans have to say: The two have sat down to talk inspirations, the state of the UK scene and the recent news that Joe’s book The Pride is going to be published by Dark Horse Comics. We always mention how amazing the UK comic scene is at supporting each other, and so we are delighted to bring you a fantastic collaboration between Death Sentence’s Monty Nero and The Pride’s Joe Glass.
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