Who hasn't thought that Batman and Robin were getting it on? I mean, maybe I'm just projecting... but it seems like a given. Their love (and hardcore sex) is the subject of Mark Chamberlain's Queer Batman watercolor series. Not so surprisingly, the collection was controversial enough to prompt DC Comics to send a cease and desist letter.
It also pissed off this guy so much that he wrote a piece with the closing line, "Hopefully, they can take it. After all, they are superheroes." Oh, we assure you Mr. Keating that both Bruce and Dick can take it. According to the artist, they can also both give it!
- Dewitt
To see more of Chamberlain's (NSFW) art, follow the JUMP:
it's horrible, how they've been exploited.
Posted by: theself07 | June 01, 2009 at 09:47 PM
really people what next , i am gay proud and wow ,can so live with out this i agree with dc stop !!!! there are so many better things this artist could paint,
Kinda shocked in canada
Posted by: mario | June 01, 2009 at 10:03 PM
lol i think it's really hot
Posted by: Bizzy Mizzy | June 01, 2009 at 10:05 PM
Oh for gods sake. There are pics on the web that depict gay men pissing in each others mouths...and you people are offended by this?????
Posted by: terpmaniac | June 01, 2009 at 10:26 PM
refer to rule 32.
Posted by: BlockedUser | June 02, 2009 at 04:47 AM
Hey DeTwitt...I've never once even fathomed the idea of my childhood comic book heroes as being fuckbuds...jeez.
It appears gay artists have a knack for exercising their artistic license and turning the world around them into one giant queer fest and calling it another form of expression. Homoerotic art is simply another form of porn. My, how creative.
I'd like to believe there are gay artists today that could actually put paint to canvas without once thinking about the cock as the focal point.
Posted by: navymscle | June 02, 2009 at 04:52 AM
This isn't just a "gays want everyone to be gay" thing, there is an actual social history of Batman specifically being homoerotic.
The accusations really took off in 1954 by a psychiatrist, Dr. Frederic Wertham (whose work contributed to the legal strategy in Brown vs. Board of Education)., He published an indictment against comic books called "Seduction of the Innocent."
“Only someone ignorant of the fundamentals of psychiatry and psychopathology of sex can fail to realize the subtle atmosphere of homoeroticism which pervades the adventures,” wrote Wertham. “The Batman type of story may stimulate children to homosexual fantasies.”
Of course Batman wasn't written to be gay, and why Robin refuses to wear pants is beyond me (not that i'm complaining), but fantasizing about men we'll never have is part of the gay experience that is never going to change. And if you can channel that sexual frustration into art, all the more power to you.
Posted by: Raven | June 02, 2009 at 02:51 PM
Here's an article called "When Batman was gay: In the ’50s, Batman was condemned for promoting homosexuality" if you'd like to read more;
http://www.q-notes.com/559/when-batman-was-gay/
Posted by: Raven | June 02, 2009 at 02:54 PM
Holy artistic license, Batman! Sometimes a utility belt is just a utility belt. LOL
Posted by: jeremy s. | June 02, 2009 at 07:30 PM
I like the pics. Keep them coming
Posted by: David | June 03, 2009 at 12:06 PM