Belasco (cartoonist)

Belasco
NationalityAmerican
Area(s)Cartoonist
Notable works
The Brothers of New Essex
Boo and the Bruthas
http://belasco-comix.com

Belasco is an African-American cartoonist, known for his erotic comics, illustrations, and animations featuring muscular African-American gay men.[1][2]

Career

Belasco began producing homoerotic art in 1991, while living in Chicago,[3] and published in small-press magazines such as Thing, Kick, and JFY magazine. He then created the covers for the first few B-Boys Blues books by James Earl Hardy.[4] Meanwhile, he began self-publishing erotic comic books, and produced regular erotic strips for GBM magazine.[3] It was in these comics that he introduced his signature character Boo: a muscular, sexually dominant, gay African-American construction worker in the tradition of Tom of Finland's work.[1]

His work has been featured in the Meatmen series of books of gay erotic comics. His short story "Punks: Featuring a Bruh Named Boo" was included in Last Gasp's Best Erotic Comics 2008,[5] and "Th' Flood Gates" was included in Best Erotic Comics 2009.[6] His work has been commissioned by the Black Wrestling Network, featuring original artwork based on existing wrestlers and fantasy wrestling matches between celebrities.[7][8][9][10]

In 2000, Cleis Press published The Brothers of New Essex, a 200-page collection of his comics.[3][11] This was followed in 2011 by Boo and the Bruthas from Magnus Books.[12][13]

He has been a featured artist at the Tom of Finland Erotic Art Fair,[14] and designed a logo for the Rukus! Black LGBT Archive.[15] His work is included in the archives of The Center for Sex and Culture, hosted by the University of Southern California.[16]

Personal life

Belasco lives in Los Angeles.[3][12]

References

  1. 1 2 "Belasco". lambiek.net. Retrieved 2025-02-27.
  2. ↑ Patrick (2006-12-24). "BOYTOONS MAGAZINE #66 – An Interview with BELASCO – Part 1". Boytoons Magazine. Retrieved 2025-02-28.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Bowness, Gordon (February 21, 2001). "A lil sumthin' sumthin'. Afro erotic adventures in New Essex". Xtra*. Retrieved 12 March 2025.
  4. ↑ Belasco, Belasco (2012-12-11). Belasco's Book and the Bruthas: Afro Erotic Adventures. Magnus Books. ISBN 9781936833047.
  5. ↑ BEST EROTIC COMICS 2008. Archived from the original on 2016-04-30. Retrieved 2017-02-09.
  6. ↑ BEST EROTIC COMICS 2009. Archived from the original on 2017-02-11. Retrieved 2017-02-09.
  7. ↑ "Black Wrestling Network". blackwrestling.tumblr.com. Retrieved 2018-01-30.
  8. ↑ "Beast | Black Wrestling Network". Retrieved 2025-02-28.
  9. ↑ Belasco. "The Latest Commission". Retrieved 2025-02-28.
  10. ↑ "GAY WRESTLING PERSONALS". www.globalfight.com. Retrieved 2025-02-28.
  11. ↑ "GCD :: Issue :: The Brothers of New Essex". www.comics.org. Retrieved 2025-02-28.
  12. 1 2 "Belasco's Boo and the Bruthas by Belasco". Flickr. 15 December 2010. Retrieved 2017-02-08.
  13. ↑ "New In December: Elisha Lim, Justin Chin, Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick..." Lambda Literary. 2011-12-01. Retrieved 2017-02-09.
  14. ↑ "FIRST NEW YORK ART FAIR and On to L.A.!". worldoftomoffinland.com. Retrieved 2025-02-28.
  15. ↑ Okundaye, Jason (12 October 2024). "Making a rukus! review – rousing and emotional celebration of Black LGBTQ+ culture". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 March 2025.
  16. ↑ "Center for Sex and Culture collection". oac.cdlib.org. Retrieved 2025-02-28.


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