Post by Gay Titan on Aug 19, 2008 0:43:36 GMT
I got this book last summer for my birthday and LOVED it!!!
*****
At the San Diego Comic-Con this year, Perry Moore stunned comic fans when Stan Lee himself showed up at a panel on gays in comics to announce he and Moore were working to adapt Moore’s young adult novel Hero for other media. It was a moment of triumph for Moore, who’s best-known in Hollywood for producing the blockbuster Chronicles of Narnia adaptations for Walden Media.
Moore has been an outspoken advocate of gay characters in comics, even compiling an online list called “Who Cares About a Gay Superhero, Anyway?”, a compilation of the treatment of gay characters in comics inspired by Gail Simone’s “Women in Refrigerators” and the death of Marvel’s gay character Northstar (three times in one month, no less).
With Hero, he’s sought to create a gay superhero who isn’t defined by his sexuality. The award-winning novel tells the story of Thom Creed, son of Major Might, a disgraced ex-hero. Hiding his growing powers and his sexuality from his father takes a toll on Thom, which grows into a wider rift when he’s recruited by the team that once shunned his dad. But as he gets to know his teammates, Thom finds an inner strength that may help him redeem his father’s name – and to finally accept himself.
*****
At the San Diego Comic-Con this year, Perry Moore stunned comic fans when Stan Lee himself showed up at a panel on gays in comics to announce he and Moore were working to adapt Moore’s young adult novel Hero for other media. It was a moment of triumph for Moore, who’s best-known in Hollywood for producing the blockbuster Chronicles of Narnia adaptations for Walden Media.
Moore has been an outspoken advocate of gay characters in comics, even compiling an online list called “Who Cares About a Gay Superhero, Anyway?”, a compilation of the treatment of gay characters in comics inspired by Gail Simone’s “Women in Refrigerators” and the death of Marvel’s gay character Northstar (three times in one month, no less).
With Hero, he’s sought to create a gay superhero who isn’t defined by his sexuality. The award-winning novel tells the story of Thom Creed, son of Major Might, a disgraced ex-hero. Hiding his growing powers and his sexuality from his father takes a toll on Thom, which grows into a wider rift when he’s recruited by the team that once shunned his dad. But as he gets to know his teammates, Thom finds an inner strength that may help him redeem his father’s name – and to finally accept himself.
