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African-American cartoonist
Belasco
NationalityAmerican
Area(s)Cartoonist
Notable worksThe 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.

Career

Cover of The Brothers of New Essex by Belasco

Belasco began producing homoerotic art in 1991, 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. Meanwhile, he began self-publishing erotic comic books, and produced regular erotic strips for GBM magazine. 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.

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, and "Th' Flood Gates" was included in Best Erotic Comics 2009. His work has been commissioned by the Black Wrestling Network, featuring original artwork based on existing wrestlers and fantasy wrestling matches between celebrities.

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

Personal life

Belasco lives in Los Angeles.

References

  1. Belasco, Belasco (2012-12-11). Belasco's Book and the Bruthas: Afro Erotic Adventures. Magnus Books. ISBN 9781936833047.
  2. "Belasco". lambiek.net. Retrieved 2017-02-08.
  3. BEST EROTIC COMICS 2008. Archived from the original on 2016-04-30. Retrieved 2017-02-09.
  4. BEST EROTIC COMICS 2009. Archived from the original on 2017-02-11. Retrieved 2017-02-09.
  5. "Black Wrestling Network". blackwrestling.tumblr.com. Retrieved 2018-01-30.
  6. ^ "Belasco's Boo and the Bruthas by Belasco". Flickr. 15 December 2010. Retrieved 2017-02-08.
  7. "New In December: Elisha Lim, Justin Chin, Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick..." Lambda Literary. 2011-12-01. Retrieved 2017-02-09.


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