tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47160097310257520262024-02-02T13:50:33.418-05:00Murphy's Manor LGBT Comic Stripkurt Erichsenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17399637009737528566noreply@blogger.comBlogger239125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4716009731025752026.post-88162606010970474022019-10-07T09:48:00.002-04:002019-10-07T10:02:27.516-04:00(231) Murphy's Manor - Book Burning<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Our opponents for LGBTQ rights are still the same types as in the mid 80s, but the battle lines have sure moved! Today we readily find gay books in book stores and libraries, instead of smoldering ash heaps of burned books.<br />
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<br />kurt Erichsenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17399637009737528566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4716009731025752026.post-77072339149507041672019-04-27T18:44:00.000-04:002019-04-27T18:44:11.057-04:00(227) Murphy's Manor - Drag Tourists<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">When I came out and moved to Toledo, it was an ongoing joke whether you/your worldly goods were butch or femme. Some gay people had an expectation that a gay man should do drag sometime or other -- Hallowe'en if nothing else (I never did). It was simply part of the culture.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The role of gender dressing has changed greatly. In the 80s my understanding of cross dressing included cultural drag, as The Sparkle Spinsters are doing, and drag shows; transvestite, where dressing was part of a sexual experience; or transsexual, a person headed for a "sex change operation." </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This omits today's view of transgender/gender identity, which is different and more complex. Let's just say that being the 1980s, the Spinsters are doing drag as a put-on of the stereotype. Okay, drag does have more meaning to Vernon than he lets on ..... we still have another 1000 strips before Vernon recognizes it.</span><br />
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Hallowe'en was a special favorite gay holiday-- because it's so focused on parties and fancy dress. And because most Americans don't regard it as a religious holiday. I found an angle -r- by casting Jerry Falwell as a demon.<br />
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The downside for the cartoonist was the deadline. Date: October. Some of these bar guides were monthly, so the press deadline would be around September 1. That requires me to draw it in August!! I found these deadlines hard to remember -- who's got Hallowe'en spirit in August?<br />
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The other holidays that sometimes inspired comic strip ideas were Christmas/New Year's (of course) and Pride (late June, commemorating the Stonewall Riot.<br />
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This cartoon came out of an Old West End neighborhood festival. It's as gay a neighborhood as Toledo has. I remember weekend-long parties where gay partiers hung out on the front porch and cheered the passing boys.<br />
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Heavens! Did I write that third panel? Yes, it's tacky. I was tempted to edit it. Finally decided to leave it alone because it's what the character would have said in that time and place. Gay men's and women's groups were pretty separate then. Men held that "gay" was inclusive, and women countered that they did not appreciate the atmosphere of gay men's social events. This strip is an example of what passed for gay humor. Usually Vernon goes along with it, but this time being "effeminate" is getting him down. Sometimes even I am surprised at how much gender identity has changed. I'm also a little surprised at the foreshadowing it hints at nearly 1,200 comic strips hence.</div>
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<br />kurt Erichsenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17399637009737528566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4716009731025752026.post-43417069653091424572019-03-05T21:43:00.000-05:002019-03-05T21:43:15.849-05:00(220) Murphy's Manor-Close Only Counts for Hand Grenades and SexThe AIDS crisis called for gay men to rethink sexual activity. For my part, it was just as well -- I spent Saturday nights drawing cartoons rather than cruising. <br /><br />BTW, yes the character's name was inspired by the Damon Runyon character, Harry the Horse. There's no particular point to it -- just an extra giggle for me.<br />
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<br />kurt Erichsenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17399637009737528566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4716009731025752026.post-53873414990098281932019-02-16T04:04:00.000-05:002019-02-16T04:04:46.420-05:00(218) Murphy's Manor-Meet the Revered Doctor Doom In '86 I got an unsolicited mailing from an extreme right wing organization, from Oberlin, I think. Why in the world they put me on the mailing list for their homophobic rantings is still a mystery to me. Murf received the same newsletter, and the resulting comic strip contains very little fiction. I wonder if I kept a copy?<br />
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<br />kurt Erichsenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17399637009737528566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4716009731025752026.post-19557065687870426842019-02-13T01:20:00.000-05:002019-02-14T01:23:36.624-05:00(216) Murphy's Manor: Imaginary AIDS<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">By 1986 AIDS was striking the gay community throughout the entire country. Every member of the gay community either had it or had close friends who died of it. And what did the right wing have to offer except "Got AIDS Yet?" What rich subject matter for a comic strip!</span><br />
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Ed<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">itorial note: after a long hiatus, I hope to resume frequent postings of Murf strips. There are just barely a thousand comic strips to go! Till now, my first posting of these strips have been on Facebook, then shared here. I am now reversing that order. With Facebook's new censorship policies, I'll start on Blogspot and post the link in FB.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's so outdated -- but if you swap a flash drive for the 5" floppy disk, and 64 kbits for 16, the story stills holds up.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But conspicuously absent is the internet!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The one cutting edge technology I had that is still cutting edge is the "input-output" booth. As in 1986, the imagination boggles at what that could be. Some kind of virtual reality setup?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">No doubt the booth would be a marketing opportunity. You think Star Wars, for instance, revolves around merchandising now? How about a Star Wars Play Station VR sex module? Just for starters.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With the booth's internet connection, Microsoft, Amazon, Google, and Facebook would track a complete record of your VR fantasies.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>kurt Erichsenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17399637009737528566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4716009731025752026.post-42213635322143247562018-03-07T14:38:00.002-05:002018-03-07T14:38:31.295-05:00(210) Murphy's Manor - Jeff Sorensen, Professor of Safe Sex<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nice work if you can get it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Actually, being a "Safe Sex Educator" was a genuine position, usually in Health Departments or social service non profits. Jeff's dreaming about giving live demos would have been viewed as ... unprofessional.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sorry, Jeff, but you're going to make do with a banana and a condom.</span><br />
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<br />kurt Erichsenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17399637009737528566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4716009731025752026.post-73765289853033011362018-03-06T14:07:00.002-05:002018-03-06T14:07:57.940-05:00(209) Murphy's Manor - "The Blind Lead the Blind"<div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="2dj3c" data-offset-key="c7399-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dark glasses were <i>de rigueur</i> for cruising. They make the wearer look cool, and keep the wearer from seeing what he's going to spend the night with.</span></div>
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kurt Erichsenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17399637009737528566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4716009731025752026.post-89590548548889209522018-02-23T15:53:00.003-05:002018-02-23T15:53:59.864-05:00(208) Murphy's Manor "Standing on the Corner, Watchin' ...."<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"You can't go to jail for what you're thinking," goes Frank Loesser's original lyric.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Wanna bet?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In the 1970s, Rapping Paper listed Toledo's hot cruisy areas. I think one was outside the entrance to JC Penney's at Franklin Park Mall. Is this really the same Toledo I live in?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's fun to joke about, but most cruising sprung from an active imagination. But if this post finds you admiring the pulchritude at JC Penney's, please tell us all about it!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But fer ghodssake, lose the binoculars!</span><br />
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kurt Erichsenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17399637009737528566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4716009731025752026.post-29061073138323354862018-02-16T13:06:00.002-05:002018-02-16T13:06:47.196-05:00(207) Murphy's Manor - Gustav Mauler<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sometimes the Murphy's Manor characters raise philosophical discussions without really meaning to.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Meanwhile, I invite you to picture the wrestling match as descibed. I think it tops any gay wrestling vid you might find on Youtube. (If not, send links!)</span><br />
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