![]() ![]() Moreover, it does this by taking the discussion outside the realm of comic books and placing it in a novel, thus altering the medium. He has argued that gay comic book characters usually suffer terrible fates.Ĭonsequently, his new novel, the story of a young gay man with powers, breaks with that tradition by altering the representation of the comic book’s most traditional icon: the superhero. Perry Moore has written at length of his negative feelings towards comic books and their portrayal of homosexual characters. In the case of Perry Moore, and his book Hero, he fulfills both qualifications. That “outsider” status can come from both perspective and field, or medium and mechanism. Sometimes in order to avoid stagnation and revitalize some mode of expression, it takes an outsider to break the paradigm and challenge tradition. ![]()
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