“I've known gay people - men and women - since I was a young person. To me it's just naturalistic and realistic to portray gay characters in a humanistic light. As a young man, I knew enough gay people as people not to fear them. On the other side of the coin, I like to irritate conservatives and homophobes.” PeopleMenPersonsEnoughCharacterLightYoungSidesKnownGayMen And WomenYoung ManRealisticCoinsGay PeopleHumanisticHomophobes Author:Gilberto Hernandez Guerrero
“I used to get people criticizing me for drawing so many women with gorgeous idealized bodies, but I pointed out that I draw a lot of men with muscular bodies, washboard abs, and enormous wangs, and they never got criticized. So those criticisms have stopped.” PeopleMenBodyUsedDrawsCriticismDrawingEnormousCriticizeGorgeous Author:Gilberto Hernandez Guerrero
“I think I related more literally to the early 'Spider-Man' comics from Steve Ditko because it could be upfront and direct about the problems of being a kid. He captured being a teenager so beautifully.” ThinkingMenProblemKidsDirectTeenagerRelatedSpidersCapturedSpider ManBeing A KidBeing A Teenager Author:Gilberto Hernandez Guerrero
