"Gay, Black, and proud of it, the Brown Bomber and the Diva helmed Kinnard's comic that ran for about a decade in the pages of alt weeklies and queer newspapers in the '80s and '90s. Like the protagonists of contemporary comics Doonesbury and Dykes to Watch Out For (and later The Boondocks), the Brown Bomber and the Diva called out Republican hypocrites, celebrity foibles, and yuppies, but Cathartic Comics came from a uniquely Black, gay, and intersectional perspective."
"Kinnard never expected the Brown Bomber to appear anywhere other than his sketchbook until the editor of his college newspaper asked him to contribute comics weekly. Kinnard used the Brown Bomber to editorialize on student issues du jour (or just poke fun at freshmen). The school paper was where he began to craft his social commentary cartooning. In his senior year, Kinnard staged a three-week series that culminated with the Bomber coming out as gay."
Rupert Kinnard appears in a Portland mural and is a wheelchair user since a 1996 car accident. He created Cathartic Comics starring the Brown Bomber and Diva Touché Flambé, which ran in alternative weeklies and queer newspapers in the 1980s and 1990s. Cathartic Comics offered satirical social commentary on Republican hypocrisy, celebrity foibles, and yuppies from a Black, gay, intersectional viewpoint. Kinnard grew up in Chicago drawing superhero-inspired Black characters, developed his voice in a college newspaper, used the Brown Bomber to address student issues, and staged a series where the Bomber came out as gay.
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