Meatmen (comics)

Meatmen: An Anthology of Gay Male Comics is a series of paperback books collecting short comics featuring gay and bisexual male characters. The comics included a mixture of explicit erotica and humor.^[1][2] Between 1986 and 2004, 26 black-and-white volumes of the series (160–200 pages each) were published by Leyland Publications, making it the longest-running anthology of gay male pornographic comics.^[3]

Meatmen
Meatmen volume 1 (1986).
Publication information
Publisher	Leyland Publications
Schedule	irregular
Format	anthology
Genre	erotic, humor
Publication date	1986 – 2004
No. of issues	26
Editor(s)	Winston Leyland

During its run, the series was said to feature "every gay male cartoonist of note who has worked since the 1970s".^[2] Cartoonists whose work was featured include:

• Al Shapiro (A. Jay)
• Tim Barela
• Belasco
• Bruce Billings^[4]
• John Blackburn
• Howard Cruse
• Donelan (two front covers and many back covers)^[4]
• Kurt Erichsen^[4]
• Patrick Fillion
• Oliver Frey (Zack)
• M. J. Goldberg^[4]
• Joe Johnson
• Rupert Kinnard (as Prof. I.B. Gittendowne)
• Jeff Krell^[4]
• Mike Kuchar
• Touko Laaksonen (Tom of Finland)^[4]
• Jon Macy
• Jerry Mills^[4]
• Nico (early covers)
• Dom Orejudos (Stephen, Etienne)^[4]
• Brad Parker (early back covers)^[4]
• Sean (John Klamik)^[4]
• Bill Schmeling (Torro, The Hun)^[4]
• Robert Triptow
• Vaughn
• Bill Ward

Controversy

In 2001, copies of Meatmen vol. 18 and 24^[5] imported by Little Sister's bookstore of Vancouver, British Columbia were classified as "obscene" and seized by Canada Customs.^[6][7] This led to the case Little Sisters Book and Art Emporium v Canada, which was eventually decided by the Supreme Court of Canada in 2007.^[5]

See also

• Gay Comix