aTypical Joe: a gay New Yorker living in the rural South

Thursday, May 25, 2006

X-Men 3: The Last Stand - Gay Colossus?

Guest post by Augusto

I am so excited about the big release tomorrow. I can’t wait to see the third installment of my favorite comics based movie, X-Men. I don’t read comic books but I love and watch pretty much every movie that is based on one.

Because of this post (which was published at Queer Beacon and at aTypicalJoe) Alexander, from In Newsweekly, let us know about Prism Comics, which—among other great things—works like a Queer Beacon for comic books, talking about the gay content in the comic world. If you are into comics, you must check out Prism.

Alexander also let us know about this great interview with Danielle Bunten Berry (who was an accomplished game developer and a M-to-F transsexual—pic on the left), and that a character from X-Men supposedly came out of the closet a few months ago. I can’t believe I was unaware of that.

The gay character is Colossus, who had a big cameo on X-Men 2, and I wonder whether he’ll show up on X-Men 3 as a gay man now (his character is listed in the credits - YAY!). I can’t wait! Colossus is played by Canadian hottie Daniel Cudmore (seen below rescuing kids on X-Men 2). His superpowers? Bitch can convert body tissue in a steel-like substance. Again, he can convert body tissue in a steel-like substance. Honestly, those comics people like to play serious mind-games with us gays.

Unfortunately, Colossus’s wiki only tells us about his many straight relationships. I found quite a bit of discussion on the gay matter here, here, and here. In the comics world there is even indication of a possible relationship between Wolverine (Logan, played by Hugh Jackman) and Colossus.