ADVOCATE MEN
November 1984
Neal Shaw [Neil Shaw] (cover-center – Fred Bisonnes)
Rick Kennedy (Fred Bisonnes)
Joe Tolbe (Fred Bisonnes)
Roy Ourso (Fred Bisonnes)
Face Man: Trev Michaels (Fred Bisonnes)
Showcase: Tom of Finland
Showcase: Stephen Savage
Donelan Cartoon
Rex
Illustration
“Beginning the Saga of Pecky Bunscock” ill: Bisonnes
Fiction
“The Taking of Tits Capra” by Art Boyce
“Transfigured Night” by Geoff Mains
“Samurai Duty” by Guy Shore, ill: Forbes
“5 Blonds” by Bill August, ill: Bisonnes
Donelan Cartoon
Gerard P. Donelan (born 1949[1]), known primarily as just Donelan, is an openly-gay cartoonist. He drew "It's a Gay Life", a regular single-panel cartoon feature in The Advocate, for 15 years.
Donelan was born in Boston, but grew up in Plymouth, Massachusetts, the son of advertising artist Paul Donelan. He studied art at Southeastern Massachusetts Technological Institute but did not finish a degree, and went to work in retail. In 1977, disappointed that the pioneering gay comic strip Miss Thing had ended its run in The Advocate, Donelan submitted a cartoon to the publication, which turned into a long-running series of his own. "It's a Gay Life" gently lampooned gay culture of the time, focusing primarily on young and middle-aged gay men. He continued to work in retailing while producing the series, which also yielded two paperback reprints: Drawing on the Gay Experience (1987) and Donelan's Back (1988). His work has appeared in Frontiers magazine, in issues of Gay Comix (including one cover), and in the gay comics anthology Meatmen.
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