2026 Sarasota Film Festival
No Straight Lines: The Rise of Queer Comics
2021• 1 hr 19 min• United States• English
The road for queer comics from the margins of the underground comics scene to mainstream acceptance was fraught with challenges. No Straight Lines chronicles the journeys of five scrappy LGBTQ artists from their early DIY work to the international stage, and offers a fascinating window into everything from the AIDS crisis to the search for love and a good haircut.
Directed by Vivian Kleiman
Documentary Feature
Screening Details
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Friday, April 1, 2022 at 12:01 AM EDT
Ends 11:59 PM EDT
About This Event
A feature-length documentary film-in-progress chronicling the birth and development of LGBTQ comics through the eyes of several of its pioneers. The film was inspired by the Lambda award-winning book of the same name, and dives deeper into the personal stories at the heart of this unique underground artistic scene. Featuring Alison Bechdel (Fun Home), the recently departed Howard Cruse (Stuck Rubber Baby, Gay Comix), and others, this film aims to show how DIY queer cartoonists have represented, poked fun at, and celebrated LGBTQ lives and experiences in challenging, humorous, and profound ways.
Cast
Alison Bechdel, Rupert Kinnard, Howard Cruse
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