(Part 2) Top products from r/rupaulsdragrace

I know you asked them but I love this shit so I'll answer too! I've only been reading since 2012 so my recommendations are all newer books.

I think with the main Avengers book, the best one I'd recommend would be Hickman's Avengers starting with Vol. 1 Avengers World however this series is pretty continuity heavy and may not be too great for new readers. The pay off is worth it but it may be a bit daunting. The current Avengers run by Mark Waid that has been running for the last year or two is pretty mediocre. I'd avoid it tbh. I'm not much of an Avengers man so I don't know many older series unfortunately.

If you liked Ant-Man he's only had one ongoing by Nick Spencer but it was fantastic. I'd highly recommend this! Start with Vol. 1 Second Chance Man

I don't really read Iron Man, but I've heard good things about Matt Fractions run. It start with Vol. 1 Five Nightmares. I don't read much Captain America, or Doctor Strange either so I can't really recommend anything there. Hulk's best years are behind him, if you're ok with older art styles though Peter David's Hulk is the way to go.

If you like Thor Jason Aaron has been telling his epic that started with Thor Odinson, has transitioned into Jane Foster and is getting ready to go back to Odinson. You can start with Thor God of Thunder vol. 1

Black Panther is coming out soon and the defining run is Christopher Priest's masterpiece. You can start with Black Panther The Client. This book is phenomenal.

If you want Spider-Man Bendis' Ultimate Spider-Man is a different continuity but reads brilliantly as a standalone and helped define the character for a generation. It's addicting reading and just amazing. If you like Spider-Man even a little bit read this. Starts with Vol. 1 Power and Responsibility.

Hawkeye by Matt Fraction is very new reader friendly and very cool. It starts with Vol. 1 My Life As a Weapon Now. Black Widow has had a few great runs recently, you can start with either Vol. 1 Finely Woven Thread which is the Edmondson/Noto run, the art is phenomenal or the more recent Vol. 1 Sheilds Most Wanted which feels a lot more cinematic in scope. It was 12 issues and pretty solid.

Captain Marvel will be Marvel's first female driven movie. DeConnick's run has the best characterization and starts with Vol. 1 In Pursuit of Flight. I'm personally more partial to Brian Reed's run with the character when she was Ms. Marvel which starts with Vol. 1 Best of the Best.

If you're interested in X-Men or the Netflix Marvel characters there is a lot of great stuff there too!

I think it's interesting that people make snide little jokes when someone has obviously put their own mark on something, produced it by hand, and actually used a reference for their own work and not completely duplicated that reference pixel for pixel. You are absolutely on the right track here. With your illustrative style I'd check out this book, [How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way] (https://www.amazon.com/How-Draw-Comics-Marvel-Way/dp/0671530771) By Stan Lee and John Buscema. At $11.00 it's a lot of info on the cheap. I had an artist who I really admired suggest it to me when I was younger and it was a godsend. It's a really good guide to hammer down some basic perspective and anatomy as well as grow the natural lines that I can see in your work. Things like getting those eyes to look in the same place, and blocking out areas of your work to show depth. Very on point with your subject. Great job. Toot.

This type of essay is more relevant if you're trying to absorb prior generations' lives and culture.

If you don't know any older gay men, you probably won't "get" why Judy Garland or other divas were part of the lGbt psyche. Or why brunch and SHOWTUNES were just something everybody who had a dollar DID on Sunday ;)

http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/h/harris-culture.html

Or even the counterpoint to PIB (another important film/play):

http://www.amazon.com/The-Boys-Band-Kenneth-Nelson/dp/B001CQONPE

http://www.amazon.com/Boys-Band-Mart-Crowley/dp/0573640041

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVD39bDowQo

Being 16 however, does NOT excuse your laziness in just developing a shallow rant-y view of RuPaul based on the one stupid television show that you just discovered. Prolifetip: It's always GOOD to RESEARCH something/somebody before you rant. ESPECIALLY if it's about a person or their character or life achievements. You were being dismissed because you really don't know what the fuck you're talking about; regardless of your age. Let's start with RuPaul making it crystal clear that it's the OLYMPICS of drag and he's giving you an OPPORTUNITY to make something out of "what you're working with", not a handholding surrogate parent experience. Albeit some would say they got THAT, too. ;)

http://www.reddit.com/r/rupaulsdragrace/comments/2mtckw/rpdr_rupaul/cm7gb7e?context=3

Take a month and read his blog or books.

http://www.rupaul.com/news/2001/11/wonderful-things-are-happening-all.shtml
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Yes in a way you're "lucky" to miss the drama from before. But in a way you're unlucky. There was an intricate tapestry of culture and the passing down of experiences and life coaching that went on, something like the Masonic fraternity that will be more and more insignificant but not REPLACED by anyone or any THING. So basically you're on your own right now. Grindr will NEVER be a substitute for real life. I encourage you to get OUT and meet people of various generations and experiences/interests even if you "think" you "hate Broadway" or whatever. So you don't end up being just another Millennial anon searching for something REAL on the fucking internet. The reality IS equality is NOT HERE YET and it's never fun being a struggling subculture with no culture. You'll notice the most fulfilled and well rounded queens are those with a well rounded social circle like Bianca, Ben, Jinx, Raja (to an extent) who have other interests and various types of friends. :)

i agree. lots of good info, despite a few inaccuracies.

Also....

Party Monster the Shockumentary

Disco Bloodbath x James St. James

Party Monster x James St. James

James St. James on Hey Qween

Leigh Bowery Documentaries on YouTube

RuPaul on his Club Kid days in the 80s

Vintage RuPaul Club Kid Photos

Sipping and Spilling Tea w| RuPaul x VICE

RuPaul and Club Kids on Geraldo Part 1, Part 2

Club Kids on Richard Bey Part 2

Club Kids on Donahue

more great links via another comment

I can't remember where, possibly Workin' It, I read that apparently Mathu has a knack for the symmetry/proportions of faces. Ru said something like that Mathu would just be able to look at someone's painted mug and be able to say like, 'Do this more..' 'Fix that..' etc. That talent, applied to wigs, pretty much.

I agree with all of this. I have type 1 Bipolar disorder, and I one of the consequences of that is that I have to make sure that I don't drink caffeine or alcohol or do drugs to self medicate, but I'm very often tempted because of my moods.

A lot of bipolar people drink when they're too up and use uppers when they're too down (classically bipolar people like cocaine, but Sharon has said before that she's used a lot of meth). It can be really easy to become dependent because you can feel more even when you're self medicating, but you won't be even when you're not because your brain chemistry just doesn't allow that.

I recommend this book: http://www.amazon.com/Touched-Fire-Manic-Depressive-Artistic-Temperament/dp/068483183X

Found it lmao actually I heard it on a podcast, that’s why I found it fast: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0516020218/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_B0h8Cb5BZX7BC

the context of the gif is what makes the joke. maybe read a book

Mattel doesn't fuck around with the Barbie name and will sue over it in a heartbeat.
http://www.amazon.com/Toy-Monster-The-World-Mattel/dp/0470548584

The ball scene extends back into the 20s too. Check out Gay New York by George Chauncey: https://www.amazon.com/Gay-New-York-Culture-1890-1940/dp/0465026214

are you just distracted by social media or procrastinating in general? i recommend this delightful book to get an insight into your inner saboteur: https://www.amazon.de/Art-Procrastination-Effective-Lollygagging-Postponing/dp/0761171673

There's a whole anthology of academic essays on Drag Race. ;)

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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/mar/08/african-homosexuality-colonial-import-myth

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/sep/09/being-gay-african-history-homosexuality-christianity

http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2979/africatoday.58.1.55?&seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents

https://www.amazon.com/Boy-Wives-Female-Husbands-Studies-Homosexualities/dp/0312238290

I had to do a report on Roxxxy the sex robot for an English class my sophomore year of college... I still hate Sherry Turkle for writing that stupid book

Edit: This is the stupid book I was referring to