Cold War Red China Gay Comic Book Hero Saves Drowning Pal

Comrade in Arms

From friend of the site and Duke professor Hong Guo-Juin, who notes: “It is in fact from a comic books in 1960s China, to quote my friend who shared this image with me, ‘about spies and revolutionary war and…about two comrades-in-arms, literally!'”

4 responses to “Cold War Red China Gay Comic Book Hero Saves Drowning Pal

  1. It certainly fires up my revolutionary fervor.

  2. There’s got to be some Plato “army of lovers” connection here. Very nice!

  3. Pingback: Taiwan Cinema: A Contested Nation on Film – from Duke U’s Hong in 2011 | The Gay Highwaymen

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