Jerry Mills
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Jerry Mills
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Jerry A. Mills was an openly gay cartoonist known for his comic strip Poppers, which is credited as one of the first comic strips to develop multi-dimensional gay characters. Scholars have stated that while earlier comics had relied on stereotypes such as the nelly queen or muscleman, Mills presented his characters with lives beyond the stereotypes. His work is also credited as having helped shape comics for the LGBTQ+ community and its members.
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American cartoonist
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Mills
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2023-10-16T19:17:59Z
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