Anyone could be forgiven for suffering from “superhero
fatigue” these days. This genre has long dominated the comics medium, not to
mention film and television, seemingly to the exclusion of any other kind of
story. It is therefore too easy to dismiss any comic with a cover featuring a
man with a cape. Fortunately, there are ways to tell a fresh superhero tale.
One of the best approaches is to deconstruct the themes of such a setup and how
it relates to the demographic it represents. This is exactly what The Pride does, not just with
superheroes, but with the gay community.
