The Seven Deadly Sins Of Love: The Still Unfabulous Social Life Of Ethan Green - Softcover

Eric Orner; Andrew Sullivan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0312105398 ISBN 13: 9780312105396

Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin, 1994

Synopsis

The poster-child of the slightly neurotic urban gay male in search of a boyfriend, Ethan Green returns to track the ups and downs of modern gay life. "The misadventures of EveryGayman. . . . Ethan Green is instantly recognizable, endearingly neurotic, and hopelessly looking for love."--Washington Blade. Illustrations throughout.

About this title

From Booklist:

Gay cultural commentators and comics enthusiasts consider Orner's "Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green" the gay male analog to Alison Bechdel's brilliant "Dykes to Watch Out For." Both strips reflect genuine gay concerns, both react to gay political developments, and both are satirically funny--very. But "Dykes" is the most successful realistic strip going, whereas "Ethan Green" is playfully self-reflexive (Ethan complains about being a comic-strip character) and surrealistic (Ethan's cat complains about appearing in dream- and fantasy-based strips). More significantly, "Dykes" recounts the adventures of a vibrant community of women, whereas "Ethan Green" is about lone and often lonely Ethan adrift in the gay male subculture, forever unfulfilled. "Dykes" makes its lesbian community look vital, intelligent, and humane. "Ethan Green" makes the gay male subculture look considerably less attractive. The rest of the strip's title best bespeaks Orner's rueful, even resentful, representation of that subculture as one that furnishes only a "mostly unfabulous social life." Ray Olson

About this edition

• Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0312105398
• ISBN 13: 9780312105396
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 116