Beef
Matson
Beef Matson is a gay detective character created by Rick Chris. Two of
the stories in the Beef Matson canon, A PERSON IN A POSITION OF TRUST
and CATCH A FALLING STAR are published on this web site and links to
the various chapters can be found below.
CATCH A FALLING STAR CHAPTER 4, "IF PAIN
PERSISTS", PART 2. It's the very latest in the gay detective's
thriller that features deadly alien creatures, secret agents and you
name it. Readers keep suggesting that the story would make a
great movie or video, but with my humble resources, that's extremely
unlikely. However, I've placed a number of illustrations in the
story to help you create a movie in the theater of your mind. If
you like, you can send in your comments about the story and I will add
them to the comments already published.
CATCH
A FALLING STAR: CHAPTER 4 - "IF PAIN PERSISTS", Part 1.
CATCH A FALLING STAR: CHAPTER 3 - "A SERIES OF UNEXPECTED DEVELOPMENTS".
CATCH A FALLING STAR: CHAPTER 2 - GETTING AWAY FROM IT ALL.
CATCH A FALLING STAR: CHAPTER 1 - THE REINDEER MAN
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Since it's
basically a Christmas story, A
PERSON IN A POSITION OF TRUST will make a good read for the
Christmas season. In this story, none of the gay characters die, in
fact many of them become "not dead".
Beef
Matson, A PERSON IN A POSITION OF TRUST previous chapters:
Chapter
11, It Came Upon A Midnight Queer.
Chapter
10, Just My Funny Way Of Laughin'.
Chapter 9,
Faithful Friends Who Are Dear To
Us Gather Near To Us Once More. The last section of chapter 9 is
actually part of chapter 7 as seen from a different point of view.
Chapter
eight, Little Orphan Randy.
Chapters five, six and seven.
Chapters 1 to 4 of the mystery are available for reading on first Beef
Matson archive page.
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commissioned paintings or illustrations, advertising, etc., send your
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Adam And
Andy
A comic
strip featuring the adventures of a gay male couple.
Gilbert
Baker
Meet the
man who created the rainbow flag.
Belasco
Comix
Homo afro
erotic artist. Author of 'Brothers of New Essex', creator of character
'A Brutha Named Boo'
Onedollar
Billy
Illlustrator
and comic artist
ButchBoyStudios
From San
Francisco, the art of Joel Hoyer and Martin Freeman
Capitol
Hillbillies
Comic
strip adventures of gay guys in Seattle. "Because sodomy is funny."
Chris
Mann
Realistic
and expressionistic art with touches of whimsy and social commentary
and also draws from popular American culture. Includes erotic
male imagery as well.
CManart
Thoughts
Cartoonist
and Caricaturist. Upbeat and fun imagery of celebrities and all
kinds of hunky men. Calvin's work can also be found here.
Daniel
Cool
Auf
Deutsch and in English. "My pictures stand for friendship, partnership
and love."
Danny
Boy Studio
Masculine
art of bears and full figured men.
Drubskin
The blog
of San Diego artist Drubskin.
durkART
Artist
durkART's Myspace page
The Gay Monsters
Online
animated comic strip about gay monsters by Andy Bauer.
Homoerotic
Art Museum
Matt and
Andrej Koymasky Foundation Homoerotic Art Museum
Hotlead
The erotic
art of Michael Broderick
Zane
Maxwell
Gay erotic
art paintings, drawings and illustrations for sexy men and male nude in
watercolors. His artwork is simple, unique, and provocative to
stimulate intellect and humor.
Randy
RD Riccoboni
San Diego
artist Randy Riccoboni
Designs
by Sean
Tedited
An artist
living in Oslo, Norway
Comic
strip about a gay bed and breakfast.
Chicago Gay
History
Come tour
through Chicago's rich gay history of the past 100+ years.
Gay Heroes
Singer Jay Spear's totally excellent site highlighting gay historical
figures
JoeHerzenberg.org
A site devoted to the life of the first openly gay elected official in
the former Confederacy.
Leonard Matlovich.com
To inform and inspire. Awarded a Purple Heart for being wounded
by a land mine, Sgt. Leonard Matlovich was the first to volunteer to
fight the military's ban on gays.
Milwaukee LGBT History Project
The History Project strives to help "old timers" recall and resurrect
memories of what was, and simultaneously allow the newer generations
and the general community to appreciate the depth and value of past
people and events in shaping both the freedoms and continuing
challenges of gays and lesbians.
Not Kansas
A personal memoir and reflections on gay history and popular culture
from the post-World War II years to the early Nineties. An alternative
to politically correct history.
STONEWALL Veterans Association
The official website of the original and authentic veterans of the
rebellion at the Stonewall bar in NYC in 1969.
Uncle Donald's Castro
Street
One truly remarkable and awesome site featuring not only Castro Street
but a wonderful illustrated history of San Francisco's gay community.
This important site is Donald's labor of love, an incredible testament
to the people and places that not only pioneered the gay movement in
America but created a dynamic and wonderful place and time.
Writers
The Golden Feather Series
A Gay Western Fiction Series by Dave Brown. Follow the adventures
of Jake Brady and Wiley Deluce in the American West during the late
1880s.
William Maltese on
Amazon
William Maltese on
MySpace
Gale Chester Whittington
Beyond Normal:
The Birth Of Gay Pride. Available at Amazon, Barnes & Noble. the iBook
store or BookLocker.
SF
Holidays
From San Francisco, Mike Andrews entertainment and music blog.
Gay America Blog
America Blog
US politics overall with a particular focus on the radical right, and
gay civil rights.
Arrumako's Gay Blog
En Español.
Bearly Edible
A recipe, entertaining and kitchen tips blog for gay bearish men who
love to cook and entertain.
Best Gay Blogs
Keep up on the best gay blogs on the web.
BOBnews
Russian Bears. In Russian.
Buff's
Tufftalk
Exploring man to man relationships from a top man's perspective.For top
men who care about their relationships. Setting a responsible example
while pursuing our gay identity.
A Conservative Lesbian
A newly conservative lesbian
Davey Wavey
Break The Illusion Blog
David Mixner
Live From Hell's Kitchen
The Gay Manifesto
Survival is a choice
The Gaytheist Agenda
Two Cats, One Wife, No God
Get Equal
Good As You (G-A-Y)
Gay and lesbian activism with a sense of humor.
I Should
Be Laughing
Southern-born, west-coast-raised, east-coast-living homosexual.
Joe My
God
Gay culture, short stories, politics, and fabulous disco trivia.
Il Salottino Del Barbiere
In Italiano. Vietato ai minori di anni 18!
Dyer Times
Notes on a crazy world - Kurt Dyer's views on politics, rights, Jake
Gyllenhaal, etc.
KC Risen Phoenix Journal
A blog by Ben, who lives in Kansas City.
The Latest Outrage
A political blog by Erik Ose.
Lavender Newswire
If you're not outraged, we're not doing our job.
LGBT Minute
Newsy commentary about the latest community issues by a delightful,
positive soul named Bonnie.
Lil Family
Blog
2 Moms, 1 Toddler and A Lot Of Love
The Male Vagabondage
Italiano. Un viaggio attraverso una cultura tutta al maschile nel
tentativo di scoprire e riscoprire nuovi e vecchi orizzonti artistici.
L'obiettivo primario di questo blog é quello di analizzare,
principalmente attraverso le immagini, l'eros maschile in tutte le sue
possibili espressioni artistiche.
Meatcute
A blog about gay art
and artists.
Always steamin'.
Parisianboys by Seb and Fred
Queerclick
"All things queer" which includes a lot of naked guys.
Sacred Pauses
Blog on faith and spiritually. " Never let any preacher tell you that you're a worthless sinner."
Saint Mychal Judge
To encourage greater Faith, Hope & Love through "the saint of 9/11"
Michaelangelo Signorile
Tartuffe's Folly
Random musings from Marklewood. "Anecdotes, Reminiscences, and the Unexpected Artistic Finds That Stir My Loins."
Towleroad
More gay news for more gay men.
Truth Wins Out
Fighting anti-gay lies and the ex-gay myth.
The Unbearable Truth…Fear Eats The Soul
True life stories of a man who learned that "A life lived in fear is a life half-lived…". (A very literate, sensitive and entertaining blog.)
Rex Wockner
The next chapter, chapter 5, in the Catch a Falling Star serial continues story with adventure and mayhem including a trip on a starship! Parts of the chapter will be featured in graphic novel form. Here's a sneak peek at one of the comic panels. BTW - I don't really shoot Matson off into space, Matson is still in Milwaukee, this is a dream sequence. The sequence includes and action packed battle with an alien ship after which Matson is awakened by the sound of a confrontatioon that leads to another action sequence. I also realized that I never gave Matson's starship a name which probably doesn't matter since it's a dream anyway.
More visual previews from chapter five of "Catch A Falling Star".
For the duration of his stay in Milwaukee, Matson decides to check out of his hotel room and move his assistant Randy and himself into a client's home. Randy gets a bedroom filled with the client's huge collection of teddy bears and superhero figures.
Private investigator "Beef" Matson falls asleep in the living room of the teddy bear abundant apartment of his client.
New In The Gallery
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| "Kelso" My homage to the legendary male model. |
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"Hardwick" |
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"Dave
Gardner " A graphite illustration of a popular male model of the 1970s. Prints are also available of this illustration. |
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"Chase And Paris" A graphite rendering of a tender kiss between erotic film stars Tom Chase and Tristan Paris. Two versions! Prints are also available of these illustrations. |
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"Jake
Naked " A new illustration in the celebrities gallery. |
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"Nude
With Rope" Here's what I can do with an image of wood paneling, a rope and a male nude. A 12" x 18" acrylic painting on stretched canvas. |
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A Marine Homecoming
Sgt. Brandon Morgan Kiss felt around the world
Jody Miller - Home Of The Brave (HOLLYWOOD A GO GO, 1965)
A song a bit ahead of its time to compliment the video above. "Home of the brave, land of the free, why won't you let him be what he wants to be?"
Message from the creator of the Gay Marines Facebook page
Suggesting that there were of course gays in the Marines long before DADT was repealed, below is a photo I took of a vehicle in Denver well over a year ago.
Click on the image for a bigger view. (Marine emblems and rainbow stickers)
What Are WeWaiting For - Danny Rose
A WAY over the top marriage proposal especially the "Back Off He's Mine" marching band.The song is available on iTunes and 100% of the profits will goto marriage equality. http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/what-are-we-waiting-for-single/id512975897
"Defenders of Marriage" by Roy Zimmerman
A very funny and clever guy. To learn more about Roy and purchase his CDs, go to his website here
"Ted Haggard Is Completely Heterosexual" by Roy Zimmerman
The
trouble with this song is that it is a very catchy tune, you may find
yourself singing this song as you walk down the street.
Probably Gay, the Homophobia Song - Katie Goodman's Broad Comedy
More of Katie Goodman at http://www.katiegoodman.com/
Raid of the Rainbow Lounge: Official Trailer
http://www.thetrevorproject.org If you or someone you know ever needs help, call the 24/7 Lifeline at 866.488.7386. It's toll-free and confidential.
It Gets Better - Matt Ryanz
Meeting The Man in the Moon
It's a tough time now for those of us in the 99% grouping. Hang in there, you're the only one of you we've got. They just ain't making anymore just like you.
National suicide hotline
1-800-SUICIDE
In the UK or Ireland you can call the Samaritans.
In the UK dial 08457 90 90 90.
In the Republic of Ireland dial 1850 60 90 90
To See Images of
2011
Denver Pride: go
here: 2011Denver Pride Photo
Album A page of positive affirmation ****** Spare
Change For The Rick Chris Cookie Jar:
A new, improved Dust Bunny page, galleries of past pride, 2005 and
earlier, click here.
Beef Matson fans - I haven't forgotten about you. I
will eventually be publishing chapter 5 of CATCH A FALLING STAR.
Chapter five begins with Matson checking himself and Randy out of their
respective hotel rooms and relocating to what Matson believes is a more
secure location. In the process there is a high speed car chase
through the streets and alleys of the south side of Milwaukee.
I know the road of life can
get rough and bumpy at times and the only magic I have to help
you through the rough spots is through my art and my little web site.
If you are having bumpy day, I'd like to share my Affirmations page with you. It's one
of the oldest pages on rickchris.com and I've recently updated it.
Maybe you can use that page to build a little magic, gather a little
grace and get the strength to help you through your trials. "Where is
the night luster? Past my trials." Click here.
During these tough economic times, your donation would certainly help
keep my little web site going. If you enjoy the various features on
rickchris.com, please help support this web site through a donation.
Any amount is helpful. Many thanks! - Rick Chris
Putting the
spotlight on those who add value to the gay community through their
creativity, talent and achievement. The Shout Out column is open to any
gay creative type, performer, writer, artist, etc. I know how
challenging it can be for gay creative types, so this is my small way
of trying to lend a helping hand by offering a little publicity. Just
send an email (rickchris@rickchris.com) about yourself or someone you
would like to be spotlighted. The cost? You only have to promise that
you're going to try to be rich, famous and successful. I also accept
news releases for shows, benefits and events.
Note: if you send in information about an event or individual I will be
glad to list it for you free of charge - however, in your email, please
state that you are requesting a listing under the Shout Out banner and
I would also like to know who is making the request (the name of a
contact person) so I know the information about the person or event is
"authorized".
Quack City - Toons from the the Left Wing
Get your fill of satirical duck toons at Quack City, a thoroughly ducky way to quack up with a few laughs.
Nationally
Syndicated Cartoonist Earl Storm's long-time involvement for LGBT
rights has taken creative “flight” in the form of his “left-wing”
feathered alter ego, Buckminster Duck, through whom he renders a
comical but pointed view of politics and the fight for LGBT equality.
Quack City
Music
Vintage
photos of sailors who are probably very good friends or brothers
<wink>. And then there's the photo with the banana…
Bye June - Shades Of Purple ******
Jonny McGovern "Dickmatized"
"Gay
Pimp" Jonny McGovern's latest single, "Dickmatized" from the upcoming
CD, "The Gayest Of All Time".
Gay
Pride Parades, San Francisco,
1970-1980
A
remarkable video, all in color.
Don't
Tell Me Who To Love - Ray Boltz
Gone
- Roy Bean
In the
meantime, take good care of yourself. You've got to, because you're the
only one of you we've got. They just ain't making anymore just like you.
What's In
The Rick Chris Closet:
Currently: a visit to a gay
bathhouse
If you would like to leave a tip in the Rick Chris cookie jar:
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PEOPLE CARE ABOUT YOU!
National Suicide Hotline
1-800-suicide (784-2433)
Rick Chris says: "Take care of yourself. You've got to, because you're the only one of you we've got. They just ain't making anymore just like you."
The Trevor Helpline
An around-the-clock (24/7) crisis and suicide prevention helpline for
lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning youth.
1-866-488-7386
Youth suicide with a focus on gay male youth.
In memory of GLBT suicide victim
Do we have a gay saint watching out for us? If you have an issue, it wouldn't hurt to send a prayer his way and see what happens. Click here.
"The great thing about suicide is that it's not one of those things you have to do now or you lose your chance. I mean, you can always do it later." - Harvey Fierstein
"Never place a period where God has placed a comma." - Gracie Allen
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News
Courage
Campaign
Pink News United Kingdom
Gay.com
GayPatriot
GayPatriot is the internet home for American gay
conservatives and hailed as "the most reliably conservative gay blog on
the Internet."
Gay Russia
Gay Russia - News on Russia and Human Rights.
The Huffington Post
Queerty
Free of an agenda. Except
that gay one. The gay blog.
Robert Reich
Informative commentary about
politics and the economy by Robert Reich, Professor of Public Policy at
the University of California at Berkeley, Served in three national
administrations and as Secretary Of Labor.
Truthout
An alternative to big media news.
Truth Wins Out
Fighting Right Wing Lies and the
Ex-Gay Fraud.
Unicorn Booty
Gay Is Good
Gay Sunday Brunch
Matt and Jim will bring you all the hilarious
favorites you’ve
come to love and expect from two of America’s top gay podcasters.
Everything from lousy advice to their Grindr Guy of the Week © will be
yours to enjoy every Sunday. Just remember you can download each
episode from iTunes and listen to them anytime. It’s simple and easy,
just like brunch was meant to be.
Queer Music Heritage
An internet music
museum site and radio show devoted to GLBT music hosted by the
cognoscenti of gay music, JD Doyle.
Sites Of Interest
Arcigay
The Italian Gay Association
Easy Boy Friend
Home of the future ex-boyfriend of the
week.
Gay Gamer
For boys who like boys who like joysticks.
HomoRodeo
Interested in gay cowboys and
gay rodeo events? This site's for you, a matrix of information for gay
rodeo fans.
Miracomovan
En Español.
Hombres para Hombres. Dibujos y Pinturas de
hombres de todas las épocas del arte. Site contains images of nude and
homoerotic art.
Savage Love Advice Column by Dan
Savage
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