Patrick Fillion Site

Class Comics: The First 10 Years (anthology) or The Boy Who Loved Superman (for a tamer, more emotional story).

He gave gay men the superheroes they always wanted: the ones who save the city, get the guy, and then fuck like Kryptonians. He turned the subtext of the comic book shop into the text of the bedroom. Patrick Fillion

Fillion’s art is immediately recognizable. His style is characterized by: Class Comics: The First 10 Years (anthology) or

His art is available in single-issue comics, graphic novels, and high-quality art books. : Books like Bliss: The Art of Patrick Fillion , , and Hot Chocolate published by Bruno Gmünder showcase his illustrations. Big Loads : A multi-volume collection titled Big Loads: The Class Comic Stash! compiles various stories from the Class Comics universe. Fillion’s art is immediately recognizable

However, there was a disconnect. In the comics he loved, romance was strictly heteronormative. The longing glances between male heroes were never acted upon. The homoerotic subtext that artists like Neal Adams and John Byrne inadvertently injected into their work remained just that—subtext.