Career
Belasco began producing homoerotic art in 1991, while living in Chicago, [3] and published in small-press magazines such as Thing, Kick, and JFY magazine. He then created the covers for the first few B-Boys Blues books by James Earl Hardy. [4] Meanwhile, he began self-publishing erotic comic books, and produced regular erotic strips for GBM magazine. [3] It was in these comics that he introduced his signature character Boo: a muscular, sexually dominant, gay African-American construction worker in the tradition of Tom of Finland's work. [1]
His work has been featured in the Meatmen series of books of gay erotic comics. His short story "Punks: Featuring a Bruh Named Boo" was included in Last Gasp's Best Erotic Comics 2008, [5] and "Th' Flood Gates" was included in Best Erotic Comics 2009. [6] His work has been commissioned by the Black Wrestling Network, featuring original artwork based on existing wrestlers and fantasy wrestling matches between celebrities. [7] [8] [9] [10]
In 2000, Cleis Press published The Brothers of New Essex, a 200-page collection of his comics. [3] [11] This was followed in 2011 by Boo and the Bruthas from Magnus Books. [12] [13]
He has been a featured artist at the Tom of Finland Erotic Art Fair, [14] and designed a logo for the Rukus! Black LGBT Archive. [15] His work is included in the archives of The Center for Sex and Culture, hosted by the University of Southern California. [16]
