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GAY PEOPLE'S CHRONICLE April 18, 2008

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keeping score

N.C. Twist, Bumpin' Uglies, Renegades are V-ball champs

Cleveland-Three teams won their division championships in the North Coast Athletics Volleyball League's winter session playoffs last Sunday, April 13.

In the Competitive Division, North Coast Twist won over Bricco for first place and Huntington Hitters won over Grid Invaders for third place. (North Coast Twist was also first in the fall session playoffs in December.)

In the Advanced Division, Bounce Bumpin Uglies won over Argos Argonauts for first place and Bump, Set, Twist won over Apex Nightclub for third place.

In the Intermediate Division, Brown Dog Real Estate Renegades won over Club Cleveland Fighting Cocks for first place and PetTique Pouncers won over Union Vikings for third place.

The championship concludes North Coast Athletic Volleyball's winter session, which began with the largest sustained number of teams-24-in Cleveland's history.

The league will be taking off during the summer, with the fall session beginning in August. Games are played on Sundays from 11:30 am to 5 pm at the Cuyahoga Community College Metro Campus gym, on East 30th St. between Community College and Woodland Aves. in Cleveland.

The league is the Cleveland and Akron governing body for LGBT volleyball. It is a social group with over 250 players ranging from novice to competitive, with divisions for each skill level.

For more information on the fall session, see www.North CoastAthletics.org or contact league commissioner Todd Saporito at 216-905-8005 or vice-commissioner Doug Anderson at 216-440-7411.

The division winners are:

Competitive Division

1st Place: North Coast Twist 2nd Place: Bricco

3rd Place: Huntington Hitters 4th Place: Grid Invaders

Advanced Division

1st Place: Bounce Bumpin Uglies 2nd Place: Argos Argonauts

3rd Place: Bump, Set, Twist 4th Place: Apex Nightclub

Intermediate Division

1st Place: Brown Dog Real Estate Renegades

2nd Place: Club Cleveland Fighting Cocks

3rd Place: Pet-Tique Pouncers 4th Place: Union Vikings

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Comics

Continued from page 8 doesn't feel quite right. He doesn't take joy in chowing down on bunny-flesh, being the big carnivorous hunter.

Those feelings stirring inside... the longing to crunch a carrot... what is wrong with our little fox?

As he grows, the feelings continue, although he manages to repress them. As is the case with things that are repressed, however, they are always in danger of breaking out. Eventually, he is led into a strange world where roles are not so cut and dried, where foxes and bunnies can live together, be with one another, and the hero might be able to unleash his inner bunny.

Hartzell's artwork is fantastic, adding to splendor of a fresh take on a hackneyed story. It's a heavy-handed metaphor for LGBT readers, but done in such an engaging way. The bunnies! The foxes! They're all so... cute!

Less anthropomorphic is Perry Moore's Hero (Hyperion, $16.99, hardcover). Thom Creed has lived in his father's shadow for his entire life. His dad, after all, was Captain Victory, the most famous non-powered su-

per hero in history... until he failed, and 5,000 people died.

Dealing with his failure, his father drove his mother away, and now Thom realizes that Major Victory might not be so thrilled when he learns that his son is a major homosexual.

That is, until Thom realizes he has an even bigger secret to keep from his father, the fact that he has superpowers. He can heal people, and the League of Heroes invites him to try out.

Hmmm. That's odd. There are no pictures, only words. Why is Moore's teen fiction novel being included in a piece on comics?

Because it should be a comic. Written engagingly enough for adults to enjoy, Hero is just begging for some great artist to step up and adapt it into a miniseries. There are a number of companies who offer creator ownership, so Moore should find himself a collaborator, go to Image or Dark Horse or Icon or IDW and pitch this.

In many ways, it's been done before. However, the addition of Thom's homosexuality, the seemingly catastrophic failure that led to the end of his father's career, his now-absent mother's secrets, those are all elements that add freshness to what could have been the most clichéd coming-out story ever written.

Bravo to Perry Moore, but take that next step, man.

Let's see you in the funny pages.

Fox Bunny Funny is available not only in LGBT and other independent bookstores, but also in comic book shops, as is Juicy Mother 2: How They Met.

Speaking of comic shops, May 3 is the latest installment of the annual Free Comic Book Day, when comic shops across t the land have stacks of books to give away for free. This year's offerings include works by queer-friendly creators like Grant Morrison, Matt Groening and Alex Ross. Go to www.freecomicbookday.com for more information or the location of your local comic book retailer.