Donelan

Gerard P. Donelan (born 1949^[1]), known primarily as just Donelan, is an openly-gay cartoonist. He drew "It's a Gay Life", a regular single-panel cartoon feature in The Advocate, for 15 years.^[2]

Donelan was born in Boston, but grew up in Plymouth, Massachusetts, the son of advertising artist Paul Donelan. He studied art at Southeastern Massachusetts Technological Institute but did not finish a degree, and went to work in retail. In 1977, disappointed that the pioneering gay comic strip Miss Thing had ended its run in The Advocate, Donelan submitted a cartoon to the publication, which turned into a long-running series of his own. "It's a Gay Life" gently lampooned gay culture of the time, focusing primarily on young and middle-aged gay men. He continued to work in retailing while producing the series, which also yielded two paperback reprints: Drawing on the Gay Experience (1987) and Donelan's Back (1988).^[1] His work has appeared in Frontiers magazine, in issues of Gay Comix (including one cover),^[3] and in the gay comics anthology Meatmen.^[2]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Drawing on the Gay Experience: Cartoons from The Advocate, by Gerard P. Donelan, "About the Cartoonist", 1987, Liberation Publications
2. ^ ^{a b} GBLTQ - arts - Comic Strips and Cartoons
3. ^ Gay Comix #7 at Grand Comics Database

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Name	Donelan, Gerard P.
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Date of birth	1949
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