I recently watched the First Annual Queerie Awards, recognizing excellence in presenting gay content in comics. This new awards show comes from the people behind the Comic Book Queers podcast. I was delighted to see the Queeries were presented in video instead of audio format, so that I could visually partake in the glitz and the glamour of this very special night.

In the screengrab shown here, presenter Rhoda Nowhere is announcing Batwoman in DC's 52 #11 as the winner in the "Most Gratuitous Inclusion of a Lipstick Lesbian to Generate Sales Among the Straight Male Demographic" category. I don't know if I agree with the judges on that one, but I enjoyed seeing the award presented anyway. In fact, I felt the true star of the evening was Minion, the winsome bug who brought out the statuettes for the winners. Hopefully we'll be seeing more of him or her in the future. And speaking of him or her, I also thought the Queeries included one of the best-named drag king characters ever, Mike Hunt.