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Graphic novel ‘Smahtguy’ offers timely bio of Barney Frank

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When he was in high school, gay cartoonist Eric Orner, who makes his graphic novel debut with “Smahtguy: The Life and Times of Barney Frank,”  didn’t like the food in the school cafeteria. “The principal was always talking about how good we had it,” Orner told the Blade in a recent interview. “But the food was deep fried – inedible,” Orner added, “even for us [teens].” To protest the food, Orner called it out with humor in the comic strip he drew for the school newspaper. “Having this platform to express yourself subversively and sarcastically to authority,” Orner said, “gave me a buzz.” Like a hound born to hunt, Orner has always loved to draw.

A proclivity for subverting the powers that be with humor has been etched in his veins from birth. “Drawing is what I love to do,” said Orner, who is in his 50s, “It’s been that way since I was a kid.” If there’s a problem, Orner will sit for an hour and draw. “I’ve been most brave – most outspoken when I’m drawing.” Orner’s drawing and respect for outspokenness are in splendid form in his graphic novel “Smahtguy,” a biography of queer icon Barney Frank.

As the House (at this writing), repeatedly fails to elect a Speaker, nothing could be more timely than “Smahtguy.” Frank, who came out as gay in the Boston Globe in 1987, was a Democratic member of the House of Representatives from Massachusetts from 1981 to 2013.

When you hear “bio of a queer and political icon,” you might well think: boring, musty, wonky tome. But you needn’t worry. “Smahtguy” is a page-turner about Frank, a politician who disliked politics, but loved policy.

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