Rupert Kinnard
Rupert Kinnard Born Rupert Earl Kinnard 1954 (age 69–70) Chicago, Illinois, U.S. Nationality American Area(s) Cartoonist Pseudonym(s) Prof. I.B. Gittendowne Notable works B.B. and the Diva Rupert Kinnard (born 1954) also credited as Prof. I.B. Gittendowne,is an American cartoonist who created the first ongoing gay/lesbian-identified African-American comic-strip characters: the Brown Bomber (a teenage superhero) and Diva Touché Flambé (his ageless lesbian partner). Kinnard is gay and African American. Kinnard's writings, illustrations, and cartoons have been published in Meatmen: An Anthology of Gay Male Comics; A Queer Sense of Humor; The Indelible Alison Bechdel: Confessions, Comix, and Miscellaneous Dykes to Watch Out For; Juicy Mother; No Straight Lines; and in LGBTQ publications such as Portland's Just Out, Bay Area Reporter, Chicago's Windy City Times, and the literary lesbian and gay journal Out/Look magazine.
