One of the trademarks of Lazarov's work is that the comics are sans dialogue. RELATED: All It Took For Betty and Veronica to Get Together Was Predator Destroying Archie Comics Members of the queer community have internalized those norms to the point that we judge ourselves by them, and then criticize and ostracize others if they don’t uphold them, too." I have been writing about Dale Lazarov's gay erotic graphic novels for over a decade now, and I really admire his willingness to keep providing great gay erotic comic book content in a world that makes that incredibly difficult to achieve, as there are constant burdens on people who produce erotica to deal with whatever happens to be the whims of the internet providers on that given moment, not to mention that even within the LGTBQ sphere, erotica can often run afoul of "respectability politics." Lauren Rowello wrote a nice piece in the Washington Post last year on a similar topic and I thought it applied well here, as well, "Respectability politics demand that queer people assimilate as much as possible into cis- and heteronormativity, hewing to mainstream cultural standards. This isn't meant as a "Best Of" list, since there are so many great works out there, and so I'll spread the love around a bit, as it were. This is Universal Love, a month-long spotlight on LGBTQ comic book stories that I have enjoyed over the years. Today, we spotlight the new gay erotic graphic novel, Tapstuds.