Cartoons That Made Us Gay: Jonny Quest (Patreon)

“The Invisible Monster” (January 28, 1965)

Sure, Venture Bros. is just a twist on Jonny Quest, but Jonny Quest was its own twist on existing material — and with its own sense of homoeroticism, no less. In this episode, we take some wild gay swings on an otherwise ordinary episode of the adventure serial to say that the invisible monster named in the title is actually homosexuality. It kind of works.

Watch this and all of the original run of Jonny Quest on archive.org.

Learn about the Max Headroom TV broadcast hack at Astonishing Legends.

And read Drew’s piece about creative homage, imitation and convergence at Thrilling Tales of Old Video Games.