Young Frankenstein who, as Elizabeth did when abducted by the monster, sings the refrain "Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life". After several box office failures (which included now-cult classics "The Producers" and "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory"), Gene Wilder finally hit box office success with a pivotal role in the 1972 Woody Allen film "Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask)". It was around that time that Wilder began toying around with an idea for an original story involving the grandson of Victor Frankenstein inheriting his grandfather's mansion and his research. Wilder had played around with
LGBT themes in comics 1971 stands out for attacking the homophobia of David Reuben's sex manual "Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask)", featuring explicit mutual gay sex acts, and promoting gay liberation. Eventually comics appeared aimed at a gay audience: the first documented example of a widely circulated underground gay comic was "Gay Heart Throbs", which produced several issues in the mid-1970s, but struggled to find an audience. Notable publications included "Gay Comix", which was created in 1980 by Howard Cruse, featured the work of LGBT artists, and had close ties with the gay liberation movement. Much