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Erotic comics : a graphic history from Tijuana bibles to underground comix
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Erotic comics : a graphic history from Tijuana bibles to underground comix

Author: Tim Pilcher; Gene Kannenberg
Publisher: New York : Abrams, 2008.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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This international survey of erotic comics chronicles a groundbreaking form of sexual expression up to 1970, the years when mainstream culture spurned explicit eroticism. In the 1930s, American "Tijuana Bibles," little pornographic comic books that parodied popular comics and comic strips, were widely available. World War II gave a boost to erotic comics, especially illustrated pin-ups. This set the stage for men's  Read more...
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Tim Pilcher; Gene Kannenberg
ISBN: 9780810995154 0810995158
OCLC Number: 187417633
Description: 192 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.
Contents: [1]. From Tijuana bibles to underground comix --
2. From the liberated '70s to the internet.
Responsibility: by Tim Pilcher with Gene Kannenberg, Jr.
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This international survey of erotic comics chronicles a groundbreaking form of sexual expression up to 1970, the years when mainstream culture spurned explicit eroticism. In the 1930s, American "Tijuana Bibles," little pornographic comic books that parodied popular comics and comic strips, were widely available. World War II gave a boost to erotic comics, especially illustrated pin-ups. This set the stage for men's magazines such as Playboy, which included racy cartoons from the beginning, and fetish comics. The flowering of the counterculture in the next decade gave rise to underground comics, whose acknowledged master was Robert Crumb. A parallel development occurred in Europe, where erotic comics like Barbarella were suddenly the rage. Erotic comics tells this story with hundreds of illustrations, informative text, and insights from key artists, writers, and publishers. It's sexy, artistic, entertaining, intriguing, and informative.

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