Erotic Comics: A Graphic History from Tijuana Bibles to Underground Comix | 
 enlarge | Authors: Tim Pilcher, Gene Jr. Kannenberg
Creator: Aline Kominsky-crumb
Publisher: Abrams
Category: Book
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Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 127351
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 192
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Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.3
Dimensions (in): 9.9 x 9.8 x 0.9
ISBN: 0810995158
Dewey Decimal Number: 741.53538
EAN: 9780810995154
ASIN: 0810995158
Publication Date: March 1, 2008
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Product Description
DIVThis 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 #8220;Tijuana Bibles,#8221; 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#8217;s magazines such as IPlayboy/I, 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 IBarbarella/I were suddenly the rage. IErotic Comics/I tells this story with hundreds of illustrations, informative text, and insights from key artists, writers, and publishers. It#8217;s sexy, artistic, entertaining, intriguing, and informative./DIV
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informative history of eroitc art July 13, 2008
S. Aston (AZ)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book has a lot of information as well as amazing pictures. It covers everything from ancient erotica to pinup girls to modern playboy comics. I was very impressed. :)
Review from Bear Alley by Steve Holland (June, 2008) June 10, 2008
Tim Pilcher (Brighton, UK)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
"As you might expect with a book called Erotic Comics: A Graphic History, I've not had much chance to read the text but I have looked at the pictures... and I'm still managing to type with both hands. That's not meant as a criticism. This is 'erotic' comics rather than outright pornography so, as they say in Bladerunner, reaction time is a factor. It's actually a very good book covering the history of erotic comics from pre-history, via Victorian prints and the Tijuana bibles, through adult magazines like the relatively tame gentleman's mag Playboy and the courser, specialist bondage magazines of Irving Klaw, to Robert Crumb's underground comics of the 1970s... br / br /...[there's] a greater range of material from elsewhere, ranging from Japanese prints to Vargas pin-ups, from Harvey Kurtzman and the late Will Elder's sophisticated 'Little Annie Fanny' to John Willie's bondage comics. Heavily illustrated and with an introduction by Aline Kominsky Crumb, author Tim Pilcher has managed to uncover the incredible variety of ways the female body has been stripped (double meaning intended). It's a fascinating journey into a sub-culture of comics that we've not seen much of in Britain. From the statuesque 'Miss Geewhiz', who leaves much to the imagination, to the bizarre sexual exploits of a gay Jimmy Cagney, there's going to be something in here for all tastes. br / br /There's a promised second volume which picks up the story of the underground comix in the 1970s and takes it forward to show how erotic comics continue to flourish in the first decade of the 21st century. They're not called the noughties for nothing." br / br /By Steve Holland
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