CLEAN CARTOONISTS' DIRTY DRAWINGS

by Craig Yoe (Editor), Robert Crumb (Foreword)

The classic American comic strip is known for being wholesome family entertainment, accesible to everyone. But these artists, including Sidd (B.C.) Hoff and Mort (Beetle Bailey) Walker, also had a mischievous side they only shared with peers and friends. Now, in Clean Cartoonists' Dirty Drawings, the general public can see the work of these American masters in their moments of blue humor.

Genres: Art, Erotica, Comics, Nonfiction

Paperback

First published October 1, 2007

About the author

Craig Yoe is an author, editor, art director, graphic designer, cartoonist and comics historian, best known for his Yoe! Studio creations and his line of Yoe! Books. Yoe is married to Clizia Gussoni, who is also his creative partner

Reviews

[Drew Canole · Rating 2 out of 5]

As other reviewers have pointed out, most of comics presented here aren't exactly "dirty".

Carl Barks has some nude figure drawings? Wow what a filthy animal that man was! Many are simply drawings/comics of sexy women. I certainly wouldn't consider drawings of beautiful women or nude figure work "dirty".

There's only a few comics that really match what the title and having R. Crumb write the introduction would suggest.

That said, it's hard to complain about getting 100+ pages of art work from some of comic's best creators. They even dig into pre-comics illustration history with people like Gustave Dore.

[Dominick · Rating 2 out of 5]

Very disappointing, really. Doesn't live up to the title. Sure, it features some naughty drawings by a whole whack of cartoonists (and it reproduces them nicely), but "naughty" is about as raunchy as it gets--some of the drawings don't even feature nudity, and arguably none qualify as even "dirty," let alone pornographic--which is all the more frustrating because at least some of the folk included (e.g. Wally Wood) in fact did MUCH raunchier work than is relfected here. A book that pretends to be edgy but in fact is pretty tame.

[Cynde Moya]

I Heart Yoe.

[Rick Ray · Rating 2 out of 5]

An exploration of lewd and raunchy illustrations from cartoonists who were typically ascribed with doing more family friendly works like Carl Barks, Jack Kirby, Milton Caniff, Charles Schulz, etc. Each artist gets a brief caption before a short selection of their more naughtier drawings get showcased. The art is fairly tame for the most part save for some nudity (primarily male gaze stuff), and even as an archival book, the descriptions are fairly muted. It's a bit of a novelty item, but I really wouldn't recommend trying to find this book in the wild since I'm sure most who peruse this will find the collection rather disappointing.

[Jake · Rating 2 out of 5]

not that great

[Will · Rating 2 out of 5]

These drawings might have been risque during the Victorian era...maybe, but really this title is a misnomer.