Hard To Swallow

by Dave Davenport, Justin Hall

Hard to Swallow Comics was launched with a simple premise: that erotic comics should be great stories as well as being sexy. The series ran from 2006 to 2009 and featured everything from werewolves and skater ghosts to pirates and porn stars. Now the whole series—plus a whole issue’s worth of new material—has been collected into one deluxe volume!

Genres: Graphic Novels, Fantasy, Comics

300 pages, Hardcover

Published April 1, 2016

Reviews

[Derrick · Rating 4 out of 5]

By far the best gay erotica comic anthology I've ever read, full of humor and clever writing, mixed with lots of pulpy goodness. Started a bit stronger than it finished (ha) in my opinion, but nonetheless an enjoyable read as long as you don't mind lots of veiny dicks!

[Joel Adams · Rating 5 out of 5]

// excellent and fun

['Nathan Burgoine · Rating 4 out of 5]

The 'Hard to Swallow' graphic shorts (gay, often spec-fic, always erotic) are a heady mix collected into one volume, and it's the range and breadth of tale and type of tale that brings the strength to the whole.

Some of the narratives are short vignettes, others episodic that return to the same characters (or pass the baton to another character) that create a longer narrative. All are sexy, and many walk the line right up to (and over) perverse, to great effect. This is an unapologetic gathering of graphic stories that touch kink as often as they touch the supernatural, the weird, or a historical setting or two turned sideways. A few even step into the realm of nonfiction (and, as well all know, truth is often stranger than fiction).

I can heartily recommend this to anyone who's looking for some sexy gay comics that push a few extra boundaries.

[spoon · Rating 5 out of 5]

didn't expect the sense of humor -- a panel showing godzilla with a hearteye for mecha-robot he's tryna f***? c'mon.

also the art and page breakdowns are v good here. like they all have studied the alt comics movement & the sort (alt comics movement just as like the things that aren't superhero comics -- not tryna say anything else). Don't know why I was surprised at how good it was but I guess I shouldn't be? Erotica not mutually exclusive with quality - gotta hammer that home.

[Wolverinefactor · Rating 4 out of 5]

I backed this on Kickstarter and man I don't regret it one bit.

These stories range from normal erotica to beastiality, necrophilia and a slew of other things. Very graphic and I never expected to see a guy stuck a cut off dead mans finger up his butt but hey now I have seen it and what happens

[Kevin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nice compilation (and new art) for a fave adult comics series. Recommended.

[Jess · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked most of the comics in here. My favorites were the ones that were drawn from real-life experiences of the authors/illustrators.