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Dirty Comics
A cavalcade of top cartoonists try their hand at sex comics in this anthology featuring Ellen Forney, Bob Fingerman (and more) and cover by Al Columbia.
In the sprint of the great underground comics of the 1960s, the 26 contributors to DIRTY STORIES have checked their inhibitions at the door to create some of the most wildly sexual and iconoclastic comics you'll ever read, by turns titillating, disturbing, hilarious, thought-provoking, serious, explicit, absurd and everything in between.
"Almost too intelligent and funny to be erotic, DIRTY STORIES is still a welcome return to free-spirited hedonism. If anyone needs hope for the future of comics, this will provide it." -The San Francisco Bay-Guardian
"Sexy and funny at the same time... the art is uniformly wonderful. Grown-ups will love it." -The Onion
112 pages, Paperback
First published August 1, 1997
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Eric Reynolds
67 books9 followersEric Reynolds is a Seattle-based cartoonist, critic and comics editor who is the Vice-President and Associate Publisher for Fantagraphics Books. His work has appeared in The Stranger, The Comics Journal, The New York Times, The New York Press and other publications. He has edited or co-edited The Complete Crumb Comics, Angry Youth Comics, Dirty Stories and MOME and has inked some of Peter Bagge's comics.
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March 30, 2016
For Fuck's Sake!
Rooted in the tradition of the Tijuana Bibles and underground comix, this anthology features sex comics by various well-known alternative cartoonists such as Roberta Gregory, Dave Cooper, Paul Pope, James Kochalka, Bob Fingerman and Ivan Brunetti - plus a beautiful cover and an even better title page illustration by the great Jaime Hernandez.
My personal favorites are Gregory's "Havin' a Ball," Fingerman's "No Tan Lines," and "For Fuck's Sake" by Jeff Johnson (best known for his tv animation work). The stories range from hilarious to disturbing, from sexy to absurd, but what makes this anthology such a fun read throughout is the fact that none of the contributors play it safe.
I wish Fantagraphics published a hardcover collection of the three existing paperback volumes (this review is only for Dirty Stories Vol.1), as they deserve a wider audience but are out of print and suffer from poor binding. Come on, Fantagraphics, no need to be embarrassed! Seriously, add a few new strips to the almost 400 pages you already have, and the result would be the **ULTIMATE SEX COMIX ANTHOLOGY** - ka-ching! Sounds like a juicy bestseller, doesn't it? And a bestseller that actually deserves to be one for a change, nothing wrong with that.
PS: If somebody with librarian powers could add the wonderful cover by Jaime Hernandez to this listing, that would be awesome! Thanks for trying :)
PPS: Thanks a lot, Josh! Great cover, isn't it? Captures the book's spirit well.
Rooted in the tradition of the Tijuana Bibles and underground comix, this anthology features sex comics by various well-known alternative cartoonists such as Roberta Gregory, Dave Cooper, Paul Pope, James Kochalka, Bob Fingerman and Ivan Brunetti - plus a beautiful cover and an even better title page illustration by the great Jaime Hernandez.
My personal favorites are Gregory's "Havin' a Ball," Fingerman's "No Tan Lines," and "For Fuck's Sake" by Jeff Johnson (best known for his tv animation work). The stories range from hilarious to disturbing, from sexy to absurd, but what makes this anthology such a fun read throughout is the fact that none of the contributors play it safe.
I wish Fantagraphics published a hardcover collection of the three existing paperback volumes (this review is only for Dirty Stories Vol.1), as they deserve a wider audience but are out of print and suffer from poor binding. Come on, Fantagraphics, no need to be embarrassed! Seriously, add a few new strips to the almost 400 pages you already have, and the result would be the **ULTIMATE SEX COMIX ANTHOLOGY** - ka-ching! Sounds like a juicy bestseller, doesn't it? And a bestseller that actually deserves to be one for a change, nothing wrong with that.
PS: If somebody with librarian powers could add the wonderful cover by Jaime Hernandez to this listing, that would be awesome! Thanks for trying :)
PPS: Thanks a lot, Josh! Great cover, isn't it? Captures the book's spirit well.
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