by Tim Pilcher
The Trials of Nasty Tales © Dave Gibbons
Nasty Tales #7; #5
Ogoth, Nasty Tales #3 © Chris Welch
Trashman, Nasty Tales © Spain Rodriguez
My Trouble With Women, Knockabout, 1996
© Robert Crumb/Knockabout Comics
My Trouble With Women, Knockabout, 1996
© Robert Crumb/Knockabout Comics
The Obscene Issue, Knockabout #4 © Hunt Emerson/Knockabout Comics
The Knockabout Trial Special © Knockabout Comics
Adaptation of Lady Chatterley’s Lover, 1986
© Hunt Emerson/Knockabout Comics
Adaptation of Casanova’s Last Stand, 1993
© Hunt Emerson/ Knockabout Comics
Adaptation of Lady Chatterley’s Lover, 1986
© Hunt Emerson/ Knockabout Comics
Firkin the Cat © Tym Manley/Hunt Emerson
Firkin the Cat © Tym Manley/Hunt Emerson
Brit Starr © John A. Short/Gabrielle Noble
Illustration © Lynn Paula Russell
Sex Bulles #55 © Lynn Paula Russell
Sophisticated Ladies © Lynn Paula Russell
Vacances d’été © Lynn Paula Russell
Illustration © Lynn Paula Russell
Sabina, 2006 © Lynn Paula Russell
© Lynn Paula Russell
Sabina,1996 © Lynn Paula Russell
Sabina, 1996 © Lynn Paula Russell
Illustration © Melinda Gebbie
Lost Girls Book Two, Chapter 12: Shaking and Waking
© Alan Moore & Melinda Gebbie
The Lost Girls Book One © Alan Moore & Melinda Gebbie
Lost Girls Book Two © Alan Moore & Melinda Gebbie
© Alan Moore & Melinda Gebbie
CHAPTER 4
© Junko Mizuno
Lust #8 © Tenjiku Ronin, Studio Proteus & Eros Comix
©, Studio Proteus & Eros Comix
Miss 130, Kiss Comix © Chiyoji
Yujio Mugen (Mugen the Courtesan) 1979
© Masami Fukushima/Koichi Saito
Miss 130, Kiss Comix © Chiyoji/ Ediciones La Cúpula
Bondage Fairies © Kondom, Studio Proteus & Eros Comix
© Masamune Shirow
Miss 130, Kiss Comix © Chiyoji/ Ediciones La Cúpula
Misty Girl Extreme © Toshiki Yui, Studio Proteus & Eros Comix
© Junko Mizuno
Immoral Angel © Koh Kawarajima/CPM Manga
Junko Mizuno
Junko Mizuno
Hot Tails #8 © Toshiki Yui, Studio Proteus & Eros Comix
The New Bondage Fairies #8 © Kondom, Studio Proteus & Eros Comix
Bandage Fairies © Kondom, Studio Proteus & Eros Comix
© Mamiya Oki
June © June magazine
Bakudan, 2005 © Gengoroh Tagame
Yu-Shin~Virtus, Gekidan, 2005 © Gengoroh Tagame
Akafun-jigoku, Sabu © Gengoroh Tagame
Kimi-yo-shiru-ya-minami-no-goku? © Gengoroh Tagame
Sarashi-dai, Nikutaiha © Gengoroh Tagame
S & M University © Nariaki Funabori, Studio Proteus & Eros Comix
The Dream of The Fisherman’s Wife, 1814
© Katsushika Hokusai
Heroes for Hire #13 © Sana Takeda/Marvel Comics
S & M University © Nariaki Funabori, Studio Proteus & Eros Comix
God of Sex © Kazuki Taniuchi, Studio Proteus & Eros Comix
Silky Whip #10 © Oh! Great (Ito Ogure), Studio Proteus & Eros Comix
Milk Mama © Yukiyanagi, Studio Proteus & Eros Comix
Silky Whip #5 © Oh! Great (Ito Ogure), Studio Proteus & Eros Comix
God of Sex © Kazuki Taniuchi, Studio Proteus & Eros Comix
Hot Tails © Toshiki Yui, Studio Proteus & Eros Comix
Co-Ed Sexxtasy #13 © Makoto Fujisaki, Studio Proteus & Eros Comix
Co-Ed Sexxtasy © Makoto Fujisaki, Studio Proteus & Eros Comix
Silky Whip © Oh! Great (Ito Ogure) , Studio Proteus & Eros Comix
Unused convention poster © Hiroyuki Utatane
SexPhiles © Benkya Tamaoki, Studio Proteus & Eros Comix
Missitsu (Honey Room) © Beauty Hair (Suwa Yuuji)
CHAPTER 5
Eros Comix Head #14 cover © Jess Fink & Eros Comix
Saffyre Blue © Morpheus
Stonewall & Riot © Joe Phillips
Obsession © Morpheus
Stonewall and Riot © Joe Phillips
The House of Morecock © Joe Phillips
© Joe Phillips
Mantras, Shirtlifter #0 © Steve Maclsaac
My Hypnotist, Young Bottoms in Love © Howard Cruse
Saffyre Blue © Morpheus
Saffyre Blue © Morpheus
The Grand Finale © Jess Fink
Rear Entry #9 cover, 2005 © Jess Fink
The Grand Finale © Jess Fink
Chester 5000 XYV © Jess Fink
Space Babe 113 © John Maybury
BIBLIOGRAPHY
While this book manages to pack a lot in, it really is the tip of the iceberg and I would wholeheartedly recommend you seek out the following books for a more in-depth look at the various artists, publishers and creators included herein:
BOOKS
Best Erotic Comics 2008
Greta Christina
Last Gasp, 2008
Manga: Sixty Years of Japanese Comics
Paul Gravett
Laurence King, 2004
Graphic Novels: Stories to Change Your Life
Paul Gravett
Aurum Press, 2005
Sex in the Comics
Maurice Horn
Random House Value Publishing, 1988
Nasty Tales: Sex, Drugs, Rock’n’Roll and Violence in the British Underground
David Huxley
Headpress, 2001
Erotic Comics: A Graphic History Volume 1
Tim Pilcher
Abrams, 2008 (US) / Ilex Press, 2008 (UK)
The Essential Guide to World Comics
Tim Pilcher and Brad Brooks
Collins & Brown, 2005
Comics, Comix & Graphic Novels:
A History of Comic Art
Roger Sabin
Phaidon, 2006 edition
Adult Comics
Roger Sabin
Routledge, 1993
Dreamland Japan:
Writings on Modern Manga
Frederik L. Schodt
Stone Bridge Press, 2002 edition
Manga! Manga!
The World of Japanese Comics
Frederik L. Schodt
Kodansha International Ltd. 1986 edition
Comix: The Underground Revolution
Dez Skinn
Collins & Brown/Quality Communications, 2004
Clean Cartoonists’ Dirty Drawings
Craig Yoe
Last Gasp, 2007
PUBLISHERS WEBSITES
Auad Publishing
www.auadpublishing.com
The Comics Journal
www.tcj.com
Denis Kitchen Publishing
www.deniskitchen.com
Eros Comix
www.eroscomix.com
Erotic Review Books
www.eroticprints.org
Fantagraphics Books
www.fantagraphics.com
Heavy Metal
www.heavy-metal.net
Kiss Comix
www.lacupula.com
Knockabout
www.knockabout.com
Leyland Publications
www.leylandpublications.com
Marvel
www.marvel.com
National Lampoon
www.nationallampoon.com
NBM Publishing Inc.
www.nbmpub.com
SQP
www.sqpinc.com
Tabou Editions
www.tabou-editions.com
Top Shelf
www.topshelfcomix.com
Verotik
www.danzig-verotik.com/verotik<
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ARTIST WEBSITES
Jason Atomic
www.jasonatomic.co.uk
Donna Barr
www.donnabarr.com
Alison Bechdel
www.dykestowatchoutfor.com
Nick Bertozzi
nickbertozzi.com
Barry Blair and Colin Warbridge
www.blairdotcomix.co.uk
Frank Cho
www.libertymeadows.com
Hunt Emerson
www.largecow.com
Patrick Fillion
www.patrickfillion.com
Jess Fink
www.jessfink.com
Phil Foglio
www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php
Vittorio Giardino
www.vittoriogiardino.com
Roberta Gregory
www.robertagregory.com
John Higgins
www.turmoilcolour.com
Ralf König
www.ralf-koenig.de
Rich Larson and Steve Fastner
www.fastnerandlarson.com
Scott Lewis
www.lewisart.com
Milo Manara
www.milomanara.com
John Maybury
www.spacebabe113.com
Jimmy Palmiotti Amanda Conner
www.paperfilms.com
www.amandaconner.com
Joe Phillips
www.joephillips.com
Spain Rodriguez
www.spainrodriguez.com
Lynn Paula Russell
www.lynnpaularussell.com
Paolo E. Serpieri
www.druuna.net
Stan Shaw
www.drawstanley.com
Robert Triptow
www.roberttriptow.com
Reed Waller
www.omahathecatdancer.com
Larry Welz
www.cherrycomics.com
GENERAL WEBSITES
30th Century Comics
www.thirtiethcentury.free-online.co.uk
Adult Comics Database
www.adultcomicsdatabase.com
Adult Web Comics
www.adultwebcomics.com
Comic Book Legal Defense Fund
www.cbldf.org
ComicsResearch.org
www.comicsresearch.org
Gosh Comics
www.goshlondon.blogspot.com
Hip Comix
www.hipcomix.com
Lambiek
www.lambiek.net
Michigan State University’s Comic Art Library
www.lib.msu.edu/comics
New York Public Library’s Comic Books
Research Guide
www.nypl.org/research/chss/grd/resguides/comic
Ohio State University’s Cartoon Research Library
www.cartoons.osu.edu/index.php
Sex, Drugs and Comic Books
www.sexdrugsandcomicbooks.blogspot.com
Sex in Art
www.sexinart.net/category/comics
Sexy Losers
www.sexylosers.com
Tom of Finland Foundation
www.tomoffinlandfoundation.org
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
There are so many amazing people to thank for this book it’s difficult to know where to start, so I’ll start at the beginning. A big hurrah to Giovanna Casotto for her gloriously sexy cover and interior art, and a massive thank you to Enrico Salvini for arranging it all. And a big thanks to Torren Smith and Kim Thompson for arranging the US cover graphics.
My undying gratitude to Alan Moore for his insightful foreword — you really were the cherry on top, and I’m honoured to have you steering at the helm, as you were a major influence on this book.
As ever, this book wouldn’t have been possible without the assistance of Gene Kannenberg, Jr., who stoically took my demands for more depraved filth on the chin (as it were). Gene’s picture research, scanning, fact-checking and knowledge elevated the book to something we can both be simultaneously ashamed and proud of! Thanks, buddy.
There were so many other people to thank on this mammoth task, so, in no particular order: Lynn Paula Russell, Carol Pinkus at Marvel, Rich Larson and Steve Fastner, Melinda Gebbie, Eric Reynolds at Fantagraphics, Kim Thompson and Paul Baresh for all the Eros Comix images and permissions. Toren Smith for the Japanese advice, Howard Jurofsky at Heavy Metal, William Vu at National Lampoon, Terry Natier at NBM, Steve Robson at Fanfare, Sal Quartuccio at SQP, Denis Kitchen, Charles Brownstein at the Comic Book Legal Defence Fund and Chris Staros at Top Shelf, Milo Manara, Vittorio Giardino, Durk Dehner and Sharon at the Tom of Finland Foundation, Nick Bertozzi, Tony Bennett at Knockabout and Hunt Emerson, John A Short and Neil Aldis at Men Only for Brit Starr permissions. Andreas C. Knigge and Ralf König, John Freeman, Nick Abadzis, Donna Barr, Roberta Gregory, Joe Phillips and Ron McFee, Winston Leyland at Leyland Publications, Steve MacIsaac, Scott Lewis, Jason Atomic, Barry Blair and Colin Warbridge, Howard Chaykin, Harris Miller, Bryan Talbot, Patrick Fillion, Kev O’Neill, Dave Gibbons, Oliver Frey, Phil Foglio, Frank Cho, Spain Rodriguez, Scott Dunbier, David Shenton, Stan Shaw, John Higgins, Garry Leach, Fredrik Strömberg, Junko Mizuno, Gengoroh Tagame, Mike and Cassandra Conroy, Jess Fink, Simon Bisley, Thierry Plée at Tabou Editions, Robert Triptow, Tanino Liberatore, Jacques Boivin, Craig McDonald at Verotik, Larry Welz, John Maybury, Jimmy Palmiotti, Amanda Conner, Paul Mounts, Mal Coney and Sean Doran, Ron Hussey, Steve Emond, Phil Jimenez, Craig Hamilton, Tim Vigil, Jordi Bernet and Manuel Auad at Auad Publishing, and all the other countless artists, creators, and publishers who took time out to talk to me, correct my mistakes, offer encouragement, and give permission to reprint your wonderful work. Particular thanks to Garth Ennis for always being a trooper and a good friend.
To my old housemate Will Morgan at 30th Century Comics, London for the loan of key gay comix, and a massive cheers to Howard Cruse for the amazing art, fact-checking, and support.
Bill Storie, Stephanie Johnson, and Mike Rhode for last minute scanning duties.
Thank you to Joseph Melchior for the loan of his Dave Stevens originals and for being a true mate, and to John Bamber for smoothing the way with so many people.
A big thanks to Adam, Julie, and Emily for putting up with my constant arguments and prima donna ways, and to Katie Greenwood, Tamsan Barratt, and Sean Wilson for their efficient and diligent additional picture and permissions research.
To Eric Himmel, Eric Klopfer, and Charlie Kochman at Abrams for their unwavering support and friendship. Huge apologies to anyone I’ve missed out.
This book has caused more hurt and pain that I could have ever expected and to those of you who were embarrassed, enraged, dismayed, or offended by this book then I am truly sorry. It was never my intention to cause any distress to anyone, but merely to record an unwritten history of a subgenre of comics. It appears that they are still a very potent source of controversy and animosity.
While writing this book we lost three comic book greats, my old friend Steve Whitaker, Will Elder and Dave Stevens. Steve was a sensational artist, raconteur, colorist on V for Vendetta and New Adventures of Hitler, and big-hearted man who taught me so much. I miss him. I have been an admirer of The Rocketeer creator Dave Stevens’s fantastic work since the late eighties. I was kindly granted permission to reprint Will Elder’s work in Erotic Comics volume one, not long before he passed away. The world will be a lot poorer without their creative geniuses.
This illustration, Tag Dis, was created for a hip-hop magazine by Vaughn Bode’s son Mark, who has carried on his father’s tradition of erotic comics, as well as becoming a tattooist and designer.
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