As wry and raunchy as the subject it celebrates, this inspired volume introduces a new generation to the Tijuana Bibles, underground comic art from the 1930s, and 1950s, devoted to making sexual mockery of every sacred cow in the pasture. Editor Bob Adelman selected one hundred of the most lively and important representatives of the genre and Art Spiegelman, in his introduction, acknowledges the far-reaching impact these scandalous little booklets have had on his work. Tijuana Bibles showcases American comic art at its untamed finest.
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"Charming and evocative, these artefacts present a little-known cultural history." - The New Yorker"
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Bob Adelman is a veteran photojournalist, photo editor, teacher, editor, and producer. A Guggenheim fellow, he has contributed cover stories to countless magazines, published a dozen books of his own photographs, and produced more than fifteen other books on subjects ranging from Princess Grace to George Bush.
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This collection of satiric and pornographic cartoons will alternately amuse and offend people everywhere. Nothing and no-one is sacred. Some of the strips are beautifully drawn and funny, some are crude and downright witless and others (note the strips believed to be those of Wesley Morse) are both witty and erotic. If nothing else, this collection serves as a potent reminder that sex, in all its permutations and manifestations, has been around for a lot longer than some people care to admit!
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Yes it is pornographic, but that is what *Tijuana Bibles* were. I remember quite well when in high school in the 50's, a few were passed around until quite tattered. And, this was at a Catholic boys school. For fun and games and an introduction of a type of porno, this edition can't be beat. If the reader hasn't been totally brainwashed by a religion, purchase it and have fun..
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Cartoons showing virtually every sexual act that can be performed between a man and woman in very graphic form with a cheesy storyline thrown in for good measure. This is social history, pornographic style.
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