Once the comic industry had taken off, many of the artists who wished to publish their works could only do so through a monopoly of publishers. Because of this the work became censored and less diverse. The publishers were only concerned with what will sell and not about the quality or subject matter of the content. As a result of this, many artists chose to go underground to publish their works, since there were no censors in place to stop them. A good majority of the work published deals with adult themes and situations. For example, sex, drugs and violence. There is no filter in the underground so that means anything can get published.
I read the “Tijuana Bibles” for this week. Let’s just say that this is straight pornography with no real plot what so ever. This was a little uncomfortable to read but I guess that was the point of it. This was targeted towards a specific audience and I guess I’m not a part of that audience.
The art style bothered me as to how little detail was put into it. It reminded me of Japanese woodcuts because of the thick lines and linear shading. But for the budget that it had I guess the style is appropriate for the content. A crude style for crude subjects.
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