Nasty Tales Sex, Drugs, Rock ‘n’ Roll and Violence in the British Underground
Nasty Tales: Sex, Drugs, Rock ‘n’ Roll and Violence in the British Underground by David Huxley, published by Critical Vision in 2001, explores the unique landscape of the British Comics Underground. This edition, comprising 191 pages, delves into the playful, anarchic, and sexually unrestrained themes that characterized this movement, which, while not as prominent as its American counterpart, shared a similar anti-establishment ethos. The book highlights the turbulent history of these comics, tracing their origins from the 1960s to the rise of VIZ in the 1980s, and examines the cultural instability that influenced their development.
Readers will find a richly illustrated narrative that engages with the concept of “political pornography” and its implications within the legal framework of obscenity. Nasty Tales presents a critical examination of the intersection between art, humor, and popular culture, offering insights into the social dynamics of the time. The book addresses various subjects, including literary criticism and the broader European context, providing a comprehensive overview of a significant yet often overlooked aspect of British cultural history.
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Cultural Writing. Although never on the scale of their American counterparts, there was indeed a Comics Underground in Britain with much the same anti-establishment stance. Engaging in subject matter that was at once playful, anarchic and sexually unrestrained, this ‘political pornography’ invariably caught the wary eye of the law and often found itself in the dock charged with obscenity. From their origin in the 1960s though the emergence of VIZ in the 1980s, NASTY TALES uncovers the turbulent history of these comics and the cultural instability from which they emerged. Lavishly illustrated.
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