Underground comics redone

This week we read some examples of underground comics.  This by far was my favorite week.  Some of the comics I read were Tits and Clits, Tijuana Bibles, and The Furry Freak Brothers.  These comics covered everything from sex and drugs to rock and roll.  The best part about the The Furry Freak Brothers was the story line about Fat Freddy’s cat.  The story line about the Furry Freak Brothers themselves was stoners getting into everyday trouble.  But the cat seemed to have more character development. 

Tijuana Bibles were funny.  It was kind of poorly drawn, but still gave a style that was easy to follow.  They were short and to the point, which was nice.  Looking at the way they treat the sexual encounters with women were a bit sexist.  It is so outrageous it is difficult not to take these comics’ view on women as a joke.  They are there to do nothing more then please the men involved, especially in the “Erroll Slim: Shoots an Arrow?”  I think it would have been better if the women were more then just a means to an end.  None the less these comics were entertaining. 

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I think after going through the entire class, these comics are important because of the history they hold.  As you read them, it is sometimes difficult to remember they are older, because they are funny.  To me, a funny comic makes for a timeless one.  I went through and re-read some of the Tijuana Bibles and I thought that these helped not take the work we are reading in this class too seriously.  It is hard to not do this when you are learning how important this genre has some become in contemporary literature.  It has only been taken seriously as a respected writing art form as of recently.  It is important to take note of the intention of the comic you are reading, it is not supposed to make you laugh, if it does anyway.  I don’t think I like the stories that take themselves too seriously.  To me, this equates to dry and boring and therefore impossible to get through reading.  The underground comics genre does a great job at informing people of the time period in which they were made and keeping the message light and enjoyable.  Underground comics are about sex, and no one takes sex too seriously when its not happening.  It is fun, it is quirky, and it is something you can laugh at, everything I was looking for in this class.