Out of the Gutters
Obscenity, Censorship, and Transgression in American Comics
Herausgeber: Santos, Jorge J; Lawrence, Patrick
Out of the Gutters
Obscenity, Censorship, and Transgression in American Comics
Herausgeber: Santos, Jorge J; Lawrence, Patrick
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How comics and graphic novels use obscenity and other taboos to shed light on important issues.
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How comics and graphic novels use obscenity and other taboos to shed light on important issues.
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- Verlag: University of Texas Press
- Seitenzahl: 304
- Erscheinungstermin: 15. Juli 2025
- Englisch
- Gewicht: 454g
- ISBN-13: 9781477331804
- ISBN-10: 1477331808
- Artikelnr.: 71976276
- Herstellerkennzeichnung
- Libri GmbH
- Europaallee 1
- 36244 Bad Hersfeld
- gpsr@libri.de
- Verlag: University of Texas Press
- Seitenzahl: 304
- Erscheinungstermin: 15. Juli 2025
- Englisch
- Gewicht: 454g
- ISBN-13: 9781477331804
- ISBN-10: 1477331808
- Artikelnr.: 71976276
- Herstellerkennzeichnung
- Libri GmbH
- Europaallee 1
- 36244 Bad Hersfeld
- gpsr@libri.de
Edited by Jorge J. Santos Jr. and Patrick S. Lawrence
1. List of Illustrations
2. Foreword. Your Obscene Is Not Mine: A Defense of the Art of Comics
(Frederick Luis Aldama)
3. Introduction. “A Cultural Slaughter of the Innocents” (Patrick S. Lawrence
and Jorge J. Santos Jr.)
4. Timeline of Significant Events
5. Part One. Out of the Gutters: Comics’ History of Obscenity
* 1. Why Sex? (Hillary Chute)
* 2. “Wise Up, Old Hags! Th’ Weak One Is a Valuable Possession to Us”:
R. Crumb’s Bible of Filth and Obscenity as Artificial Scarcity
(Patrick S. Lawrence)
* 3. Howard Cruse’s War on the War on Obscenity (Andrew J. Kunka)
* 4. Obscene Histories: Indexing the Racial Phantasms of Blazing Combat
(Jorge J. Santos Jr.)
6. Part Two. Obscenity in the Gutters and at the Margins
* 5. Graphic Storytelling, Book Challengers, and Obscenity (Richard S.
Price)
* 6. Big-Boned Sapphic Smut: The Reading Pleasure of Comics by and
about Black Women (Cathy Thomas)
* 7. Robert Kirkman’s Gays in the Gutter: Anti-Queer Censorship,
Obscenity, and The Walking Dead (Jarred Wiehe)
7. Part Three. Theorizing the Obscene, Seeing Obscenity
* 8. Planet Xeno: Obscenity as Erotic Alienation in Charles Burns
(Jordan Carroll)
* 9. Seen, Unseen, and Obscene: Historical Violence in Comic Books
(Jennifer Caplan)
* 10. Obscene Empathy: Kink and the Comics Code Authority in X-Men’s
“Dark Phoenix Saga” (Anthony D’Agostino)
* 11. Boobs + Monsters: Emil Ferris’s My Favorite Thing Is Monsters,
Horror Comics, and the Fate of Disciplinary Normalization in the
Twenty-First Century (Lee Konstantinou)
8. Afterword. A Conversation about Community with MariNaomi (Jorge J. Santos
Jr.)
9. Acknowledgments
10. Contributors
11. Index
2. Foreword. Your Obscene Is Not Mine: A Defense of the Art of Comics
(Frederick Luis Aldama)
3. Introduction. “A Cultural Slaughter of the Innocents” (Patrick S. Lawrence
and Jorge J. Santos Jr.)
4. Timeline of Significant Events
5. Part One. Out of the Gutters: Comics’ History of Obscenity
* 1. Why Sex? (Hillary Chute)
* 2. “Wise Up, Old Hags! Th’ Weak One Is a Valuable Possession to Us”:
R. Crumb’s Bible of Filth and Obscenity as Artificial Scarcity
(Patrick S. Lawrence)
* 3. Howard Cruse’s War on the War on Obscenity (Andrew J. Kunka)
* 4. Obscene Histories: Indexing the Racial Phantasms of Blazing Combat
(Jorge J. Santos Jr.)
6. Part Two. Obscenity in the Gutters and at the Margins
* 5. Graphic Storytelling, Book Challengers, and Obscenity (Richard S.
Price)
* 6. Big-Boned Sapphic Smut: The Reading Pleasure of Comics by and
about Black Women (Cathy Thomas)
* 7. Robert Kirkman’s Gays in the Gutter: Anti-Queer Censorship,
Obscenity, and The Walking Dead (Jarred Wiehe)
7. Part Three. Theorizing the Obscene, Seeing Obscenity
* 8. Planet Xeno: Obscenity as Erotic Alienation in Charles Burns
(Jordan Carroll)
* 9. Seen, Unseen, and Obscene: Historical Violence in Comic Books
(Jennifer Caplan)
* 10. Obscene Empathy: Kink and the Comics Code Authority in X-Men’s
“Dark Phoenix Saga” (Anthony D’Agostino)
* 11. Boobs + Monsters: Emil Ferris’s My Favorite Thing Is Monsters,
Horror Comics, and the Fate of Disciplinary Normalization in the
Twenty-First Century (Lee Konstantinou)
8. Afterword. A Conversation about Community with MariNaomi (Jorge J. Santos
Jr.)
9. Acknowledgments
10. Contributors
11. Index
1. List of Illustrations
2. Foreword. Your Obscene Is Not Mine: A Defense of the Art of Comics
(Frederick Luis Aldama)
3. Introduction. “A Cultural Slaughter of the Innocents” (Patrick S. Lawrence
and Jorge J. Santos Jr.)
4. Timeline of Significant Events
5. Part One. Out of the Gutters: Comics’ History of Obscenity
* 1. Why Sex? (Hillary Chute)
* 2. “Wise Up, Old Hags! Th’ Weak One Is a Valuable Possession to Us”:
R. Crumb’s Bible of Filth and Obscenity as Artificial Scarcity
(Patrick S. Lawrence)
* 3. Howard Cruse’s War on the War on Obscenity (Andrew J. Kunka)
* 4. Obscene Histories: Indexing the Racial Phantasms of Blazing Combat
(Jorge J. Santos Jr.)
6. Part Two. Obscenity in the Gutters and at the Margins
* 5. Graphic Storytelling, Book Challengers, and Obscenity (Richard S.
Price)
* 6. Big-Boned Sapphic Smut: The Reading Pleasure of Comics by and
about Black Women (Cathy Thomas)
* 7. Robert Kirkman’s Gays in the Gutter: Anti-Queer Censorship,
Obscenity, and The Walking Dead (Jarred Wiehe)
7. Part Three. Theorizing the Obscene, Seeing Obscenity
* 8. Planet Xeno: Obscenity as Erotic Alienation in Charles Burns
(Jordan Carroll)
* 9. Seen, Unseen, and Obscene: Historical Violence in Comic Books
(Jennifer Caplan)
* 10. Obscene Empathy: Kink and the Comics Code Authority in X-Men’s
“Dark Phoenix Saga” (Anthony D’Agostino)
* 11. Boobs + Monsters: Emil Ferris’s My Favorite Thing Is Monsters,
Horror Comics, and the Fate of Disciplinary Normalization in the
Twenty-First Century (Lee Konstantinou)
8. Afterword. A Conversation about Community with MariNaomi (Jorge J. Santos
Jr.)
9. Acknowledgments
10. Contributors
11. Index
2. Foreword. Your Obscene Is Not Mine: A Defense of the Art of Comics
(Frederick Luis Aldama)
3. Introduction. “A Cultural Slaughter of the Innocents” (Patrick S. Lawrence
and Jorge J. Santos Jr.)
4. Timeline of Significant Events
5. Part One. Out of the Gutters: Comics’ History of Obscenity
* 1. Why Sex? (Hillary Chute)
* 2. “Wise Up, Old Hags! Th’ Weak One Is a Valuable Possession to Us”:
R. Crumb’s Bible of Filth and Obscenity as Artificial Scarcity
(Patrick S. Lawrence)
* 3. Howard Cruse’s War on the War on Obscenity (Andrew J. Kunka)
* 4. Obscene Histories: Indexing the Racial Phantasms of Blazing Combat
(Jorge J. Santos Jr.)
6. Part Two. Obscenity in the Gutters and at the Margins
* 5. Graphic Storytelling, Book Challengers, and Obscenity (Richard S.
Price)
* 6. Big-Boned Sapphic Smut: The Reading Pleasure of Comics by and
about Black Women (Cathy Thomas)
* 7. Robert Kirkman’s Gays in the Gutter: Anti-Queer Censorship,
Obscenity, and The Walking Dead (Jarred Wiehe)
7. Part Three. Theorizing the Obscene, Seeing Obscenity
* 8. Planet Xeno: Obscenity as Erotic Alienation in Charles Burns
(Jordan Carroll)
* 9. Seen, Unseen, and Obscene: Historical Violence in Comic Books
(Jennifer Caplan)
* 10. Obscene Empathy: Kink and the Comics Code Authority in X-Men’s
“Dark Phoenix Saga” (Anthony D’Agostino)
* 11. Boobs + Monsters: Emil Ferris’s My Favorite Thing Is Monsters,
Horror Comics, and the Fate of Disciplinary Normalization in the
Twenty-First Century (Lee Konstantinou)
8. Afterword. A Conversation about Community with MariNaomi (Jorge J. Santos
Jr.)
9. Acknowledgments
10. Contributors
11. Index