Assignment 6: Underground Comics
I tried to read a wider variety of these, but found most of them to be kind of boring. I think it's interesting that underground comics were used as a way for people to express their voice when they didn't have the opportunity anymore in regular comics. However, I don't think that the stories are necessarily better than what was currently being produced for "kids". The only one that had some substance to it that felt like more than just an excuse to make comics about sex was Gay Comix. It was about sex, but it was also about how a group of people were being oppressed and expressing some of the experiences that gay people have had throughout their lives. Such as the first issue with the woman going through her life not being able to find the one, and then the man who had gone to the club but was recounting many different scenarios during the night. That comic I thought was interesting, because it was very personal, and expressed the thoughts anyone might have while...