Tim Pilcher, EROTIC COMICS: A GRAPHIC HISTORY author: Mr. Media Radio Interview

Adult images ahead: Tim Pilcher teases Mr. Media with Erotic Comics: A Graphic History

Picking up from where the international best-selling Erotic Comics: A Graphic History (Volume 1) left off, Volume 2 reveals how European, American and Asian artists have explored the possibility of the form in the years since the explosion of the Sixties’ underground comix.

Erotic Comics: A Graphic History - Volume 2 examines how the form has become an international publishing phenomenon by showcasing artwork that has inflamed desires, incensed censors, and caused controversy.

This provocative title covers everything: the erotic comics explosion in America in the mid-’80s; the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender comics scene; UK and European erotic comic creators since the ’70s; and the Japanese hentai phenomenon. The future of erotic comics online is also explored in this fascinating and surprising volume.

Fully illustrated with stunning, rare, and seldom-seen art by Robert Crumb, Howard Cruse, Melinda Gebbie, Howard Chaykin, Giovanna Casotto (whose work graces the cover), , and many other top erotic cartoonists. The informative text provides a sexy, intriguing, and entertaining tour through the origins of an often-overlooked art form and comic book genre.

Author Tim Pilcher has worked in and around the comics industry for over twenty years as a writer and editor. He is also the co-author of The Essential Guide to World Comics and The Complete Cartooning Course, and has contributed to numerous other publications.