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Cool Japan chilled: Censorship rules Japan

Cool Japan chilled Earlier today here in Tokyo, the Metropolitan Assembly passed the Tokyo Metropolitan Government’s revised bill to amend the Youth Healthy Development Ordinance–a piece of legislation...

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Two by Two

From January 1972, two cartoons apiece by B. Kliban and Gahan Wilson. Note the presidential picture, a Silent Majority period touch, in the final cartoon. Caption for the first: “I thought you and the...

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Two by Brad Holland

From the late 1960s until at least the 1980s, Playboy ran a monthly feature called “Ribald Classics.” These were old-time sexy tales rewritten by a cultivated Hefner pal. They were short but heavy...

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Three by Don Ivan Punchatz

The first two illustrations are from Playboy‘s January 1972 issue, the third from its October 1971 issue. We start with a dystopian future, then move on to Arthur C. Clarke speaking for technology and...

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Four by Paul Hogarth

The illustrations below accompanied a travel piece about San Clemente, California. Nixon was president back then and San Clemente was where he had the Western White House. You’ll note that one of the...

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Four by Four

In order we have William Honeysett, George Booth, Charles Rodriques and Gahan Wilson. The first three cartoons appeared in Playboy’s January 1972 issue, the last one in the October 1971 issue. The...

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Nathan Wilson: Gonzo: A Graphic Biography of Hunter S. Thompson by Will...

Self Made Hero Press; 176 pp. $23.36 (must be ordered through British booksellers); B&W; paperback (ISBN: 978906838119) Hunter S. Thompson is one of the most colorful iconoclasts of 20th-century...

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Jerry Weist Dies

Jerry Weist, pioneering comics fan, scholar, retailer and author, died Jan. 7 at the age of 61, reportedly of mulitple myeloma cancer. According to SFScope friend Andrew Porter and the PulpMags mailing...

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D&Q Classics, Part I: Nancy, Volume 2

Rob reviews the second volume of Nancy, from Drawn & Quarterly’s John Stanley Library. The latest edition of the John Stanley-written (he also did breakdowns) Nancy goes from strength to strength...

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D&Q Classics, Part II: Tubby, Volume 1

In the second of a three-part series on classic comic books and strips released by Drawn & Quarterly, Rob looks at Tubby, written and drawn by John Stanley, with additional art by Lloyd White. Most...

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