Underground Comix

So first off what aren't underground comix. Some may think that they are the same as indie comics in which they are both not affiliated with a publishing company and the artist has full control over their story, art, and characters. They aren't kid friendly. Think about South Park: it's crude but has adult themes to it. That is what underground comix are.

I chose to read Dopin' Dan first, a comic set around the the army. It's crude with a simplistic design. Nothing extremely bad n the one I was reading, but with a clear stereotype of characters we think of when we imagine the military. The typical rough sergeant who picks on his crew and the pranks they play on him. There's some sexual reference but other than that it's just a bunch of jokes. Maybe I just didn't fully get it's humor or something. I do know that it wasn't my cup of tea.

Then I decided to read Fight Girls as I could already tell I was in store for something outrageous. Sure enough, it was women themed and included sexual encounters and such. I really shouldn't have been surprised. I mean there's a whole few pages in which Fox stabs a panther and uses it's skin as clothing (a simple bra and panties), chases a gazel for dinner and ends up getting captured by englishmen and one proceeds to have sex with her, or at least in the process of it, before she stabs him in the back. I will say that it does sometimes show the power of the female... I guess. Then I found the gem that is Speed Queen among the Freudians. I would like to quote simply quote my favorite line: 

"Dare you ask, landing yon phallic craft next to our monument to the great maleness." 

If that doesn't give you a simple clue as to what it was then you must not get it's genius writing. And of course, the writing isn't what the readers want. All the want is to see woman engaging in sex or any activity in skin tight to little clothing. Obviously both comix are geared to a male audience but, as said before, I guess some women may have read these. I mean the men in Speed Queen thought she was inferior but she got out of that situation...