If you are a woman make sure to read Tits and Clits! Tits
and Clits was just one of the several over sexualized, pot smoking, ridiculous
comics that was produced during the late 60’s and early 70’s. Underground
comics were the biggest thing during this time, most ‘head’ shops were offering
these comics to their buyers, but after the anti paraphernalia laws most head
shops stop selling these comics and the comics moved into a thing we know
today, alternative comics.
People that were experimenting with the new drug LSD were
the main creators and readers of the underground comic world. That’s why most
buyers of these comics were introduced at their head shop. The artist wanted
people to view their comics while under the influence to maybe get a better
understanding of the comic or just to make the reader really relate to what he
or she is seeing. Some of my all time favorite are Mr. Natural, which
Was created by Robert Crumb. He had another amazing comic
called Fritz the Cat, which is just incredible. Fritz is this college student
who basically lives in this society were he just completely does the wrong
thing all the time.
I think these comics were introduced at this time, because of
the war and all the resistance we had with our government. I think artist at
this time wanted to be able to create their work in a way to have a rebellion
feel to it. Most people at this time were protesting the Vietnam War and
wanting to make love not war. These comics are extremely offensive and really
have no boundaries, which make them so enjoyable. People were allowed to write
and draw whatever they wanted, which really opened the door to some really
insane things. One of my favorite drawings that Robert Crumb had done at this
time was a self portrait that said, “I’m not here to be polite”, which
basically sums up the entire era of underground comics.