Reading underground comics was an... interesting experience. I read Left Field funnies by Bobby London. The first story was a little weird and I don't think I followed it very well. Was it about this drug dealer and another man trying to stop him? And... is it a coincidence that his name is Fidel and it is under quotation marks? Then it turned towards the story of this man, who was trying to stop him. He meets this woman, who looks a little skanky with her tight top and saying she works at a porn theatre. But at this time I am thinking... okay it could be worse. And then the next page shows multiple graphic images of these two people having sex. I am not quite sure what the story is or how it ends because I flipped to the next story!
The next story is a little different. It's funny a way that is kind of... ridiculous? This guy is out in this van having sex with some chick, who is not his wife. Then his brother comes out hoping to score some drugs and he tells him to get lost. But when his brother threatens to tell his wife what's happening, Lovie (the older brother) gives him all kinds of drugs! This comic came out in 1972. I think if a comic like this was widely spread now, there would be much controversy. Look at all the commotion happening with violent video games and how it creates serial killers (according to many people against violent video games). What would be the response to a story of someone giving drugs to his eight year old little brother in order to keep his affair quiet?
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