Best Erotic Comics 2009 [Paperback]

Greta Christina (Author, Editor)

Book Description

Series: Best Erotic Comics | Publication Date: September 15, 2009

Comics for erotica fans! Erotica for comics fans! Smart, hot, and cutting-edge, "Best Erotic Comics 2009" features the sexiest, funniest, filthiest, most beautiful, most unsettling, most inspiring adult comics of today, with work by Junko Mizuno, Peter Kuper, Gilbert Hernandez, Ellen Forney, Rick Altergott, Cristy C. Road and many other first-rate erotic comic artists. For erotic connoisseurs who aren't familiar with the world of comics, this anthology will open up an entirely new world of erotica. And for comics fans who would enjoy erotic comics if so many of them weren't so tacky, this anthology is for you. "Best Erotic Comics 2009" has carefully culled the hottest work from today's literary/ art comics -- and the highest- quality work from today's adult comics -- along with some original unpublished work, and a couple of vintage gems. Other artists include Ellen Lindner, Justin Hall, John Cuneo, Jim Goad & Jim Blanchard, Erika Moen, Quinn, Niki Smith, Robin Bougie, Cephalopod Products, Molly Kiely, Drub, Steve MacIsaac, Dirty Found Magazine, Marzia Borino & Mauro Balloni, Belasco, and more. Cover art by Junko Mizuno.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Greta Christina has been writing about sex professionally since 1989, and editing since 1996. In addition to editing the "Best Erotic Comics" series, she is editor of the anthology "Paying For It: A Guide by Sex Workers for Their Clients," and author of the erotic novella "Bending," which appeared in the three-novella collection "Three Kinds of Asking For It" edited by Susie Bright. Her writing has appeared in numerous magazines, newspapers, and publications, including Ms., Penthouse, and Skeptical Inquirer, as well as several anthologies, including 3 volumes of Best American Erotica.

Product Details

• Paperback: 200 pages
• Publisher: Last Gasp of San Francisco; Revised edition edition (September 15, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0867197110
• ISBN-13: 978-0867197112
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,095,893 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best of the Best in Literary Erotica, March 12, 2011

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Rebecca Migdal - See all my reviews

This review is from: Best Erotic Comics 2009 (Paperback)

The Best Erotic Comics Anthology features the cream of the crop of literary erotica, mostly produced by US based artists but also featuring international stars like Toshio Saeki, whose exquisite and bizarre color works in the style of traditional Japanese prints were a highlight of the first edition of the BEC anthology.
This book is hot, but it's a little too smart to be porn, and the work has, if you will, a soul. BEC 2009 features fresh, naughty, quirky and liberating visions by some of the best artists working in the comics medium today. The styles and techniques are as varied as they can possibly be and still be called "comics". Erica Moen's "Odd Things That Make Me Orgasm" and Colleen Coover's "Nibbil's Birthday" are sweet peeks into the female libido. Belasco's "Th' Floodgates" is a masterfully drawn homoerotic feast. (BTW- More detailed information and samplings of the pages are available on Last Gasp's website.)
If you like alternative comics, and are ready to be stimulated in both body and mind, you'll enjoy this tasty and unusual selection of shorts. This is an example of what talented comics creators can do when they set out to explore the world of sex-- on their own terms, and without being expected to leave their intellects checked at the door.

5 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Disapointing!, February 7, 2010

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Reza Bassiri (Paris, France) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Best Erotic Comics 2009 (Paperback)

No possibility to see inside. Most work looks the same. Not enough variety (styles and country selection). Again a big difference between cover and content...