tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14759247.post7772478007527602985..comments2023-06-20T08:20:25.787-07:00Comments on Lady, That's My Skull: Golden Age tentacle porn?Sleestakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08512281434803286602noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14759247.post-69557889040090548812007-07-10T00:09:00.000-07:002007-07-10T00:09:00.000-07:00mr. sleestak, the pictures steve linked to weren't...mr. sleestak, the pictures steve linked to weren't quite so underground. they are actually illustrations of an old japanese folk tale. folk tales were like mass media before television you know :PAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14759247.post-54340895886342952342007-06-19T10:32:00.000-07:002007-06-19T10:32:00.000-07:00"Good Tanda! Now take me to the thing you fear."Wo..."Good Tanda! Now take me to the thing you fear."<BR/><BR/>Wow, that is dialogue straight out of my first high-school date.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14759247.post-48735635976352585842007-06-19T10:28:00.000-07:002007-06-19T10:28:00.000-07:00Don't blame American morality for the Japanese med...Don't blame American morality for the Japanese media substituting genitals with tentacles. It's misdirection by the artists and it used to be much more subtle, particularly in US comics. When I was in Japan I could see the kinds of books I'm referring to right next to fashion magazines on public book stands for sale for housewives and salarymen to purchase. In the US the publisher doesn't publish simultaneously adult and kiddie versions of the same character. The closest we get to that is MAX or Vertigo.Sleestakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08512281434803286602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14759247.post-25633696019538612892007-06-19T09:59:00.000-07:002007-06-19T09:59:00.000-07:00In a way, Sleestak, "tentacle porn" IS still under...In a way, Sleestak, "tentacle porn" IS still underground in Japan - though maybe not as "underground" as it would have been in the US under similar circumstances. The Japanese, contrary to MSM portrayals, do not show UROTSUKIDOJI on afternoon television, or even late night television - nor to they sell <I>hentai</I> manga where their kids can readily get it. And as <A HREF="http://tammy212.livejournal.com/12298.html?thread=514058#t514058" REL="nofollow"> I've said elsewhere regarding this topic</A>, "tentacle porn" is the result of Japanese culture's internalization of the West's disapproval of showing genitalia - the same way the Japanese version of "Christmas" is EVER so much more blatantly commercial than even the U.S.'s is!<BR/><BR/>Best,<BR/><A HREF="http://spousecreature.blogspot.com/" REL="nofollow">Tim Liebe</A><BR/>Dreaded Spouse-Creature of <A HREF="http://www.tamorapierce.com/" REL="nofollow">Tamora Pierce</A> <BR/>- and co-writer of Marvel's <A HREF="http://www.tamorapierce.com/marvel.htm" REL="nofollow">White Tiger</A> comic - <A HREF="http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?z=y&EAN=9780785122739&itm=1" REL="nofollow">TBP out Aug. 8</A>Timothy Liebehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17964909587824784208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14759247.post-36210902337354649052007-06-18T13:46:00.000-07:002007-06-18T13:46:00.000-07:00Sure, Steve. But I was referring to mainstream ent...Sure, Steve. But I was referring to mainstream entertainment outlets, not fetish art or pornography, which remains mostly underground at the time. Any cultural object or in the case of the Japanese images you linked to, dietary staple, will be used in eroticism and parallels exist in all cultures. But it wasn't until the pulp and the exploitative SotI era of comics that it saw so much use in popular entertainment venues.Sleestakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08512281434803286602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14759247.post-30860179923973310582007-06-18T13:21:00.000-07:002007-06-18T13:21:00.000-07:00Ah, but Hokusai was doing tentacle porn in the ear...Ah, but Hokusai was doing tentacle porn in the early 19th century. Two examples <A HREF="http://www.conbinibento.com/2005/03/09/put-your-loving-arms-around-me-baby/" REL="nofollow">here</A> (not safe for work, of course).<BR/><BR/>Somehow the title "All Top comics" makes me wonder if there was a companion "All Bottom comics". Perhaps Frank Cho could revive it?Steve Flanaganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03213873565793377832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14759247.post-57604512349924864462007-06-18T11:54:00.000-07:002007-06-18T11:54:00.000-07:00A classic cover indeed. Awesome.A classic cover indeed. Awesome.Sleestakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08512281434803286602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14759247.post-86418371207440942942007-06-18T11:52:00.000-07:002007-06-18T11:52:00.000-07:00Slightly off-topic, I love that Black Amazon of Ma...Slightly off-topic, I love that Black Amazon of Mars cover.Ragnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00373059673228550524noreply@blogger.com