Ira GlasserCivil-liberties advocate and author of "Visions of
Liberty"Cartoons have always been a potent, if curved, reflection
of American society, but there's nothing quite like the Tijuana
Bibles for zany irreverence, satire, and social commentary. Poking
holes (literally!) in iconic characters from Donald Duck to Popeye
to Hollywood celebrities, the Bibles exposed the phony chastity of
official Hollywood while committing the ultimate sin of portraying
sex as good, clean fun. There was one small problem: it was a crime
to publish this stuff. Certainly no one thought at the time that
the First Amendment protected this sort of thing, but half a
century of litigation now makes it possible to examine Tijuana
Bibles openly.
P.J. O'RourkeAuthor of "All the Trouble in the World"
Roy LichtensteinArtistBesides viewing sex as a divine union
communicating love, sex can be seen as absurd and comical. From the
latter perspective, the Tijuana Bibles have a charming, harmless
naughtiness that portrays a hidden side of their era.
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