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Tits & Clits Comix

All-female underground comics anthology

Summary

All-female underground comics anthology

FieldValue
imageTits&Clits01.jpg
captionThe cover of Tits & Clits #1, art by Joyce Farmer.
scheduleIrregular
ongoingy
publisherNanny Goat Productions
Last Gasp
dateJuly 1972 - Nov. 1987
issues7
Anthologyy
editorsJoyce Farmer, Lyn Chevli
subcatLast Gasp
sortTits & Clits

Last Gasp

Tits & Clits Comix is an all-female underground comics anthology put together by Joyce Farmer and Lyn Chevli, published from 1972 to 1987. In addition to Farmer and Chevli, contributors to Tits & Clits included Roberta Gregory, Lee Marrs, and Trina Robbins.

Along with such titles as It Aint Me, Babe and Wimmen's Comix, Tits & Clits was part of a movement by female cartoonists to counter the male-dominated, often blatantly misogynistic, works of the underground. With the conviction that sex was political, the series was created with the focus of sexuality from a female perspective.

Publication history

Seeing what they perceived as the inherent sexism of the mostly male-underground comix scene, as well as the phoniness of mainstream pornographic magazines like Playboy and Penthouse, Farmer and Chevli published Tits & Clits (under the publisher name Nanny Goat Productions) as a sex-positive feminist comic. The first issue appeared in July 1972, preceding Wimmen's Comix by a few months. In addition to Tits & Clits, the duo also produced a one-shot comic about reproductive rights, Abortion Eve, in 1973.

The first issue of Tits & Clits sold out of its first printing of 20,000 copies by the next year. Because the series' title limited its exposure, the second issue appeared in 1973 under the title *Pandoras Box Comix *(sic - apostrophe omitted). Condemned by many feminists (even other cartoonists), as well as the expected antagonism from male underground cartoonists, Tits & Clits also suffered from a 1973 pornography investigation by the Orange County, California, district attorney's office.

The series returned to its original title in 1976, with a new issue . Farmer and Chevli published three issues of Tits & Clits on their own from 1972 to 1987 (often in print runs of 10,000–20,000). The title was opened up to other contributors starting with issue #3. Chevli stopped contributing after the third issue, but continued as co-editor through the sixth.{{cite web |access-date = 2016-10-31 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161027145159/http://www.tcj.com/lyn-chevli-co-founder-of-tits-clits-dies-at-84/ |archive-date = 2016-10-27

San Francisco underground publisher Last Gasp picked the title up for its final four issues, which were published intermittently between 1977 and 1987. The final issue, #7, was published seven years after issue #6, and featured work by a number of younger cartoonists, part of a new generation of female alternative cartoonists. Mary Fleener acted as the co-editor along with Farmer. It also featured a story by Dennis Worden, the only male cartoonist to contribute to Tits & Clits.

In 2023, Fantagraphics Books issued Tits & Clits, 1972–1987, a hardcover collection of the series.

Contributors

  • Joyce Farmer (as "Joyce Sutton") — founding contributor/editor
  • Lyn Chevli (a.k.a. Lyn Chevely) (as "Chin Lyvely") — founding contributor/editor
  • Carla Abbotts
  • Joyce Brabner
  • Dot Bucher
  • Corrine Petteys (aka Comicazie)
  • Tee Corinne (as "Cory")
  • Joey Epstein
  • Karen Feinberg
  • Miriam Flambe
  • Mary Fleener
  • Melinda Gebbie
  • Paula Gray
  • Roberta Gregory
  • Beverly Hilliard
  • Julie Hollings (as "Jewelz")
  • Michelle Jurris
  • Krystine Kryttre
  • Ruth Lynn
  • Jennifer Malik
  • Lee Marrs
  • Carel Moiseiwitsch
  • Chris Powers
  • Terry Richards
  • Trina Robbins
  • Sharon Rudahl
  • Shelby Sampson
  • Dori Seda
  • Luna Ticks
  • Joanne Kunz (as "Rocky Trout")
  • Dennis Worden

Notes

References

References

  1. Sabin, Roger (1996). "Going underground". ''Comics, Comix & Graphic Novels: A History Of Comic Art''. London, United Kingdom: Phaidon Press. pp. 92; 94–95; 103–107; 110; 111; 116; 119; 124–126; 128. {{ISBN. 0-7148-3008-9.
  2. Gallagher, Paul. [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paul-gallagher/post_1451_b_798231.html "Such Small Increments: Joyce Farmer's ''Special Exits'' a Moving and Unique Graphic Novel on Old Age and Death"], ''Huffington Post'' (December 17, 2010).
  3. (8 June 2016). "The Comic Book That Guided Women Through Abortion Months After 'Roe'".
  4. Vankin, Deborah. [http://herocomplex.latimes.com/2010/11/28/r-crumb-joyce-farmers-special-exits-on-par-with-maus/ "R. Crumb: Joyce Farmer’s ''Special Exits'' on par with ''Maus''"], "Hero Complex", ''Los Angeles Times'' (Nov. 28, 2010).
  5. Meier, Sam. (15 September 2016). "The Bust: Orange County's War on Underground Comix – Comic Book Legal Defense Fund".
  6. "The Forgotten History of Outrageous Women-Made Comic "Tits & Clits"".
  7. [http://comicbookdb.com/title.php?ID=20431 ''Tits & Clits''], ComicBookDB.com. Accessed Sept. 15, 2011.
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