Tigra, do you have to do that here?

July 11, 2007 5:45 PM

Unintentionally Sexual Comics Covers and Panels. Utterly insane.
posted by Tim McDonough (61 comments total)

Utterly.
posted by dersins at 5:52 PM on July 11, 2007

a discussion from 2006 with a lot of broken image links...

and, I know I've seen this before...

This does not bode well...
posted by HuronBob at 5:53 PM on July 11, 2007

Wow, to borrow a phrase from saliva, it's amazing what a rorschach test these comics are.

It seems like the person writing the captions on superdickery was kind of grasping at straws to find comics to make dirty jokes about.
posted by tastybrains at 5:53 PM on July 11, 2007

Unintentional? You obviously haven't met many comics artists.
posted by Kattullus at 6:03 PM on July 11, 2007

Well, I thought this was all rather anachronistic and overinterpreted until I saw this.
posted by googly at 6:03 PM on July 11, 2007

You know you're in a bad way when Maddox has beaten you to the punch by two years.
posted by Vic Morrow's Personal Vietnam at 6:04 PM on July 11, 2007

A lot of broken images, but that's OK because here's the home version:

1) Read a comic panel aloud
2) At the end, say "...THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID!"
posted by DU at 6:09 PM on July 11, 2007

hm, you joined in 2006, and this is your first post... perhaps some kind of time delay thing?
posted by desjardins at 6:09 PM on July 11, 2007

Some people have a very b-r-o-a-d definition of "sexual."
posted by davy at 6:14 PM on July 11, 2007

God damn do I hate broken images.
posted by puke & cry at 6:25 PM on July 11, 2007

Yet, still I lol'd.
posted by statolith at 6:28 PM on July 11, 2007

Monty Python did a bit once making an ever more desperate series of attempts to do the wink-wink nudge-nudge routine to a series of increasingly non-double-entendre-able words. Now THAT was funny...
posted by scheptech at 6:29 PM on July 11, 2007

It's the first time this link has shown up on Mefi. We don't all have the luxury to to roam 20 different sites and whine about it later when it shows up on here.

And why the commotion about the date? Was a 1954 Archie cover more salient 10 months ago? Jesus.
posted by Mach3avelli at 6:30 PM on July 11, 2007

Well, if there's been a previous link to Superdickery here, I can't find it.
posted by motty at 6:31 PM on July 11, 2007

Very funny. I think I've seen some of these before, but who cares? I'm stuck here at work late, and I'm laughing.

Why do MeFites love to complain so?
posted by jeff-o-matic at 6:31 PM on July 11, 2007

Sorry everyone. I'll do better next time. :)
posted by Tim McDonough at 6:34 PM on July 11, 2007

Isn't the entire genre of comic book art built on sexual insecurity and frustration sublimated into exaggerated and suggestive imagery? Why separate a few images from the vast herd (and make viewers wallow through a discussion board to see them...)?
posted by Miko at 6:36 PM on July 11, 2007

Why do MeFites love to complain so?

We're stuck at work late, and we're pissed off about it.
posted by Miko at 6:37 PM on July 11, 2007

Nudge Nudge Wink Wink

And I was hoping this would be in the way back machine so I could see the dead images but no, not in there.
posted by puke & cry at 6:46 PM on July 11, 2007

I wasn't complaining about the actual post! Just expressing amusement at the general notion that "MADDOX ALREADY DID IT," which is kind of funny no matter what situation you find it in.
posted by Vic Morrow's Personal Vietnam at 6:51 PM on July 11, 2007

This has always been one of my favourites.
posted by The Great Big Mulp at 6:56 PM on July 11, 2007 [2 favorites]

TGBP wins.
posted by rhizome23 at 7:03 PM on July 11, 2007

TGBM even.
posted by rhizome23 at 7:05 PM on July 11, 2007

Everyone stop complaining. It's going to be OK.
posted by ORthey at 7:06 PM on July 11, 2007

rhizome23: please note this caption from SuperDickery (linked above).
posted by yhbc at 7:10 PM on July 11, 2007

The sad thing is that this is probably as close as most comic book guys get to intentional sex.
posted by trbrts at 7:31 PM on July 11, 2007

Mulp- Yeah, that one is hilarious. When you first start reading it, it's like, "Oh yeah, ha ha, some STD joke, lame." Then after 3 guys mention the women they've doomed, and Batman is thinking about Robin... it totally kicks it up a notch.
posted by papakwanz at 7:45 PM on July 11, 2007

It's funny because it's true.
posted by Miko at 7:45 PM on July 11, 2007

The best one ever is the infamous Joker's Boner issue of Batman, which I did not see mentioned in the FPP thread.
posted by Admiral Haddock at 7:47 PM on July 11, 2007

I have udderly lol'ed as well. Thanks.
posted by sleepy pete at 7:48 PM on July 11, 2007

John Byrne has no sense of humor.
posted by Faint of Butt at 7:52 PM on July 11, 2007

Isn't that Batman's Boner? But I agree, you just can't shoot out a load of dirty comic book pages without looking at Batman's Boner.
posted by calhound at 8:25 PM on July 11, 2007

Unintentionally Sexual Comics Covers and Panels. Insane.
Unintentionally Sexual Comics Covers and Panels. Utterly insane.

By the time you read this I will be gone.

Having jumped Having plummeted off the River Winter Bridge.
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 8:37 PM on July 11, 2007

Metafilter: Continuing our study of the great boners of all time.
posted by Tube at 8:41 PM on July 11, 2007

No, don't gooohhhh... OK, see you later then. If you're going to be utterly alone, I can't stop you.
posted by sleepy pete at 8:52 PM on July 11, 2007

I agree with the poster on that message board who pointed out that it really wasn't a simpler time, and that artists lived for the chance of sneaking something sexual into the comics under the boss's noses.

Amazing that so many people think the past was just like it was portrayed in G-rated movies.
posted by watsondog at 8:53 PM on July 11, 2007

cowshitinsane?
posted by Poolio at 9:01 PM on July 11, 2007

Hey Tim,
welcome, and thanks to you. All other comments aside, for a bored night refugee this is good entertainment. The Deviants and I say, "Good show!" Every proud comic bookie enjoys a little erotic subliminal messaging.
posted by Viomeda at 9:10 PM on July 11, 2007

I tee-shirts made, but that's just me.
posted by Viomeda at 9:12 PM on July 11, 2007

How can he force you into a boner, Bruce?

Cool post, Tim! Welcome to MetaFilter!
posted by jason's_planet at 9:23 PM on July 11, 2007

Beetlejuice! God, it took me forever to think of that.
posted by puke & cry at 9:30 PM on July 11, 2007

One needs instruction somehow even back in the day.
posted by Viomeda at 9:37 PM on July 11, 2007

My, they're endless.
posted by Viomeda at 9:41 PM on July 11, 2007

What is it with this one? Looking for info on Professor Nichols I came across this.
posted by tellurian at 9:51 PM on July 11, 2007

Well, the original Olympics were all-male, and all-nude, right?
posted by graventy at 9:57 PM on July 11, 2007

It's great, except that we know only A heap of broken images.
posted by exlotuseater at 10:08 PM on July 11, 2007

a (bat)man and his dog
posted by rob511 at 3:10 AM on July 12, 2007

Can't we delete this rubbish? Nearly every image link is dead and they are all on superdickery.com anyway.
posted by Joeforking at 3:34 AM on July 12, 2007

insane.
posted by doublesix at 8:15 AM on July 12, 2007

He-Man Masturbation of the Universe!
posted by doctorschlock at 9:25 AM on July 12, 2007

Isn't the entire genre of comic book art built on sexual insecurity and frustration sublimated into exaggerated and suggestive imagery?

Wow, Miko, you really disappoint me.
posted by COBRA! at 9:26 AM on July 12, 2007

Well, historically, there's a good argument there.
posted by Miko at 9:53 AM on July 12, 2007

Horse apples. If you reworded it and said that the superhero genre is largely built on empowerment fantasies, with sexual insecurity and frustration being major components, I'd agree with you 100%. But by a) reducing all comics to superhero comics, which is as silly as reducing all music to gangsta rap, and b) saying that sexual frustration is the basis for the whole shooting match, rather than just something frequently in the mix, you're painting with a brush that's about three sizes too broad. I've always really admired your postings, both here and at MeCha; hence the disappointment.
posted by COBRA! at 12:33 PM on July 12, 2007

I agree with your refinements of my slapdash statement, so we agree 100%.

I guess it's my week to disappoint people. It was definitely a lame comment. But I endured mountains of superhero comics all over my house during my teenage years, as my brother built his estimable collection - forgive me if I overreact to the reappearance of bulging musculature and water-balloon breasts. It's just that after considering all that for so long, my response to the discussion-list compilation here is kind of like "What?! You mean to tell me there is suppressed sexual fantasy hidden in this artwork? I'm shocked, shocked."
posted by Miko at 12:55 PM on July 12, 2007

Right on. For what it's worth, I'm now disappointed with myself for flying off the handle.
posted by COBRA! at 5:37 PM on July 12, 2007

HA, HA! OH, THOSE CHINESE
posted by tehloki at 12:23 AM on July 13, 2007

Let us release ourselves from the Lassos of Truth! Sorry for snark. Long live comic art.
posted by Miko at 7:41 AM on July 13, 2007

Now I really want to know what the actual context for the Tigra one actually was. I have my mind in the gutter too much to imagine anything other than... what it looks like.
posted by Many bubbles at 4:57 PM on July 13, 2007

Tigra was probably washing herself all cat-style, leg in the air.
posted by Locative at 1:12 AM on July 15, 2007

...Ahhh, of course. Although... is that really any better? Really?
posted by Many bubbles at 5:37 PM on July 15, 2007

calisthenics maybe?
posted by ZachsMind at 6:28 PM on July 15, 2007