Reviews for Popcorn Pimps

The average rating for Popcorn Pimps based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2010-02-09 00:00:00 Lenard Williams I find the Pogo that I've read (late 40's-51) addicting and endearing with his version of the bona-fide method that made Shakespeare so famous. If you want the interest of the entire intellectuals <('v')> mouth-breather gamut you have to lace allusions to things smart people will pat themselves on the back for noticing within as much of the "simple" humor spectrum as you can cover. The latter SHOULD be savored by us ALL for the sake of serenity within our souls. He was adept at presenting characters who can display abject stupidity and prescient intuition (usually unknowingly) at any point- the greatest asset of the classic stripper. I could go on specifically but I'll simply implore you to trust that you'll enjoy it one way or the other. Maybe despite yourself. No- I didn't give it ***** but that seems to me to be unattainable due to the intrinsic storytelling drawbacks set against those who tile daily strips. Applies to books 2+5+6 (but probably all 11): Intro-readers= R.C. Harvey is presented as a gas-bag by an editor that seems to have given him carte-blanche whether from debt or respect. Nine pages is intolerable for most of us- even if it's for a legendary title like "Watchmen". He manages them poorly so I went piecemeal throughout each of the three volumes without digesting any entirely. You don't need any of it but if you want to start with his main point take in a page or two then the rest in my fashion at the end of the action= A.) Pick any parentheses (with date(s) inside) and read directly above or below to see what he mentions in brief and if the subject or allusion interests you flip to the date(s) and re-read them with the advantage of that info-nugget to get the pleasure of relevant understanding. 1.) If that whet your whistle go back and read him fart it out at length. He's wise but his nostalgio-wordiness is to-taste. B.) Do it again until you don't want to anymore.

Review # 2 was written on 2007-06-01 00:00:00 Annalisa Loeffler It's time for a history lesson boys and girls. We often forget that sex has been around a whole lot longer than we have. Many believe that it began with the Summer of Love in the late 60s. Before that, everything was prim, proper and whitewashed to perfection. People were politely prudish in the first half of the century and sex was something practiced only for procreation. And the same was true for all of the boring and staid centuries which had come before. Right? Wrong! Sex has been around as long as we have. More importantly, as long as there has been a society to frown upon it's misuse, Sex has held a morbid fascination in the minds of the creative and the prurient alike. That's the lesson to be learned in the pages of this, formerly underground and hotly debated, offering from Bob Adelman and his collective of open-minded historians. The Tijuana Bibles hold a very special place in the annals of sexual history. Their overall crudeness and single-minded devotion to the simple act of intercourse aside, those little pamphlets kicked open the doors for such pioneering visual efforts to follow as Playboy, Mad Magazine and the underground comix of the 60s, among many others. But what exactly were the Tijuana Bibles? Artist Art Spiegelman sums it up best in his forward when he describes the Bibles as, "clandestinely produced and distributed small booklets that chronicled the explicit sexual adventures of America's beloved comic-strip characters, celebrities and folk heroes." Bold and bawdy, the Tijuana Bibles broke all the rules and flirted dangerously with the First Amendment, during a time when few even knew that Amendment existed. Wholly illegal and often hidden away by those who were connoisseurs of the art form, their existence was often questioned and sometimes even dismissed by those moral police of the time who had bigger fish to fry, like the motion picture industry. But Tijuana Bibles isn't just a history book. It's also a thoroughly enjoyable romp through the demented underbelly of our forefathers. Here you will see such recognizable cartoon strip characters as Popeye, Mutt & Jeff, Tarzan, Betty Boop, Blondie & Dagwood, Dick Tracy, Flash Gordon and even Mickey Mouse doing the nasty. Another section is devoted exclusively to movie stars of the era, including W.C. Fields, Laurel & Hardy, The Marx Brothers, Joan Crawford, Mae West, Cary Grant, Clark Gable and James Cagney. It's obvious where the appeal lies in all this. After all, who hasn't imagined what's going on in that van when the kids of Scooby Doo aren't off solving mysteries? And the whole Roger and Jessica Rabbit thing? C'mon! With further sections on gangsters, folk heroes and politically incorrect stereotypes, these raunchy "strips" offer panel after panel of naughty, hedonistic pleasure for the mind's eye. A word of warning, however. Though they can be addictive, these little babies are best taken in small doses. Not just so that you can savor and enjoy them, but because they do tend to blend together after a time. I mean, how many different ways can one depict vanilla comic strip sex? Nuff said.