This is a page I scanned from Comic Art Propaganda by Fredrik Stromberg. It's from a section about AARGH!, which stands for Artists Against Rampant Government Homophobia, which was formed as a reaction against a piece of anti-gay legislation passed in the 1980s in Britain. This legislation basically stated that nothing promoting homosexuality would be published intentionally--so of course a bunch of comic-book artists formed a group to purposely defy that law. Published as an anthology, AARGH! features work from many well-known and successful artists, and the page I scanned featured a number of different works. I really like that a group of artists would come together to decisively to protest a piece of legislation they didn't like, and that their work is still relevant today. It's a quick glimpse at the anthology they published, but it's really interesting getting to see all the different artwork and how everything comes together in the book.
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