title: Erotic Comics 2: A Graphic History from the Liberated '70s to the Internet
author:  Tim Pilcher 
description: <DIV><B>Tim Pilcher </B>is the co-author of <I>The Essential Guide to World Comics, </I>and has contributed to numerous other books. He was an assistant editor at Vertigo Comics and an associate editor on Comics International. He lives in Brighton, England. <B>Gene Kannenberg, Jr.</B>, is a respected historian of comics and the director of ComicsResearch.org. He serves on the board of the International Journal of Comic Art, and lives in Hudson Valley, New York. <B>Alan Moore </B>is the author of the acclaimed graphic novels <I>Watchmen</I>, <I>V for Vendetta</I>, and <I>From Hell</I>. His long-awaited erotic graphic novel, <I>Lost Girls</I>, was published in 2006. He lives in Northampton, England.<BR></DIV><BR><BR>
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  EROTIC COMICS
  
  
  
  
  
  # **A GRAPHIC HISTORY**
  
  
  
  
  
  # **VOLUME 1**
  
  
  
  
  
  **Tim Pilcher**
  
  
  
  
  
  **Foreword by Aline Kominsky Crumb**
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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