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He is the first person to receive a criminal conviction in the United States for artistic obscenity for his comic Boiled Angel . During his childhood and teen years, Diana took an interest in creating art that others found disturbing.
In 1994, underground cartoonist Mike Diana was thrown in a Florida jail for 4 days without bail on obscenity charges, for publishing, advertising & selling his zine BOILED ANGEL.
Jul 15, 2018 · The artist in question is Mike Diana, a name that will be familiar to comic book diehards, but oddly enough, not to most Americans, who will no doubt find themselves shocked by both his work,...
Jul 11, 2017 · Diana, who unwittingly distributed some of his 300 copies of Boiled Angel to an undercover law enforcement officer, tells Creators that he thought he would be protected by the First...
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Boiled Angel was an early 1990s independent comic book created by Florida-based underground comic book artist Mike Diana. The comic contained graphic depictions of a variety of taboo and gory subject matters.
Jun 7, 2021 · Boiled Angels is the story of Mike Diana, the only American artist to be convicted of obscenity in the United States. The 1994 court case, Florida v. Mike Diana, was instigated when Diana was charged with obscenity after selling his ‘zine Boiled Angels to an undercover cop.
Jul 19, 2018 · Mike Diana is the first artist in America to have been convicted on obscenity charges. His underground comics, depicting comically gargantuan penises, beastiality, and child rape,...
