It seems like at least half of the stories drawn by
Grass Green featured nudity and sex, making him a natural candidate for this week's edition of
As is now standard policy, this post is being published on
The Other Voice Of ODD!, the 'back room' for this blog. The text is posted here for you to be able to decide if you wish to go view the artwork.
Link to post.
Text Of Post:
Something i can relate to about Green was his insistence on creating
material that was fun for him, prioritizing his personal enjoyment of
the art over potential career options. For years,
Dennis Kitchen tried to get him to do stories focusing on social and political themes so Green's work would fit better into
Kitchen Sink's
comic line-up. Perhaps we were left with a diminished legacy when
Richard Green died so young, but hopefully he enjoyed his time in this
world more for following his own desires. And he did gain recognition
for his work in the industry even if he wasn't widely known. Even
publications like
Heavy Metal magazine drew upon his talents, though you likely might not have noticed at the time -
In the early 90s, Grass produced four issues of
Horny Comix & Stories for
Rip Off Press-
It featured pretty much whatever Green felt like creating, including his female 'Tarzan' strip,
Gina Of The Jungle...
...which ended with one of the all-time great shock-takes in comics:
I love that face - i may make a t-shirt based on it.
Here's a quick peek at some of what to expect in Horny C&S -
Warla is one of Grass Green's recurring characters. Let's stop
peeking at pages and look at some full stories, starting with Warla's
adventure from the second issue of
Bizarre Sex -
Another of Green's regular characters was
Hobo Hal. Hal was your
typical down-n-out guy living rough on the road, with one small
exception. Everyone wanted to "ride the hobo express", no matter where
he went. You can imagine what happens when he wanders into somebody
else's adult comic, like when he showed up
Cherry Jubilee (because, apparently, Poptart was already taken)...
That's the typical ending to a Hobo Hall tale - run, Hal, run!
This story, from Grass Green's
Good Jive #1 is probably the best summary of Hal's experiences...
Seriously.
Everybody wanted to ride.
Our final tale today comes from Bizarre Sex #1 -
Oddly enough, Grass re-used this story almost 20 years later, changing from
Incest to
Sinnin' the title to match the title of the comic in which it appeared:
Condolences to the fannyless among you who took that bet.
everything
by Grass Green for Bizarre Sex #s 1&2, Cherry's Jubilee #3, Good
Jive #s 1&2, and Horny Stories & Comix #s 1,2&3 (1971, 1972,
1991, 1993)
