RoboHomoPhobe

[cyberghostface]

This was part of anthology called AARGH (Artists Against Rampant Government Homophobia) in response to Clause 28, an amendment to the Local Government Act 1988, a British law which was designed to outlaw the promotion of homosexuality by local authorities. This was Frank Miller's contribution.

Warning for homophobia and nsfw for nudity.









That's Margaret Thatcher at the end.

Comments

[crimsonmoonmist]

I... fail to see the message behind this one.

[cyberghostface]

It's basically just mocking homophobia and the Thatcher-era government.

[icon_uk]

Because believe me, it was either laugh at it, or cry... and keep on crying.

[icon_uk]

I'd say, think of it like the adverts in RoboCop or Starship Troopers in terms of sheer satire.

[icon_uk]

Well... that was... certainly Frank-Miller-ish, with a dash of Kevin O'Neill's Marshall Law in terms of style and 2000AD style satire.... and this IS satire... I hope.

Hadn't heard of this comic at all...

[cyberghostface]

Well the title character and Thatcher are both depicted as grotesque caricatures I don't think Miller is supporting their views.

[alicemacher]

Clearly he isn't. Granted, the piece is unsubtle. It's silly. Artistically, it looks as if he'd drawn it well after his physical health began to decline, rather than just two years after TDKR. But I'm sure if the editors, or the publisher (Alan Moore's Mad Love), had had the slightest doubt Miller was on their side, they wouldn't have accepted his contribution.

And hey, if you want subtlety, don't go to Frank Miller. Especially when the most unsubtle form of homophobia-- violence-- is still a danger for many people today.

[icon_uk]

I never thought for a moment he was, I was attempting to lighten the mood.

[cyberghostface]

Sorry for misunderstanding you.

[icon_uk]

It wasn't one of my better efforts....

[silverhammerman]

Boy is this a lot to process.

It's a bit too grotesque for my tastes, but back in the day Miller really did have something of a talent for good, if over the top, satire.

[janegray]

Clause 28, an amendment to the Local Government Act 1988, a British law which was designed to outlaw the promotion of homosexuality by local authorities.

...1988 is not the year, is it? It's not possible that in 1988 in England people were making the kind of law that doomed Oscar Wilde, right?

[alicemacher]

Not a Brit here, but yes, I'm afraid it's true.

[halloweenjack]

Yeah. When Alan Moore wrote his foreword to the collected V for Vendetta, which he'd finished several years after it started, he said that two things that he'd changed his mind on since starting the book was that a) a nuclear war was survivable and b) that it would take one to drive Britain into fascism, and cited the above amendment as one of the things that changed his mind.

[lb_lee]

Oh wow, hey, I remember some of this! Not Miller, but Gaiman or Moore talking/making comics about this.

*shudder* This is why if I ever meet a time traveler being like, "Hey, dude, let's go back in time!" I'll just go, "No thanks, I'm good."