Adult Comics

[Royta]

My personal recommendation would be Grant Morrison's Batman. It's pretty much a bit story that's compiled in:
Batman and Son, Batman Black Glove, Batman R.I.P., Batman and Robin Reborn 1,2 and 3, Batman INC.

Batman and Son and Batman INC are a bit more child friendly, but Black Glove and RIP are really strong into Satanisme and other dark sides of the world. Same with Batman and Robin, especially number 3. Real dark art as well.
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I'd give it a go. There's some other adult Batman stories but this one I consider the best without resorting to nudity.

 

[JesterRaiin]

Are there any comics out there that aren't afraid of adult themes? As well as situations? with out descending to the level of fetishistic pornography?

Not sure if serious...

 

[akeldama1984]

the first run of punisher MAX was gritty as fuck and i loved it. swearing, tits, and blood everywhere.

 

[Thaluikhain]

Tarot: Witch of the Black Rose gets loads of flak on the net...and this is mostly justified. However, when it started 10 years ago, it wasn't nearly so fucked up.

It got a bit preachy, sometimes, and the author (Jim Balent) seems to be one of those feminists who doesn't know what feminism is (he's very big on women's rights to be attractive and naked and seduce the author insertion character, for example), but it had some genuinely good bits.

Sexuality was a big part of the stories, but the author gave up on having a story.

A woman wandering round naked at night cause she's a werecat going to have sex with a bunch of lesbian vampires, but who gets attacked by a rapist werewolf who's homophobic or against werecat/vampire relationships...that's a story. There's sexuality, rape and supernatural stuff in it, but there's an actual story in it.

A woman fighting a naked female monster who tears her clothes off and tries raping her into submission...this is not a story. This is bullshit rape porn, and it's how the comic ended up.

 

[Chatato]

Heh, maybe Battle Royale? That's a manga though...
Maybe Kick-Ass.

And a book, and a movie, but yeah it's worth a look.

 

[Cyberdelic]

Heavy Liquid. The Constantine: Hellblazer series. Neil Gaiman's The Endless [favourite]

 

[Firia]

I'm pretty inspired by Battle Angel Alita, a manga, but one that doesn't hold its punches. :3

 

[CLEVERSLEAZOID]

Well, you do know that Suicide Girls have released their own comics right? Lots of tattoo'd and pierced chicks, wearing very little [i.e none] clothing, boobs everywhere and lots of bright coloured hair.

Have to say it caught my attention last time I was in Forbidden Planet.

 

[Vault101]

Pretty much all the Alan Moore comics. Not a lot of porn, but they tend to not be afraid of sex and nudity when it comes up in the stories.

yeah Ive been trying to venture off into the weird world of comic books...just read killing joke...it was....rather confronting

cant wait to get my hands on some v for vendetta (since i loved the movie at the time)

Are there any comics out there that aren't afraid of adult themes? As well as situations? with out descending to the level of fetishistic pornography?

I recently read the new reboot of Batwoman, my first experience with her and I found it kinda strange that at this point, in our society we must have obvious objects that break the scene to block something as simple as a nipple and it made me wish for a comic series that didn't have to pull it's punches with it's characters.

theres nudity in the new batgirl?

 

[sjarri]

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[Doclector]

I guess some horror comics could be described as mature. I stumbled upon a comic called '68 about zombies in vietnam that's pretty mature. It's like shellshock 2 blood trails, only not crap.

 

[Byrn Stuff]

Y: The Last Man
Preacher
The Walking Dead
Transmetropolitan
The Sandman
The Unwritten

 

[WarpZone]

First, Lost Girls is not illegal to own in the US. It can be hard to find in comic book stores, but you can buy it on Amazon. There are ways in which it might be of slightly gray legality, but you'd never be prosecuted for it, the laws would never hold up in court, and a lot of the naive descriptions of US obscenity law here are woefully misinformed.

Please explain how I'm wrong and where you're getting your information. I actually don't mind getting schooled on this issue, but I need specifics.

As far as I know, they passed a law saying anything drawn or rendered with kids in it having sex is illegal. That means until that law is repealed or struck down, Lost Girls is illegal. The fact that Amazon is still selling it just means they're not enforcing it to that degree-- yet. If I'm wrong, please explain how.

I agree that it's a bad law, but I don't understand your claim that it's not prosecutable. The entire point of passing a law with this wording was to *make* it prosecutable. Right? Agree or disagree. Explain why.

 

[synobal]

sorry double post ignore.

 

[synobal]

theres nudity in the new batgirl?

Batwoman, I dunno if there is a new Batgirl but it should be said that Batwoman and Batgirl are different, except for you know they are both female superheros in the same style as batman... ya trust me they are different. No real nudity, they do the whole 'conviently placed object' and I found it kinda thinly veiled.

Spoiler

Also, all of the people saying they want it "without it being pornography" are part of the problem. You want adult content, but not too adult. God forbid you find something sexual that's actually enticing in a work! People are too quick to say "but I don't want porn!" - everyone really needs to abandon this puritanical viewpoint. Sure, there's something to be said against media that has nothing but gratuitous sexuality (personally, I don't see why such definitionally enjoyable things can't have their own place in society too, but I digress). But there's something to be said for media that has nothing but any one thing at the expense of the work as a whole. Some of the best works in any media are filled with completely "gratuitous" sexuality and I am not at all willing to say that they would be better if they had cut some of that out. Too much of the common notion of how to make something adult involves making what is essentially pornography, but making it in such a way that it isn't enticing or might be more than slightly uncomfortable. This is not, to me, suggestive of maturity. Real adults enjoy sexuality and it shouldn't make something "base" or "juvenille" to involve sexuality in a pleasurable way.

Wait huh? That's not really fair, not wanting pornography is just me saying I want something more than masturbatory material, no sex for the sake of sex. No having sex to defeat your enemy or fighting that magically disintegrates clothes etc. There is a difference between adult and pornography. Misfits (bbc tv show) has plenty of sex but never descends to pornography. I dunno if you're a troll just trying to get my goat but I think it should be said that I never said 'omg no in panel sex!' I just said I didn't want something that was just sex and nudity and lets see how many boobs we can fit in panel.

 

[WarpZone]

Yeah, I was going to say, we're mostly suggesting works that aren't porn-for-porn's-sake because *that's what kind of content the OP asked for.*

 

[Bloodstain]

A...a.....a nipple?! Are you crazy?! Don't you know that the sight of nipples causes children to explode?!

On a more serious note: I agree with you, statements like mine above are ridiculous and I, too, am interested in such comics.

 

[Ariseishirou]

Tits are great and all, but there's plenty of them in comic books, as many commenters have pointed out throughout the thread - lots of adult comics depict female nudity with great frequency.

Any comics with male nudity, though? I mean, presumably, in the real world, men are naked just as often as women. A truly "realistic" comic that "doesn't pull punches" wouldn't be scared of showing a little dong.

/devil's advocate

 

[Vault101]

theres nudity in the new batgirl?

Batwoman, I dunno if there is a new Batgirl but it should be said that Batwoman and Batgirl are different, except for you know they are both female superheros in the same style as batman... ya trust me they are different. No real nudity, they do the whole 'conviently placed object' and I found it kinda thinly veiled.

Spoiler

Also, all of the people saying they want it "without it being pornography" are part of the problem. You want adult content, but not too adult. God forbid you find something sexual that's actually enticing in a work! People are too quick to say "but I don't want porn!" - everyone really needs to abandon this puritanical viewpoint. Sure, there's something to be said against media that has nothing but gratuitous sexuality (personally, I don't see why such definitionally enjoyable things can't have their own place in society too, but I digress). But there's something to be said for media that has nothing but any one thing at the expense of the work as a whole. Some of the best works in any media are filled with completely "gratuitous" sexuality and I am not at all willing to say that they would be better if they had cut some of that out. Too much of the common notion of how to make something adult involves making what is essentially pornography, but making it in such a way that it isn't enticing or might be more than slightly uncomfortable. This is not, to me, suggestive of maturity. Real adults enjoy sexuality and it shouldn't make something "base" or "juvenille" to involve sexuality in a pleasurable way.

Wait huh? That's not really fair, not wanting pornography is just me saying I want something more than masturbatory material, no sex for the sake of sex. No having sex to defeat your enemy or fighting that magically disintegrates clothes etc. There is a difference between adult and pornography. Misfits (bbc tv show) has plenty of sex but never descends to pornography. I dunno if you're a troll just trying to get my goat but I think it should be said that I never said 'omg no in panel sex!' I just said I didn't want something that was just sex and nudity and lets see how many boobs we can fit in panel.

sorry Im new to the comic book scene..I had no Idea that batgirl and batwomen were different (I think there have been different charachters who have assumed the Identity as with alot of comics)

 

[Vault101]

Tits are great and all, but there's plenty of them in comic books, as many commenters have pointed out throughout the thread - lots of adult comics depict female nudity with great frequency.

Any comics with male nudity, though? I mean, presumably, in the real world, men are naked just as often as women. A truly "realistic" comic that "doesn't pull punches" wouldn't be scared of showing a little dong.

/devil's advocate

killing joke did......