SOTI is an historical fact that should be acknowledged and researched. I agree wholeheartedly with that statement. The fact that there IS a subset of fans and collectors out there who collect SOTI-mentioned comics makes sense to me, too. Like you say, Eric, it's an important part of comics history.
And I agree with you, too, Jon that Overstreet merely reflects prices.
What bothers me is that a significant market exists for "injury to the eye", "spanking panels", "lingerie panels", "cross-dressing stories", and other less-savory examples of comics art that has very little to do with SOTI and a lot to do with what I think of as the "dirty old men" contingent of fandom. This segment of collectors reminds me of Jr. High School kids out behind the bleachers snickering at someone's purloined Playboy. I am not a prude, and have many issues of Playboy in my collection. Nobody collects them or prices them based on the juvenile trivia that comic dealers use.
And while I'm ranting (and I DO realize that I am ranting, thank you very much), let me try to remind everyone that "good girl-art" USED to refer to pin-up like art that was well-drawn. The "Good" modified "Girl-Art. Nowadays, even the lousiest rendition of a partially clad female in comics is labeled "good girl art" with the price jacked up accordingly. Collectors of this stuff are not buying "art", they're buy some jejune titillation - and THAT is what embarrasses me.
no more on this from me. It's depressing.
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