MIKE DIANA COMIX SITE FOR GUILTY ARTISTS

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Mike Diana is in Baltimore, MD - Nov 3-5, lecturing at MICA-11/3, at the Synapse Gallery opening-11/4, and a book signing, tbd-11/5. Click pic for a big flyer...be there!!!

MIKE DIANA FOUND GUILTY ON 3 COUNTS OF OBSCENITY

2nd Conviction Upheld By 2nd Appellate Court, Supreme Court Denies Hearing

HERE'S THE SCOOP...
In 1994, underground cartoonist Mike Diana was thrown in jail for 4 days without bail on obscenity charges, for publishing, advertising, and selling his zine BOILED ANGEL. Mike was on probation for 3 years, terms of which included fines of $3000, no contact with children under 18 (or within 10 feet of a minor), 1280 hours of community service, maintain full time employment, and at his expense, see a psychiatrist and take journalism courses at his own expense; AND no drawing for his own personal use... his home was subject to unannounced searches by local police to make sure he was complying. Mike Diana is now serving another 2 years of probation, including $2000 in fines, and the same probationary terms.

On June 4, 1996, a ruling issued by Largo, Florida, Circuit Judge Douglas Baird declared Mike Diana's zines, Boiled Angel #7 and #ATE as obscene. The judge emphasized throughout Mike's ruling that he personally found Diana's comics "patently offensive." Referring to Diana as "the appellant," and stated, "The evident goal of the appellant's publication is to portray shocking and graphic pictures of sexual conduct so it will be noticed. If the message is about victimization and that horrible things are happening in our society, as the appellant alleges, the appellant SHOULD HAVE created a vehicle to send his message that was not obscene."

The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund (CBLDF) has estimated that over $56,000 has been spent on Mike's case to date. "It's futile that Mike's case is appealed to the State court as the State of Florida's history of overturning is nil." stated Susan Alston from the CBLDF.

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Original Comic Pages

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"MURDER AT THE CYPRESS KNEE MUSEUM"

'95

"FLYING CORNING HEN"

'95
(1 original inked page - unpublished)

"COCKTOOTH"

'95

(2 original inked pages - appeared in Malefact zine and Burger zine )

"LOBSTER MAN DRINKS FLORIDA CLAM SODA"

'95

(1 original inked page - unpublished)

"LOBSTER MAN in

BEACH FUN"

'95

(3 original inked pages - unpublished)

"THE REVENGE of BILL & JILL"

'93

(3 original inked pages - appeared in SCREW mag and TESTicle PRESSure #4)

click the spert for this electrocomic from Testicle Pressure online

"MARK'S FRIEND WOODY"

'94

(Six (6) Original Pages - appeared in Zero Zero #1)

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Mike Diana Original Artwork On Sale

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	HERE'S THE SCOOP... In 1994, underground cartoonist Mike Diana was thrown in jail for 4 days without bail on obscenity charges, for publishing, advertising, and selling his zine BOILED ANGEL. Mike was on probation for 3 years, terms of which included fines of $3000, no contact with children under 18 (or within 10 feet of a minor), 1280 hours of community service, maintain full time employment, and at his expense, see a psychiatrist and take journalism courses at his own expense; AND no drawing for his own personal use... his home was subject to unannounced searches by local police to make sure he was complying. Mike Diana is now serving another 2 years of probation, including $2000 in fines, and the same probationary terms.
	On June 4, 1996, a ruling issued by Largo, Florida, Circuit Judge Douglas Baird declared Mike Diana's zines, Boiled Angel #7 and #ATE as obscene. The judge emphasized throughout Mike's ruling that he personally found Diana's comics "patently offensive." Referring to Diana as "the appellant," and stated, "The evident goal of the appellant's publication is to portray shocking and graphic pictures of sexual conduct so it will be noticed. If the message is about victimization and that horrible things are happening in our society, as the appellant alleges, the appellant SHOULD HAVE created a vehicle to send his message that was not obscene."