What an unsettling piece. I know "fallen women" were a pop culture obsession at this time, but the idea of doing a strip about a mother who prostitutes herself in the (vain) hope of saving her baby strikes me as truly macabre. The final panel packs a wallop.
Cartoonist, illustrator, storyteller, born in Nelson, B.C. in May 1950, has contributed to Chronicle, Weirdom, and Visions fanzines. John illustrated ‘Ronald and the Dragon’ by Lawrie Peters in 1975. Email adcock34@gmail.com
What an unsettling piece. I know "fallen women" were a pop culture obsession at this time, but the idea of doing a strip about a mother who prostitutes herself in the (vain) hope of saving her baby strikes me as truly macabre. The final panel packs a wallop.
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