Issue 37: Abortion Eve

We'll get back to doing funny episodes about goofy moments in comic history in two weeks, but we decided to adjust our schedule. Today, we're talking about Abortion Eve, an underground feminist comic that came out shortly after Roe v Wade was decided, and what's happening now that the Supreme Court has overturned that case. ----more----

Sources Cited:

• The Bust: Orange County’s War on Underground Comix http://cbldf.org/2016/09/the-bust-orange-countys-war-on-underground-comix/
• Women in Underground Comix
• http://cbldf.org/2019/03/women-in-underground-comix/
• The Comic Book That Guided Women Through Abortion Months After ‘Roe’
• https://rewirenewsgroup.com/article/2016/06/08/comic-book-abortion-after-roe/
• Roe v. Wade Comics (Ohio State University’s Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum)
• https://library.osu.edu/site/40stories/2020/01/06/roe-v-wade-comics/
• Abortion Eve comic: ​​https://www.ep.tc/eve/
• Who Killed Junior comic: https://www.ep.tc/junior/

(Both of these comics are hosted on the personal site of Ethan Persoff, who archives and shares rare and unusual comics)

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