Sex in the Comics. Anthony Spinelli (as Eric von Letch), 1972.
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Edition screened: Vinegar Syndrome DVD #130, released 2016. English language. Runtime approximately 87 minutes; Combined runtime of all three features approximately 214 minutes.
Summary: No depictions of violence to animals. 3.5/5❤
Sex in the Comics is a series of comedic shorts in which classic “dirty comics” are brought to life by costumed actors. The original miniature comic books, mostly from the 1920s through 1950s, were unauthorized parodies of popular characters such Dagwood and Blondie, Moon Mullins, Dick Tracy, and Dixie Dugan, presented in sexually explicit stories.
Sex in the Comics gives us about 20 of these skits performed by actors dressed as the famous characters - and sometimes wearing partial theatrical face masks - performing on tiny sets drawn as cartoon panels. The skits are grounded by five segments set in the office of a cartoonist character who introduces these artifacts to a young female magazine reporter and provides some historical context.
The range of humor and the range of sexual content both are quite limited since these are, after all, just reenactments of cheap 8-page underground comics. But I was entertained to a surprisingly high degree. There is plenty of (comparatively) good, funny, acting by most of the characters, especially those not wearing masks. The costumes are very good and the actors tried to authentically imitate body postures, gestures, and facial expressions of the exact characters. Everyone seemed to be enjoying the work.
The Sex in the Comics DVD includes two other features, both of which are previously-released compilations of erotic animation. First is Sextoons (1975, about 82 minutes), followed by The Funky World of Adult Cartoons, (c. 1978, about 45 minutes.)