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They often depict content forbidden to mainstream publications by the Comics Code Authority, including explicit drug use, sexuality, violence and oftentimes socially problematic behavior. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff2a00;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn other words, Underground Comix contain a lot of racist and sexist nonsense that everyone thought was really funny, progressive and thought provoking in the 60's and 70's. No one said they were smart. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff2a00;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYou have been warned.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"esperanza","title":"ESPERANZA","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis latest inexpensive and handy collection of Jaime Hernandez's early work picks up where 2010's Penny Century leaves off. Esperanza features an older, wiser Maggie, a maturing Hopey and introduces one of Jaime's greatest recent characters, Vivian the \"Frogmouth,\" the near-psychotic bombshell. 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