TapeMonkey

Yep, it's some odd, disconcerting stuff right there - there is to be a 'pictorial' of Marge Simpson in the upcoming November issue of U.S. Playboy.

You could, if you were barking mad insane, go to the Google box right now and type 'Simpsons' and 'Nude', or 'Marge+Simspon' and 'Porn', or , you know 'cartoons fucking', something like that. But you shouldn't. You must not. You will think for a moment 'this might be a good laugh', but it isn't; it's just really, really depressing.

Don't get me wrong, dear reader, I find no fault in fleeting fantasies regards cartoon characters. Cute hand-drawn and lovingly rendered creations can indeed spark all manner of imaginative thought, and there's a whole subculture of Hentai anime that, while having only meagre interest in, I don't object to, that seems to be something different to what's going on here. Those characters are created to play a role in a sexual fantasy, titillation and hand-drawn porn, whereas I can't help but feel that the creators of the Simpsons are whoring Marge's ass out.



For me, I've once or twice lingered upon the shapely drawings and attractive personalities of Turanga Leela and Amy Wong from Futurama during a very lonely period in my life, but it's a passing fancy that one has for finely wrought character, a piece of fiction that entertains the libido for just a few seconds. It's much different when you take a picture of Bender and add a robotic extendo-cock that's penetrating Dr. Zoidberg while he uses his claws to clamp Amy's nipples and Professor Farnsworth beats off into a dixie cup... or you know, whatever these sickos draw.

It's only been funny once or twice, this pic -



is darkly satirical, clever and subversive, but there's a whole story behind it about the artist responsible, a former Disney illustrator who was done wrong by Uncle Walt,and took his revenge upon the canvas.

It goes awry for me when a character has made it's place in pop-culture as a 'Mum with moxie', a strong female character who is funny on her own terms, can go toe to toe with an oaf like Homer (and even occasionally 'out-crazy' him), who has the respect and love of a brat like Bart while serving as a role model for proto nerd-feminist drip Lisa, gets relegated to Hefner's stable of Bimbos. It was tricky enough for me to handle when they gave her big fake boobs for an ep a few seasons back, but now this?

In the Fifties it would have been amusing and novel, now it just seems a little regressive. But maybe I'm being to precious? She's just a bunch of lines, after all, and I guess, as sex symbols go, you could do a lot worse. Most of the articles I've read are quick to point out that she doesn't go full frontal anyway (the phrase 'implied nudity' has been used), but most seem to be implying that we are going to see her boobies. I'm just not sure I need to.

Plus, let's face it, we all shrieked like 8-year old girls when we saw Bart's weiner for about half a second in the movie. I suppose if it's tastefully done I might be ok with it.



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