Bitches in Heat, Oh my, how comic books have changed

As a kid I was a big X-men fan.  I’m dating myself, but I remember the first Marvel X-men comic issue, (way better than Spidey), and even as a kid, thought Wolverine was very interesting. Loved Hugh Jackman in the X-men movie, I thought he was perfectly cast, he was so sexy. His claws could grow, and I secretly wondered what else about him could grow at will.  Smile. Or Storm, a beautiful, mutant woman who could channel the weather with unbelievable power.  I wanted to grow up to be just like her.

I recently picked up the "Bitches in Heat" comic, one of a series of very kinky, anime porn comics that are all the rage. I have one of my sex addict patients that for him, are the ultimate fanatasy porn, and his particular fetish. These are not the Marvel comics of my childhood.  As my eyebrows raised, I knew we weren’t in Kansas anymore. Anything went. Schoolgirl fantasies, serious bondage, gangbangs, all drawn in very graphic, naughty  detail.  Considering the stats on literacy in North America, and how very few of us actually read a book cover to cover since High School, then maybe these are the new erotica.

Maybe I’m getting old, but I didn’t get it. And it sure didn’t turn me on. Give me some good old fashioned well written erotica anyday.  Or at least, Wolverine all decked out in black leather.