Mike Diana “Disgrâce En Amerique” French Book 2024

Mike Diana “Disgrâce En America” (Disgrace In America – Ten Years of Mike Diana’s Art 1988-1997) by Pierre Dourthe and Nicolas LeBault, Published in France. Hardcover, 176 pgs. IN FRENCH + 36 pgs of English Translation, An exceptional monograph, features almost 200 artworks and comics from Mike’s comic art beginnings.

MIKE DIANA, born in 1969, is the first American artist to be convicted by his country’s justice system on the grounds of obscenity. His trial took place in March 1994 at the Pinellas County Courthouse in the state of Florida. His graphic productions, drawings, and comics were aimed at exposing the most disturbing and unsettling aspects of his fellow citizens’ way of life. By pushing insult, desecration, and blasphemy to their limits, Mike Diana aspired to make his magazine Boiled Angel “America’s most shocking fanzine.”

This essay, the first important book dedicated to Mike Diana’s oeuvre and richly illustrated, traces the first ten years of his career.