Smut (comics)
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Smut is the name of a British adult comic that has been running since the late 1980s.
"Smut" is a slang word - most common in Britain - for any form of media that is considered profane of offensive, particularly with regards to sexual content. Smut comic is named as such for a good reason.
The comic is similar to Viz, although is considered to be a downmarket copycat of Viz, being less subtle and lacking in Viz's surreal satire, and printed on lower quality paper.
Its strips are usually heavily violent, full of profanity and with themes many may regard as being politically incorrect. Its flagship character is "Everard Edbutt", a heavily built skinhead who, despite his cheerfully moronic nature, tends to get very violent when anyone bothers him. His surreal strength invariably means he horribly mutilates people without much effort, such as by punching someone in the face with such strength that his fist bursts through the back of their head.
Other characters, who invariably have self-explanatory names, include:
- Tactless Terence - a man who has no knowledge of good manners or being tactful
- Sarky Marky - an incredibly sarcastic man
- Psycho Sid - a grinning psychopath who ends every strip by viciously murdering someone for no reason
- Papercut Pete - a short, fat little man who solves problems by giving people agonizing papercuts
- Fat Idle Bastard - a total slob who is as unproductive as he is greedy, deceitful and sexist
- The Skeggys- Similar to the Viz's Biffa Bacon, a family of immoral, overweight benefit scroungers.
- Twatman and Nobbin- An obvious parody of Batman- Twatman is an older sexist pig while Nobbin is a young and inexperienced nerd.
In July 2007, Smut relaunched itself as 'Twisted! incorporating Smut'. Despite the name change, the comic's content remains broadly similar.
The Smut Magazine character Marvin from FAT IDLE BASTARD is being considered as a FEATURE FILM from Troma Entertainment. If greenlit by Troma president Lloyd Kaufman, the film should be available worldwide near the end of 2008.
