Dick Hafer (comics artist)

Dick Hafer (July 20, 1937–July 5, 2003[1]) was an American comics artist. He is best known for his Christian and conservative comics with strong political views.

Especially controversial is the 1986 anti-homosexual comic Homosexuality: Legitimate, Alternative, Deathstyle,[2] best selling amongst his work of about 70 comic books is I Know That We're a Throw-Away Society, but This is Ridiculous!, an anti-abortion pamphlet published 1988. He also specifically targeted politicians of the Democratic Party: In Every Family Has One: Little Black Sheep (1982) he attacked Ted Kennedy, and Magical Mike (1988) is a parody of Michael Dukakis.

References

  1. ^ Death of the "Comics Commando" on BNET
  2. ^ Bizarre anti-gay comic book from 1980s on Boing Boing