Our latest deep dive tackles how comics confronted (and often struggled to confront) the AIDS epidemic throughout the 1980s and 90s. There's everything from groundbreaking moments of compassion to outrageously offensive books. We check out what the medium got right, what it got very wrong, and why these stories still matter. 

Ten Cent Takes

Mike Thompson & Jessika Frazer

Issue 121: Comics and the AIDS Crisis

DEC 3, 202584 MIN
Ten Cent Takes

Issue 121: Comics and the AIDS Crisis

DEC 3, 202584 MIN

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Our latest deep dive tackles how comics confronted (and often struggled to confront) the AIDS epidemic throughout the 1980s and 90s. There's everything from groundbreaking moments of compassion to outrageously offensive books. We check out what the medium got right, what it got very wrong, and why these stories still matter.