Jeff White Illustration/cartooning

Ladies and gentlemen, something that the internet and online porn has practically killed off: the low-budget skin rag.  The current and future youth will never know the cheap thrill of walking up to the counter of that newsstand, porn shop or drug store and with the embarrassed feeling of ALL EYES LOOKING AT HIM OR HER, of trying to buy that first issue and not look like a fool doing it before scurrying back home to enjoy it with a nice cup of tea.  It's sort of like how the VCR killed off the porn theaters back in the late 1980s.  Except not only did you try to make yourself as small as possible as you quickly entered and exited the theaters so no one would recognize you, but the other thrill was facing the bathrooms where, more often than not, there was more action going on in there than on the screen.  And the action was NOT the most favorable of imaginings!  BTW, this piece is the third submission for the APW SKETCH IT OUT Show in April.  ©2009 Jeff White