TIJUANA BIBLES

Pornographic pulp parodies that were popular in America from the 1920s until after World War II. These 8-page booklets were printed on cheap paper and often found themselves in the knapsacks of soldiers and schoolboys. These crudely illustrated booklets (approximately 4” by 6”) often poked fun at actors, politicians, and public figures. They were irreverent, usually humorous, and always dirty, featuring sex-starved characters from Popeye and Donald Duck to baseball heroes, with their pants down and penises proud.