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Angelfood McSpade is a comic book character created and drawn by the 1960s counter culture and underground comix artist Robert Crumb. The character first appeared in the second issue of ''Zap Comix'' (June, 1968). ==Characterisation== Angelfood McSpade is a satirical depiction of a stereotypical black African woman.〔Dowd; Hignite 2006.〕〔Crumb; Holm 2004.〕 She is depicted as a large, bare breasted tribeswoman, dressed in nothing but a dress made out of palm tree leaves.〔Crowley 1995.〕 She is drawn with big lips, golden rings around her neck and in her ears, huge breasts, large round buttocks and speaks jive. Her name references the Angelfood cake and the racial slur, "spade". According to the second issue of ''Zap Comix'', she has been confined to "the wilds of darkest Africa", because "civilization would be threatened if she were allowed to do whatever she pleased!". It is not clear whether she was born in Africa or born in the U.S.A. and then sent to Africa. Her type of clothing suggests she is African, but her jive talk suggests she's from the U.S.A.〔Estren 1993.〕 Angelfood is depicted as a nymphomaniac and open to sexual intercourse.〔Harvey 1996.〕 Policemen prevent other sexually aroused men from meeting her. In a later story three men bring her to the United States and promise to "civilize" her. There she is told to lick toilets clean in order to gain success. While she does this, the men push her head inside the toilet and violate her.〔〔Jahraus; Neuhaus 2003.〕 She is very naïve and easily abused or even raped by the horny men who surround her, though, being a nymphomaniac, she isn't bothered by this. Often, she is vulnerable to assault while being asleep or unconscious. Angelfood has a tendency to walk barebreasted, even in cities. However, no one seems to stop her from walking around half naked. In another story she saves two boys, Chuck and Bob, from being eaten by members of her own tribe.〔〔Heller 2004.〕 They flee from the tribe to the US, where she spends a night with the boys and afterwards goes to the hairdresser. When she returns, she has bleached her skin, changed her hair and clothing and learned fluent English, much to the disappointment of the two boys. In another story she asked Hugh Hefner if she could become a Playboy Bunny, but when Hefner saw her in the outfit he couldn't resist laughing. This made her so angry that she attacked him. In the last panel she and Mr. Natural (who accompanied her) are kicked out of Hefner's office. The character was featured regularly during Crumb's late 1960s and early 1970s output.〔 In later comics her appearances became less frequent, and finally Crumb stopped using the character in his comics altogether. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Angelfood McSpade」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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