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''"Omaha" the Cat Dancer'' is an erotic comic strip and later comic book created by artist Reed Waller and writer Kate Worley. Set in fictional Mipple City, Minnesota (derived from "MPLS," the old postal abbreviation for Minneapolis) in a universe populated by anthropomorphic funny animal characters, the strip is a soap opera focusing on Omaha, a feline exotic dancer, and her lover, Chuck, the son of a business tycoon. The strip debuted in the funny animal magazine ''Vootie'', and a number of underground comix in the late 1970s and early 1980s. ''"Omaha" the Cat Dancer'' became the subject of the eponymous comic book series published from 1984 to 1993 by Kitchen Sink Press; it was relaunched by Fantagraphics Books through 1995. The final chapters of the strip's storyline were published in ''Sizzle'' magazine, beginning in 2006. ''"Omaha" the Cat Dancer'' was the first of several comic books published in the early 1980s which integrated explicit sex into their storylines, rather than utilizing sex for shock value. The comic was the subject of a number of obscenity controversies, and was nominated for multiple Eisner Awards in 1989 and 1991. ==Publication history== In 1976, Reed Waller founded ''Vootie'', a fanzine intended to promote funny animal comics.〔 He began developing the concept for ''"Omaha" the Cat Dancer'' after one of the magazine's contributors said that there was not enough sex in the genre.〔 Inspired by Robert Crumb's ''Fritz the Cat'', Waller began looking for a theme for his new comic. He visited local strip clubs in St. Paul with his sketchbook, and read newspaper articles about attempts to shut the bars down. Another contributor to the magazine, Jim Schumeister, proposed a comic called ''Charlie's Bimbos'', in which "a bevy of strippers champion liberty in the face of Puritan oppression". This proposal sparked the idea for ''Omaha''.〔 The character debuted in ''The Adventures of Omaha'', which was published in ''Vootie'' in 1978.〔〔 The first chapter of ''"Omaha" the Cat Dancer'' was published by Kitchen Sink Press in ''Bizarre Sex'' #9 in 1981.〔 A five-page untitled story appeared in ''Bizarre Sex'' #10 in 1982, as a followup to the first chapter.〔〔 In 1983, a one-page parody strip starring Omaha, titled "Hotsizz Twonkies", was published in ''E-Man'' #5 by First Comics.〔 Another five page untitled story, identified as "Shelly and Omaha" in ''The Collected Omaha Volume 1'', appeared in ''Dope Comix'' #5; it was reprinted in ''Bizarre Sex Series'' #5.〔 In 1991, the ''Omaha'' story "A Strip in Time" appeared in ''Munden's Bar Annual'' #2, published by First Comics.〔 In 1984, SteelDragon Press published the first issue of ''"Omaha" the Cat Dancer'', which featured the second chapter of the story.〔〔 Waller then was unable to continue with the story. The third chapter was completed with help from Kate Worley, who continued to write the series thereafter.〔 In August 1988, Worley was injured in a car accident; the series' frequency slowed as a result of her recovery process.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=History of Omaha the Cat Dancer )〕 In November 1991, Waller was diagnosed with colon cancer; two issues of ''Images of "Omaha"'' were published in 1992 to pay for Waller's medical expenses, featuring art and writing by several major comic creators.〔 In 1995, Waller and Worley ceased production of the series.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Biography of Reed Waller )〕 In 2002, Waller and Worley agreed to complete the story; Worley was diagnosed with lung cancer, and began chemotherapy and radiation treatments in that year.〔 On June 6, 2004, Worley died before completing the story; her husband, James Vance began to edit and complete the final chapters.〔 The series lasted 19 issues before being cancelled in 1993.〔 Fantagraphics Books later relaunched the series, but it only lasted four issues, the last published in 1995.〔〔 In 1994, Rob, a supporting character from the series, appeared in ''Gay Comix'' #22.〔 The final chapters of the story were serialized in ''Sizzle'', beginning in 2006.〔 From 1987 until 1998, Kitchen Sink, and later Fantagraphics, published six volumes of the ''Omaha'' strips under the title ''The Collected "Omaha" the Cat Dancer''.〔 From 2005 to 2013, NBM Publishing imprint Amerotica published eight volumes of strips under the title ''The Complete Omaha the Cat Dancer''. 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「Omaha the Cat Dancer」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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