joe randel's art dump

I read this article today regarding a man in Japan that drew some smutty drawings on commission and then got arrested for them.  Why?  Did he get busted on drawing parody characters?  Was he drawing loli drawings?  No, that’s not why he found himself in hot water.  What did it was the drawings where not censored.  As many of you may know, in Japan it is illegal to sell or distribute uncensored pornography.  It’s not illegal to own it, just to sell it.  That’s gotta suck.  Being in the business of smutty drawings myself, I feel for the guy.

How much was he selling his drawings for?  $19 bucks.  That it, he’s got himself arrested for $19 of uncensored porn that he drew himself.  I realize that the law is the law and he broke a rule, but the censorship of art and free speech is just wrong.  To tell someone what they can and can’t draw or write frees draconian to me.  I don’t care what the subject is.  Could you imagine if all my work had to be censored?  I don’t think would even bother to be honest.

I wonder what the pictures where of… (no, the drawing above is not one of those drawings)