From: [m--nt--b] at [aol.com] (MHuntPub)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.creative
Subject: COMIC ARTIST FOUND GUILTY!
Date: 4 Jun 1996 20:44:32 -0400

MICHAEL HUNT PUBLICATIONS
360-23 W Schick Road, Suite 116
Bloomingdale  IL  60108

MIKE DIANA'S CONVICTION UPHELD 
FLORIDA ARTIST, MIKE DIANA FOUND GUILTY 
ON  TWO COUNTS OF OBSCENITY

For Immediate Release
Tuesday, June 04, 1996
Contact:	Carmi or Shane, MICHAEL HUNT PUBLICATIONS                 
                                       Phone:  708-539-6660/708-894-5119

[Largo, FL] - A ruling issued on Friday by Circuit Judge Douglas Baird has
declared Mike Diana's zine's, BOILED ANGEL #7 and #ATE as obscene. The
judge emphasized throughout Mike's ruling that he personally found Diana's
comics "patently offensive."  Referring to Diana as "the appellant," and
stated, "The evident goal of the appellant's publication is to portray
shocking and graphic pictures of sexual conduct so it will be noticed. If
the message is about victimization and that horrible things are happening
in our society, as the appellant alleges, the appellant SHOULD HAVE
created a vehicle to send his message that was not obscene."

"I find it disappointing and I'm disgusted with Florida.  I'll keep
fighting for the first amendment."  stated Mike Diana who is currently in
New York City on a a book tour promoting WORST OF BOIL from Mike Diana's
publisher, Michael Hunt Publications this week. The book is a collection
of "the best" of BOILED ANGEL #1 through #ATE.  Diana's publisher has also
been compiling an Anthology book in Mike's name with some of the biggest
names in the art world to assist with the expense of court costs. The
Comic Book Legal Defense Fund (CBLDF) has estimated that over $56,000 has
been spent on Mike's case to date.  "It's futile that Mike's case is
appealed to the State court as the State of Florida's history of
overturning is nil." stated Susan Alston from the CBLDF.

To obtain additional information on Mike Diana or his books and comix,
contact Michael Hunt Publications @ 708-539-6660/708-894-5119 or 360-23 W
Schick Road, Suite 116, Bloomingdale, IL 60108. If you're an artist who is
interested in submitting YOUR interpretation of Mike's case, renditions of
his artwork, or censorship topic for Mike's Anthology, please send
submissions by October 1, 1996.  


Michael Hunt Publications
360-23 W Schick Road
Suite 116
Bloomingdale IL 60108