Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Objects Facet
3. Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name)
4. Information Forms (hierarchy name)
5. information forms (objects)
6. document genres
7. [documents by form]
8. comics (documents)
9. [comics by subject type]

Anotations

Scope note:

Comics intended for an adult readership, dealing with socially outrageous subject matter such as sex, violence, drugs, and political dissent. Originating the mid-1960s in the U.S. and Great Britain, they were produced cheaply, mainly by the artists, and tended to be distributed through nontraditional channels.