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...comics' rules of decency: he's unable to hold a job, boozes it up, beats his wife. "Andy sets an appalling example for the youth of England," says the London Mirror Group's Editorial Director Hugh Cudlipp, "but he is irresistible." France's Barbarella, an unmistakable likeness of Brigitte Bardot, is an oversexed, underdressed space girl who beds down with some fantastic creatures, including a gigantic blind angel and a gentlemanly robot. Sprawled nude in bed with the robot, Barbarella praises his masterful technique. "Ah, madame," replies the self-deprecating robot, "my impulses are rather mechanical...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Comics: Good Grief | 4/9/1965 | See Source »

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