Article by Edward Dorey Dori Seda was a prolific cartoonist in the Reagan era, crafting short comics for Wimmen’s Comix, Weirdo, Tits and Clits, and her own anthology collection Lonely Nights Comics before her death at 37 in 1988. Most academics focus on how Seda’s open displays of sexuality challenged the rise of conservatism in the eighties, for Seda’s work often dealt with topics such as BDSM, the ethics of swinging, and the seedier parts of raising a dog. However, Seda’s short science-fiction story “Hospital Hell!!” is a long-form critique of the Reagan administration’s economic policies, hypothesizing what a perpetual… Read More