Does anyone here know much about Tank Girl? Is it actually subversive?

[Gravitycollapse]

I know essentially nothing about the comic series. But if it's worth it, I'll check it out.

[Scootaloo]

1. Sadly, I haven't been able to get my hands on the comic series

What I've seen of it is, at least, very entertaining. It's very punk, of the sort that existed before people started hyphenating the hell out of punk

The movie is entertaining as well - I don't care what anyone says. But I wouldn't take it as a replacement for the comics. Ice Cube as a kangaroo, goddamn.

[Miranda4peace]

2. ^^^HEHE soo right

"hyphenating the hell out of punk"

[Scootaloo]

3. Hey, it's the number one reason I support Pussy Riot

...And why I think Billy Joe Armstrong can go DIAFF.

There's no one who can say that's not great.

...But I suppose I'm getting off-topic

[M.G.]

4. The movie is silly nonsense...

The movie is silly nonsense which aspires to be nothing more than background visuals for your altered state of choice.

I'm told the comic is fun, though.

[Warren DeMontague]

5. Maybe early 90s "subversive". Part of what's happened is things that were different/hard to find

are now far more easily found via the internet.

Folks who don't remember the pre-internet era can be forgiven for not remembering when things were disseminated via xerox machines, or maxell tapes, or crude flyers taped to telephone poles. It gave an edge to things, part of being a small group "in the know".

The 1995 movie, starring Lori Petty, tried to straddle the line between "edgy" and commercially viable IMHO, and didn't do a terribly effective job of either.

And it's worth remembering, in that vein, that once upon a time "Howard The Duck" was likewise considered subversive.