Boiled Angel

{{Short description|Independent comic book}}

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| writers = Mike Diana, Paul Weinman, Gerard John Schaefer,{{cite periodical |mode=cs2 |last=Schaefer |first=G. J. |orig-date=1973 |date=1992 |title=Expecting Dinner |editor-last=Diana |editor-first=Mike |periodical=Boiled Angel |issue=7 Satanic Sex |location=Largo, FL |publisher=Mike Diana}}. Reprinted from Killer Fiction, Media Queen Ltd. et al.

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Boiled Angel was an early 1990s independent comic book created by Florida-based underground comic book artist Mike Diana. The comic contained graphic depictions of a variety of taboo and gory subject matters.{{Citation |title=Comics Reviews |date=August 1990 |periodical=Factsheet Five |issue=44 |pages=74 |issn=0890-6823}}{{Citation |last1=Gunderloy |first1=Mike |first2=Cari |last2=Goldberg Janice |title=The World of Zines |year=1992 |publisher=Penguin Group |location=New York |isbn=978-0-14-016720-7 |chapter=Splatter, Death & Other Good News |page=141 |chapter-url-access=registration |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/worldofzinesguid00gund_0 }} It effectively became the first comic book in the United States to cause its creator to be convicted for artistic obscenity.{{cite web |last1=Pangburn |first1=DJ |title=The Obscene Comic That Got Its Artist Thrown in Jail Is Back |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/the-obscene-comic-that-got-its-artist-thrown-in-jail-is-back/ |website=Creators |publisher=Vice Media |access-date=November 8, 2018 |language=en-us |date=July 11, 2017}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/d/diana_mike.htm|title=Mike Diana|website=Lambiek Comiclopedia}}

In a 1990 review, Mike Gunderloy of Factsheet Five called Boiled Angel "a prime candidate for banning in the 90s." In 1993, a copy of Boiled Angel #8 (or "Ate") found its way into the hands of Florida Assistant State's Attorney Stuart Baggish. Diana was subsequently charged with several counts of obscenity and fought a long legal battle with the aid of the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, which he eventually lost. He was sentenced to community service and three years of supervised probation.

The comic was referenced in the Venetian Snares song, Boiled Angel, which sampled his drunk friend talking about the comic.{{Citation |title=Venetian Snares · Dublab Interview · 2019 | date=11 December 2019 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOwC0b7dSPg |access-date=2023-05-17 |language=en}}