{"id":5560,"date":"2013-03-13T11:34:45","date_gmt":"2013-03-13T15:34:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/?p=5560"},"modified":"2013-03-13T13:01:45","modified_gmt":"2013-03-13T17:01:45","slug":"from-the-let-us-compare-obscenities-department","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2013\/03\/from-the-let-us-compare-obscenities-department.html","title":{"rendered":"From the &#8216;Let Us Compare Obscenities&#8217; Department"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div id=\"attachment_5558\" style=\"width: 170px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Ungerer-thumb-160x229-10317.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5558\" data-attachment-id=\"5558\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2013\/03\/from-the-let-us-compare-obscenities-department.html\/ungerer-thumb-160x229-10317\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Ungerer-thumb-160x229-10317.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"160,229\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Ungerer-thumb-160&amp;#215;229-10317\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8216;Yes \/ No&amp;#8217; by Tomi Ungerer &lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Ungerer-thumb-160x229-10317.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Ungerer-thumb-160x229-10317.jpg\" alt title=\"&#039;Yes \/ No&#039; by Tomi Ungerer\" width=\"160\" height=\"229\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5558\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5558\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><br \/>&#8216;Yes \/ No&#8217; by Tomi Ungerer<\/p><\/div><div id=\"attachment_5573\" style=\"width: 130px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Con-de-fee-by-topor-120.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5573\" data-attachment-id=\"5573\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2013\/03\/from-the-let-us-compare-obscenities-department.html\/con-de-fee-by-topor-120\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Con-de-fee-by-topor-120.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"120,229\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Con-de-fee by topor (120)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8216;Con-de-fee&amp;#8217; by Topor&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Con-de-fee-by-topor-120.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Con-de-fee-by-topor-120.jpg\" alt=\"&#039;Con-de-fee&#039; by Topor\" width=\"120\" height=\"229\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5573\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5573\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><br \/>&#8216;Con-de-fee&#8217; by Topor<\/p><\/div> The other day a call went out for &#8220;comparative obscenities&#8221; to add to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2013\/03\/catullus-and-bukowski-let-us-compare-obscenities.html\">literary examples<\/a> by Bukowski and Catullus. One reader obliged by sending a drawing by <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Roland_Topor\">Topor<\/a>, whom he regards as a &#8220;sheer genius.&#8221; Straight Up&#8217;s staff of thousands agrees and decided to pair Topor&#8217;s drawing with one of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tomiungerer.com\/biography\/\">Tomi Ungerer<\/a>&#8216;s. (And here&#8217;s a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2013\/03\/more-from-the-comparative-obscenities-department.html\">Topor bonus<\/a>.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The other day a call went out for &#8220;comparative obscenities&#8221; to add to the literary examples by Bukowski and Catullus. One reader obliged by sending a drawing by Topor, whom he regards as a &#8220;sheer genius.&#8221; Straight Up&#8217;s staff of thousands agrees and decided to pair Topor&#8217;s drawing with one of Tomi Ungerer&#8216;s. 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