ABSTRACT
Viz has also escaped any serious establishment attacks on the grounds of censorship. Despite occasional complaints it has carved a niche for comics in newsagents which are aimed at adults only. This, in a sense, may be one of its lasting contributions to British comics. Part of the reason for its acceptance is that, despite its vulgarity in both words and pictures, it is not perceived as being dangerous. It can be seen as part of a tradition which stretches back through the Carry On films via seaside postcards to British music-hall comedians. It might gnaw at the edges of the perceptions of mainstream society but it does not try to destroy its fundamental tenets as some previous underground publications attempted to do.
