Cartoon pornography

Cartoon pornography is the portrayal of illustrated or animated fictional characters in erotic or sexual situations. Cartoon pornography includes but is not limited to parody renditions of famous cartoons and comics.

Cartoon parodies

Some artists use parodies of pre-existing cartoon or comics characters, drawing for example Walt Disney's famous princesses, television characters, or comic book characters in various states of undress and possibly engaged in sexual activity.

Other favorite sources of pornographic cartoon parodies include Warner Brothers cartoon characters such as Bugs Bunny, Elmer Fudd, and Pepe LePew; Disney cartoon characters; newspaper comic strip characters such as Dennis the Menace, the Family Circus, and Luann; and such television or movie characters "The Flintstones", "The Jetsons", "Sailor Moon" ,"Family Guy", "The Simpsons", "Futurama", "Danny Phantom", Totally Spies, "Teen Titans", "", "Ben 10" and "South Park".

As the fictional characters in many of these series are under 18, and minors in most countries, some countries consider cartoon pornography of these characters to be child pornography. This is currently the case in Canada, where a man in Alberta was convicted of possession of Japanese cartoon pornography. While spared jailtime, the sentence incurred being placed on a sex offender registry, and following his conviction a jail sentence was made mandatory in the conviction of all future cases in Canada.

Non-parody artists

Artists who draw pre-existing characters do not generally have any special notability among the cartoon pornography community, in contrast, some of the artists who draw their own characters, such as Alazar, Bill Ward, Kevin J. Taylor, or John Willie, have gained a cult fan base.

Legal status of cartoon pornography

The legal status of pornography varies from country to country. In addition to the normal legal status of pornography, much cartoon pornography depicts potentially minor characters engaging in sexual acts. One of the primary reasons for this may be due to many cartoons being at least partially aimed at young adults or even children, and therefore the characters themselves are not adults. Cartoon pornography does not always have depictions of minors in sexual acts or situations, but that which does may fall under the jurisdiction laws concerning child pornography.

The United States

In the United States, cartoon porn that does not contain parodies or depictions of minors generally falls under the category of speech protected by the First Amendment. For more information on general legality of pornography, see Pornography in the United States. Even in the case of depiction of minors, the US Supreme Court struck down prosecution against this because it violated freedom of expression.

Cartoon pornography depicting minors or under-aged children

The legal status of cartoon pornography depicting minors in sexual acts or situations is somewhat complex. Famous works of art from as early as the BC ages have depicted, and some much more graphically than much of the material presented in modern times by illegal sources, the explicit sexuality and sexual nature of, by what would be defined in today's standing, underage individuals, animals, and/or other anthropomorphic creatures. The freedom of expression under the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, among other various worldwide declarations of freedom, can sometimes be threatened by such laws. See legal status in the United States of Lolicon for more detailed history and information. As of the PROTECT Act of 2003, the legal status of cartoon pornography with minors has been more thoroughly addressed and refined than it was before under previous laws. From her [http://www.aftab.com/us_child_pornography_laws_post.htm summary and analysis] of the Act by privacy lawyer Parry Aftab, it would seem that the new legislation affects cartoon pornography which is both "graphic" and "indistinguishable." Both of these words were clearly defined by legislators in the act. Simplified definitions referred to content which was visually viewable and which could not be readily distinguished by viewers as not containing depiction of real children. In addition, much of the presented material, when translated for the United States market, had removed scenes of children being depicted, or stated that the outwardly childlike appearance did not reflect the actual age of the character (a much more common trait in hentai material in particular). This change is rapidly affecting sources such as the Internet as well as adult bookstores which would readily have it available. The new act seemed to be primarily and rather specifically aimed at addressing realistic appearing computer generated depictions of minors in sexual situation or engaging in sexual act. The definition by law makers went on to state quite clearly: "This definition does not apply to depictions that are drawings, cartoons, sculptures, or paintings depicting minors or adults", U.S. Code, Title 18, Section 2256 [cite web|title=U.S. Code as of: 01/19/04, Section 2256|url= http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/casecode/uscodes/18/parts/i/chapters/110/sections/section_2256.html|accessmonthday=May 12 |accessyear=2008 ] .

Canada

Cartoon pornography is illegal in Canada if it depicts any characters of the human species under the age of 18, including fictional ones.

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