Dave Cooper, Evan Dorkin, Bob Fingerman, Jessica Abel, Craig Thompson, Dylan Horrocks and Brian Ralph all stand out, creating material that satisfies their own fans and DC fans alike. While the contributing artists and writers struggled with their own metaphorical shackles, clamped securely around their scribbling arms by over-cautious super-editors, most of them managed to come up with some funny and interesting stories. I can only guess that DC's ultra-litigious editors were concerned with the imagery of an infant being chained up and such. The story by Kyle Baker that had aroused controversy after it had been pulled from a previous Superman anthology found a new home 'Letitia Lerner, Superman's Babysitter' is a wholesome comedy that follows the title character's vain attempts to control a baby that can fire heat-rays from his cute little eyes. Of course, DC's perception of 'going fucking nuts' was 'going nuts', and problems arose right away, with Daniel Clowes' sardonic cover being scrapped in favor of the current cover by Matt Groening's assistant. DC threw a wide net to pull in as many respected 'alternative' cartoonists as they could, with the idea of letting these avant garde heroes and heroines go fucking nuts with DC's toybox full of superheroes and superheroines. Bizarro Comics was propelled by small controversies and the assertion that it signalled a shift in mainstream comics, making it a minor hit and a milestone of sorts.
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