In 1994, while living in the conservative Florida town of Largo, underground comic artist Mike Diana became the first person convicted of artistic obscenity in America. It was for the publication of his comic, Boiled Angel, which featured in its pages transgressive and grotesque imagery depicting violence, strange murders, rape, eroticism, and downright sacrilegious subject matter. Inspired by the psychedelic and surreal 70s underground comics, Diana envisioned the work, as a mirror of America as seen through the bombardment of the 24-hour cable news cycle. And earlier this year, Superchief Gallery LA staged an exhibition of Diana's work titled Boiled Angel, which featured new multimedia works and a reprinting of the infamous underground comic.