Editing Heavy Metal (magazine) (section)

== Legacy ==
''Heavy Metal'' was widely credited for exposing many Americans/English-speakers to European comics<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Eyes of the Cat|magazine=[[Taboo (comics)|Taboo]]|number= 4 |location=Wilmington, VT|publisher=Spiderbaby Grafix & Publications|date=January 1990|isbn =0922003033}}</ref> and the continent's top cartoonists.<ref>{{cite news|title=Positive Signs: Ten Worthy Translation Projects|first=Bart|last=Beaty|pages=125–129|work= The Comics Journal|number=210 |date=Feb 1999}}</ref> As cartoonist and publisher [[Kevin Eastman]] said of the magazine, "''Heavy Metal'' published European art that had not been previously seen in the United States, as well as demonstrating an [[underground comix]] sensibility that nonetheless wasn't as harsh or extreme as some of the underground comix – but ... definitely intended for an older readership".<ref>{{cite book|editor-last1=Wiater|editor-first1= Stanley |editor-last2= Bissette|editor-first2=Stephen R.|title= Comic Book Rebels: Conversations with the Creators of the New Comics|editor2-link=Stephen R. Bissette|publisher= [[Donald I. Fine]], Inc. |year=1993|isbn=1-55611-355-2}}</ref>

Creators like [[George Lucas]],<ref>{{cite book|first=George|last=Lucas|author-link=George Lucas|section=Introduction|date=1989|title=The Art of Mœbius|isbn=978-0871356109|publisher=Marvel Enterprises|editor-first=Byron|editor-last=Preiss|editor-link=Byron Preiss}}</ref> [[Neil Gaiman]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2012/03/remebering-moebius.html |title=Remembering Moebius|work= journal.neilgaiman.com|date= 10 March 2012}}</ref> and [[Steven Lisberger]]<ref>{{cite book |last=Sadoul |first=Numa |title=Mœbius: Entretiens avec Numa Sadoul |edition=Updated, expanded and revised version of the 1976 Albin Michel |date= January 1991 |publisher=[[Casterman]]|location=[[Tournai]] |pages=198 |isbn=2203380152 |language=fr}}</ref> have all discussed the influence of ''Heavy Metal'' on their later work.

The magazine was taken to task, however, for its juvenile stories,<ref>{{cite news|title=Fantagraphics collects all 13 issues of 'witzend'|work=Chicago Tribune|date=July 11, 2014 |first=Jake|last=Austen|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2014/07/11/fantagraphics-collects-all-13-issues-of-witzend/}}</ref> violence, and misogynist portrayals of women. ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' described the magazine as, "a legendary sci-fi and fantasy comic magazine for adults... and perhaps precocious teens interested in more daring material, or who consider [[Wonder Woman]] a tad underdressed."<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Heavy Metal magazine: Grant Morrison's debut issue revealed|first= Jeff |last=Jensen |date= April 7, 2016|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|url=https://ew.com/article/2016/04/07/heavy-metal-grant-morrison-debut-issue/}}</ref> Critic R. M. Rhodes pointed out "the abundance of breasts in the magazine <nowiki>[</nowiki>was<nowiki>]</nowiki> somewhat of a running joke over the years."<ref name=THU />

[[Sheila Benson]] of the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' wrote that ''Heavy Metal'' had "charm" but decried its "sadism."<ref>{{cite news|last=Benson|first= Sheila |date=August 7, 1981|title='Heavy Metal' ... And the Zap Goes On.|work=-Los Angeles Times|page= section VI, p. 9}}</ref> Writing about the magazine's early years, Rhodes discussed the voluminous number of pieces in which "the amount of rape (and stories where attempted rape drives the action).... I really didn't keep track of how often it happens, but any number more than 'none' is usually a bad sign. Tragically, it's mostly used as just another plot point, with no mention or indication of the consequences."<ref name=THU>{{cite web|title=Sex, Violence, Druuna|date=June 15, 2016|first=RM |last=Rhodes|website=The Hooded Utilitarian|url=https://www.hoodedutilitarian.com/tag/heavy-metal/}}</ref>