Marchetti himself shrugged off the criticism. In his only surviving written statement on the subject (printed in the letters page of Issue #7), he wrote: "It’s ink on dead trees. If you think a drawing of a lady with big shoulders is gonna hurt society, you need to go outside and touch grass—or asphalt. Preferably asphalt."
Bootlegs exist. Look for the original "Duke Seal" (a blurry ink stamp of a bulldog wearing a welding mask) on the inside front cover. If the stamp is crisp and clear, it is a fake. dukes hardcore honeys comics
For the uninitiated, the title says it all. Created by the reclusive artist known only as "Duke" (real name: Dennis Krukowski, a former auto-body painter from Toledo, Ohio), Hardcore Honeys wasn’t just a comic—it was a manifesto of bad taste, gleeful vulgarity, and surprisingly complex pulp storytelling. Marchetti himself shrugged off the criticism