Boiled Angels: The Trial of Mike Diana

Mike Diana is an artist who put out his own comic zine. The zine was called Boiled Angel. It was printed in a small run. In Florida a police officer bought a copy. The officer was working undercover. That purchase set off an investigation. Diana was tried for obscenity in 1994. The court found him guilty. The documentary describes how the case got that far. The border between art and free expression is argued over. The case set a precedent in the United States. In the film Diana tells his own story. Jello Biafra and Neil Gaiman speak as well. Lawyers and the prosecutor from the case take part too. Mike Diana and Jello Biafra appear in the one hundred five minute documentary. It is an American production Frank Henenlotter finished in 2018.