Viz has picked the wrong side in the culture war

Comic magazine Viz suffered the humiliation of its account being kicked off Bluesky earlier this month .

Just days after it had flounced off from X, the social network banned Britain ’s leading toilet-humour magazine.

Viz was later reinstated after promising to be on its best behaviour in future.

After more than four decades of gleefully slaying sacred cows left, right and centre, Viz has picked a side.

People who know Viz only by the names of its characters probably aren’t aware of its capacity for subtlety, humanity and even nuance.

The Sid the Sexist strips, for instance, are not overtly political.

They do not deal with serious issues like male violence against women.

Yet for all this, Viz often has a surprisingly overt moral message.