Tough Shit Thomas and Peanut Pete: harm reduction comics and British identities in the 1990s

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Sick Jokes
Subtitle of host publication	Visual Histories of Humour, Health, and the Body
Editors	Christine Slobogin, Katie Snow, Laura Cowley
Publisher	Manchester University Press
Chapter	9
ISBN (Print)	9781526187970
Publication status	Submitted - 2025

Funding

This work was supported by the Wellcome Trust [grant number 223559/Z/21/Z]

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

1. 
   SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

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• Tough Shit Thomas FINAL

  Accepted author manuscript, 14.7 MB

  Embargo ends: 1/01/99

Projects

• 1 Finished

• ‘The Effects Can Last Forever’: Ecstasy's Risks and Pleasures in Britain, 1985-2000

  Clark, P. (Principal Investigator)

  Wellcome Trust

  1/10/21 → 31/10/25

  Project: Research Fellowship

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  • Homosociality 100%
  • dance of death 25%
  • Detroit 25%

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Clark, P. (2026). Tough Shit Thomas and Peanut Pete: harm reduction comics and British identities in the 1990s. Manuscript submitted for publication. In C. Slobogin, K. Snow, & L. Cowley (Eds.), Sick Jokes: Visual Histories of Humour, Health, and the Body Manchester University Press. https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526187970/

Clark, Peder. / Tough Shit Thomas and Peanut Pete : harm reduction comics and British identities in the 1990s. Sick Jokes: Visual Histories of Humour, Health, and the Body. editor / Christine Slobogin ; Katie Snow ; Laura Cowley. Manchester University Press, 2026.

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Tough Shit Thomas and Peanut Pete: harm reduction comics and British identities in the 1990s. / Clark, Peder.
Sick Jokes: Visual Histories of Humour, Health, and the Body. ed. / Christine Slobogin; Katie Snow; Laura Cowley. Manchester University Press, 2026.

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Clark P. Tough Shit Thomas and Peanut Pete: harm reduction comics and British identities in the 1990s. In Slobogin C, Snow K, Cowley L, editors, Sick Jokes: Visual Histories of Humour, Health, and the Body. Manchester University Press. 2026