 By the late 1990s, the imprint was longer profitable, and discontinued releasing new material.In 2012, Iron Circus Comics revived the indie title "Smut Peddler" as a brand of erotic comics created by and for women (with male co-creators allowed on female-led teams), publishing both paperback anthologies of short stories, and longer stand-alone features.Sexual images have long been a part of Japanese illustrated art, such as "The Dream of the Fisherman's Wife" which depicts a woman in sexual congress with two octopuses.