Only for adults over 18 years of age.
About the book: To join the police in "Tomland", you need three things: muscles, a killer mustache, and a giant cock. Belts, boots and gloves are provided, the uniforms are painted onto the body. An album of Tom's greatest super bulls.
Biography: Touko Laaksonen, the boy who would become famous as Tom of Finland (1920-1991), began drawing cartoons at the age of five. Touko knew early on that women interested him less than men, so it's hardly surprising that his preferred models were real guys from his native Finland. He studied art in Helsinki and worked successfully in the Finnish advertising industry – but in secret, he continued to work on his increasingly erotic drawings of hyper-masculine men. When he published some of his homoerotic images in the American magazine Physique Pictorial in 1957 under the pseudonym Tom of Finland, the legend was born. Until the late sixties, Tom's "dirty drawings" became a kind of norm for homosexual art and Tom's men the template for a new gay self-confidence. Tom's art continues to play an important role in self-confidence, positive self-representation, and the opening up of the gay community.
Dian Hanson is an editor and author at TASCHEN and has already published over 50 books. In addition to ARNOLD, her recent titles include The Art of Pin-up, Masterpieces of Fantasy Art, and The Fantastic Worlds of Frank Frazetta.Read here how it all began
Pages: 192
ARTIST
EDITOR: Tom of Finland
Dian Hanson
First published: 15/12/2022
Language of the book: Multilingual (English, French, German)
Edition: INT
ISBN: 978-3-8365-8867-6
Themes: Sexy Books and Pop Culture
Dimensions: 14.0 cm x 19.5 cm, Weight 0.43 kg
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