Tom of Finland. The Complete Kake Comics. 45th Ed.

Tom Of Finland

ISBN 10: 375440329X / ISBN 13: 9783754403297

Editore: Taschen Gmbh Apr 2025, 2025

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Neuware -En 1965, Tom of Finland comenzó a coquetear con la idea de crear un personaje fijo para sus tiras cómicas, el 'hombre de Tom' por excelencia. Probó con un rubio llamado Vicky un nombre masculino común en Finlandia , y después vino Jack, inspirado en Tarzán. Más tarde, en 1968, Tom se centró en Kake, un moreno con bigote y ropa de cuero que a menudo vestía una camiseta blanca ajustada en la que se podía leer 'Fucker'. Kake hizo honor a ese lema y se erigió en una especie de hombretón hipermasculino post-Stonewall que recorría el mundo con su moto para sembrar las semillas del sexo gay liberado, tan satisfactorio como extáticamente explícito. Tom vivió muchas de sus fantasías más personales a través de Kake, y los fans internacionales de Kake hicieron de él el modelo de lo que llegaría a ser conocido como el look gay por excelencia de la década de 1970. Entre 1968 y 1986, Tom publicó 26 episodios de las aventuras de Kake, la mayoría en forma de cuadernillos de 20 páginas. Ahora las 26 historias han sido compiladas en un libro, Tom of Finland - The Complete Kake Comics. El lector podrá rememorar con Kake los días en que los hombres eran hombres, el sexo se practicaba de forma despreocupada y todos lucían un gran mostacho tupido.TASCHEN GmbH, Hohenzollernring 53, 50672 Köln 512 pp. Englisch, Französisch, Deutsch.

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Dati bibliografici

• Titolo: Tom of Finland. The Complete Kake Comics. 45th Ed.
• Editore: Taschen Gmbh Apr 2025
• Data di pubblicazione: 2025
• Lingua: Lingue multiple
• ISBN 10: 375440329X
• ISBN 13: 9783754403297
• Rilegatura: Buch
• Disegnatore: Of Finland, Tom
• Condizione: Neu
• Dimensioni: 223 L x 164 A x 34 P (millimetri) 223 millimetri di larghezza per 164 millimetri di altezza per 34 millimetri di profondità
• Peso: 1132 grammi

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Riassunto

In 1965, Tom of Finland began flirting with the idea of an ongoing character for his panel stories, the ultimate Tom’s Man. He tried out a blond named Vicky―a common male name in Finland―followed by a Tarzan-inspired Jack. Then in 1968 Tom settled on Kake, a dark-haired, mustached leatherman who often wore a tight white T-shirt bearing the motto “Fucker.” Kake lived up to this moniker, a sort of post-Stonewall, hyper-masculine Johnny Appleseed traveling the world on his motorcycle to spread the seeds of liberated, mutually satisfying, ecstatically explicit gay sex. Tom lived out many of his most personal fantasies through Kake, and Kake’s international fans made him the template for what came to be known as the gay clone look of the 1970s. Between 1968 and 1986, Tom published 26 episodes of Kake adventures, most as 20-page booklets.

Tom of Finland – The Complete Kake Comics collects all of these stories in one volume. Return with Kake to the days when men were men, sex was carefree, and everyone wore a big thick mustache.

Informazioni sugli autori

Dian Hanson è redattrice capo e autrice per TASCHEN con cui ha pubblicato più di 50 libri. Oltre all’apprezzato Hal Foster’s Tarzan, tra le sue opere più recenti figurano ARNOLD, The Art of Pin-up, Masterpieces of Fantasy Art e The Fantastic Worlds of Frank Frazetta.

Touko Laaksonen, the boy who would become Tom of Finland (1920-1991), began drawing cartoons at age five. His favorite subjects were the rough manly men of his native Finland. He found success in the Finnish advertising industry but secretly continued creating his increasingly erotic drawings of hyper-masculine men. In 1957 he submitted some drawings to the American magazine Physique Pictorial and the “Tom of Finland” legend was born. By the late 60s Tom’s “dirty drawings” became the standard for gay art, and Tom’s Men a template for a new gay masculinity. 

Touko Laaksonen, the boy who would become Tom of Finland (1920-1991), began drawing cartoons at age five. His favorite subjects were the rough manly men of his native Finland. He found success in the Finnish advertising industry but secretly continued creating his increasingly erotic drawings of hyper-masculine men. In 1957 he submitted some drawings to the American magazine Physique Pictorial and the “Tom of Finland” legend was born. By the late 60s Tom’s “dirty drawings” became the standard for gay art, and Tom’s Men a template for a new gay masculinity.