The time has come, friends, to show you some of what I’ve been doing these two long years in graduate school. I can’t show you my actual thesis yet, because there’s a possibility …
The time has come, friends, to show you some of what I’ve been doing these two long years in graduate school. I can’t show you my actual thesis yet, because there’s a possibility …
‘Rally Round the Fag’ one of ten vintage gay pulp novels starring the popular character “Jackie Holmes” from ‘The Man from C.A.M.P.’ series. Artwork by the great Robert Bonfils,1967. Gay pulp novels have been around since the 1930s when the sale of paperback books proliferated. Historically, lesbian pulp was much more popular than novels featuring the exploits of gay men—and that is, of course, because the lesbian pulp was widely purchased by straight dudes. The popularity of the novels continued to rise during 1940s though, as noted in the book Where Thy Dark Eye Glances: Queering Edgar Allan Poe edited by pulp historian Steve Berman, the very first true “gay pulp” novel was published in 1952 by author George Viereck. Viereck, a former propaganda tool of the Nazis during WWII authored the 195 page Men into Beasts that used homosexual prison culture as a part of its storyline—something Viereck had observed first hand while he was locked up. The 50s was not a good time for the gay community, much in part to the gay-hating U.S. senator Joseph McCarthy who in addition to his suspicions that commies, pinkos and reds had managed to weasel their...
Pulp paperbacks were made to be throwaway reading. The often ended up in the trash, and plenty were trash. Publishers of pulps had the freedom to let writers produce books too out-there for mainstream publishers. There were writers who wanted to tell stories about gay men, lesbians, transgendered and transvestites, subjects considered too risque for
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The Best Of The Worst
These sordid Gay paperback novels were mostly available at sleazy news stands or under the counter. With the advent of The Valley of the Do...
The Best Of The Worst
Hitch-Hiking Pizza Boy by Paul J. Simon
These sordid Gay paperback novels were mostly available at sleazy news stands or under the counter. With the advent of The Valley of the Do...
Simon Doonan, el gayer de las camisas floreadas. / EL COMIDISTA Ya es verano. Hay que ponerse el traje de baño y el bikini para ir a la playa o la piscina. Las fiestas del Orgullo están al caer. Y entonces surgen las preguntas: ¿por qué los gayers no engordan...
I stumbled upon these fantastic covers of “gay pulp” paperbacks from the 1970s the other day and immediately became entranced with them. I saw a few of them at the blog Knee-Deep in the Flooded Victory and immediately knew I had to find out more. It turns out that these covers date from 1974 and 1975; they are from the “RAM-10” series from Hamilton House, a company about which I have no information. It may not be apparent how unusually striking these covers are—for a nice gallery of more standard-issue gay paperback covers, you could do a lot worse than this post I did for DM a couple of years ago. You’ll see that the more usual style of gay pulp covers relies on well-nigh abstract juxtapositions of male silhouettes and that male/Mars symbol in garish colors. Not so for the RAM-10 series, which uses documentary-style photographic portraits of males dressed up as gay archetypes in front of a field of light blue or blood red, while a vertical line pierces the book’s title and author in a stately serif font. Actually, the covers remind me a bit of Gay Semiotics, the brilliantly deadpan monograph that photographer...
The ’60s was a wild time of free love, drugs … and really hilarious covers on gay pulp novels
This is a 10" x 17" giclée canvas print stretched on a 5/8" wooden stretcher bar and finished with a clear satin polyacrylic varnish to prevent surface scuffing. It is a reproduction of a cover of a vintage paperback from my personal collection. For examples of completed canvases, see the additional photo. Watermark on web image only. Canvases are custom made to order, so please allow 2 - 3 weeks for delivery. I’m always adding to my collection, so please check the Cheeseboy Products page often for additional new items for sale. (Publishers' names and logos are trademarks of their respective holders.)
How potboilers and pin-ups showed gay and bisexual women they were not alone.
From physique culture, through to Tom of Finland and Grindr – gay male culture always been rigid when it comes to policing body types and enforcing outdated ideas of masculinity
- Each item is individually printed by me in my studio, not farmed out to a print-on-demand business, to ensure quality control - Flat rate shipping — one price no matter how many you order - Please note: most prints have a small white border to maintain the proportions of the original image. Prime example of an ultra-campy gay pulp paperback — Muscle Boy, about those muscular brutes who "got their kicks from forbidden feats of strength." Ooh! Gay muscle boys! Beefcake! It's tacky! It's cheesy! It's trashy! It's pulptastic! Printed on professional premium quality 250+ gm luster finish photo paper with archival ink. Prints usually will have a white border to maintain the proportions of the original image. Because these are repros of vintage book covers and posters, there may be imperfections (creases, rubbings, other marks) in the image if they appeared in the original. PulptasticPrint watermark that appears in online images will NOT be in the actual prints. Discounted prices available on bulk orders: - buy 10-14 prints, get 10% off — enter CODE10 at checkout - buy 15-19 prints, get 15% off — enter CODE15 at checkout - buy 20 prints or more, get 20% off — enter CODE20 at checkout Most prints are available in the following standard American and European sizes: 4x6 in |10.16 x1 5.24 cm A6 - 4.1 x 5.8 in |10.5 x 14.8 cm 5x7 in | 12.7 x 17.7 cm A5 - 5.8 x 8.3 in |14.81 x 21.01 cm 8 x 10 in | 20.3 x 25.4 cm 8.5 x 11 in | 21.6 x 27.9 cm A4 - 8.25 x 11.75 i. | 21.0 x 29.7 cm 10 x 13 in | 25.4 x 33 cm 11 x 14 in | 27.9 x 35.5 cm A3 - 11.75 x 16.5 in | 29.7 x 42.0 cm 11 x 17 in | 27.9 x 43.2 cm A3+ - 13 x 19 in | 33 x 48.2 cm But if you want a custom size (no larger than 13 x 19”) just ask. I’m happy to work with you to get you what you want!
Campy, hilariously strange, awkward, these vintage covers are reminders of how far we've come from outdated LGBT stereotypes. A gay safari does sound kind of fun, though.
The Best Of The Worst
This is a 10" x 16" giclée canvas print stretched on a 5/8" wooden stretcher bar and finished with a clear satin polyacrylic varnish to prevent surface scuffing. It is a reproduction of a cover of a vintage paperback from my personal collection. For examples of completed canvases, see the additional photo. FOR MULTIPLE ORDERS PLEASE USE BULK DISCOUNT LISTINGS. http://www.etsy.com/shop/cheeseboyproducts?section_id=13221865 Watermark on web image only. Canvases are custom made to order, so please allow 2 - 3 weeks for delivery. I’m always adding to my collection, so please check the Cheeseboy Products page often for additional new items for sale. (Publishers' names and logos are trademarks of their respective holders.)
