The Little Book of Tom of Finland: Military Men
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| Rating | : | 4.80 (535 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 3836540746 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 192 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-05-02 |
| Language | : | English, French, German |
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L. Singleton said Great collection!. Tom of Finland is simply the best, and this collection shows off much of his amazing work. I have several volumes of Tom of Finland art and comics, and this book is a great addition. It's small, so it's easy to hold, the book is well made, and the printing is topnotch.. "Must have book" according to Nick DAngelo. Tom of Finland was an amazing artist and this little book is a must have!~. Five Stars takes the mind on a trip that you wish was reality.
Her 60+ books for TASCHEN include The Art of Pin-up and Psychedelic Sex. He found success in the Finnish advertising industry but secretly continued creating his increasingly erotic drawings of hyper-masculine men. . Tom’s art continues to play an important role in promoting self-confidence, positive self-image and openness in the gay community.Dian Hanson produced a variety of men’s magazines fr
His talents were further honed by art study in Helsinki. . About the Author Touko Laaksonen, the boy who would become Tom of Finland (1920-1991), began drawing cartoons at age five. She lives in Los Angeles. He found success in the Finnish advertising industry but secretly continued creating his increasingly erotic drawings of hyper-masculine men. Her 60+ books for TASCHEN include The Art of Pin-up and Psychedelic Sex. In 1957 he submitted some drawings to the American magazine Physique Pictorial and the “Tom of Finland” legend was born. Tom’s art continues to play an important role in promoting self-confidence, positive self-image and openness in the gay community.Dian Hanson produced a variety of men’s magazines from 1976 to 2001,
After all, only the Germans had uniforms created by Hugo Boss, tightly tailored, replete with designer touches, and complimented by high, shiny black leather boots. At first the Hugo Boss uniforms dominated, but as the years and then decades passed he included American naval uniforms as well, and then his own hybridized designs of black leather, jodhpurs, boots, and peaked caps, with military insignia replaced by Tom’s Men patches. As Tom attracted an army of loyal fans, he created, with pencil, pen and gouache, an army of free, proud, masculine fantasy men committed to pleasure and male camaraderie.The Little Book of Tom of Finland: Military Men explores Tom’s fascination with militaria through a mixture of multi-panel comics and single-panel drawings and paintings, all in a compact and affordable 192 pages. Tom, at 19, was smitten, an obsession that deepened following his first sexual experiences with German officers in the blackout streets of Helsinki.Tom began putting his military fantasies on paper in 1945 to memorialize his thrilling nighttime encounters when the war ended. Tom’s vision of masculine perfection was formed during his service as an officer during World War II. Nothing like a man in uniform: Tom’s iconic images of hypermasculine military menWhen we think Tom of Finland we first picture muscular, macho young men in military g