Tom of Finland. The Complete Kake Comics

Dian Hanson, Tom of Finland

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Taschen GmbH
15 June 2014

Art & Architecture; Drawing & drawings; Individual artists, art monographs; Erotic art; Gay & Lesbian studies; Painting & art manuals

Series: Bibliotheca Universalis

"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."

By: Dian Hanson
Illustrated by: Tom of Finland
Imprint: Taschen GmbH
Country of Publication: Germany
Edition: Multilingual edition
Dimensions: Height: 195mm, Width: 135mm, Spine: 49mm
Weight: 1.022kg
ISBN: 9783836550512
ISBN 10: 3836550512
Series: Bibliotheca Universalis
Pages: 704
Publication Date: 15 June 2014
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

"Dian Hanson is a senior editor and writer for TASCHEN, with over 50 books to her credit. In addition to ARNOLD, her recent works include The Art of Pin-up, Masterpieces of Fantasy Art, and 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."

Reviews for Tom of Finland. The Complete Kake Comics

If you need proof that today's revolutions are tomorrow's institutions, look no further than the Finnish postage stamp recently earned by Touko Laaksonen, aka Tom of Finland... Over several decades, Tom of Finland's drawings, including his Kerouacan wandering alter ego, Kake, who he rendered in a sketchier style than his Cadmus-like signature tableaux, did more to promote gay male hyper-masculinity than James Dean, Brokeback Mountain, and Bob Paris combined. His cum-spurting leathermen are now coffee-table appropriate. This new volume beautifully reproduces the most famous and arguably the best cartoon series in the history of gay art. Kake allows Tom to express all his fantasies. Sailors, lifeguards, cowboys, policemen... --all are invariably handsome, brawny, and enthusiastically gay when Kake comes along.