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Tom of Finland. The Complete Kake Comics. 45th Ed. by Dian Hanson at Abbey's Bookshop,
Tom of Finland. The Complete Kake Comics. 45th Ed.
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Tom of Finland. The Complete Kake Comics. 45th Ed.

Dian Hanson,  Tom of Finland

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Taschen GmbH
04 April 2025
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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:  
Illustrated by:   Tom of Finland
Imprint:   Taschen GmbH
Country of Publication:   Germany
Edition:   Multilingual edition
Dimensions:   Height: 217mm,  Width: 156mm, 
Weight:   1.103kg
ISBN:   9783754403297
ISBN 10:   375440329X
Pages:   512
Publication Date:  
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. Read here how it all began. 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. 45th Ed.

“Kake allows Tom to express all his fantasies. Sailors, lifeguards, cowboys, policemen… —all are invariably handsome, brawny, and enthusiastically gay when Kake comes along.” * Chicago Reader *


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