Tom of Finland - Kake 12: Service Station

Tom of Finland - Kake 12: Service Station - Los Angeles CA - Tom of Finland Inc. - [1985] - [Reprint] - [32] pp - Stapled wrappers - 21,5 x 27,5 cm.

Condition: Good - with some wear.

Homoerotic comic strip in the KAKE series by Finnish artist Tom of Finland (= Touko Laaksonen, 1920-1991). Illustrated in black and white. There are two versions of the cover of this reprint from the 80s (the first edition appeared in 1972). This is the explicit 'threesome' version.

In this issue Kake experiences an orgy in a gas station. In the front 'Tom's Catalog' (with Tom's Men T-shirt) and in the back other pornographic comics (featuring MIKE) 'From Tom's Archive'. Cf. Hanson p. 285; Bertolotti p. 175; Van Os p. 176. Original vintage editions, including early reprints, of this series are rare.

¶ Between 1968 and 1986, Tom published 26 episodes of Kake's adventures, comics starring hypermasculine men and wonderful leather gays. By the end of the 1960s, Tom's "dirty drawings" had become the standard for gay art, and Tom's men an example of the new homosexual masculinity.