Tom of Finland - Kake 24: in Canada

Tom of Finland - Kake 24: in Canada - Los Angeles CA - Tom of Finland Inc. - [1984] - 1st edition - [32] pp - Stapled wrappers - 21,5 x 27,5 cm.

Condition: Good - with some wear.

Homo-erotic comic in the KAKE series by Finnish artist Tom of Finland (= Touko Laaksonen, 1920-1991). Illustrated in black and white. "For Mature Adults Only!". FIRST EDITION without ISBN and retail price of $10.00.

The RCMP issue in which Kake has sex with a tough lumberjack and a Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer who gives new meaning to the term 'Mounties'. Cf. Hanson p. 573; Bertolotti p. 175; Van Os p. 176. Original vintage editions of this series are very rare.

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