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Tom lived many of his most personal fantasies through Kake, and international fans of Kake made him the model of what would become known as the quintessential gay look of the 1970s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBetween 1968 and 1986, Tom published 26 episodes of Kake's adventures, mostly in the form of 20-page booklets. Now the 26 stories have been compiled into a book, Tom of Finland - The Complete Kake Comics. Readers can relive with Kake the days when men were men, sex was carefree, and everyone sported a thick mustache.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eAbout the artist\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTouko Laaksonen\u003c\/strong\u003e, the boy who would become Tom of Finland (1920-1991), began drawing cartoons at the age of five. His favorite subjects were the rugged, virile men of his native Finland, as Touko knew from a young age that he was more interested in men than women. His talent was honed by studying art in Helsinki. He succeeded in the Finnish advertising industry but continued secretly creating increasingly erotic drawings of hypermasculine men. In 1957, he sent some to the American magazine \u003cem\u003ePhysique Pictorial\u003c\/em\u003e, and the legend “Tom of Finland” was born. By the late 1960s, Tom’s “dirty drawings” had become the standard of gay art, and Tom’s men were models of a new homosexual masculinity. Tom’s art continues to play an important role in promoting self-confidence, a positive image, and an open mindset in the gay community.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eAbout the editor and author\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDian Hanson\u003c\/strong\u003e produced various men’s magazines between 1976 and 2001, such as \u003cem\u003eJuggs, Outlaw Biker\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eLeg Show\u003c\/em\u003e, before becoming editor of TASCHEN’s Sexy Books collection. 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The Complete Kake Comics. 45th Ed.","description":"\u003ch3\u003eRemembering the time when men were men and sex was carefree.\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\n  In 1965, Tom of Finland began toying with the idea of creating a fixed character for his comic strips, the quintessential \"Tom man.\" He tried a blond named Vicky — a common male name in Finland — and then came Jack, inspired by Tarzan. Later, in 1968, Tom focused on Kake, a dark-haired man with a mustache and leather clothes who often wore a tight white T-shirt that read \"Fucker.\" Kake lived up to that motto and became a kind of hyper-masculine post-Stonewall big man who traveled the world on his motorcycle to sow the seeds of liberated gay sex, as satisfying as it was ecstatically explicit. Tom lived many of his most personal fantasies through Kake, and international fans of Kake made him the model of what would become known as the quintessential gay look of the 1970s.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\n  Between 1968 and 1986, Tom published 26 episodes of Kake's adventures, mostly in the form of 20-page booklets. Now the 26 stories have been compiled into a book, \u003cem\u003eTom of Finland - The Complete Kake Comics\u003c\/em\u003e. Readers can relive with Kake the days when men were men, sex was carefree, and everyone sported a thick, impressive mustache.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch5\u003eAbout the artist\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\n  Touko Laaksonen, the boy who would become Tom of Finland (1920-1991), began drawing cartoons at the age of five. His favorite subjects were the rugged, virile men of his native Finland, as he knew from a young age that men interested him more than women. He perfected his talent by studying art in Helsinki. He succeeded in the Finnish advertising industry but continued secretly creating increasingly erotic drawings of hyper-masculine men. In 1957, he sent some to the American magazine \u003cem\u003ePhysique Pictorial\u003c\/em\u003e, and the legend of “Tom of Finland” was born. By the late 1960s, his “dirty drawings” had become the standard of gay art, and Tom’s men were models of a new homosexual masculinity. His work continues to play a key role in promoting self-confidence, a positive image, and an open mindset in the gay community.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch5\u003eAbout the editor and author\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\n  Dian Hanson produced various men's magazines between 1976 and 2001, such as \u003cem\u003eJuggs\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eOutlaw Biker\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eLeg Show\u003c\/em\u003e, before becoming editor of TASCHEN’s Sexy Books collection. Her titles include the series dedicated to body parts, \u003cem\u003eThe Art of Pin-up\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eMasterpieces of Fantasy Art\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eRen Hang\u003c\/em\u003e.\n\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taschen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55302233882968,"sku":"LIB-TO-TA-201","price":25.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/8464\/0856\/files\/tom-of-finland-the-complete-kake-comics-45th-ed-2920452.png?v=1761842774"},{"product_id":"the-little-book-of-tom-blue-collar","title":"The Little Book of Tom: Blue Collar","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTom's first childhood love was a young, sturdy day laborer who worked in the fields near his home. Finland is a land of robust men who fish in the icy sea, chop wood in endless forests, and thresh oats, rye, and barley on farms. Tom, a more sensitive boy, admired these rough men with their characteristic attire designed to offer protection and comfort. Later, he would say: “When I was young, leather was worn by people who worked outdoors because it kept you very warm. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAll those men who wore leather were the kind of men I adored.”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen he began drawing, he paid tribute to these youthful idols by enhancing their clothing with \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003etight jeans, faded t-shirts, and tall, narrow-toed Lapland boots\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. In fact, it was a young lumberjack wearing this outfit on the cover of Physique Pictorial who introduced Tom to the world in the spring of 1957. In the following decades, the artist added \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003etruckers, mechanics, construction workers, circus strongmen, and typical American cowboys to his selection of working-class heroes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Although they were only sexual fantasies for him, his portrayal of these working-class lovers helped working-class gays accept themselves.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Little Book of Tom: Blue Collar\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e captures Tom's fascination with laborers in a compact and affordable volume. A \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ewide selection of comic strips, drawings, and full-page illustrations\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, accompanied by archival and contextual material including frames and posters from historic films, personal photographs of Tom, sketches, and the images that inspired the artist.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taschen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57056667599192,"sku":"LIB-TH-TA-746","price":15.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/8464\/0856\/files\/TOM_OF_FINLAND_BLUE_COLLAR_PO_INT_3D_44025.jpg?v=1776118162"},{"product_id":"the-little-book-of-tom-bikers","title":"The Little Book of Tom: Bikers","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003eIn 1953, Marlon Brando put on a black leather Perfecto biker jacket, a military cap, jeans, and boots to play Johnny, the cheeky mocking leader of the Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, in \u003cem\u003eSalvaje\u003c\/em\u003e. In 1954, Tom of Finland dispensed with brown leather in his works to create his own savages: muscular, hypermasculine rebels dressed in black leather with very powerful engines between their legs. That same year, the style was adopted by the Satyrs Motorcycle Club, the first gay rebel club, and brought Tom's fantasy world to life. As expected from Tom, he soon adapted his new gay icons by adding caps and leather riding pants, knee-high boots, and the \"Tom\" brand on the gas tank of all the motorcycles.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTom's bikers first appeared as two \"Motorcycle Boys\" in \u003cem\u003ePhysique Pictorial\u003c\/em\u003e in the winter of 1958. Another appeared on the cover of the April 1960 issue. From that moment on, the bikers became the stars of his content, a nod to his American readers and a sign of his growing obsession. When in 1968 he decided to use a recurring character, a personal avatar, he created Kake, the quintessential leather-clad biker, and presented his all kinds of adventures in 26-panel comics. Tom adopted Kake's outfit and was seen wearing a black leather jacket, a white T-shirt, jeans, and tall boots until the end of his life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Little Book of Tom: Bikers\u003c\/em\u003e includes Tom's first images for Physique Pictorial, Kake in his archetypal gear, comics, and steamy individual drawings in 192 pages full of sexy, masculine men enjoying other masculine men dressed in black leather, blue jeans, and tall boots. 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It is another subject that I keep addressing again and again.” With this, Tom confirmed that he kept fantasizing about it repeatedly, since he only included in his works what sexually excited him.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe uniforms of the California Highway Patrol motorcyclists were his favorites: cinnamon color and tight, with tall boots and soft black leather gloves. The artist designed his own variants of such uniforms, a mix of military and police attire, and created tough criminals but ones the officers could catch, although it is true that, once caught, the power struggle could tilt either way. Tom was determined to show everything while representing male roles equally, and it was just as likely that his police officers would end up happily impaled on a criminal’s penis as inflicting a punishment coitus. Criticized by some who considered his work a glorification of power, Tom was quick to remind that the world he created was fantasy, where everything was possible and consensual, even in prison.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Little Book of Tom: Cops \u0026amp; Robbers\u003c\/em\u003e explores Tom’s fascination with the world of justice and crime through a combination of comic strips, drawings, and full-page illustrations in a compact and affordable 192-page format. 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Although he enlisted in the Finnish Air Force, it was the German troops stationed in Finland to repel the Russian army invasion who inspired him. After all, only the Germans wore uniforms created by Hugo Boss that fit like a glove, spared no design details, and were complemented by shiny high leather boots. Tom, who was 19 at the time, was captivated by them, an obsession that grew after his first sexual experiences with German officers in the dark streets of Helsinki.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTom began putting his military fantasies on paper in 1945, when the war ended, to recall his exciting nocturnal encounters. At first, the Hugo Boss uniforms starred in all his drawings, but over the years and decades, he expanded the range to include the United States Navy attire and later his own hybrid designs of black leather, riding pants, boots, and peaked caps with emblems created to replace military insignia. 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