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Monday, November 21, 2022

Acquired Tastes XLIII Gay Pulp Fiction, Part 125: Adonis Classics, Part 9 of 25

Acquired Tastes XLIII 
Gay Pulp Fiction, Part 125
Adonis Classics, Part 9 of 25

Greenleaf Classic Books, the publishers of  the Adonis Classics imprint, began in 1959 and continued until 1971, when management lost focus on the business as the government's prosecution for obscenity became a major concern.

By 1974,a new management team and staff were in place, operating out of an office at 7523 Raytheon Road in San Diego and production ceased on all existing imprints. In an attempt to break into mainstream markets, two new imprints were started which used cover art and titles that were not provocative. These efforts failed.

The year 1975 marks the end of  Greenleaf Classics' Vintage period. It is at this time, with the loosening of censorship laws, that the Adonis Classics imprint began production. It marks the end of Greenleaf Classic's Classic Age (1959-1975.) 

Adonis Classics would release a total of 252 titles during it's lifespan. 

The first twenty covers feature white backgrounds (with one exception) and colored drawings or black and white pencil illustrations. After the first two titles, a particular type-face was established, with the title appearing above the illustration. The distinctive Adonis Classics symbol was established with either the seventh or eighth title in the series.

After the first twenty titles, the imprint switched to their iconic red covers (though sometimes pink,) featuring a black and white illustration framed in a black circle which has an arrow attached - a universal sign designating something as 'male.' The book's title at the top of the cover is encased in a white circle with an arrow (the symbol for male.)

Today, we end up with only 70% - seven out of ten covers found.

Hung Young Stud 
Author: F.W. Love
AC 181 
(Cover Not Found)

While I don't need them young - puppies are so time consuming - I certainly don't mind them hung. Odd thing is, when I was young? I didn't know what to do with them. An now that I do? The seem in short supply.

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Golden Shower Surfer 
Author: Wes Talbot
AC 182 
(Cover Not Found)

Well, this is a complicated combination of genres. Like a car accident, I'm not quite sure where to focus. I can't imagine surfers peeing on one another, but perhaps I'm merely lacking imagination. How do you suppose it starts? Like a contest?

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Reform School Stud 
Author: F.W. Love
AC 183 

My word, if all reform schools had hunky guards like the one pictured, I would have made more trouble when I was young. As for popping a boner while showering with others? Oh, yeah... been there, done that. While it doesn't always result in fun, it always gets me noticed!

Available as a pdf or e-book at Hommi Publishing.

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Slave Boys 
Author: Rex Harper
AC 184 
(Cover Not Found)

I've prattled on in the past about how silly this whole concept strikes me. And it's typically those without the looks or the means of carrying it off properly that are looking for such boys. I imagine they end up living rather unfulfilled lives, wasted pursuing a fantasy rather than dealing with reality.

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Slaveboy Brothers 
Author: Rex Harper
AC 185

Oh, this looks like a textbook case of human trafficking.

I wonder if Matt Gaetz visits similar markets? 

Available as a pdf or e-book at Hommi Publishing.

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Locker Room Stud 
Author: F.W. Love
AC 186 

Those are some might jam-packed (love the pun) jock straps pictured! 

Ah, horseplay in the locker room. I witnessed a lot in my youth, but never participated. My favorite was a hunky young man running around with an umpire mask covering his genitals. Some sights remain stored in memory for good reason!

Available as a pdf or e-book at Hommi Publishing.

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Chicano Chicken 
Author: F.W. Love
AC 187

Getting it on in the desert! Been there, done that. Joshua Tree National Forest is a great place to climb rocks, get naked and grind one out. It's fun alone, but... they do advise that you always hike in pairs - because it's even more fun!

Available as a pdf or e-book at Hommi Publishing.

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Bondage Buddies 
Author: Wes Talbot
AC 188

The outfit of the one wielding the whip? I like it fine, but... masks and hoods? I dunno. Not my thing, I guess. I like to see who I'm playing with. 

As for that tire on the left? Either this takes place in an auto garage, or Mr. Whipple has something in mind I have never heard of!

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Stud Landlord 
Author: F.W. Love
AC 189

As a landlord, I can tell you with a great deal of authority, it is never a good idea to get involved in the lives of your tenants. Other people's lives are damn soap operas and I, for one, do not have the bandwidth or patience for such. Just hand me a check at the beginning of each month and let me know if something needs to be fixed. 

Clearly, this landlord thinks of his apartment building as a means gaining a male harem. As for that pool? I have a feeling its man soup is probably not up to city code.

Available as a pdf or e-book at Hommi Publishing.

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Backwoods Buddies 
Author: Jason Tyler
AC 190

Part of the fun when you wander in the woods is that you never know what you might come up on. Now... I suppose a scene straight out of Deliverance might give me pause... 

...but, to be honest? I've seen worse!

Available as a pdf or e-book at Hommi Publishing.

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And that's all for now.

Next week, ten more scintillating, tantalizing Adonis Classics titles! 

Until then...

Thanks for reading!

Golden Shower - Lizette &

3 comments:

Xersex said...

love porn comics so much

whkattk said...

Well, I've never had a "Deliverance" experience - thank goodness. But the the Locker Room Studs have been everywhere!

Sixpence Notthewiser said...

They have changed the artist, right?
The bodies are different. And the situations, too. There's a lot more jockstraps and leather, too.

XOXO