Acquired Tastes XLIII: Gay Pulp Fiction, Part 193 - Blueboy Library, Part 2 of 12

Acquired Tastes XLIII:

Gay Pulp Fiction, Part 192

Blueboy Library

Part 2 of 12

Blueboy was a gay men's magazine with lifestyle and entertainment news, in addition to photo spreads featuring nude or semi-nude men. It was published monthly from 1974 to 2007.

The publication's additional outreach included the gay pulp fiction series Blueboy Library which published 112 titles during the years 1976-1978

Blueboy Library operated out of a building at 9467 Mission Park Place, Santee, CA 92071, while their mail order department was listed as 9465 Mission Park Place.

The covers vary from title to title; some feature a cropped photo or graphic on a solid color background, while others feature rather elaborate illustrations similar to those on traditional romance novels by illustrator Giacomo "Jack" Bozzi, AKA: Adam, among others.

A slim, curly-haired Italian-American, Bozzi most loved painting watercolor landscapes; to make a living, though, he worked as a fashion and marketing illustrator during the 1970's and as an interior designer in the 1980's. He claimed he only did book covers for extra money to pay his bills. He lived in a small loft apartment which doubled as his art studio above Physique Memorabilia, a 'treasures and trash' shop at East 12th Street in New York's East Village, and he sold some of his art through that shop.

Some his works reside in the archives of the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art, which is "A home for LGBTQIA+ artists, scholars, activists and allies, and a catalyst for discourse on art and queerness." Located at 26 Wooster Street, New York, NY 10013, they are open: Wednesday 12:00pm - 5:00pm, and Thursday - Sunday 12:00pm - 6:00pm. You can contact them at: 212-431-2609info@leslielohman.org.

You can learn a bit more about the artist and read the English translation of a French interview, here.

These books, which are highly collectible, now generally sell for between $30-$180. 

Here are another ten Blueboy Library titles.

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The Grecian Prince 

Author: Sebastian Lamb

Blueboy Library

 1976 

BB-80010

Available as a downloadable PDF or ebook at Hommi Publishing.

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Gunfighter's Glory
Author: Burt McClain 

Blueboy Library
1976
BB-80011

Available as a downloadable PDF or ebook at Hommi Publishing.

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A Rotten Way to Die
Author: Brenner Luckhart 

Blueboy Library
1976
BB-80012

According to Hommi Publishing's Big Ass List, this one is about an insurance agent who is trying to recover embezzled funds.

Available as a downloadable PDF or ebook at Hommi Publishing.

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Very Close Friends
Author: Clay Caldwell 

Blueboy Library
1976
BB-80013

Available as a downloadable PDF or ebook at Hommi Publishing.

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Man's Country
Author: Scott McBride 

Blueboy Library
1976
BB-80014

Available as a downloadable PDF or ebook at Hommi Publishing.

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Pipeline
Author: Franklin Bartrand 

Blueboy Library
1976
BB-80015

Available as a downloadable PDF or ebook at Hommi Publishing.

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Three Got Away

 Author: Peter Tuesday Hughes

Blueboy Library

 1976 

BB-80016

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Against All Odds
Author: Paul Gronowski

Blueboy Library
1976
BB-80017

Available as a downloadable PDF or ebook at Hommi Publishing.

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Memoirs of a Combat Corpsman

Author: J. Robert Hancock

 Blueboy Library

 1976 

BB-80018

Available as a downloadable PDF or ebook at Hommi Publishing.

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 Two, the Hard Way

 Author: Sydney Harper 

 Blueboy Library

 1976 

BB-80019

According to Hommi Publishing's Big Ass List, this one is about "a detective who tries to solve a murder and discovers his own gayness".

Available as a downloadable PDF or ebook at Hommi Publishing.

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And that's all for now.

Until next time...

Thanks for reading!

Against All Odds - Phil Collins