Acquired Tastes XLIII:
Gay Pulp Fiction, Part 194
Blueboy Library
Part 3 of 11
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.
And that's all for now.
Next week, ten more Blueboy Library titles.
Until then...
Thanks for reading.
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-$150.
Here are another ten Blueboy Library titles.
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Odyssey of a Spartan Youth
Author: Sebastian Lamb
Author: Sebastian Lamb
Blueboy Library
1976
BB-80020
Available as a downloadable PDF or ebook at Hommi Publishing.
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My Man David
Author: Murray Montague
Blueboy Library
1976
BB-80021
Available as a downloadable PDF or ebook at Hommi Publishing.
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The Running Man
Author: Jack Stone
Author: Jack Stone
Blueboy Library
1976
BB-80022
Available as a downloadable PDF or ebook at Hommi Publishing.
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Adventures of a High School Hunk - Book One
Author: Tom Hardy
1976
BB-80023
According to Hommi Publishing's Big Ass List, this one is about "Bucky and his high school classmates".
Available as a downloadable PDF or ebook at Hommi Publishing.
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Adventures of a High School Hunk - Book Two
Author: Tom Hardy
Blueboy Library
1977
BB-80024
(Thanks to the reader who sent this!)
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The Trouble with Peter
Author: Murray Montague
Blueboy Library
1977
BB-80025
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The Two Faces of Janus
Author: Sebastian Lamb
Blueboy Library
1977
BB-80026
According to Hommi Publishing's Big Ass List, this one is about "identical twins & murder".
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Top Man
Author: Clay Caldwell
Blueboy Library
1977
BB-80027
Available as a downloadable PDF or ebook at Hommi Publishing.
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The Eyes of the Basilisk
Author: Peter Tuesday Hughes
Blueboy Library
1977
BB-80028
Available as a downloadable PDF or ebook at Hommi Publishing.
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The Caribbean Connection
Author: Paul Gronowski
Blueboy Library
1977
BB-80029
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And that's all for now.
Next week, ten more Blueboy Library titles.
Until then...
Thanks for reading.
My Man - Barbra Streisand
from the 1968 motion picture Funny Girl
3 comments:
love the covers
"The Running Man" - a take-ff of King's novel?
A thousand props for the Babs vid.
Oh, love!
I love the covers (most by the same artist?). I think M/M erotica was hotter back then, btw.
XOXO
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