Acquired Tastes: XLIII Gay Pulp Fiction, Part 199 - Blueboy Library, Part 8 of 12

Acquired Tastes XLIII

Gay Pulp Fiction, Part 199

Blueboy Library

Part 8 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 Isabel Conspiracy, Book I

Author: Paul Gronowski

Blueboy Library

1977

 BB-80070 

Available as a downloadable PDF or ebook at Hommi Publishing.

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The Isabel Conspiracy, Book II

 Author: Paul Gronowski 

 Blueboy Library 

1977

BB-90071 

Available as a downloadable PDF or ebook at Hommi Publishing.

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Cal Jardine

Author: Burt  McClain

 Blueboy Library 

1977

 BB-80072 

Available as a downloadable PDF or ebook at Hommi Publishing.

Back Cover

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Knave of Diamonds

Author: Lon Savage

 Blueboy Library 

1977

 BB-80073 

Available as a downloadable PDF or ebook at Hommi Publishing.

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Iron Men

Author: Lance  LaFong

 Blueboy Library 

1977

 BB-80074 

According to Hommi Publishing's Big Ass List, this one is about "bodybuilders".

Available as a downloadable PDF or ebook at Hommi Publishing.

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To Be Gay

Author: John Ironstone

 Blueboy Library 

1977

 BB-80075 

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 Go-Go Boy

Author: Len MacDonald  

Blueboy Library

 1977 

BB-80076

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Queen of Clubs

 Author: Loren Sanderson 

 Blueboy Library 

1977

 BB-80077 

According to Hommi Publishing's Big Ass List, this one is a "TV novel".

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 The Secret in the Argentine Jungle

Author: Paul Gronowski  

Blueboy Library

 1977 

BB-80078 

Available as a downloadable PDF or ebook at Hommi Publishing.

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 The Amir's Harem

Author: Peter Tuesday Hughes

 Blueboy Library 

1977

 BB-80079 

Available as a downloadable PDF or ebook at Hommi Publishing.

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And that's all for now.

Next week: ten more Blueboy Library titles.

Until then...

Thanks for reading!

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