Kris Art #1 Dom Orejudos 1953 Etienne Gay Comic Art Chuck Renslow w/Order Form

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img{max-width:100%} DETAILS: Golden Age gay comic art catalog from Kris Studio's of Chicago (Chuck Renslow and Dom Orejudos [Etienne, Stephen]). Circa 1953. Profusely illustrated. Has a gorgeous Etienne wrap-around cover. Interior pages present some of the finest gay comic art of the entire era. Included with the catalog is the original order form which was issued as an unstapled centerfold. Measures 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" inches with 9 pages (including form). We have searched the past 30 years of online sales history sites as well as OCLC academic institutional holdings and have been unable to find any copy of this title complete with the original issued order form. Of the four copies that appear, three are worn. BIOGRAPHY: Domingo Francisco Juan Esteban "Dom" Orejudos, Secundo (1933– 1991), also widely known by the pen names Etienne and Stephen, was an openly gay artist, ballet dancer, and choreographer, best known for his ground-breaking masculine gay male comic art in the 1950s. Along with artists George Quaintance and Touko Laaksonen ("Tom of Finland") – with whom he became friends – Orejudos' leather-themed art promoted an image of gay men as strong and masculine, as an alternative to the then-dominant stereotype as weak and effeminate. He is considered to be among the most important gay artists of the Post War Era. BACKGROUND: Kris Studios was founded by photographer Chuck Renslow and Dom Orejudos (Etienne) in 1952 as a physique photography studio that took photos for gay mag

• Publisher: Kris Studio Of Chicago
• Year: 1953
• Condition: Fine

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