{"product_id":"tom-of-finland-bikers-vol-2-9783836534857","title":"Tom of Finland: Bikers, Vol. 2","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"margin-bottom\" id=\"description_text_headlines\"\u003e\n\t\u003cdiv\u003e\n\t\t\u003cstrong\u003eBoys will be boys!\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\t\u003cdiv\u003e\n\t\t \u003c\/div\u003e\n\t\u003cdiv\u003e\n\t\t\u003cstrong\u003eTom's Brando-inspired bikers and leathermen\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\t\u003cdiv\u003e\n\t\t \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"description_text\"\u003e\n\t\u003cdiv class=\"margin-bottom\" id=\"description_text\"\u003e\n\t\tIn 1953 \u003cem\u003eThe Wild One\u003c\/em\u003e, starring \u003cstrong\u003eMarlon Brando \u003c\/strong\u003eas Johnny, leader of the Black Rebels Motorcycle Club, was released worldwide. In 1954 Tom of Finland, previously known for his military and blue-collar subjects, drew his first civilian motorcyclist dressed in black leather. Coincidence? Hardly. \u003cem\u003eThe Wild One\u003c\/em\u003e, originally marketed to a female audience with a poster featuring a close-up of Brando’s face sans leather cap, hair tousled, cheeks and pout tinted pink with the tagline “That ’Streetcar’ Man has a new Desire!”, resonated far more with gay audiences, who took Brando’s character as a template for the first leatherman. After seeing\u003cem\u003e The Wild One \u003c\/em\u003eTom never drew men in brown leather again; black leather now dominated his fantasies, and his art.\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\u003cstrong\u003eTom adopted Brando’s leather Perfecto jacket, white T-shirt, Levi’s, and high boots as his signature look\u003c\/strong\u003e. It was this same look that Tom selected for Kake, his confident, ever-horny hero of 26 panel stories. Kake became Tom’s fearless, outgoing alter ego, and bikers supplanted military men as his favorite subject.\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\u003cem\u003eIn Tom of Finland Volume II—Bikers \u003c\/em\u003ewe explore Tom’s fascination with bikers through a mixture of multi-panel comics and single panel drawings and paintings, starting in the 1940s, before \u003cem\u003eThe Wild One\u003c\/em\u003e fixed his taste on black leather, through the 50s, 60s, 70s and 80s. Historic film stills and posters, personal photos of Tom, sketches, and Tom’s own reference photos make this far more than another Tom’s Comics retread.\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\u003cstrong\u003eThis edition’s special Panic Cover is reversible to a realistic-looking academic book to keep the real contents hidden from your annoying boss or even help you impress an attractive onlooker!!!\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\t\u003cdiv class=\"margin-bottom\"\u003e\n\t\t \u003c\/div\u003e\n\t\u003cdiv class=\"margin-bottom\"\u003e\n\t\tText in English, French, and German\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Dian Hanson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48291904553211,"sku":"9783836534857","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/CoreSourceHub_ca7f1147-2b07-4796-8501-c2e5d7e017c3.jpg?v=1779995298","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/tom-of-finland-bikers-vol-2-9783836534857","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}