Gay Pulp Covers

[erastes]

I've had this site on my bookmarks for quite a while but I don't think I'd actually looked hard at the covers one at a time before.

Look at these two in particular. It's SO obvious that they were originally women and have just been changed to make them look more masculine.   It's Look at the legs on the first one, and the torso of the second one is converted.  What concerns me is that Daddy appears to be standing in quicksand. Perhaps that's why Sonny is grinning.   And the third?  HE'S GOT TITS! and not Man Tits either!

      

And oh!  Look at this one!  It must be gay American Civil War.  I must try and start tracking these books down.

Comments

[liriaen.livejournal.com]

That's... very... Wild Women of Wongo. *oggles, aghast+

[crawling-angel.livejournal.com]

Yes, extreme tittage! And I thought Brian Molko's moobies were natural beauties. *goes to look for pic* Look at theirs! O.O

[semioticwarrior.livejournal.com]

OMG those ones under the cut. *chortle*guffaw*

[vashtan.livejournal.com]

http://www.gayontherange.com/a-z/crap_shoot.php?start=109&photo=xkillerqueens.jpg

This. This.

I want this.

[crawling-angel.livejournal.com]

They look more pronounced in other pics but I couldn't help posting teh sweatage *nom*

[marquesate.livejournal.com]

No no I want to WRITE this. :-p

[erastes.livejournal.com]

*sits and hopes you will*

[seraphim-grace.livejournal.com]

http://www.gayontherange.com/a-z/crap_shoot.php?start=11&photo=xborntobegay.jpg

the three men in the back appear to be nick faldo, rock hudson and tony curtis
and what on earth is nick faldo so excited about, peeling potatoes?

[erastes.livejournal.com]

I'm just embarrassed I have no idea who he is!!

[erastes.livejournal.com]

You are right! And why did fear drive him to be a homosexual? What was he scared of?

[seraphim-grace.livejournal.com]

potato peelers?
tiger woods?
some people liking oysters and some people liking snails? (I love that scene, it kills me, Tony curtis is absolutely bricking it, the next time we see him, voila no where near Lawrence Olivier)

[aphephobia.livejournal.com]

Lead singer of Placebo, an excellent band who you oughta have a listen to. :)

[seraphim-grace.livejournal.com]

why do i think abebooks is going to get a hammering
i must admit the CAMP books look fun

[venivincere]

I think you're right. The blond(e) in Gay Boy Returns? He's got boobies. BWA HA HA!

[erastes.livejournal.com]

and strangely low down too. Very odd.

[venivincere]

I bet no artist would agree to do a gay boy romance cover if they knew what it was, so they had 'em do m/f pulp covers and changed them up. Either that, or it's a deliberate feminization of one partner, which has interesting social connotations. Anyway, where can you get those books? I'd love to get my hands on a couple of them and read them to see what they're like. :-D

[erastes.livejournal.com]

i shall be seeking them out on the rare books sites, thats for sure.

[baritonejeff.livejournal.com]

Can I just say:

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!

Esp. "The Cruising Class"

[marquesate.livejournal.com]

Don't tempt me ...

Actually, I've never written a comedy. Hmmm, also this is a war I know nothing about, because this pic screams Vietnam at me.

I need more frisky soldiers in my head like a hole in the same.

[marquesate.livejournal.com]

MooMoos.

[venivincere]

A ha ha! I was just doing a search on Amazon.com for Don Holliday. I want like anything to read That Man from C.A.M.P series. :-D

[kittymay.livejournal.com]

I WILL own these items.

[vashtan.livejournal.com]

I think we already did. :)

[nagasvoice.livejournal.com]

I hate to admit it *cough wheeze hack cough* but I think I read some of these back in the day. Quite old paperbacks, falling apart (and I've no idea where we got them, and it's far too late now to ask when I *think* I wasn't supposed to see them up there at all) but they were pretty bad.

[ctrl-issue.livejournal.com]

and see, my first questoin was, "What happened to that guy's legs?" (speaking of the guy in the blue speedo on the cover of "Daddy's Boy")

[mzcalypso.livejournal.com]

Different Drum could be US Cavalry, too... Boots & Saddles!

[zamaxfield.livejournal.com]

The man from Camp is Victor Banis and (I think) is being reprinted by MLR

[zamaxfield.livejournal.com]

I was right, here's the link:
http://www.mlrpress.com/ShowBook.php?book=CAMP0001

[venivincere]

Ooooh! Many thanks for this!

[zamaxfield.livejournal.com]

You are entirely welcome, Victor is reprinting a lot of his work with MLR press and so is William Maltese... Too wonderful to have the books back in circulation, since finding those paperbacks in tact will be mighty hard.

[crawling-angel.livejournal.com]

Singer of Placebo. Many of my icons pay hommage, lol.

Are you getting all comfy for Larkrise? :)

[erastes.livejournal.com]

No! Am watching Oliver Twist.

I don't know Placebo either. Iz so old...

:(

[crawling-angel.livejournal.com]

I'm with Oliver until Larkrise comes on.

I is old too. *bes old with you*