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

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

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Kris Art #1 Dom Orejudos 1953 Etienne Gay Comic Art Chuck Renslow w/Order Form :
$999.00

DETAILS:Golden Age gay comic art catalogfromKris 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. Includedwith the catalog is the originalorder form which was issued as an unstapled centerfold. Measures 5 1/2" x8 1/2" inches.

We have searched the past30 years of online sales historysites as well asOCLC 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 thatappear, 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 foundedby photographer ChuckRenslow and Dom Orejudos (Etienne) in 1952 as a physique photography studio that took photos for gay magazines they published. The studio was named in part to honor transgender pioneer Christine Jorgensen. Over time, the studio would expand to include a wide range of gay publications including the very first gay comic seriescourtesy of Orejudosgifted story telling art. The partnershipwould become among the most important gay photo studios and publisher of the Homophile Movement.

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