Actually "Four Unusual Gifts" is misleading, since one big padded manila envelope from the redoubtable Christa Faust contained multitudes. If you're reading this blog you are probably familiar with Doc Faust, author of many fine tomes, most notably "Money Shot" and the forthcoming "Choke Hold," among many others. (And if you're not, get your ass in gear! I have spoken.) This envelope contained several choice morsels of (gulp) vintage erotica, mostly of the S&M variety and most of which I can't post on this blog without putting up an "Adults Only!" portal. To say that I was delighted upon opening this cornucopia of illicit thrills is to understate the case considerably. Penetrating commentary! And one of them ""Punished Peepers," with illustrations by the great Bill Ward, comes with a large, unidentifiable stain.
Next: the weirdest present I ever received, ever. Really.
So was "Diary of a Nymph" originally published as a serious hardcover scientific tome, and sensationalized in paperback, or is it pretty much that from the start?
ReplyDeleteI was delighted as a teenager to find Cracked's own Bill Ward also drew stroke material for Club magazine. It eased my transition into guilt-filled adolescent self-abuse.
ReplyDelete"Diary" is pretty much smut from the start. And Jimmy, much of Ward's career was spent on some very, very intense fetishy stuff, much of it collected in a big and not terribly expensive Taschen hardcover...
ReplyDeleteBill Ward was always a favorite of mine.
ReplyDelete"Next: the weirdest present I ever received, ever. Really."
ReplyDeleteUmm... When?
"Part 4".... My ass!
ReplyDeleteDidn't Batman and Robin ... Oh, wait. That was stately Wayne Manor.
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Detectives Beyond Borders
"Because Murder Is More Fun Away From Home"
http://www.detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/
"Discipline Manor" was what they called it in private.
ReplyDeleteYeah, they probably cracked jokes about sliding down the bat pole, too.
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