This is a piece I created for The Spectator. It was a rocky beginning that would not pay off until a few years down the line. To most, The Spectator was a smutty rag that masqueraded as an adult newspaper, to those in the Bay Area sex business, it was the local trade magazine. Their newsracks were all over the Bay Area, in front of clubs, bars, restaurants and bus stations.
And hey, coming out of The Edge in Palo Alto as a college student, I’m thinking I’m over 18, I’ve got a dollar in change, sure, I’ll buy some smut. I won’t say it changed my life, or turned me into a sex addict, but it was a step in the right direction.
The cover had a beautiful photo from Stormy Leather. Unlike other adult newspapers, The Spectator actually had interesting articles and art. So, I whipped up the piece above thinking they’d love it, and I called them offering to fax it over. They thought I was nuts and hung up on me.
Good thing, it wouldn’t be until about four years later when I sent over sample drawings looking to trade artwork for advertising. Second time was a charm, but I still liked drawing the first piece, especially the rose stockings.
This bit of gay beefcake was for a West Hollywood magazine called 4-Front, published out of a restaurant and business building called The French Quarter. It was my first time trying to put feelers out to adult publications in Los Angeles, 4-Front loved my artwork and commissioned me to draw these guys for their fictional humor serial, as the WeHo Turns. That’s Silverlake Cliff on the left and his buddy WeHo Vince.
I was also off to a rocky start in Los Angeles too. I was very glad to be published in 4-Front, and they gave me the head’s up about 665.
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