Bronx Boys (Paperback)

by Harvey Redding (Compiler), Anthony Gonzales (Illustrator)

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Product Description
Anthony Gonzales' drawings are passion plays, his characters set against the backdrop of New York's tumultuous neighborhoods. All of his men loiter on the city streets--teetering back and forth, shoulders hunched, heads bobbing up and down, loose-jointed limbs swinging and hands deeply thrust in even looser jeans to conceal their manly excitement.

Product Details

• Paperback: 80 pages
• Publisher: Bruno Gmunder Verlag Gmbh; illustrated edition edition (October 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 3867870055
• ISBN-13: 978-3867870054
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 6.6 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,130,861 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Vivid and imaginative, February 15, 2009

By	William J. Coburn (Basking Ridge, NJ USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I have known Anthony for two years now and find his work original and varied. He has studied at the Leslie-Lohman's Queer Men's Erotic Art Workshop and the Gay Center on 13th Street. The pictures chosen by the Bruno Gmunder company for "Bronx Boys" emphasize the edgier quality of some of his output, but there are other aspects of his art. Some of his work is definitely humorous, as in his recent subway series, like his depiction of an art class being conducted in a subway station. The juxtaposition of the nude male model leaning against a steel pillar and the reactions of several surprised women creates some of the humor. That series was not completed until after this book was published, and so is not included here, but there are a few pieces here that will raise a smile, like the homeless young man advertising the features he hopes to find in a future home.
There are two excellent portraits. One is Anthony's own self-portrait on the page opposite Harvey Redding's introduction. The other is a beautiful drawing from a side view of a talented vocal artist who also models at the Workshop.
One of the most intensely erotic is just inside the front cover. People in this artist's works don't just like each other. They smolder.