{"product_id":"tom-of-finland-the-original-tom-of-finland-s-circus-pekka-4-1977","title":"Tom of Finland — The Original Tom of Finland's Circus (Pekka 4) (1977)","description":"\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e Revolt Press, Åseda, Sweden, 1977\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eContributors:\u003c\/strong\u003e Story by Ed Wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEdition:\u003c\/strong\u003e First edition (American version)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e Stapled pictorial wraps\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 44 pp.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 21.5 x 28 cm (8½ x 11 in)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e English\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Very good.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eTom of Finland's Pekka runs away to the circus in the fourth of the Pekka books, which Revolt Press in Sweden, the publisher of Tom's comic-strip stories in the 1970s, first issued in 1977. This American version carries a story by Edward D. Wood Jr., the director of Plan 9 from Outer Space, who in his last years wrote erotic fiction for the adult publishers of Los Angeles.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe pairing is less unlikely than it looks. Both men worked at the margins of postwar American popular culture and have since been reclaimed: Wood as a cult auteur, Tom as one of the most influential artists of gay visual culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePictures show related work, not this copy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePhotographs of this copy available on request.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tom of Finland","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67894716039485,"sku":"DI-037","price":275.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1024\/2857\/4013\/files\/brutos18970_Pekka4_01.jpg?v=1793689175","url":"https:\/\/docksideinterview.com\/products\/tom-of-finland-the-original-tom-of-finland-s-circus-pekka-4-1977","provider":"Dockside Interview","version":"1.0","type":"link"}