DETAILS: Early Tom of Finland release by Marquis Publishing. Circa 1977.
PUBLICATION NOTES REGARDING TOM OF FINLAND COMIC PRINTINGS: Tom of Finland (Touko Valio Laaksonen) started distributing his work on his own in Helsinki (most in fanzine format and identified as self-published works by Tom). Then he teamed up with a small regional Scandinavian publisher D.F.T. (Denmark) in 1968. In 1971 he continued with Coq Publishing (Denmark) and Revolt Press (Sweden). During this time Tom was very active creating new content and all three of these European publishers printed first editions of his original works. In 1972 Tom entered into a limited distribution agreement for a small run of titles by Studio Bookshop & Gallery. Most of these were we reprints of Toms earlier European releases with added content. These were only distributed by the bookstore at their NYC location and bear their Hudson Street address in the indicia.
GUARANTEE: We offer a lifetime guarantee on everything we sell to be authentic originals and as represented. They are not later re-issues or reprints. We thoroughly inspect all of our items prior to listing to make certain they are authentic and guarantee their authenticity for the lifetime of the item.
PUBLICATION NOTES REGARDING TOM OF FINLAND COMIC PRINTINGS: Tom of Finland (Touko Valio Laaksonen) started distributing his work on his own in Helsinki (most in fanzine format and identified as self-published works by Tom). Then he teamed up with a small regional Scandinavian publisher D.F.T. (Denmark) in 1968. In 1971 he continued with Coq Publishing (Denmark) and Revolt Press (Sweden). During this time Tom was very active creating new content and all three of these European publishers printed first editions of his original works. In 1972 Tom entered into a limited distribution agreement for a small run of titles by Studio Bookshop & Gallery. Most of these were we reprints of Toms earlier European releases with added content. These were only distributed by the bookstore at their NYC location and bear their Hudson Street address in the indicia.
GUARANTEE: We offer a lifetime guarantee on everything we sell to be authentic originals and as represented. They are not later re-issues or reprints. We thoroughly inspect all of our items prior to listing to make certain they are authentic and guarantee their authenticity for the lifetime of the item.
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