This may sound marginally creepy, but I was instantly turned on by the title “Muscleboy” Magazine and couldn’t wait for it to arrive. Turns out it was an early attempt at being a gay lifestyle magazine much like “OUT” Magazine today. Along with softcore pretty boy posing, it had articles, advertising and fashion spreads featuring clothes from a gay store on Polk Street in San Francisco.
There are so many interesting tidbits to say about this magazine, both erotically and culturally, but I’ll start with an observation that covers both. As I paged through the magazine for the first time, I noticed several pages were “enhanced”. My guess is that the original owner of this magazine was so starved for nudity and hardcore material that he drew penises on many of the pictures! Other times, his technique was to use an eraser to create outlines of where a hard cock would bulge in a pair of pants.This magazine must have been quite well-loved, and since it is from 1965, there really wasn’t much else to be found. The enhanced photo above is a good example. He added a big, fat cock where only a white posing strap existed, drew star bursts from the nipples, added hoop earrings, and some sort of whiskers or something. And if you look closely, there is even a man’s hand reaching out to grab that big dick, and rough outlines of a rope tying his wrists together.
At first I was disappointed that I purchased a magazine that wasn’t in pristine condition, but after I thought about it, I think it’s even more of a relic with the added enhancements, and there is a bit of artistic flair, too. Style points awarded.
I’m going to show some examples of other interesting observations from completely different perspectives in the coming days, but why wait? Just go get a VIP Membership and look at the 72 pictures I scanned from “Muscleboy” right now!
