Tom of Finland: the Comic Collection Paperback – Box set, November 1, 2004

Bought as a gift for the hubby.. He loves them.. They also were there cheapest I've ever found

These comics are excellent examples of Tom's work, even more so because they present a narrative structure to his already amazing and intensely erotic art. The size does not bother me, as one page contains only one frame; it's not a ten frames per page type of comic, as one might suspect. Highly recommended, but if you need Tom of Finland's art reproduced large, check out Taschen's hardcover Tom of Finland coffee table book.

Basically a lot of meat in a small package.

I really loved the erotic mind of .com of finland ,I'm erotic sketch artist.....I didn't even know of Tom of Finland until aboutFifteen years, I was London working some skitches for some clients in America for some of the rooms in their homes, myCompany had built.. These people walked up to me, one of them asked me " If I was William the man who has Gallery's around America "I looked up him and thought for a minute " Yes I am, and thank you for asking" but why ? They told that had seen mywork and wanted were they buy them, I have them my card as I told call the number on the card, she can help you As for Tom of finland, once I got to airport. I flew to finland and found the Tom of Finland foundation,

This is a best buy and Amazon's price is most favorable when compared with other retailers. It should be noted that some of the authors of complaints about this book sold copies of it on e-bay for over $60 before Amazon got stock in. If they did not like the book, why did they sell it at competing sites? The larger versions mentioned went for $20 each story, so to purchase a collection of this size it would be well over $500 and out of the price range of most.Now as to the content. The repros are the best I have seen in awhile and I own the 8.5" x 11" copies reffred to by most other reviewers. In addition not all the books were ever released at the so called larger size. "Beach Boys" , for example, was only slightly larger that the size of this edition. So do not be fooled by some of the other reviews. Again I know because I either own or have read originals on most of the contents. Also note that the size reflects what these books really are, namely Gay "Tiahuana Bibles" (sic). This was the term used to refer to straight material of the same nature in the early part of the last century. As such the size is that of the average "bible". In fact in many cases it is somewhat larger.The Media is an excellent choice, soft pliable, thread reinforced, spine which will not wear easily desipte the heavy reading these books will get. The paper is gloss stock heavy bond which also shoul wear well. The covers or synthetic, so they will not stain easily or tear.All in all better stock than the originals and highly doubtful that you will see a better edition any time soon.A side note, if this material is of interest to you buy it now. Print runs on this stuff tend to be rather low and 2nd editions tend to be rare. If you want it buy it or risk paying 10x more in a year on ebay.

I ordered the product which was precisely described. The payment was easy and it was shipped inmediatly. Suddenly I received the product much faster than expected. It was a nice surprise. Even though the product is used, it was in neat condition, very well pakedk, no damage at all even thought it had to go all the way from the south of usa to the north here in canada. They where great.

The format isn't exactly great, but the fact that all the comics are together makes this collection worth while. It would have been nice to have everything in the original size, but I'm not so sure there's an audience for this any more.

I can't agree with most of the niggling in other reviews about this set. The images are beautifully reproduced in crystalline detail, many of them in rich duo-tones, and the binding is a beautiful black leatherette with rich-looking gold-foil lettering and line images. The small size is no drawback, either-it gives a jewel-like aura to the whole set, and while some previous collections (such as one I first purchased in the 1980s) used an 8-1/2 by 11 format, they also reproduced four panels to a page, so that the actual pictures were no larger (and considerably less well reproduced).HOWEVER, in comparing this set with previous ones, I noticed that where the original drawings had no distinct boundaries, the pages here are circumscribed by a hairline box, which results in the images being "cropped"-that is, a small amount of the drawing on each side is cut off. In most cases the overall effect is not too damaging, but there are images of group scenes in which what had been full figures are reduced to merely a hand or a nose. Considering that this is presumably meant to be a "definitive" publication of all of Tom's cartoons, I'm amazed that the Tom of Finland Foundation would permit this sort of trimming.That being said, I must add that overall I think they did a beautiful job, and the price is very modest for a collection of this quality.

Fantastic

Die Comic von Tom of Finland finde ich super und gefällt mir.Schade das die als Taschenbücher klein sind nicht grösser.