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February 14, 2011
Wuv Me, Wuv me Not: WUVABLE OAF ROCKS ME LIKE A HURRICANE
Just saying the name Wuvable Oaf makes me all warm and fuzzy and I subtly feel a nice secure set of BIG FUZZY FOREARMS wrap around me. Ahhh, I have had my eyeball on Wuvables comics for some time and spot their t-shirt designs around town. Funny thing, the t-shirts I see are usually attached to men that look a lot like Oaf. ( I don’t say this because, and I have something personal against the saying, but, WOOF!) I was unaware of all the other awesome they had with their foxy images on them. CHECK THE WUVABE OAF OUT!
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Hello from everyone here in Oafsville!
It was cold and damp in Amsterdam…but we had a great time anyway!
I traveled to the Netherlands with Ed, Mark and Matt for the opening of THE WUVABLE OAF SHOW at BOVEN Gallery in Amsterdam!!! The artists’ reception was Saturday, January 15, 2011 and I’m happy to say it was a smashing success! Our hosts Zjef, Tom and the whole crew at Boven were consumate professionals and we miss them already!
The show itself is up until April 10, 2011. On the walls you’ll find paintings, original art pages and limited edition prints from nearly three years worth of Wuvable Oaf comics. Issues of Wuvable Oaf #’s 0, 1 and 2, Gory Details and Reigning Goteblud will also be available for purchase, along with four different Oaf shirt designs and a special Wuvable Oaf Show Poster, commemorating the event!
For those who were not able to attend the opening, have no fear…the poster and prints have been added to our store, so you can still snag a piece of the exhibition, if you want!
Our next big event is Wonder-Con in San Francisco April 1 – 3, 2011. Why not make plans now to stop by and see us then?
XOXOXOXOXOX
Oaf
About da Oaf
Ed Luce’s first comic book project, Wuvable Oaf is a “fairy” tale chronicling one big, scary lookin’ dude’s search for cute little “mans” in a city that looks suspiciously like San Francisco.
The Oaf has also made appearances in the UK’s Gay Times Magazine, Italy’sPISSZINE, Instinct Magazine, White Crane Journal, Prism Comics 2008 Guideand on the chests of hunky dudes n’ sassy ladies all over the world, in the form of his very own t-shirts.
While currently pouring his energy into the comics world, Ed also leaves a lengthy trail of art debris behind him, including recent published features in Bearflavouredartists’ catalog and LA gay men’s health magazine Corpus. His paintings have been exhibited in galleries, museums, store windows and bathrooms from San Diego to Buffalo to Paris.
For more information regarding our Oaf stuff:
wuvableoaf@gmail.comhttp://www.wuvableoaf.com/index.html
February 14, 2011
Menswear Designers Play Dress Up With Real-Life Ken Dolls
One of my friends requirements for a Valentines date is that his date must have a heart beat (he’s not that picky and horny). But, I may have come up with an alternative for him, where he can take heart beat of his list of needs he has for a good man. He just needs a real life size ken doll. He won’t talk back or fart in bed.
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VIA nymag.com
Fern Mallis with two Ken models.Photo: Paul Warner/WireImage for Mattel
At the “Celebrating Ken” party thrown by toymaker Mattel on Sunday, some of the guests were having a difficult time distinguishing the doll from the real-life Ken models stationed around Christie’s auction house.
“I’ve been handled more times than I can count,” said one of the models in near desperation.
Each of the Kens, representing signature looks like “Beach Date Ken” and “Picnic Date Ken,” were dressed by designers like Yigal Azrouël, Michael Bastin, and Billy Reid. Reid dressed “Winter Date Ken” in herringbone pants, a double-breasted sports jacket, and wingtips.
Phillipe Blond, half of the designer duo the Blonds and a bit of a part-time Barbie himself, said: “I just like Ken with his shirt off.”
The event was part of Mattel’s more-than-amply-hyped marketing stunt over whether Ken and Barbie should “get back together.” (Spoiler alert: They did.)
“When are we going to see a gay-marriage Ken?” we asked the Mattel spokesperson on Sunday. She replied, cryptically: “The Ken doll can be anything you want it to be.”
February 14, 2011
This is what’s meant by High-Seas. Atlantis’ Drug Cruise
The idea of going on one of these “gay cruises” is nauseating to me in the first place ( and I don’t even get sea sick) Being stranded on a boat with screaming queens pretending to be butch with their baseball caps on, having the ” times of their lives” and what happens on Atlantis stays on Atlantis attitudes would be enough to make me jump over board. Of course with this many party gays in one place you are going to have drugs and unsafe sex ( they go hand in hand). The suspected drug dealer had 142 ecstasy pills, three grams of meth, some Special K, and $51k in cash. Recreational use? HOT MESS
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Is This The On-Board Drug Dealer To Atlantis’ Biggest-Ever Gay Cruise?
via Gawker
It wouldn’t be the world’s largest-ever gay cruise without some on-board drug dealers. How else are the party bois gonna enjoy fun in the sun without their 8-balls? That’s where Steven Barry Krumholz, a 51-year-old man from West Hollywood, came in, customs officials say. Krumholz was arrested on suspicion of selling drugs to passengers aboard the Allure Of The Seas, which Atlantis leased from Royal Carribean for its 5,400-passenger sail. Cuffed and taken away from the ship while it docked in St. Thomas, Krumholz’s cabin was allegedly stocked with 142 ecstasy pills, three grams of meth, some Special K, and $51k in cash. The best part of this story is that while authorities were searching his cabin, two fellow passengers stopped by. To score.
Some sleuth-y readers have already found a “Steven Krumholz” on Facebook who lives in Los Angeles and works for the website SBKTravel.com, which makes me think perhaps this isn’t the first time Mr. Krumholz may have used travel excursions as a business opportunities?
As the website Cruise Law News noted last week, when it comes to gay cruises one of the biggest concerns isn’t stocking enough SPF and condoms, but having enough medical professionals on board to handle overdosing. Remember Spencer Yu?
But let’s not pretend Mr. Krumholz — whose crimes are only alleged at this point, everyone — might be the only drug dealer on board this Atlantis cruise. With 5,400 passengers, a good chunk of whom are there to PnP, 142 ecstasy pills and a few grams of meth aren’t going to satisfy everyone.
February 14, 2011
You May be a Porn Star and Don’t Even Know it!
I already have a problem with the trolling guys in the mens lockers room who blow dry their hair in mirror for an hour while they stare in the shower room. What creeps me out are the guys who come to the gym just to shower. REALLY? After this article I now think maybe they’re “stopping in ” the mens locker room at gym to change their video tapes on their HIDDEN CAMERAS.
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VIA Queerty
When Getting Naked In The Locker Room Means Winding Up On The Internet On Full Display
Plenty of porn sites offering purported “spy cams” of men changing in locker rooms are simply paid actors undressing and showering with full knowledge they’re being taped. And then there’s footage allegedly produced by men like these two suspects, who were arrested on charges of illegally filming men disrobing at the FX Leisure Centre in Gateshead, England, and then posting the footage online.
A hidden video camera is believed to have recorded up to 28 men in various states of undress. The filming came to light when an alleged victim was tipped off about images of his naked body appearing on a gay website. The businessman was horrified to log on and find footage showing himself getting changed at FX Leisure in Team Valley, Gateshead. He tipped off the club who then contacted police. Two men have since been arrested. One club regular said: “The man who uncovered this was a businessman who is a FX member. He was approached by two gay men who had seen him naked on a website.
“He thought it was a joke at first but then realised he had been filmed in the changing room. He went straight to the club management to complain. Some of the members are not too happy about their manhood making an unwanted guest appearance on a gay website.”
As if you weren’t self-conscious enough changing in front of other people. [Mirror]
February 14, 2011
Hit the Pavement TODAY to Support Same Sex Marriage SF
Protest In Support Of Same Sex Marriage Planned At SF City Hall Monday
Marriage equality supporters throughout the Bay Area will be gathering in San Francisco and Martinez on Valentine’s Day to protest the state’s ban on same-sex marriage.
Several dozen same-sex couples, accompanied by supporters, will be asking for marriage licenses at City Hall as a way to expose the discrimination organizers say Proposition 8 re-imposed on Californians.
Proposition 8, enacted by voters as a state constitutional amendment in November 2008, mandates that “only marriage between a man and a woman is valid in California.”
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February 14, 2011
Accidental Bear 