MALE NUDES: "THE SHY GUY" FANZINES: THE COMPLETE SET

Brussels, Belgium: The Shy Guy Fanzine, 2021. First Edition. First Printing.. Softcover. Fine/No Dust Jacket, As Issued.. Brussels, Belgium: The Shy Guy Fanzine, 2021. Softcover. Fine/None, As Issued. First Edition/First Printing. 240 pages. Rare Benoit Bethume and "The Shy Guy" Fanzine collectible set. The first two - and only - Fanzine Issues ever released. Brilliantly produced, the fanzine was abruptly interrupted by COVID, preventing its delicate production from going on. Collection of male nudes. The first and only editions. Published in a small and limited print run as softcover originals only that sold out upon publication. None of the copies was commercially sold in the United States. There is no ISBN. The Fanzines are now rare. A brilliant production by Benoit Bethume and Claire Detallante: Oversize-volume format. Glossy pictorial softcovers with bold titles in black on the cover, as issued. They are designed as contemporary fanzines, that is, they are magazines that have no text, pictures only. Full-page, "bleed" color photographs. Produced and taken by Benoit Bethume, the enterprising and creative Belgian Fashion Editor/Photographer. Casting by William Lhoest. 15 X 21-inch Souvenir Poster laid-in. Printed on thick, glossy stock paper in Brussels, Belgium to the highest standards. The reproduction quality is outstanding in every respect. Without DJ, as issued. Presents "The Shy Guy" Fanzines Set. An innovative and refreshing "take" on the male nude. Those who have had their fill of Bruce Weber, on the one hand, and "physique" and Playgirl Magazine on the other, open your arms to "The Shy Guy". In each Issue: Twelve regular guys, each of them representing a Zodiac Sign, in full-page and centerfold layouts whose basic concept is the striptease: Each (initially) shy model gradually and inevitably undresses whatever he's wearing, fully clothed, until at last, he is completely naked and not-so-shy any longer or after all. Benoit Bethume's point is simple and true: The most attractive - the handsomest, the sexiest - men are, in the end, those who do NOT think they are. The big secret is that shy guys are, and have always been, more interesting and irresistible. They do NOT aspire to be supermodels or Hollywood actors or rock stars. They do NOT have nor cultivate sculpted, bodybuilder/gym-rat bodies, the physical definition of male vanity and over-confidence. They will NOT be emblems of the so-called Masculine Ideal in the conventional sense, as the "physique" magazines of yore and today's "soft-core" mass magazines have promulgated to the point practically of brainwashing us all what it means to be a Man, especially a desirable one. The exact opposite - the shy guy - is an idea waiting for its editorial champion. Through Benoit Bethume, his time has finally come. An absolute "must-have" title for erotic photography collectors. This title is a contemporary erotic art photography classic. These are copies of the first two - and only issues - of "The Shy Guy" Fanzine. The 15 X 21-inch Souvenir Posters are laid-in. As far as we know, this is the only set available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: None of the copies was commercially sold in the United States. Sold out upon publication. You will not find another set online. A rare set thus. Lavishly illustrated with color plates, 2 Souvenir Posters. Some of the most beautiful men, photographed by one of the most brilliant photographers of the male nude of our time. A fine collectible set. .