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Type of bind: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 709
EAN num: 9783822838495
Format: Box set
ISBN number: 3822838497
Label: Taschen
Manufacturer: Taschen
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 960
Printing Date: June 01, 2005
Publishing house: Taschen
Studio: Taschen
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Product Description:
The Comic Collection is the only compilation of Tom of Finland's popular panel stories. Each of five 192-page volumes features eight or more complete stories, including all twenty-seven episodes of Kake, Tom's infamous ultimate leatherman. The stories are arranged chronologically in books sized to fit perfectly in one hand, with the whole set appropriately housed in a grey ?leather? display box. For boys who like boys who like art, this attractive package is not to be missed.
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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.
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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.
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There are works here of Tom's that I have not seen before, vwry will done.
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Just happened to see this item on Amazon. Had never heard about Tom or his work. Took a chance and ordered the book.Just one word should describe it - MINDBLOWING !
Although the art and line drawings are repetitive, the way the whole story is conceptualised and brought to life in the drawings is indeed amazing.
Am a fan now and forever, have also ordered a couple of his other books.
The only reason I give a four star rating is that the Book could have been published in one volume and the size and layout could also have been slightly larger, which would have enhanced the visual appeal.
All in all a book worth keeping and prying into as and when the need "ARISES"!
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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 grey 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 very 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.
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