Beowulf Thorne (9 results)

Magazine. 38p., 7x8.5 inches, explicit content, graphic photos and art, very good magazine in stapled pictorial wraps with band intact. Single issue of the zine targeted at HIV-positive readers.

Magazine. 38p., 7x8.5 inches, explicit content, graphic photos and art, very good magazine in stapled glossy pictorial wraps. Single issue of the zine targeted at HIV-positive readers.

Magazine. 40p., 7x8.5 inches, explicit content, graphic photos and art, very good magazine in stapled matte pictorial wraps. Single issue of the zine targeted at HIV-positive readers.

Wraps. Condition: Near Fine. Illustrated wraps. 38 pp. Black and white illustrations throughout. Later issue of this influential zine that discussed living with HIV/AIDS. All three editors were HIV positive. They used dark humor to discuss HIV and AIDS, and while the zine was written with a gay male audience in mind, it acknowledged AIDS affected everyone and sought input from all persons dealing with the disease. Despite its humor, the zine offered insight into living with HIV/AIDS in a climate where those living with the disease were often considered "pariahs". Rear cover depicts the "AIDS Barbie presents KS Ken." Interior commentary includes explaining "What to do Once You're Dead." NEAR FINE with very light edgewear.

Wraps. Condition: Very Good. Illustrated wraps. 38 pp. Black and white illustrations throughout. Later issue of this influential zine that discussed living with HIV/AIDS. All three editors were HIV positive. They used dark humor to discuss HIV and AIDS, and while the zine was written with a gay male audience in mind, it acknowledged AIDS affected everyone and sought input from all persons dealing with the disease. Despite its humor, the zine offered insight into living with HIV/AIDS in a climate where those living with the disease were often considered "pariahs". Rear cover depicts the "AIDS Barbie's New Malibu Dream Hospice." Interior with extensive content on AIDS, interspersed with nude photos of men. VERY GOOD+ condition. Light fading and edgewear.

Magazine. 30p., 7x8.5 inches, explicit content, graphic photos and art, Songs of DPN on vinyl record bound-in, a very good magazine in stapled matte pictorial wraps, original band intact. Single issue of the zine targeted at HIV-positive readers.

Wraps. Condition: Near Fine. Not sure of date. Color illustrated wraps, with original wraparound band, unopened on the right edge, thus making interior forbidden territory for us (sure, we could try to slip off the band, but we can't even fold a map correctly, so). 30 pp. Black and white illustrations throughout. Fifth issue of this influential zine that discussed living with HIV/AIDS. All three editors were HIV positive. They used dark humor to discuss HIV and AIDS, and while the zine was written with a gay male audience in mind, it acknowledged AIDS affected everyone and sought input from all persons dealing with the disease. Despite its humor, the zine offered insight into living with HIV/AIDS in a climate where those living with the disease were often considered "pariahs." With the usual content. (or so we surmise) NEAR FINE condition. Very light wear to the zine.

Brossura. Condition: buono. prima edizione. Brossura, 40 pagine, illustrato in bianco e nero, lingua inglese.

Condition: Near Fine. San Francisco: self-published, 1990-1999. 21,8×17,5 cm. Complete run of this unique publication with a radical approach to the HIV/AIDS crisis. A dark and disturbing take, edited by a group of 3 HIV positive white men from the Bay Area offering biting critique and unrelentless humor while documenting a bleak reality. Created by Beowulf Thorne and Tom Shearer - and in an almost activist approach - the publication turned the stigma associated with HIV serostatus into a point of collective identification and defiance. (?) Thorne and Shearer encouraged gay men to embrace their identities as "diseased pariahs." The zine's campy humor, provocative tone, and irreverent imagery challenged dominant narratives that portrayed people living with HIV/AIDS in liberal sentimental terms as objects of sympathy and pity*. The zine was published regularly between 1990 and 1995 with a final issue appearing in 1999 announcing the end of the publication along with the death of the second of its original creators Beowulf Thorne - with Tom Shearer passing away in 1991 while putting together the second issue. An eccentric and indispensable work of harsh social critique and radical queer activism. All issues original except issue Nr. 1 which is a reprint made while the zine was active. All original printed OBI style bands accompanying the early issues are present. Issues consistenly Fine to Near Fine. Rare. ~~ *If mainstream visual cultures of public health relied on fear and disgust to discipline viewers, queer and HIV/AIDS activists turned to humor and irony to resist these sex-negative cultural mandates. The HIV zine Diseased Pariah News (1990-1999), or DPN for short, offers a striking example of how queer and HIV/AIDS activists contested homophobic and anti-erotic public health imagery. (?) One visual strategy that DPN creators used to challenge dominant depictions of HIV/AIDS was through the deployment of cute animals. (?) By parodying icons of cuteness, such as teddy bears and furry critters, Thorne and Shearer critiqued liberal discourses that robbed people living with HIV/AIDS of their individual and collective agency and depoliticized the epidemic. (?) The zine's mascot, the "oncomouse," exemplifies the zine's visual activism. The oncomouse was a genetically engineered rodent designed to be more susceptible to cancer was a real byproduct of biomedical research and the first animal to be patented in the United States in 1988. DPN's version of the oncomouse appears on the cover of the first issue and resembles a knock-off Mickey Mouse. Described by Thorne as a "cute mousey," the oncomouse represented the experience of HIV/AIDS patients who found themselves poked, prodded, and subjected to experimental and usually ineffective medical treatments. For DPN creators and readers, the cute oncomouse was not meant to evoke pity. Instead, the rodent was described as the "perfect pet for people who like to feel sorry for something," mocking the moral satisfaction that often accompanied liberal sympathy for people living with HIV/AIDS.(?) read more of this excellent piece on DPN by Nicholas Derda.