Forever Butt

by Jop van Bennekom (Editor), Gert Jonkers (Editor)

Putting the sex back into homosexuality: The best of BUTT magazine, 2001-now Pocket-sized, pink and super gay, the first issue of BUTT magazine arrived in the spring of 2001, sweeping aside the cliches of the mainstream homo press. Ever since, BUTT has maintained its independence, resisting clean-cut commercialism in favor of frank Q&As, revealing photography and a delightfully direct take on sex between men. Just by being its horny, happy self, BUTT has attracted contributions from the world's best writers and photographers. Meanwhile, frequent BUTT parties and the CLUB BUTT social network have mobilized an international army of loyal friends and fans in sexy solidarity. This meaty anthology, FOREVER BUTT, revisits some of the magazine's finest and most thrilling moments from more than a decade in print. A lot of the material from now rare and collectible editions of BUTT is made available again here. FOREVER BUTT revisits conversations with spectacular men, from Gore Vidal to Francois Sagat, and from Marc Jacobs to Your Big Dick Host. In true BUTT style, this book celebrates sex as something joyous, social and silly. However, as lauded artist Wolfgang Tillmans writes in his introduction, it is "first and foremost an exhilarating read." With sexy pictures of, and candid interviews with: AA Bronson, Aiden Shaw, Andy Butler, Bernhard Willhelm, Bruce LaBruce, Christopher Ciccone, Dennis Cooper, Didier Lestrade, Don Bachardy, Ed Droste, Edmund White, Francesco Vezzoli, Franois Sagat, Gore Vidal, Jason Whipple, Javier Peres, Jayne County, Joe Gage, John Holland, John Waters, Jonny Wooster, Julian Ganio, Karl Kolbitz, Marc Jacobs, Marco Flores, Nico Muhly, Paul Antonio, Paul Mpagi Sepuya, Perez Hilton, Greek Pete, Rick Owens, Roger Payne, Rosa von Praunheim, Ryan Trecartin, Slava Mogutin, Stephen Galloway, Stephin Merritt, Tommy DeLuca, Ian & Marc Hundley, Vince Aletti, Walter Pfeiffer and Wolfgang Tillmans

Genres: Nonfiction, Queer, LGBT, Art, Gay, Photography

536 pages, Hardcover

First published December 1, 2014

About the author

Together with Gert Jonkers, Art Director and Editor Jop van Bennekom is the creator of Fantastic Man, a formal and intelligent men's fashion magazine that positions itself above the commercial fray with a singular tone and elegant design. In 2010 they launched the female counterpart of Fantastic Man called The Gentlewoman, a modern ladies style journal.

Reviews

[ALLEN · Rating 4 out of 5]

The editors behind the Dutch zine BUTT were out to convey healthy, horny homosexuality without the glossy commercial trappings of the (recently diminished) "slick" gay stroke mags. The photos aren't really porn -- there's a lot of relaxed nudity but the only "full frontal" picture is of the late Arpad Miklos -- though it is rife in respectfully inquisitive interviews that have more to do with how the subjects "live gay" than specific sex acts. The lack of snobbery shows up pleasantly in the choice of interview subjects, which include a New York City apartment "super," an American gay artist tooning it up in London, and the cutie on the cover, who is not Dutch at all but a Mr. Whipple from New England. Since this is a kind of "best of" edition, the articles skim from one high point to another -- and yes, the pages are pink! We are indeed everywhere, but this book is one of a kind and would make a great gift for the right kind of man.

[Hristo Serafimov · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's a very well-designed collection of interviews and photos (some of them very explicit and homoerotic). They vary in interest and quality but are quite diverse so there's something for everybody.

[Felix Gomez · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is probably the longest book I have ever read and the most expensive one I have ever bought and even though many of the articles were dull and just bland, the pictures make the book worth it.
It can get tedious, but I LOVE NAKED MEN!