I love the way they seem eternally flexed and tense with motion, and I love the way he uses thin highlights and shadows on the edges of muscle and flesh to create heightened depth and opulent skin tone, regardless of its color.
My favorite parts of this comic, in no particular order: As if jacking off merely carried the same kind of weight as learning to toss a ball or catch a fish.
Where stories like the infamous Wild and Raunchy Son series feature hardcore and emotional capital-S SEX, “ Dad’s Toys” by Josman, seemed sort of a tame exploration of what might happen if we didn’t explode the idea of nudity and stimulation into a scary world of emotional pain and undue religious and societal ultra-significance. I decided to do a one-off story this week, instead of another installment of the Hardon Twins and their (as yet still unestablished) cockring mystery, partly because I didn’t want to sit and type out all that dialogue (with one hand, no less!), and partly because I just really love this comic and felt it was worth sharing.ĭad’s Toys is from way back in 2004 (when I was still in school!) and I remember thinking the first time I came across it how fraternal and kind and happy it seemed. Julius’ “The Hardon Twins…” mystery continues