Selected panels from A MAD Look at ... Burps Through History (MAD #183, June 1976)

Artist: Bob Clarke Writer: Paul Peter Porges

Gastro Obscura: Years Before Stonewall, a Chef Published the First Gay Cookbook

"... It was published on the cusp of a historic turning point, and copies of the book can still be found online and at many used bookstores. The bold cover has a colorful illustration of a blonde man in a flower-covered apron, grilling steaks, while the back features a hirsute person in a red cocktail dress. It was published years before the Stonewall riots ignited the gay rights movement in America, and at the time, widely advertising a cookbook for gay men was fairly edgy. But the author of The Gay Cookbook was no stranger to the gay publishing scene. In fact, five years before, he had published what is now believed to be the first detective novel with a gay protagonist, titled The Gay Detective." →

24 copies on Abe Books

12 copies on eBay

2 copies on etsy

article on JStor

Mente indomable (1997)

OMG LOOK AT THE DRAGON RING THAT I FOUND ON THE INTERNET!!!! I CAN'T STOP THINKING ABOUT IT!!

I found it HERE

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