Den by RM Rhodes

RM Rhodes of heavymetalmagazine.wordpress.com/ fame, has written an article on Heavy Metal Magazine's website, about Richard Corben's Den.

Seeing that it's a rollickin' reminiscence on Den's dick in Heavy Metal Magazine, it's a fun read.  While I may not be quite so enthusiastic on the topic, and I might want more evidence for the assertion that Mr Corben was influenced by Tom of Finland before I really believed it, I do agree that the dick of Mr Corben's Den was a ... prominent ... feature of Heavy Metal's early days.  Den wasn't the only one lettin' it all hang out, but he was probably ... the biggest ....  

In fact, beyond the soaring fantasy and sci-fi and ridiculous violence and excitement in Heavy Metal, the presence of drawn dicks to go along with the bountiful bosoms and assertive asses, was really appealing to barely-an-adult me in 1977 when I first saw Heavy Metal Magazine.  I like sexy, and I also enjoyed the more open and peripheral nature of the nudity of the boys and girls in the mag, and how it wasn't always just about sex appeal.  Moebius, Drulliet, Caza, and others, often slipped in a dick or two in their work here and there, while busily serving up plenty of other nude bits besides.

But Corben was really good at it, and somehow we are still talking about it, almost fifty years later.  Thanks to RM Rhodes for the informative and amusing article, and congrats on getting your writing on Heavy Metal out there for the rest of us.