Odiseo Volume 13 The Last Supper was born from the unlucky number 13 – Judas, the disciple who betrayed Jesus, was the 13th to sit at the table. Born from this superstition, we look at how acts of treachery in many ways define the world we live in. Cheating, deceiving, cowardice – betrayal is almost entirely born out of trust, or love. Without one, the other does not exist. Revealing secrets, breaking a pact, a stab in the back, an act of revenge. We find shelter in the shadow of disloyalty; a thrill in the fear of discovery. The concept is timeless and inherently human, present throughout our history right up to the present day.

In-between body and mind, book and magazine

Combining erotic imagery with insightful texts and crossing the boundaries between books and magazines, Odiseo defines itself as a hybrid. With Odiseo, we don’t seek to publish current normative content, but focus on the extended present, retaining the periodicity but doing away with the obsolete. This complex and contradictory nature shaped Odiseo as a small, bi-annual hardcover publication. Moving away from the tradition of magazine mass consumption, Odiseo is a publication to be appreciated and read without pressure. It deserves quality time invested into its content.

QUEER SEX—whatever the fuck you want! ist eine Ode an die Vielfältigkeit der Menschen, ihrer Körper und alles was zwischen ihnen passiert. Es geht um queeren Sex: Zeigen, erzählen, anregen, erregen... Im Dezember 2020 erscheint die Publikation in Erstauflage.

Viele queere Jugendliche – aber auch Erwachsene – haben tausend Fragezeichen zur Sexualität. Nützliche Antworten finden sie selten: Was sich im Internet googlen lässt, hat oft zweifelhafte Qualität. Häufig sind die Infos ungenau, verklausuliert oder moralisch. Florian Vock, Mitherausgeber und langjähriger Aktivist: «Es fehlt eine popkulturelle, sexpositive und ehrliche Thematisierung von Sexualität für junge queere Menschen. Wir schliessen die Lücke zwischen heteronormativer Schulaufklärung und unrealistischen Pornos; also dort, wo eigentlich das Leben stattfindet.»

In QUEER SEX—whatever the fuck you want! werden Praktiken und Tipps geschildert. Erklärungen zu Begriffen finden darin Platz und werden ohne moralische Distanz, sondern konkret, persönlich und ehrlich beschrieben. Dabei werden wichtige Hinweise zur körperlichen Integrität, zu gesetzlichen Regelungen und zur sexuellen Gesundheit normalisiert. Anna Rosenwasser, Mitherausgeberin: «Endlich eine richtig dicke Publikation über diejenige Art von Sexualität, die Tausende queerer Menschen in der Schweiz schon längst leben – die aber noch immer kaum gezeigt wird.»

QUEER SEX—whatever the fuck you want! bearbeitet auf 160 Seiten collagenartig zentrale Themen im Kontext queerer Sexualität. Die Publikation ist weder Nachschlagewerk noch Hochglanzmagazin, sondern vermittelt die Alltäglichkeit von Fragen zur Sexualität und macht Lust auf Sex, keine Angst davor – gerade darum, weil auch schwierige, kritische und komplizierte Punkte angesprochen werden. Die drei künstlerischen Herangehensweisen (Bild, Text, Illustration) führen als roter Faden durch die Themen und zeichnen sich durch eine starke Autor*innenschaft aus.

QUEER SEX—whatever the fuck you want!
ISBN 978-3-033-08178-9
160 Seiten, farbig, 17 × 24 cm, Broschur
CHF 15.-
Verkauf und Weitergabe ab 16 Jahren in der
Schweiz, ab 18 Jahren in Deutschland und
Österreich

KINK 33, a magazine by Paco y Manolo (Pink Cover)
132 pages - Color & B/W- Spanish-English bilingual - Volume II - 2020

The guys: Martín, Ivo, Álvaro, Luis, Esteban, Isaac, Abner, Adam, Fran, Raúl, Víctor, Stéphane, Sebastián, Álex, Carlos, Agus, Francesc, Raúl, Armen, Luis, Albert, Víctor & Tomás.

The Travel Diaries: "Granada".

+ CUADERNO 14 : “Freetime XXX”, by Pol Anglada.
16 pages - B/N - Catalan-Spanish bilingual - 2020

Kink & Cuaderno are presented in an indivisible pack. All this for the same price as always.
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KINK 33, una revista de Paco y Manolo (Portada Rosa)
132 páginas - Color & B/N - Bilingue Español-Inglés - Volumen II - 2020

Los chicos: Martín, Ivo, Álvaro, Luis, Esteban, Isaac, Abner, Adam, Fran, Raúl, Víctor, Stéphane, Sebastián, Álex, Carlos, Agus, Francesc, Raúl, Armen, Luis, Albert, Víctor y Tomás.

Diario de Viaje: "Granada".

+ CUADERNO 14 : “Freetime XXX”, por Pol Anglada.
16 pages - B/N - Catalan-Spanish bilingual - 2020

Kink y Cuaderno se presentan en un pack indivisible y empaquetado. Todo ello por el mismo precio de siempre.

Mirage No.5 Voyage Lumière

Voyage Lumière. Sometimes we need to decide how we want to travel: through space, or through light. Travel, for example, to the sheer luminosity of childhood summers, to the majesty of the sun setting in the Mediterranean. This issue of Mirage explores how light is in a constant flux. We can’t know a place alone, we know it under a certain light, and that changes everything. This issue of Mirage is an invitation to appreciate not how bodies and landscapes are illuminated, but rather how light manifests itself in a much more profound way. A sensorial journey that will take us to Capri, Formentera or Bali, to glimpses of the present made from bright bits of the past, or of dreams we had forgotten.

non essential #2

Second from 2 new zines from 2020. 52 pages of velvet paper. More killer content!

non essential #1

First from 2 new zines from 2020. 52 pages of velvet paper. All killer no filler content!

Mal Nº 5: Sex Negative

On anti-erotics and sexual pessimism in four essays, two stories and thirteen poems. Featuring illustrations by John Slade.

First published: August 2020

This issue of Mal Journal considers a range of ideas, from heterofatalism and the incel phenomenon to ongoing intersections between sex, violence and objectification. It features essays by Stoya, Philip Maughan, Sophie Lewis and Sasha Bonét, new fiction by Diane Williams and Kathryn Scanlan, and poetry by Wayne Koestenbaum, Kim Moore, Lara Mimosa Montes and Sam Riviere. 

Mal Nº 4: Real Girls

On projection in three stories, four poems and a sequence of poems. Featuring illustrations by Birdie Hall.

First published: October 2019

This issue of Mal Journal considers projection, transgression and adolescence, bringing together texts that challenge received notions of innocence and moral reasoning. It features new fiction by Chris Kraus, Luke Brown and Natasha Stagg, poetry by Rachel Long and a sequence of poems by Sasha Dugdale.

Mal Nº 2: Made in Heaven

On transcendence in two essays, a short story and four poems. Featuring illustrations by Franz Lang.

First published: January 2019

This issue of Mal features Fiona Alison Duncan on a legal case interrogating the blurred lines between sex work and spiritual practice, a personal essay on trans pleasure by Gabrielle Bellot, a short story on the volatility of mortal love by Sheila Heti and a series of poems by Mary Ruefle.

Giddyheft

Das Giddyheft ist ein im Selbstverlag erscheinendes Pornoheft für Jungs.
Porno deshalb, weil es nach deutschem Gesetz so deklariert werden muss.
Hier findet ihr keine harte Interaktion, sondern Themen die nicht in handelsüblichen
Magazinen zu finden sind.
Und natürlich nackte Mädchen. Angezogen, ausgezogen und…
Über Geschmack lässt sich an dieser Stelle nicht streiten!

EY! 10. VIVA TEL AVIV! BY DAFY HAGAI!

Summer 2020!

Super-Limited edition of 500 Copies!

100 Pages + 18 Stickers! 

In collaboration with Eytys!

Photographed by Dafy Hagai!

Styled by Victoria Sekrier!

KINK 32, a magazine by Paco y Manolo
132 pages - Color & B/W- Spanish-English bilingual - Volume I - 2020

The guys: Fran, Claudio, Koky, Lucía, Álex, Alberto, Jesús, Jack, Jon, Álex, Nico, Andrés, Alberto, Samuel, Darvish, Jesús, Koke, Paolo, Tao, Germán, Carlos, Adrien, Thomas, Elliot, Juanma, Víctor, Albert, Vicente & Juan.

The Travel Diaries: "Barcelona, the calm after the cumshot", by Alberto Fuguet.

+ CUADERNO 13 : “Things we do for love”, by Slava Mogutin.
16 pages - B/N - Spanish-English bilingual - 2020

Kink & Cuaderno are presented in an indivisible pack. All this for the same price as always.

About Elska 24 (Guadalajara, Mexico):

Elska Guadalajara is our twenty-fourth issue and our second to be shot in Latin America, following our popular Elska Bogotá project. Aside from sharing a Spanish colonial legacy and language, you'll also find that the men are some of the most open, proud, and daring we've met yet. If our Bogotá issue was our most naked issue ever, then this one is even more naked! So yes, the cover (sans censorship kitty) is totally appropriate!

But why Guadalajara? If you're looking at this wondering why our first Mexican issue was made here and not in Mexico City, then you only need to meet a Tapatio man who'll tell you quickly how his city of Guadalajara is the true gay capital of the country. It's this pride that convinced us to come here and made us fall in love with the city.

Inside this issue you'll get to know a sampling of local guys who we met on our trip, presented through honest photography and intimate storytelling. Some of the men you'll meet in Elska Guadalajara include:

• Daniel R, who talks about how he was able to come out of his shell, with a bit of blind bravery and a bit of trying to impress a crush;

• Alejandro G, who opens up about the pain of now being alone in a city whose every corner reminds him of his love, and waits for the day that they can be reunited;

• Iván D, who reflects on meeting a straight man who really touched his heart, showing the value of our hetero allies who can be loved and not only feared;

• Andrés A, who divulges the intimate details of a hook-up with a guy he met at the gym who he thought was out of his league, imparting a new confidence and convincing him to take more chances.

Features images of / stories from: Tom P, Daniel R, Iván D, Alejandro G, Luis V, Teo C, Alejandro S, Andrés A; plus our reader Q&A featuring Troy Tsai.

Includes texts in English and Spanish (followed by English translations)

Details and Specs:

Elska Guadalajara is 180 pages. The print version is 170mm x 240mm (approx 6.7 x 9.4 in), full colour, sewn-bound, offset-printed, and on 130gsm (90lb) internal matte paper and 280gsm (110lb) textured coated coverage paper with flaps. One random Elska Collectors' Postcard is inserted inside.

About Elska 22 (Stockholm, Sweden):

Elska Stockholm is our twenty-second issue and the first in our new bigger and better format, including a new paper stock, a textured cover with flaps, a more spacious layout, and a larger page size and increased page count. If you don't already collect Elskas, then now is the time to start.

Stockholm is an incredibly beautiful city, set on a series of islands and full of grand old buildings and handsome streets. We chose to visit in the winter, hoping for a setting full of snow and ice, which we got. We also got some of the warmest and cosiest selection of images yet. The men we met were photographed wrapped up in hats and coats and scarves outside and then half-naked in cosy jumpers and nothing else at home, or in nothing at all (but with the heat cranked up).

Stockholm is our third issue set in the Nordic region (after Elska Reykjavík and Elska Helsinki) and there are definitely some similarities both in the looks of the men, in their attitudes, and in the stories they wrote. There's a coolness, perhaps even an aloofness about them, giving a sense in their personal stories that it wasn't easy for them to open up. There's also a certain shyness, or perhaps a lagom-influenced desire to be understated, which is apparent in the way that their images are more off-guard and relaxed than in images from some other Elska issues like Los Angeles or London. There's also a bit of sadness, or at least of tentativeness, in their stories, perhaps influenced by the fact that we met these men in the cold dark winter.

Inside this issue you'll get to know the real Stockholm through the experiences of a random set of men from the local LGBTQ community who we met during our visit. Each was photographed in a natural, documentary-like style in the city and in their homes, and each contributed a personal story to help you readers get to know them at an even more intimate level. 

Some of the men you'll meet in Elska Stockholm include:

• Linus L, who talks about what good can come from letting go of self-consciousness and preconceptions about others;

• Albin H, who recounts the moment when he finally came to accept himself for his differences, and to view what he thought was a negative as a positive;

• Martin FJ, who confronts his cynicism towards relationships after a night spent with another guy from a hook-up app;

• Andreas S, who wonders if he's the 'wrong type of gay' or if it's OK to just be himself;

• Patrik G, who looks back at the rise, fall, and re-emergence of LGBTQ culture in Stockholm;

• Mathis F, who speaks of the frustrating duality of this city that contains both beauty and misery.

   

Features images of / stories from: Patrik G, Linus L, Albin H, Jonas P, Ross K, Tomas A, Mikael L, Andreas S, Mathis F, Martin FJ, and Tin Nguyen.

Details and Specs:

Elska Stockholm is 200 pages. The print version is 170mm x 240mm (approx 6.7 x 9.4 in), full colour, sewn-bound, offset-printed, and on 130gsm (90lb) internal matte paper and 280gsm (110lb) textured coated coverage paper with flaps. One random Elska Collectors' Postcard is inserted inside.

Elska Berlin is our second issue, made in one of the world's gay meccas. It quickly too became one of our most popular issues ever, and after selling out some time ago (and receiving loads of requests to make more), we finally decided to reissue it. However, we didn't do a simple reprint. We decided to redo the issue completely, going into our Berlin archives and selecting each image and story from scratch. The result is over 50% previously unpublished images, making the new Elska Berlin attractive for old and new customers alike. We also chose to redo the print version in our new bigger and lovelier format, making it all the more attractive.

The issue is divided into twelve chapters, each dedicated to one particular man who the Elska team met on their trip to Berlin. Each chapter includes a dozen or so images, taken of the subject both in the city streets and at home, dressed in their own style or often nude. Each chapter also includes a personal story contributed by each guy, sort of like an intimate conversation or diary entry. The goal of the magazine is to act as a sort of virtual transport to the city, inviting readers to meet a selection of local guys, get to know them, and fall in love with them and the city.

Features images of / stories from: Bastian C, Marc Y, Diego S, Luca T, Roman T, Emil T, Colin C, Falko D, David P, Heiko M, Matija M, and Raphael K.

We also recommend ordering Elska Ekstra Berlin, available separately, for loads of outtakes, a behind the scenes diary of our Berlin trip, and to meet the following additional men: Shir N, Luca T, Alessandro G, Adam G, Ticha T, and Max E.

The photography of ‘Elska Berlin’ and ‘Elska Ekstra Berlin’ includes work by Liam Campbell, Fedya Ili, Jonathan Lemieux, and Andriy Melnyk. The stories are written by the subjects themselves.

Details and Specs:

Elska Berlin is 180 pages. The print version is 170mm x 240mm (approx 6.7 x 9.4 in), full colour, sewn-bound, offset-printed, and on 130gsm (90lb) internal matte paper and 280gsm (110lb) textured coated coverage paper with flaps. One random Elska Collectors' Postcard is inserted inside.

THE ELEMENTS OF LOVE

Jungsheft

Das Jungsheft ist ein im Selbstverlag erscheinendes Pornoheft
für Mädchen. Porno deshalb, weil es
nach deutschem Gesetz so deklariert werden muss.
Hier findet ihr keine harte Interaktion,
sondern Themen, die nicht in handelsüblichen Magazinen
zu finden sind.

Und natürlich nackte Jungs. Angezogen, ausgezogen und mit Latte.
Über Geschmack lässt sich an dieser Stelle nicht streiten!