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'''Brains: The Journal of Egghead Sexuality''' is a [[queer]]-guy fetish zine first published in 1990 by D-L Alvarez and Nayland Blake.   
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'''Brains: The Journal of Egghead Sexuality''' is a queer-guy fetish [[zine]] first published in 1990 by D-L Alvarez and Nayland Blake.   
  
Made originally as a parody of gay fetish zines and magazines which were prominent at the time (''Bear, Trade, Daddy, Hombres'', etc.), ''Brains'' editors Nayland Blake and D-L Alvarez decided to create a zine that celebrated their favorite sex organ. The first issue uses Mr. Peabody as a cover model.  It featured a nude couple making out in a bookstore, book reviews, a quiz for how to determine if your trick is smart, and personal ads of a particular nerdly flavor. A second issue was pieced together and then shelved for years, until Graphic designer Carl Williamson decided to revisit ''Brains'' in a (re)publishing project hosted by The Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College in 2012.  
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Made originally as a parody of gay fetish zines and magazines which were prominent at the time (''Bear, Trade, Daddy, Hombres'', etc.), ''Brains'' editors Nayland Blake and D-L Alvarez decided to create a zine that celebrated their favorite sex organ. The first issue uses Mr. Peabody as a cover model.  It featured a nude couple making out in a bookstore, book reviews, a quiz for how to determine if your trick is smart, and personal ads of a particular nerdly flavor.  
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A second issue was pieced together and then shelved for years, until Graphic designer Carl Williamson decided to revisit ''Brains'' in a (re)publishing project hosted by The Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College in 2012.  
  
 
The zine also inspired a lesbian spin off called ''I.Q.''
 
The zine also inspired a lesbian spin off called ''I.Q.''

Revision as of 20:08, 26 January 2012

Brains: The Journal of Egghead Sexuality is a queer-guy fetish zine first published in 1990 by D-L Alvarez and Nayland Blake.

Made originally as a parody of gay fetish zines and magazines which were prominent at the time (Bear, Trade, Daddy, Hombres, etc.), Brains editors Nayland Blake and D-L Alvarez decided to create a zine that celebrated their favorite sex organ. The first issue uses Mr. Peabody as a cover model. It featured a nude couple making out in a bookstore, book reviews, a quiz for how to determine if your trick is smart, and personal ads of a particular nerdly flavor.

A second issue was pieced together and then shelved for years, until Graphic designer Carl Williamson decided to revisit Brains in a (re)publishing project hosted by The Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College in 2012.

The zine also inspired a lesbian spin off called I.Q.