Boys of Disco City Paperback – July 12, 2012

The Boys of Disco City is a leap forward in the depth of the love and adventures of Mike and Gill following the breakthrough Boys of Vice City. It continues to express all the sexy details of life and times of the "boys" who came into our lives and all over the pages of Boys of Vice City. Here Zack continues to convey the depth of the relationship of the American and English couple set in an age where youth and testosterone allowed them to explore many avenues of sexual expression with fellow revelers in the joy of gay sex. This is not a one of those ridiculous ubiquitous m/m stories written by women for women. This the voice and art of a legendary gay male writer for a gay male audience which represents wonderfully reckless exploration of maleness from the view of two manly, adventurous youths of a time when guys could be committed to each other in their young love while taking advantage of the freedom of the gay life at this brief period in time. The next next book in the series, Boys of Two Cities, which continues the lives and loves of Mike and Gill is now available on Amazon. As always the artwork is masterful, beautiful and hot.

Pretty much what I expected, good art work!

Boys of Disco City is the following story of Gil Graham`s initial adventures in Rome as a production assistant detailed in Boys of Vice City. Disco City as the name implies tends to centre about the `land mark` hedonistic palaces of pleasure of London and New York in 1980. Where the long gone Backroom and public sex areas are now a memory of a lost generation of young men, but described here for us all to imagine what it might have been like if we had been able to go ourselves.While other sideline stories within the book establish the clear relationship between the legitimate cinema industry with the trade in male pornography as operating side by side. Albeit the 007 Sound Stage at Pinewood is never used or mentioned, what is clear, however, is that the talents crewing the normal day to day productions are almost oversubscribed by gay men. While the nerve centre of the British Cinema Industry is London`s Soho, where all the major Film Exhibitors, other independent film makers, and their ancillary support are centred; along with the British Board of Film Classification in the Square itself. Enough said.The story itself encapsulates about six months of Mike and Gil`s life together as a new young couple in London after making their exit together from Rome and James Rosen. This is a story about men so sex is the continuing theme of the book and the descriptive story telling style of Roger Kean is very erotic, matched only by the illustrative accompaniment of Zack who captures a visual of the written word perfectly in every picture he has drawn for Mike and Gil`s second story.Saying that this is not a soft sexy love story, the issues told in the tale of these two boys carry a real sense of verisimilitude with some of the cold realities of the Cinema Industry. Which surely must be drawn from the writer and illustrators own life experiences in the Film Trade. James Rosen is a dreadful embodiment of what must surely be some real life character, or composite of characters, because the telling is all too believable rather than contrived as a simple writing device for the sake of antagonism.What remains to be seen is how the story plays out when we move to the World Centre of Cinema that is Hollywood, in the third book Boys of Two Cities. Where, Gil has returned home to LA, while Mike is still held in thrall at the beck and call of Rosen back in London. Perhaps it would be telling too much but like all male love stories hubris plays a large part in the lives of the protagonists and antagonists alike. And this story is likely to turn out similar to many a classical story where the Gods of Gay Sex love to employ a banana skin, or two, to best effect. What remains to be seen is where these slip ups will land in the books to follow?

Extremely little art work by Zack. The expectation that there would be Zack's drawings was the main reason for buying the book.

Our sexy movie boys Gil and Mike are back for more non-stop sexual escapades in this well written and lively sequel to "Boys of Vice City."After toiling in the film industry at Cinecitta and trolling the back streets of Rome for more than a taste of the local product and escaping the evil doings of movie producer James Rosen, Brit Mike has brought Caliboy Gil to London to set up home.Despite being lovers, this does not prevent these horny lads from engaging in all sorts of promiscuous sex with any Tom, Dick or Harry they come across whether in the backroom of the Paradise disco, cruising Hampstead Heath, getting off with a bed salesman, shooting a porno or, when on a side trip to NYC, a wild bath house orgy with some cute Puerto Rican lads. Be warned, the sex is very explicit and because the setting is 1980, this fantasy tale avoids the "safe sex" criteria.Everything looks rosy for our boys with work at Pinewood and sexual recreation available at any given moment, that is until Mike falls victim to the evil Rosen again which forces him to make a decision no love sick boy should ever have to make.What works so well in this series and gives the story that extra punch is the writing skill of Roger Kean who knows how to construct a credible plot and successfully instils his knowledge of filmmaking so convincingly into the proceedings. This keeps our interest intact even when some of the blistering sex chronicles tend to go over the top at times. His partner Oliver Frey (aka Zack) has provided some fifty terrific , many very explicit, illustrations to compliment the story in the brilliant style he has become famous for.

Boys of Disco City is the following story of Gil Graham`s initial adventures in Rome as a production assistant detailed in Boys of Vice City. Disco City as the name implies tends to centre about the `land mark` hedonistic palaces of pleasure of London and New York in 1980. Where the long gone Backroom and public sex areas are now a memory of a lost generation of young men, but described here for us all to imagine what it might have been like if we had been able to go ourselves.While other sideline stories within the book establish the clear relationship between the legitimate cinema industry with the trade in male pornography as operating side by side. Albeit the 007 Sound Stage at Pinewood is never used or mentioned, what is clear, however, is that the talents crewing the normal day to day productions are almost oversubscribed by gay men. While the nerve centre of the British Cinema Industry is London`s Soho, where all the major Film Exhibitors, other independent film makers, and their ancillary support are centred; along with the British Board of Film Classification in the Square itself. Enough said.The story itself encapsulates about six months of Mike and Gil`s life together as a new young couple in London after making their exit together from Rome and James Rosen. This is a story about men so sex is the continuing theme of the book and the descriptive story telling style of Roger Kean is very erotic, matched only by the illustrative accompaniment of Zack who captures a visual of the written word perfectly in every picture he has drawn for Mike and Gil`s second story.Saying that this is not a soft sexy love story, the issues told in the tale of these two boys carry a real sense of verisimilitude with some of the cold realities of the Cinema Industry. Which surely must be drawn from the writer and illustrators own life experiences in the Film Trade. James Rosen is a dreadful embodiment of what must surely be some real life character, or composite of characters, because the telling is all too believable rather than contrived as a simple writing device for the sake of antagonism.What remains to be seen is how the story plays out when we move to the World Centre of Cinema that is Hollywood, in the third book Boys of Two Cities. Where, Gil has returned home to LA, while Mike is still held in thrall at the beck and call of Rosen back in London. Perhaps it would be telling too much but like all male love stories hubris plays a large part in the lives of the protagonists and antagonists alike. And this story is likely to turn out similar to many a classical story where the Gods of Gay Sex love to employ a banana skin, or two, to best effect. What remains to be seen is where these slip ups will land in the books to follow?

The story continues. Oliver brings his art to enhance the text of the book and give such a lot more.

We last met this book's young heroes, Gil and Mike, in Rome. American Gil thought he was straight until he discovered boys and set about exploring the joys of gay sex with no holds or holes barrred. To lust was added love when Gil met Brit Mike, but their budding film careers and lives were nearly cut short by an evil film producer. Now, in 1982, the two guys are in London - seen entertainingly through Gil's suprised American eyes. The career of the two guys in film seems like taking off, along with their raunchy sex life. But their nemesis pursues them to New York where our two hot heroes are threatened with a sticky end.Zack's brilliant and explicitly erotic drawings add to the sexual excitement of a zesty story which reads like a combination of the Joys of Gay Sex (only far less inhibited) and a Boy's Own adventure. It is rousing and arousing stuff: fun, fast-paced and deliciously lewd.

Boys of Disco City is the follow-up to Boys of Vice City, so if you bought the first book you'll know what to expect in the sequel. The story is well told and filled with homo-erotic narrative but the real selling point for this book has to be the continuing outstanding artwork from Oliver 'Zack' Frey. The story is illustrated with pen and ink line drawings from this great artist and from the cover itself, it is possible to see the caliber of the simple artwork which is contained within the book. As the story and artwork is of homo-erotic nature, this book is not suitable for minors but for anyone else is well worth the money.

The artist / drawer creates a world of intrigue on the seemier side of the street