The Hun Book

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Summary: Hun's Huge Horny Hunks
Review: I first encountered the work of The Hun (aka Bill Schmeling) in a couple issues of Meatmen that I ordered about a year ago when I was still new to the realization that I liked men as well as women, when I was still incredibly curious. I think out of all the artists in the Meatmen books, I had the strongest reaction to The Hun's work. It's so raw and hot!

When I've seen hugely built men in fitness magazines, there was never any reaction, and there still isn't. So why do I like The Hun's work when he creates the same types of men? It must be because of the way he proportions them. The men's proportions are, more often than not, unrealistic (and I'm not just talking about their phallus). While this may be a turn off to some fans of male erotic art (oh, not to mention the demeaning, dehumanizing situations--but that's half the fun), I find it adds a more ferocious, hungry aspect to the subjects that can come off as incredibly sexy.

Out of all the mediums The Hun uses, I think I like the finished pencils best. The inked look works most of the time as well. I'm not a big fan of the colored pieces, however "Wide Receiver" and "Welcome to Shady Nook!" are a couple of my favorites out of the bunch. Non-color favorites include..."Black Mesa Meats", "In the Barn" (an early Hun piece, and you can tell if you pay attention to the faces on the guys, though the guy giving it and the guy getting it in the mouth aren't done so roughly), "(W)REC(K) ROOM", "After the Workout" (check out those ridiculously large godzilla feet...I think they're cool), "Workin' Dude!" (despite the funny pants, heh), "Biker Fantasy", "Mitch Davis II", "New Mascot", "Pig Palace" (wow, there's actually a woman in a Hun piece), "Guess Who?", "Interrogation", "Double Duty", "Sig at the Truck Stop", "Scorpio" (wow), "Taurus" (wow), "Headsman", & "Aries" (wow). Well, okay, I almost listed everything, so you can see how much I enjoyed this book!

The only reason I'm giving the book 4 stars (pretend it's 4 and a half) is that I'm a little put off by the few works depicting heavy S&M. The lighter stuff I can handle, a lot of it's even pretty appealing. But the heavier stuff can get a little disturbing, especially when it involves piercing parts that shouldn't be pierced (ouch!). I know it's all just for fun, it's fantasy. The artist may've depicted it because he himself is into that sort of thing, or perhaps because he WANTED to make people cringe. Eh, whatever, something for everyone I guess. It adds variety.

There's a nice little piece by Tom of Finland on the back cover, which could be interpreted as a really hot safe sex ad.

Okay, now go buy it! But don't show it to anyone who's squeamish, conservative, your mom, or homophobic (wellll, maybe shove it in a homophobe's face, just to [make them angry], as long as they're someone who you're sure won't overreact and try to hurt you for it).