Just like the incredible cock collection Jewels: Adoration of the Penis, the comprehensive compilation Cock Tales is dedicated to the most exciting part of the male body. Every penis is unique and the artists and photographers show us this beauty in of its glory. the variable works of the different artists are astounding over and over again. Well, every penis in the world is unique — a cock is a cock is a cock. And it doesn’t matter if none of these cocks is able to tell us his tales. Just looking at them will jump-start a movie in our heads. And that’s still where the best stories occur.
Stephan Niederwieser and Bruno Gmünder Verlag have joined hands again and have published a book that is completely focused on the male genitalia. COCK TALES is a book for the dilettante, the expert, the curious, and the general population including all those men and women who deny that the size or appearance of this body part is of any importance. This is an art book a survey of images of the phallus that cover the spectrum form erotic to suggestive to frank to humorous to hilarious to just beautiful. With in the pages of this classy, slick paper volume are the perceptions and visualization of over fifty artists who deal with images whose primary feature is the penis - in states of relaxation, excitation, action, interplay and so forth and on and on. Photographers well known for their classy work included here are Mark Henderson, Giovanni, Ethan Kames, Tom Cullis, Henning von Berg, Rick Day, inventive Ron Amato, Louis LaSalle, A. Rodriguez-Duarte, Roberto Chiovitti, Jalif, Michael Breyette, Ian Fraser, Peter Arnold, Charles T. Rogers, Tom Bianchi, Murray Grondin and painters/drawers/artists JC Etheridge, Arthur Lemat, Jacob Mott, Patrick Fillion, Mioki, Anthony Gonzales, Victor Gadino, Zack/Oliver Frey and more.
The quality of the photographs and the quality of the art is all top drawer, the joy of this book being the creative differences found on every page. The 'surveyor' of these images will return to the book multiple times for various reasons and that is a personal decision as to whether the decision is based on envy, lust or art appreciation. As frank as the imagery is there is no denying that this is art work. Rarely has the male phallus enjoyed such celebration. Yet another very good reason to add this book to the library is to act as a guide to discover new artists who are on the leading edge of the art of all aspects of eroticism and humor. And that is a very healthy (as well as a very satisfying) place to be. Grady Harp
