This is my new favorite thing. Tommy bought me a mini zine-esque collection called “Todd’s Favorite Adult Actors And Their Favorite Flowers.” It’s maybe the best thing in the nation right now.
Created by artist Zach Huelsing and writer Matt Kessler, “Todd’s” is a collection of eight short stories about eight different gay porn actors, the flowers they love, and Todd’s alleged affairs with all of them. The actors include Tom Chase, Joey Stefano, Tag Adams, Colton Ford, Lukas Ridgeston, Ray Dragon, Arpad Miklos and Roman Ragazzi.
Each story is printed on the back of a card below the stats of the actor being featured (location, date of birth, height, etc). They loosely resemble baseball cards. On the front of each card is a cute line drawing of each actor exclaiming the flower that concerns them.
The stories are funny, romantic and smart. One of my favorites is Joey Stefano’s story “Pocket Full of Posies,” in which it is revealed how Forget-me-nots became his favorite flower: upon bending over to pick a posy for Todd he is pulled into the river by the weight of his whip. He manages to toss the flowers to Todd’s feet and scream “Forget me not” before being carried away by the tide.
Each story is so fun and sweet. The cards themselves are in protective sleeves and are hand-bound to the cover. It’s only $10 and you can order one from his website at eyerocketbooks.com. If you enjoy absurd, comedic, sweet short stories, this is definitely a cool little book to grab.
