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Horizontal Press' erotic works for you to lay back with, and think of England

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Date
13 February 2015

Established by illustrator Kaye Blegvad, Horizontal Press is a small pornographic press specialising in “small batch jazz mags and seminal works.” Based in Brooklyn, Horizontal Press keeps its tongue firmly in cheek, “[taking pleasure] in publishing erotic works for the discerning horndog.” If that wasn’t news enough, it’s launching this Valentine’s Day – just in time for you to send your loved one, or yourself, a Tijuana Bible by some of illustration’s most glittering stars. There’s Rose Blake, Clay Hickson and Lizzy Stewart to name but a few.

In case you were wondering, Tijuana Bibles are palm-sized pornographic comics that have been produced in the US since the 1920s. Popularity peaked during the Great Depression and now Horizontal Press has brought them right up to the n(au)ghties. Sorry.

A collection of small, rectangular art prints are arranged in a circular fan shape against a white background. The prints feature a mix of abstract shapes, figures, and bold colours including red, blue, and black.
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Horizontal Press: Tijuana Bibles

An accordion-folded zine stands open on a white surface. Each page features a minimalist line drawing of a figure, with accents of bright pink.
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Horizontal Press: Eleanor Davis

An accordion-fold zine stands open on a white surface. The pages feature illustrations of figures in a limited palette of red, black and white.
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Horizontal Press: Eleni Kalorkoti

A small, folding black and white zine stands open. One page shows a computer screen with the text “I WANT YOU SO BAD”, while the opposite page shows a screen with a pair of eyes and the text “I WANT YOUUUUUUUU”.
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Horizontal Press: Rose Blake

An illustration of several glossy, red, sausage-like shapes floating across a white background. To the right, a soft, rounded red form curves into the frame.
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Horizontal Press: Clay Hickson

A line illustration of two figures entwined in a close embrace. They are rendered in simple black outlines against a plain white background.
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Horizontal Press: Pete Gamlen

A simple line drawing of two hands on a white card. The hands are enclosed in a blue hand-drawn speech bubble.
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Horizontal Press: Maria Ines Gul

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Billie Muraben

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Billie studied illustration at Camberwell College of Art before completing an MA in Visual Communication at the Royal College of Art. She joined It’s Nice That as a Freelance Editorial Assistant back in January 2015 and continues to work with us on a freelance basis.

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