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Back with a bang: Jeffrey Cheung illustrates the Coming of Age Issue of The Anonymous Sex Journal

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Date
29 January 2018

Oakland-based artist and illustrator Jeffrey Cheung has provided new work for the latest issue of The Anonymous Sex Journal. The latest edition, The Coming of Age Issue, is a compendium of tales gathered over a period of 12 months that offer an insight into contributors’ most intimate moments.

“Often tender, sometimes hilarious, the riso-printed issue is aimed to amuse and encourage new dialogue in how we talk about sex,” Alex Tieghi-Walker, the publication’s founder explains. Jeffrey’s illustrations imagine the sometimes nostalgic and tender, sometimes cringe inducing stories of cherry popping in his inimitable style. His drawings show contorted and twisted bodies bumping nasties, always with a smile on their face. Together with the anecdotes it creates a playful and celebratory publication that is all too relatable.

The Anonymous Sex Journal exists only in print, in an edition of 500, and Jeffrey’s simple, graphic and charming line drawings bring the awkward, amusing and strange sexual encounters to life. Commissioned by creative director and journalist Alex Tieghi-Walker, Jeffrey follows in the footsteps of artists including Margot Bowman, Juliana Futter and Laura Callaghan in creating drawings for the journal.

The Anonymous Sex Journal is distributed by Ditto London and boutique outlets across the world.

A line illustration of two figures embracing in a field of sparse plants. Below the drawing, a handwritten note describes a first sexual experience in a forest.
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A simple line illustration of a person bending over to urinate on the ground. Above them, a black sun sets over wavy lines representing the ocean, with birds flying in the sky. Below the drawing, handwritten text reads “When Daisy picked me up from the airport—12 hours on a plane—she took me straight to the PCH and we drove past Malibu, sat on rocks and smoked weed. I peed on the side of the road at sunset and breathed in the first of a thousand Pacific Oceans.”
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The Anonymous Sex Journal: The Coming of Age Issue

An open book shows a title page with the text “THE COMING OF AGE ISSUE”. Below the text is a simple line drawing of a person with their hands to their face.
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The Anonymous Sex Journal: The Coming of Age Issue

A white booklet rests on a black surface. The cover reads “The Anonymous Sex Journal” and “The Coming of Age Issue”, followed by a table of contents and the date “December 2017”.
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The Anonymous Sex Journal: The Coming of Age Issue

An open book on a bright yellow background. The right page features a minimalist line illustration of a person in a swimsuit and sunglasses, while the left page contains a short block of text.
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The Anonymous Sex Journal: The Coming of Age Issue

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Owen Pritchard

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Owen joined It’s Nice That as Editor in November of 2015 leading and overseeing all editorial content across online, print and the events programme, before leaving in early 2018.

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