Carol Anne will probably
not find any light to run to
in this locale.

By Eddie Campbell

“I want my art to be dark, gritty and confrontational,” says Tony-Boy69. “It's homoerotic and I want it to ignite people's imagination.”

Dark, gritty and confrontational are also adjectives for TonyBoy69's The Dark World Chronicles, a 10-part
anthology about a Caucasian gay man in New York dealing with his sexuality over several decades. The man has
recurring dreams that place him in a parallel universe where he is a gay African-American.

“Both characters are consumed with sex and their libidos,” says TonyBoy69. “One is the embodiment of evil and the other is of good. The two head for an inevitable confrontation.”

He says the material for the anthology and art were “always gnawing in the pit of my stomach and in the back of my mind. I knew someday I would have the opportunity to unleash its wrath upon the society which initially harbored my creative muse.”

Strong words. Strong images.

He began drawing as a young boy and later attended the School of Visual Arts and the New York Technical College. To make the rent, he worked as a go-go boy at Limelight, danced on MTV's The Grind and sold
illustrations and original short stories.

For his art, he credits an eclectic set of artists as his inspirations: Salvador Dali, Keith Haring, Norman Rockwell and Tom of Finland.

“My artwork is also a direct result of my devotion to Boy George and the Culture Club. I use 'Boy' in my name
as both an acknowledgement to my heritage as an African-American and in part to honor Boy George.” The
'69' in his name is TonyBoy's birth year.

He says Boy George and the Culture Club “have written the soundtrack to my life” and his artwork is often based on or has a reference to a song title or a lyric.

The first book in the The Dark World Chronicles will soon be available through Davis Publishing at
davis-publishing.com/Fiction.htm

Davis is an e-book distributor where customers can either order CDs or download the books.