He is a thin middle aged white man, with short light hair. The sixth and final valentine is drawn entirely in shades of green, and features a drawing of Elias Bouchard holding a pipe. Text to her side reads “You light my flame, valentine.” with lines reading “to:” and “from:” underneath. She holds a flame in her hands, and looks at it intensely. She wears a turtleneck sweater tucked into a skirt, and she is turned to the side. The fifth valentine is drawn completely in shades of orange, and features a line art drawing of Agnes Montague from the hips up. Text to his side reads “I think I’ve fallen for you, valentine.” with lines reading “to:” and “from:” underneath. His hands rest behind his head and his eyes are closed in a relaxed expression. He has a long scarf around his neck which billows upwards. He is a thin man with chin length hair, and he wears a long jacket over an undershirt and pair of trousers. Text next to him reads “Valentine… it was nice to meat (m-e-a-t) you.” with a drawing of an anatomical heart sitting in a pile of blood, and lines readingĭrawn completely in shades of blue, and features a line art drawing of Mike Crew falling through the sky. He is shirtless, and he looks forward with his eyes widened in an intense expression.
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He is an abnormally muscular man with short hair, and splatters of blood on his hands and chest. The third valentine is drawn completely in shades of pink, and features a line art drawing of Jared Hopworth from the waist up. Text to her side reads “I’ve caught you in my Web, valentine…” with lines reading “to:” and “from:” underneath. Small spiders hang above her shoulders, and she looks to the side with a wink and a sly smile. The shaved side of her head is covered in spiderweb, and she wears a Victorian style blouse. Annabelle is a thin Black woman with short light curly hair that is shaved on one side, long spider-like eyelashes, and fangs. The second valentine is drawn completely in shades of purple, and features a bust of Annabelle Cane. Next to them text reads, “”, with lines reading “to:” and “from:” underneath. Small red hearts hover above them, and a large darker green heart sits behind them. He is a fat white man with short blonde hair, and he wears a blue sweater. Martin faces away from the viewer, with only his back visible. He wears a green shirt and wraps his arms around Martin. Jon is a thin man with light brown skin, chin length grey-streaked brown hair, facial stubble, and glasses.
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The first valentine shows Martin Blackwood and Jonathan Sims embracing against a green background. Then, Joseph Stalin recriminalized male homosexuality in 1933-1934 with the already mentioned punishment of up to five years in prison with hard labor.įinally, Russia decriminalized homosexuality in 1993, after the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, in order to join the Council of Europe.[ID: A set of digitally drawn Magnus Archives themed valentine cards. The Bolsheviks, who came to power during the October Revolution of 1917, had decriminalized male homosexuality already in 1922. Marx in particular commented rarely on sexuality in general. Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels said very little on the subject in their published works. Communist leaders and intellectuals took many different positions on LGBT rights issues. These images would have represented two countries coming together to share a love of Communism and raising their children to be communists.Ĭhina and the Soviet Union were both rather homophobic societies. Moreover, the socialist fraternal kiss was very common back then, and even today if you go to certain countries, men still kiss on the mouth, and that’s not considered a sign of homosexuality. Much of this public-facing design was meant to celebrate hearty, robust workers, rosy-cheeked and clearly enjoying themselves. “Let Chinese – Soviet friendship live forever”.Īccording to Angelina Lippert of Poster House, the concept of fraternity, especially between countries fighting the pre-established system of capitalism, often drove these intimate portraits, adding that when Stalin came to power, the only acceptable style of art became Socialist Realism.