November 14th, 2011 / 1:53 pm
 Presses

TYRANT 9 PRE-ORDER/POST-OP

A year’s passed since the last issue of the Tyrant came out. That’s fucked up. This is unacceptable for a magazine that is supposed to be a bi-, or even tri-, quarterly, and my sole excuse is that I don’t have an excuse. I want to blame it all on Luke (co-editor, friend, part-time lover) in full, for moving to Texas, but I won’t, because I really can’t. Whatever took it so long (and come on, who noticed or really cares that much?), to try to make up for the time you’ve had to wait, I thought I would expose/humiliate/shame myself for you all to have a good cringe or laugh at. Hopefully maybe both. My idea for the cover was to have me in drag on it because I thought it would be really like, self-absorbed-seeming. I wanted to try to get ultra-vanity press on it, even though that doesn’t even mean that.

I’ve always thought drag queens were exceptionally brave people, but personally, I’ve never been “into” wearing women’s clothes or looking like a woman. However, I have done it twice in the past year so who knows what’s up with that. Drag is such an odd experience. For me, it was strangely intoxicating. While I was dressed up, and even for a couple of hours after, I felt like I’d been drugged, but in a good way. Probably best we don’t get into all that here though.

For the shoot, I asked my boyfriend to do me up in something sleazy, so he did. Ryan Field, my oldest friend (did Montessori together), took pictures of the whole thing. A few weeks after, I was looking at what the cover image was to be on my iPhone when I tapped it and it zoomed in like iPhones do when you tap them. I thought the zoomed pic looked more iconic or something and I liked that better than the full shot for the cover which, though also a good photo, just makes me look like, gay or something. Maybe I was wrong, but I feel like I’ve captured the essence of “trying too hard” pretty well. Will Baker (one of my interns) took all of the outtakes from the shoot and put them in a slideshow, accompanied by a song I used to hate but now, thanks to Dent May, just fucking LOVE. I’m kind of hesitant to post this weird thing. It feels wrong and embarrassing, but that’s what we’re supposed to be doing, right? Humiliating ourselves? Also, I really want to promote the new Tyrant because it fucking rules.  In this issue, to be released on November 20th, you will find these champions of putting it down:

Edmund White

J.A. Tyler

Daniel Long

Christopher Kennedy

Sabina Murray

Jason Schwartz

Susan Froderberg

Daniel Bailey

Rolli

Erik Morsink

Evelyn Hampton

Eugenio Volpe

David Nutt

Greg Mulcahy

Gregory Vincent St. Thomasino

Mitchell S. Jackson

Adam Wilson

Sean Kilpatrick

Daryl Scroggins

Ryan Shea

Chiara Barzini

Michael Bible

Scott McClanahan

Gary Sheppard

Karl Taro Greenfeld

Brian Kubarycz

and Ken Sparling

There’s so much good stuff in this one. Please trust me on this. You should be able to trust a guy who just showed you some deeply embarrassing shit, right? Order here.

N.B. I know that the m/f ration is fucked on this. I can’t help it.

N.M.B. My boyfriend, Chris March, made the red and black thing I’m wearing over my shoulders. It’s made out of human hair and was originally a skirt.

Giancarlo DiTrapano

@nytyrant

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31 Comments

  1. November 14th, 2011 / 2:09 pm Mark C—

      i’d buy a poster of one of those photos. maybe a couple.

  2. November 14th, 2011 / 2:29 pm Scottmcclanahan—

      Gianca is my kind of gal–classy and sophisticated.

  3. November 14th, 2011 / 2:34 pm Roxane—

      Yeah, I’d dig a few posters.

  4. November 14th, 2011 / 2:46 pm Tim Jones-Yelvington—

      LOVE

  5. November 14th, 2011 / 2:47 pm Tim Jones-Yelvington—

      coveting the red and black thing, obs.

  6. November 14th, 2011 / 2:57 pm Hum—

      enjoyed the video. you look stunning!

  7. November 14th, 2011 / 3:00 pm Gian—

      I am flattered. I was nervous about you in particular seeing this.

  8. November 14th, 2011 / 3:01 pm JR—

      “Whatever took it so long (and come on, who noticed or really cares that much?)”

      I bet more people than you’d guess. I certainly did- ecstatic there’s a new issue!

  9. November 14th, 2011 / 3:12 pm Ned Kemeys—

      I love this, especially the slideshow aspect.   FABULASH

  10. November 14th, 2011 / 3:29 pm Adam Robinson—

      ~2:01 — nice guns.

  11. November 14th, 2011 / 4:27 pm Alban Fischer—

      This is amazeballs.

  12. November 14th, 2011 / 5:26 pm Alban Fischer—

      Stellar roster aside, Jason Schwartz alone is worth the cover price. A German Picturesque is one of my all-time favorite books. Where has this guy been?

  13. November 14th, 2011 / 5:44 pm elizabeth ellen—

      damn, i wanna light your cigarette. also, fucking amazing lineup. tyrant swag!

  14. November 14th, 2011 / 5:57 pm lorian long—

      you’re beautiful

  15. November 14th, 2011 / 6:29 pm Tim Jones-Yelvington—

      the cigarette’s fantastic. GLAMOUR KILLS.

  16. November 14th, 2011 / 7:38 pm mimi—
  17. November 14th, 2011 / 7:40 pm Lilzed—

      lol gay or something

  18. November 14th, 2011 / 8:34 pm ryan chang—

      taro greenfield and scott mclanahan rule

  19. November 14th, 2011 / 9:11 pm Meredith—

      BeaUtiOUs! XoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxX

  20. November 14th, 2011 / 9:37 pm Dawn.—

      Fucking FABULOUS.

  21. November 14th, 2011 / 10:43 pm Anthony—

      Ordered! Love you, Gian. 

  22. November 14th, 2011 / 11:49 pm Mark Doten—

      my recollection is that *I* was the one you were showing it to when you did the accidental tap zoom, and it was *my* idea for you to go with the extreme close up. but  i was probably drunk. (i am drunk right now.)

  23. November 15th, 2011 / 2:35 am karltaro—

      i mean this in all humility: why the fuck isn’t my name on the back cover?

  24. November 15th, 2011 / 4:00 am Ken Baumann—

      This is fucking great. Gian: you’re purdy. I know you and Scott are all into each other’s Virginias, but just imagine me complementing you in a Texas way.

  25. November 15th, 2011 / 4:20 am shaun gannon—

      welp this is the fucking shit

  26. November 15th, 2011 / 2:30 pm Afternoon Bites: NY Tyrant, the LA scene, “11/22/63,” and more | Vol. 1 Brooklyn—

      […] At HTML Giant, news of the next issue of New York Tyrant. […]

  27. November 16th, 2011 / 9:47 pm Cvan—

      Congrats on getting Genesis P’Orridge for the cover. 

  28. November 20th, 2011 / 12:57 pm Brian Kubarycz—

      Eno, Gian, Gino.  Whatever.  You had me from ‘fucked up’.

  29. December 26th, 2011 / 11:52 pm Mitchell S Jackson—

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      Mitchell S Jackson
      Dick is great!!!! I love all dick sizes n flavors!!! Follow me on twitter Mitchsjackson & holler at a Nigga on Facebook!!! I have my blog poppin off and soon my own gay porn site!!! I can be reached at (503)209-8086 for more info

  30. December 27th, 2011 / 8:34 pm Mitchell S Jackson—

      Mitchell S Jackson

      Dick is great!!!! I love all dick sizes n flavors!!! Follow me in twitter Mitchsjackson & holler at a Nigga on Facebook!!! I have my blog poppin off and soon my own gay porn site!!! I can be reached at (503)209-8086 for more info

  31. December 28th, 2011 / 11:29 pm Mitchell S Jackson—

      At full salute, I’m not a terribly well hung guy. My dick is slender, but long enough. I’m just a little over six inches, which is modest, but suits my build well. Besides, I had never received any complaints and I wasn’t the sort of guy to be insecure about that sort of thing. Marco didn’t seem to have any problems either as I could now tell he was stroking himself pretty vigorously.Letting go of my cock to lick and slick the palm of my hand, I gave Marco Navarro a good view of my lone, erect pole so that he could admire its shape and slightly curved contour. I reached back down and twisted my saliva-lubed palm all around my head and shaft. Once my dick was pulsating and well greased, I forced it down by the base to angle the tip back into the opening of the Yoo-Hoo bottle. The wide-mouth was just right to grab around the girth of my slender prick. And when I forced myself all the way in, my tip just tickled the inside of the bottom while the mouth of the bottle rested against my pubes. My Dick was hot n ready to bust in my man Marcos mouth