Mini Nerdcore: Uncut Dick in “Swimming in Darkness”

Ah, there’s nothing like being in the water to make one feel rejuvenated. Unless, of course, you’re aquaphobic.

The main male character in Lucas Harari’s Swimming in Darkness isn’t really twinky, but he fits in the description of our Rejuvenuary theme. Plus the blurb below calls him a young man.

The blurb:

Pierre is a young man at a crossroads. He drops out of architecture school and decides to travel to Vals in the Swiss Alps, home to a thermal springs complex located deep inside a mountain. The complex, designed by architect Peter Zumthor, had been the subject of Pierre’s thesis. The mountain holds many mysteries; it was said to have a mouth that periodically swallowed people up. Pierre, sketchbook in hand, is drawn to the enigmatic powers of the mountain and its springs, and attempts to uncover the truth behind them in the secret rooms he discovers deep within the complex. But he finds his match in a man named Valeret who is similarly obsessed, and who’d like nothing more than to eliminate his competitor.

Gorgeously illustrated, Swimming in Darkness is an intriguing, noirish graphic novel about uncovering the powerful secrets of the natural world.

Original title: L’aimant (French)
Writer, artist: Lucas Harari
Translator: David Homel
Lettering: Oliver McPartlin
Publisher: Éditions Sarbacane (French/2017), Arsenal Pulp Press (English/2019)


Dollsexposed documents full-frontal male nudity in comics and cartoons from mainstream and independent creators. The project was created in response to the longstanding imbalance in how male and female nudity are depicted in popular media.

Outside of Nerdcore, Dollsexposed creates mixed-media and miniature photography. Their work has been included in several juried exhibitions and festivals, including Tucson Erotica Art Show, Seattle Erotic Art Festival, Los Angeles Kinky Art Show, and Los Angeles Leather Getaway.

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