Anonymous Boy

American artist and writer (born 1965)

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Tony Arena

Born| Circa 1965

Franklin Square, New York, U.S.[1]

Other names| Anonymous Boy
Occupation(s)| Artist, writer, filmmaker
Known for| Queer and punk media

Tony Arena (born circa 1965), also known by his pen name Anonymous Boy, is an openly queer artist, writer, and filmmaker. He is known for his comics, his involvement in the queercore movement, and other contributions to queer punk zines,[1] his column in Maximum Rocknroll magazine, his public-access television program The Wild Record Collection, and animation such as his film Green Pubes.

## Career

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### Comics and artistic work

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Cover of Anonymous Boy Collection #5, featuring Tony Arena's art under his pseudonym

He adopted the pen name Anonymous Boy after G.B. Jones, the editor of queer punk zine J.D.s, credited an illustration he'd submitted to "an anonymous boy".[1]

Anonymous Boy was a queer punk zine that Arena began in the 1980s and ran through the early 2000s with nine known collections.[citation needed]

### Film and animation

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After this, he and boyfriend Ron Grunewald began producing a regular public access television show called The Wild Record Collection which appeared on Manhattan Neighborhood Public Access Television on Friday nights. Public Access pioneer George C. Stoney, widely regarded as "the Father of Public Access" was in attendance to vehemently criticize the featured programs as the "worst" of what Public Access had to offer.[2]

### Writings

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In 2001, Arena began writing a regular column for the long running punk rock zine Maximum Rocknroll. His column lasted until 2004. He continues to draw comics, contributes to books and publications, and produces his own fanzines Homopunk World, created in 1997.[citation needed] Homopunk World featured interviews with many queer punk comics and musicians, including G.B. Jones, C. Bard Cole, and Joe Butcher of the American Band Ludichrist. Arena would also include reviews of punk fanzines and music.[citation needed]

He is a regular contributor to the anthology Boy Trouble, edited by Robert Kirby and David Kelly. The last issue to be released as a zine, the 10th Anniversary issue of Boy Trouble appeared in 2004. Since then, two volumes of the anthology have been published, the first, The Book of Boy Trouble, in 2006,[3] followed by The Book of Boy Trouble Volume 2 in 2008.[4]

## Personal life

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Arena resides in New York City. He has been in a relationship with Ron Grunewald since 1986.[1]

## Works

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### Books

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* The Book of Boy Trouble 2: Born to Trouble, edited by Robert Kirby and David Kelly, Green Candy Press, October 2008 ISBN 978-1-931160-65-0
* The Book of Boy Trouble, edited by Robert Kirby and David Kelly, Green Candy Press; 1st edition (September 28, 2006) ISBN 1-931160-45-7
* Boy Trouble, edited by Robert Kirby and David Kelly, Boy Trouble Books, 2005, ISBN 0-9748855-0-9
* What's Right?: Graphic Interpretations Against Censorship, Arsenal Pulp Press, 2003, ISBN 1-55152-137-7
* What's Wrong?, edited by Robin Fisher, Arsenal Pulp Press, 2002, ISBN 1-55152-136-9
* Queer Zines 2, edited by A.A. Bronson and Philip Aarons, Printed Matter Press, 2013, ISBN 978-0-89439-039-5

### Film

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As Director

* Green Pubes, 1995

As Actor

* The Lollipop Generation directed by G.B. Jones, 2008

## References

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1. ^ a b c d Schulman, Sarah (September 22, 2012). "ACT UP Oral History Project, interview with Tony Arena, Ron Grunewald" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on March 6, 2017. Retrieved November 7, 2020.
2. ^ Miller, Michal H. (February 23, 2011). "Public access betrayed". Observer. Archived from the original on March 6, 2017. Retrieved November 7, 2020.
3. ^ "Various, The Book of Boy Trouble - comic review | The List". 2017-03-06. Archived from the original on 2017-03-06. Retrieved 2022-12-06.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
4. ^ "The Book of Boy Trouble Volume 2 « The Gay Comics List". gaycomicslist.free.fr. Retrieved 2022-12-06.

## External links

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* Anonymous Boy on My Space

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