CUTE PETER STEELE COMIC FTW

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Over a few hours of interviews with Peter Steele’s closest compatriots and family last March, I kept rolling my eyes at myself for inquiring seriously about their reactions to Peter’s Playgirl photos. It’s like, really, Anso? You ask these nice, giving people about the man’s artistic genius, his singular intellect, his battles, and then the brandishing of his boner for a national magazine? This is journalism?

But hey, yes it is, ‘cuz that was Peter. As I told Type O Negative keyboardist/producer Josh Silver, it screwed with me to watch the band rock when into my mind would flash an image of Peter gripping little Peter. I should have avoided his pictorial in the first place, but, c’mon, you looked, I looked, whatever. After all, that’s the internet’s function: providing more information than you bargained for. And so I relate immediately to Thursday’s NEMI comic (above, don’t sue us?). But will the next three panels also match my experience by depicting the naked-Pete viewer in states of wowed disbelief, smirking mirth, and uncomfortable silence? Probably!

Very special thanks to the Ratajczyk family for the tip.

-ADF

Read part I and part II of MetalSucks’ massive exclusive Peter Steele retrospective featuring new interviews with his family, friends, and Type O Negative bandmates.