Anonymous Boy
Tony Arena (born around 1965) is an openly queer artist, writer, and filmmaker from Franklin Square, New York. He is best known by his pen name Anonymous Boy. In the 1980s he started the queer punk zine Anonymous Boy, which ran for many years and produced nine issues. With his partner Ron Grunewald, he later created The Wild Record Collection, a public-access TV show in New York.
From 2001 to 2004, Arena wrote a regular column for Maximum Rocknroll magazine. He continues to draw comics, contribute to books, and publish fanzines like Homopunk World (started in 1997), which features interviews with queer punk artists. He has contributed to the Boy Trouble anthology, and two books followed: The Book of Boy Trouble (2006) and The Book of Boy Trouble Volume 2 (2008).
Arena lives in New York City and has been in a relationship with Ron Grunewald since 1986. He also creates animation, including a work called Green Pubes.
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