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Bruce Minney: The Man Who Painted Everything Kindle Edition

by Thomas Ziegler (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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In the days of Mad Men, men's adventure magazines thrived. With titles like Stag, Male, For Men Only, and Man's Illustrated their crazy covers and even crazier stories were distinctly American.
Bruce Minney spent 20 years working as an illustrator for men's adventure magazines painting beautiful women, gorillas, lions, tigers, bears, elephants, alligators, headhunters, Nazis, airplanes, aircraft carriers, tanks, guns, and lots of explosions but hardly anyone knows who he is. He worked another 20 years painting covers for all kinds of paperbacks including western (The Lone Ranger), historical romance, action, military (Hornblower), biography, and Gothic horror.
He truly was the man who painted everything. With over 380 illustrations, this book provides an overview of Bruce's career.
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" One of the best books I've read this year." - James Reasoner, noted western author

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B008NC19DO
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ July 19, 2012
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 46143 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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3.9 out of 5 stars
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Scott Pearson
5.0 out of 5 stars A great book for a great artist - Bruce Minney
Reviewed in the United States on September 11, 2013
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Bruce Minney: The Man Who Painted Everything is a wonderful loveletter to one of the most talented illustrators of our time. It's full of hundreds of elegant full color plates of his best work. The writing is minimal but intriguing - Thomas Ziegler and the Minney family have done a compelling job of unraveling the artist life and influences. But most of all this book, like his art, is just FUN! Crazy Nazi soldiers getting their butts kicked by beautiful women? Definitely an attention getter! Grim trench warfare? Here it is! What other artist will take you to the front lines? Machine gun toting surfer girls? Even if you don't think it represents high art, the value of his contribution is not in question, look at his auction prices! Doubtless these gems will be collectible masterpieces in the near future and this book gives me access to all the delicious work I can't find. see or afford anywhere else. I hope they sell a million of these coffee table books and seduce a new generation of fans who appreciate a real 'brush-in-hand' talent. A treasure!
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Alex Toth Fan
4.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful Content Hobbled by the constraints of the CreateSpace platform
Reviewed in the United States on June 22, 2014
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The book is primarily full page illos with brief illustration specific annotations by the artist. More than half of these are covers and the majority of those are scans of the published covers complete with cover copy. There is a generous amount of reproductions of Minney's two page spread interior illustrations, and again most of these are scans from the published books. There is a smattering of the original interior and cover art as well as Minney's later fine art work.
All the scans, whether they are from printed covers or original art look to be excellent- clear, sharp, well resolved with excellent color.
Unfortunately the paper the book is printed on is a very porous, pulpy stock (I think it's the same paper used across all the CreateSpace publications, whether they are text based or like this, 95% illustrations). This presents a disappointingly inferior surface for retaining truly sharp, high definition images.
I would hope that, since the book's illustrated content and editorial material are already locked down, that someday a publisher like Illustrated Press, IDW, or maybe even Dark Horse- can come along and publish this material in a proper fashion, in Hardcover and a more appropriate heavy weight plate finish paper stock which will allow Minney's impressive and extremely entertaining work to truly shine. Compared to the paper that even something like Illustration Magazine is printed on, this is a very weak alternative.

What's here is a fair trade for the money, but I would rather have much rather have paid $50 for a more permanent, higher quality publication than $22 for a generously illustrated but rather amateurish looking softcover.
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Bob Deis
5.0 out of 5 stars A must-have book for fans of vintage illustration art, retro pop culture and men's adventure magazines
Reviewed in the United States on July 23, 2012
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I am an avid fan of vintage illustration art and men's pulp adventure magazines. I'm also the creator of the MensPulpMags.com website, which focuses on those topics. I enthusiastically recommend Tom Ziegler's book BRUCE MINNEY: THE MAN WHO PAINTED EVERYTHING and consider it a must-read for anyone interested in illustration art, retro pop culture and mid-20th century periodicals. Bruce Minney is one of the greatest of many great illustration artists who worked for men's adventure magazines published in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. Ziegler's book is a visual feast full of hundreds of Minney covers from dozens of magazines, original paintings that now reside in the Rich Oberg Collection, plus rare photos of Bruce and the models he used. And, the text provides fascinating commentary - from Bruce himself - about how he did his paintings, the men's adventure magazines he worked for and other artists he knew. If you are a fan of illustration art or men's adventure magazines, or starting to learn about those subjects, you definitely want to buy this book!
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Vathek
2.0 out of 5 stars the content is pretty good - I love Minney's work
Reviewed in the United States on September 4, 2014
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This is one of the only books I've ever returned to Amazon.

Overall, the content is pretty good - I love Minney's work. The reproductions are maybe a little small, but what made me return it was the poor color reproduction of Minney's cover and interior art. Most images have an orange-ish tint that just does not match the originals. I think this is because this is a PRINT ON DEMAND book on UNCOATED paper.

I have a couple of magazines with Minney covers, and I compared one of them with its image in the book, and the reds weren't nearly as brilliant as the original cover. The overall reproduction is muted and kind of dull by comparison.

Kudos to the publisher for pulling this together, but I'd pay 3 or 4 times more for a book that was "properly" printed, and maybe an inch bigger on all sides...
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Quinn M Laird
1.0 out of 5 stars Illustrations not featured well
Reviewed in the United States on November 18, 2015
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I wish Bruce's illustrations were not buried amongst too much copy and other clutter. I would have preferred just the illustrations on their own and full page.
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Lisa Joern
5.0 out of 5 stars Bruce Minney - A Wonderful Tribute to a Great Artist!
Reviewed in the United States on October 17, 2012
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An informative and entertaining history of Bruce Minney's life and work. Mr. Ziegler's book provides us with a rare glimpse into the life of a freelance illustrator before the computer age and digital illustration. The book is filled with pictures of Mr. Minney's illustrations and his own reflections on his life, his work, and the people he encountered along the way. A wonderful tribute to a great artist!
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Donna Brancy
5.0 out of 5 stars Bruce Minney, amazing, funny, talented
Reviewed in the United States on September 11, 2013
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Bruce was my neighbor during the time in Sparta until he moved to California. This book brought back so many memories for me. Besides being a tremendous illustrator Bruce did many beautiful paintings of which I have two. They have been displayed in my home proudly and fondly through the years.
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J. Hayes
5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best books on Pulp Art available.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 6, 2016
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This is an excellent book, if a little pricey for a paperback; though that probably reflects the possibly limited production run, or maybe it's a print on demand publication. Whatever, I am very pleased with it: lots of information about Bruce and his life and family, his entry into the world of pulp and paperback art and, most importantly, hundreds of well-reproduced covers and interior illustrations, on good quality paper, from the magazines and books he worked for.
Highly recommended.
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Gooi Soon Teong
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 2, 2015
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Nice book.
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Michal
2.0 out of 5 stars Better DTP please!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 11, 2015
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Potentially, a great book and a great source of illustrations from the era spanning from 40's to 80's. But the editing is not good, some of the illustrations are pixelated, DTP is amateurish. It looks like a MA Thesis from some obscure university.
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