Back to the atomic future with Joe and Ben Weider’s MR. AMERICA magazine…

In the 1950s, when atomic bombs and nuclear power were relatively new, views about the atom were even more schizoid than they are today. On one hand, there was constant…

ATOMIC WEREWOLVES AND MAN-EATING PLANTS: A preview, Part 1…

Wyatt Doyle and I recently released the 18th book in our Men’s Adventure Library series, ATOMIC WEREWOLVES AND MAN-EATING PLANTS: WHEN MEN’S ADVENTURE MAGAZINES GOT WEIRD. You can now get…

The CRYPTOZOOLOGY ANTHOLOGY has been released – along with the Kraken!

I’m happy to announce that the lushly-illustrated, full-color paperback and hardcover editions of our CRYPTOZOOLOGY ANTHOLOGY are now available to order on Amazon.com – worldwide. They are also available on…

In search of the mysterious pulp illustration artist Peter Poulton…

Recently, while putting away some old magazines I bought on eBay, I focused on one that sent me on a quest that lasted for several weeks — and is still…

Getting manly and “Living the Gay Life” with AMERICAN MANHOOD magazine

American Manhood was an interestingly schizophrenic and unique men’s pulp magazine. It combined elements of a bodybuilder magazine, a men’s adventure mag and a gay-oriented male pin-up mag. As I…

American Manhood magazine didn’t ask and didn’t tell – and Joe Weider didn’t care…

I am a big fan of the bodybuilding and fitness guru Joe Weider. But not because I’m into bodybuilding (or fitness, as my wife frequently reminds me). I became a…