The MEN’S ADVENTURE QUARTERLY #6 – Part 3 of an in-depth preview…

This is my third post in a 3-part preview of the MEN’S ADVENTURE QUARTERLY #6, our “Heists Issue.” (If you missed the previous posts, here are links to Part 1…

The MEN’S ADVENTURE QUARTERLY #6 – Part 2 of an in-depth preview…

Each issue of the MEN’S ADVENTURE QUARTERLY magazine I co-edit with Bill Cunningham focuses on men’s adventure magazines stories and artwork and related media that fit a particular theme. The…

POLLEN’S ACTION: THE ART OF SAMSON POLLEN — a new book showcasing his men’s adventure magazine artwork

Simply put, Samson Pollen was one of the greatest of the many artists who provided illustrations for the men’s adventure magazines (MAMs) that flourished from the early 1950s to the…

Men’s adventure magazine Christmas spoof covers. Ho! Ho! Ho!

Christmas covers and stories were not common in the men’s adventure magazine (MAM) genre. In the 1950s, a few of top tier MAMs, like ARGOSY, TRUE and SAGA, did have…

Talking with writer Paul Bishop about BARBARIANS ON BIKES…

EDITOR’S NOTE: When Wyatt Doyle and I got the idea for an art book featuring bikers and motorcycle gangs, we ran it by our friend Paul Bishop. In addition to…

“YANK ACE WHO BATTLED THE JAPS OVER PEARL HARBOR.”

Every year on the anniversary of the December 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, I think about my favorite men’s adventure magazine story about that fateful event: “YANK ACE WHO…

Robert F. Dorr talks about his classic war and adventure stories in A HANDFUL OF HELL – PART 2…

My previous post here featured excerpts from the introduction that author Robert F. Dorr wrote for A HANDFUL OF HELL, the fourth book in our Men’s Adventure Library series. HANDFUL…

Earl Norem is gone, but his men’s adventure and comics artwork is immortal…

Three of the top illustration artists whose work appeared in many men’s adventure magazines have died in recent months. One was Wilbur “Wil” Hulsey, the man who created the iconic…