Pulp illustration artist Peter Poulton – an update on his bio and his work (Part 2)…

In my previous post, I explained how a cover painting on the January 1965 issue of MAN TO MAN magazine led me on a hunt for information about the now…

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…

Fourth of July reading for fans of men’s adventure magazines…

Ah, yes. Fourth of July weekend. A nice long weekend that most hard-working American men enjoy. And, after the barbecues and fireworks are over, some men like to relax with…

Gays in the military? American Manhood magazine may have been ahead of its time…

American Manhood magazine was an unusual men’s adventure magazine published by Weider Periodicals Inc. The Weider company did publish several magazines that were representative of the genre, such as Fury,…