Men’s adventure magazine art used for album covers and spoofs…

In the Men’s Adventure Magazines & Books Facebook group, members sometimes post interesting examples of artwork from vintage men’s adventure magazines (MAMs) recycled for other purposes. One of my favorite…

Interview with artist Gil Cohen: Part 3 – The Magazine Management years and beyond…

Part 3 of my interview with Gil Cohen, an artist who once painted hundreds of cover paintings and interior illustrations for men’s adventure magazines, picks up after he was discharged…

Talking with the American Art Archives team, Thomas and Christiane Clement

I first ran across the American Art Archives website about a year ago, when I was looking for some online information about Robert E. Schulz, one of the many great…

“SQUIRM IN HELL, MY LOVELY MUCHACHA!” – Evil Cuban Commies, Part Two

The post-WWII men’s adventure magazines had a love-turned-to-hate relationship with Cuba. In the 1950s, when Cuba was run by dictator Fulgencio Batista, with a little help from his friends in…

Men’s Pulp Mag Piranhas vs. SyFy’s “Mega Piranhas”

Recently, the SyFy channel aired a made-for-TV movie titled Mega Piranha, which featured giant CGI killer fish. It was just cheesy enough to be enjoyable, if you enjoy cheesy Grade-B…

“Even the Rhinos Were Nymphos”

When I bought the August 1954 issue of Male magazine shown at left, with the superb cover painting of a rhino attack by artist Robert G. Doares, it reminded me…

Crawling Death of Bad Luck Island

Stag was one of the most successful and long lasting of the men’s pulp mags. It was first published in 1950 and ran in the classic men’s adventure style format…