MAN’S STORY, Feb. 1963: the good, the so-bad-it’s-good, and the gonzo (Part 1)…

One of the most common words I see associated with men’s pulp adventure magazines published in the 1950s and 1960s is lurid. The Oxford English Dictionary defines that word as…

Animals as instruments of torture: from real history to the surreal world of men’s pulp magazines…

Recently, I worked with Wyatt Doyle, my co-editor for the WEASELS RIPPED MY FLESH! story anthology, to write another article for HORRORHOUND magazine about killer creature artwork and stories in…

MAN’S DARING: the men’s sweat magazine that exposed Hitler’s baboon tortures – and some legendary glamour girls…

[Post updated with new images, text and links, March 21, 2012.] The terms “sweat magazines,” “men’s sweats” or just “the sweats” are often used to describe vintage men’s adventure magazines.…

BIG ADVENTURE magazine – featuring a Snake-eating Geek, Satanist Love Cults, Donalda Jordan and more…

There were several notable premieres in the realm of mainstream pop culture during the month of September 1960. The musical IRMA LA DOUCE debuted on Broadway. Marilyn Monroe’s movie LET’S…

Evil Leopard Men, Commies, bikers and Nazis: more Norm Eastman paintings from the Oberg collection…

Recently, Rich Oberg — the premier expert on and collector of men’s adventure magazine art (and patron saint of this blog) — has been shooting and scanning up a storm.…

Norm Eastman “sweat magazine” cover paintings from the Rich Oberg Collection

Today’s post features photos of some fantastic Norm Eastman cover paintings from the Rich Oberg Collection, provided courtesy of Rich (the world’s foremost collector and authority on men’s adventure magazine…

Men’s “sweat magazine” cover paintings from the Oberg Collection – Part 3: originals by Bruce Minney, Walter Popp and Vic Prezio…

Today’s post is the third in a series showing original men’s “sweat magazine” cover paintings from the Rich Oberg Collection (courtesy of Rich). The first post in the series featured…

Vintage “sweat magazine” cover paintings by John Duillo, from the Rich Oberg Collection

In a recent conversation with men’s adventure art collector Rich Oberg, we discussed the fact that most of the vintage “sweat magazine” cover paintings in his collection have rarely been…

Men’s “sweat magazine” art from the Rich Oberg Collection – Part 1: Mel Crair covers

Bondage and torture cover art and stories are fairly common features of some vintage men’s adventure magazines. The most notorious and most sought after are the Nazi B&T covers —…

Some wild Basil Gogos paintings from the Rich Oberg Collection…

If you’re a regular reader of this blog, you probably know that Rich Oberg is the world’s foremost expert on and collector of men’s adventure magazine art. It’s the Rich…

“Love slave” stories in men’s adventure magazines – featuring evil geishas, evil hippie chicks and more!

Although the men’s adventure magazines published in the 1950s, 1960s and early 1970s often claimed to feature “real stories,” most of their stories were pulp fantasy. I note this because…

“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…