STAG, December 1965 – WWII battles, Wild Flings, “Foxhole Girls” and more…

My previous post about the December 1965 issue of STAG focused on the author of its cover story about Pearl Harbor – military historian Robert F. Dorr – and on…

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…

Risque Rebel Belles and Hot Yankee Spies: artist Wil Hulsey’s sexy Civil War cover paintings…

Although artist Wil Hulsey may be best known for the animal attack cover paintings he created for vintage men’s adventure magazines, especially his famed “Weasels Ripped My Flesh” cover, he…

Some rare original Wil Hulsey “Good Girl Art” paintings from the Rich Oberg Collection…

Last week, Rich Oberg noticed that I’d done a couple of recent posts about artist Wil Hulsey. So, he emailed me photos of some original Hulsey cover paintings he owns.…

More “Good Girl Art” by Basil Gogos

Today’s post features more vintage “Good Girl Art” by the great illustrator Basil Gogos. But first a little history about that term… From the 1930s to the early 1950s, before…

Inside MAN’S EXPLOITS: Vampire Vamps, Bill Ward “Good Girl Art” cartoons, and more…

Man’s Exploits was one of the men’s adventure magazines that earned the genre the nickname “men’s sweats.” The “sweats” subset of men’s adventure mags tended to be very cheaply produced,…

Talking with the “Black Cracker” about the black artist Al Hollingsworth

The publication of Josh Alan Friedman’s new memoir Black Cracker this week reminded me of some things he recently told me about the pioneering black artist Alvin C. Hollingsworth. In…

Basil Gogos “Good Girl Art” – and a shout out to artist and author Kerry Gammill

Recently, I was pleased to see that artist and author Kerry Gammill dropped by the Men’s Adventure Magazines Facebook group. Kerry is a multi-talented Texan who has provided artwork for…

“The Hippies Raped Him And Then They Told Him How Much It Was Going to Cost!”

Say what? Yep, I said – “The Hippies Raped Him And Then They Told Him How Much It Was Going to Cost!” That’s an actual headline from a men’s adventure…