Naturally I think about my late mother every Mother’s Day. This year on Mother’s Day, in addition to thinking about Mom, I’ve been working on a new book collecting men’s…
Category: Josh Alan Friedman
R.I.P. Walter Kaylin … One of the greats.
On February 15, 2017, the great men’s adventure magazine writer Walter Kaylin passed away at age 95. In the days since then, I’ve been thinking about him a lot and…
Happy Holidays from MensPulpMags.com and Eva Lynd…
The year 2014 was especially busy for me in my day job and life. Although I’ve been doing almost daily posts in the Men’s Adventure Magazines Facebook group and on…
The WEASELS RIPPED MY FLESH! book is now available…
I’m pleased to be able to announce that WEASELS RIPPED MY FLESH! — the world’s first modern anthology of vintage men’s pulp adventure magazine stories — is now available on…
The legendary Walter Kaylin, “Jaws” and the USS Indianapolis
Earlier this month, I posted an entry on this blog about Walter Kaylin, the legendary men’s adventure story writer who was also editor of the short-lived, pocket-size men’s pulp magazine…
BRAVE: the pocket-sized men’s pulp magazine full of “Rugged Adventure”
In Volume 2 of her excellent 6-Volume History of Men’s Magazines, Dian Hanson notes: “A curiosity of the 1950s was a number of American men’s lifestyle digests that…combined all the…
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…
Talking with Josh Alan Friedman about Mario Puzo, men’s pulp magazines and Marvel Comics
Last week I had a fun conversation with writer and musician Josh Alan Friedman, talking about his father and Magazine Management, the company owned by Martin Goodman that published some…
Getting ahead in life with men’s adventure magazines
Yes, I know, given the woman’s head on the stick on the cover of the February 1958 issue of For Men Only magazine (shown at left), the title I used…
Josh Alan Friedman relates his inside knowledge of men’s adventure magazines
I’m a bit envious of Josh Alan Friedman for several reasons. His father was Bruce Jay Friedman, who – prior to becoming a world famous novelist, screenwriter and playwright –…